Fall 2018 Microbiology Seminar Series

Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30 am, 222 Morrill Science Center II
Coordinator: Wilmore Webley, 577-3139

Bacterial Pathogens Hijack Host Machinery to Promote Cell-to-Cell Spread

Rebecca Lamason, Ph.D.
Robert A. Swanson Career Development Assistant Professor, MIT
Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Sloan Siegrist

Evidence-Based Undergraduate Teaching in STEM

Kristen DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UMass Microbiology
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:30am

Tracking Influenza in Wild Animal Hosts and Preparing for the Next Pandemic Virus

Jonathan Runstadler, Ph.D.
Professor, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Stephen Rich

The Surface Coat of Mycobacteria: Greasy and Sweet Outside and Dappled Inside

Yasu Morita, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, UMass Microbiology
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 11:30am

Probing Mechanisms of RNA Chaperones with a Bacterial Three-Hybrid Assay

Katie Berry, Ph.D.
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Mount Holyoke College
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Mandy Muller

Dynamics, Feedback, and Transient Antibiotic Resistance in Single Cells

Mary Dunlop, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Peter Chien

Of Mice, Microbes, Toxins and More...

Jean Mukherjee, DACVM, DVM, PhD
Extension Associate Professor, UMass Microbiology
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 11:30am

Vaccine Development Against Cryptococcus: The Baker Delivers the Antigens

Stuart Levitz, M.D.
Professor, UMass Medical School
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Barry Goodell

Mechanical Biology of Microbes

Enrique Rojas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology, New York University
Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Sloan Siegrist

Characterization and Control of Bacteria Motion with Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal

Shuang Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, UMass Physics
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Wilmore Webley

Diet-Manipulation of the Microbiome to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Ana Luisa Maldonado-Contreras, Ph.D.
Instructor, UMass Medical School
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Kristen DeAngelis

THIS SEMINAR IS POSTPONED TO SPRING 2019.

Life Can be Stressful: How Pathogenic and Commensal E. coli Adapt to Host Environmental Conditions

Christine White-Ziegler, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences, Smith College
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Wilmore Webley

Bacterial Interactions with Bio-inspired Immobilized Liquid Interfaces

Caitlin Howell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Barry Goodell

Models for Recombination, Replication, and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteriophage T4

Scott Morrical, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont
Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Kristen DeAngelis

The Genetic Intractability Barrier of Bacteria—and How to Overcome it

Christopher Johnston, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Investigator, Forsyth Institute
Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Steve Sandler

The Ecology of Microbial Communities

KC Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department, Stanford University
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Sloan Siegrist & Peter Chien

Mechanisms and control of polar surface attachment in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Clay Fuqua, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington
Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 11:30am

Host: Peter Chien