Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30am, 222 Morrill Science Center II
Coordinator: Michelle Klingbeil, 577-1742
Microbial Conversion of Lignocellulose in the Anthropocene
Kristen DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, UMass Microbiology
Small Game Hunting
Ian Lipkin, M.D.
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
Host: Stephen Rich
Unearthing the Microbial Ecology of the Soil Carbon Cycle
Daniel Buckley, Ph.D.
Professor of Soil & Crop Sciences, Cornell University
Host: Kristen DeAngelis
Probing Protein and mRNA Surveillance Mechanisms at the Ribosome
Wali Karzai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Stony Brook University
Host: Steve Sandler
The Microbial Ecology of Xenobiotic Metabolism
Libusha Kelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Host: Sloan Siegrist
From Artemisia annua to Plasmodium spp. to Mosquito Repellents
Stephen Duke, Ph.D.
Research Leader, US Department of Agriculture
Host: Stephen Rich
How the Ice Ages May Explain Contemporary Patterns of Bacterial Diversity and Geography
Cheryl Andam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology Ecology, University of New Hampshire
Host: Steve Sandler
Title TBA
Emily Roy
Microbiology Graduate Program
Control of Virulence and Anti-Virulence Factors in Francisella tularensis
Kathryn Ramsey, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital
Host: Sloan Siegrist
How Chlamydia Causes Disease in the Female Genital Tract
Rebeccah Lijek, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Host: Wilmore Webley
The Great Nuclear Escape: Mechanism of Membrane Budding During Nuclear Escape of Herpesviruses
Katya Heldwin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University
Host: Mandy Muller
Buried Alive: Life Beneath the Seafloor
Beth Orcutt, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Host: James Holden