MMG Seminars - Spring 2018
All MMG seminars are at 11:00 A.M., TUESDAY, 101 Biochemistry. Seminar Coordinators: Greg Bonito & Lixin Zhang
| MMG Seminar Date | MMG Seminar Topic | Seminar Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
|
January 9 |
You are what you don't eat: Bacterial strategies for overcoming nutritional immunity | Thomas Kehl-Fie, University of Illinois | Hammer |
| January 16 | |||
| January 23 | Rapid genetic variation across prokaryotic taxa is facilitated by mosaic plasmids | David Beck, University of Washington | Martinez-Gomez |
| January 30 | The intersection of nutrition and infection at the host-pathogen interface | Eric Skaar, Vanderbilt University | MMG Graduate Students |
| February 6 |
Molecular explanations for the toxicity of oxygen |
Jim Imlay, University of Illinois | Hammer |
| February 13 |
Interkingdom Interactions of Enterococcus faecalis |
Danielle Garsin, UTHealth | MMG Postdoc Association |
| February 20 |
Evolutionary Approaches to Antibiotic Resistance |
Michael Baym, Harvard | MMG Graduate Students |
| February 27 | Three amazing ideas about microbial biogeography that will blow your mind | Dan Buckley, Cornell | Shade |
| March 6 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| March 13 | Selfish Gene-mediated Interbacterial Cooperation and Competition in Burkholderia | Peggy Cotter, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill & President, American Society for Microbiology | DiRita |
| March 20 | The microbiology of the nitrogen economy - Physiology, ecology & management | David A. Stahl, University of Washington | Marsh |
| ** Friday, March 23 ** | Identifying host genetic risk and protective factors in congenital Zika syndrome ** Room 1425 BPS, 10:00 a.m. ** |
Youssef Kousa, Children's National Health System | Jointly Sponsored Seminar with DO/PhD Program |
| March 27 | |||
| April 3 | An Unexpected Role for the HIV-1 Integrase Protein in Particle Maturation | Sebla Kutluay, Washington University School of Medicine | Conrad |
| April 10 | |||
| April 17 | Flippin' Out: Maintaining Lipid Asymmetry in the Outer Membrane | Thomas Silhavy, Princeton University | Waters |
| April 24 | MMG Awards Reception ** Kellogg Center, 3:00 p.m. ** |
Undergraduate & Graduate Students | Koslowsky & Mulrooney |