2011-2012 thursday evening seminars

Seminars are generally given by guest speakers from outside of Harvard and are preceded by a wine and cheese reception.
Day and Time: The second Thursday of the month (during term), reception: 5:30PM, seminar: 6:00PM
Location: Harvard Center for the Environment (HUCE) in Cambridge

Date Speaker Title Host
10/13/11 Vincent Fischetti
(The Rockefeller University)
Using what phage have learned to kill gram-positive pathogens Michael Gilmore
11/10/11 Rachel Whitaker
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
A genomic view of microbial diversity in island populations Chris Marx
12/8/11 Arturo Casadevall
(Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Dinosaurs, martians and mammals: Nihilistic thoughts on the origin of virulence Anne Pringle
2/2/12 Sam Calagione
(Dogfish Head Craft Brewery)
Video of seminarMan and microbe: Exotic ales since the birth of civilization

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Chris Marx
2/9/12 Ken Nealson
(University of Southern California)
Recent developments in extracellular electron transport and electromicrobiology Peter Girguis
3/8/12 Marvin Whiteley
(The University of Texas at Austin)
Microbial Facebook: Probing bacterial social networks Roberto Kolter
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