MMG Seminars for Spring 2016
All MMG seminars are at 4:10 P.M., TUESDAY, 1415 Biomedical Physical Sciences, unless noted otherwise. Seminar Coordinators: Yann Dufour & John Fyfe
| MMG Seminar Date | MMG Seminar Topic | Seminar Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Bacteria as electrochemical catalysts | Dr. Sarah Glaven, Naval Research Laboratory | Reguera |
| January 19 | Bacterial Regulatory Logic: Restriction-Modification Systems and Beyond | Dr. Robert Blumenthal, University of Toledo | Kroos |
| January 26 | Collateral effects of antibiotics on the swine gut microbiota | Dr. Heather Allen, USDA | Shade |
| February 2 | Back to the basics: Fundamental processes impacting Campylobacter jenuni pathogenesis | Dr. Erin Gaynor, University of British Columbia | Johnson, DiRita Lab |
| February 9 | Proteostasis Network Expansion in the Secretory Pathway | Dr. Richard Sifers, Baylor University | Zheng |
| February 16 | Bacterial transcriptome analysis: Discovering unexpected features of ecosystem dynamics and investigating the interplay between global gene regulators | Dr. Andrew Cameron, University of Regina | Dufour |
| February 23 | Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Stress on Gastrointestinal Epithelial and Immune Defenses and Disease Susceptibility | Dr. Adam Moeser, Michigan State University | Mansfield |
| March 1 | The HIV-1 Capsid: Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Targeting | Dr. Chris Aiken, Vanderbilt University | Zheng |
| March 8 | Mechanisms of antibiotic and stress tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Dr. Christina Stallings, Washington University | Abramovitch |
| March 15 | Direct Conversion of Plant Biomass to Ethanol by Engineered Caldicellulosiruptor bescii | Dr. Janet Westpheling, University of Georgia | Garrity |
| March 22 | Near-infrared optogenetics in bacteria and beyond: c-di-GMP in a whole new light | Dr. Mark Gomelsky, University of Wyoming | Waters |
| ** Monday ** March 28 |
Killing the messenger: RNA processing as a novel regulator of drug tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Dr. Sarah Fortune, Harvard University | Jacob Baker & Benjamin Johnson |
| March 29 | Identifying the micro from the peta: A tale of big data in the micro world | Dr. Nikos Kyrpides, DOE Joint Genome Institute | Garrity |
| April 5 | New electron transfer pathways that power microbial electrochemistry | Dr. Daniel Bond, University of Minnesota | Jacob Baker |
| April 12 | Integrating Dynamic Omics Responses for Personalized Medicine | Dr. George Mias, Michigan State University | Dodgson |
| April 26 | MMG Awards Reception ** Room 1425 BPS, 3:00 p.m. ** |
Undergraduate & Graduate Students | Koslowsky & Mulrooney |