2009-2010 friday chalk-talk breakfasts

Informal presentations by members of the MSI community that promote debate and discussion. Coffee and pastries will be served.
Day and Time: Fridays (during term), 8:30AM-9:30AM (not held on Fridays following an MSI Thursday evening seminar)
Location: Harvard Center for the Environment (HUCE) in Cambridge

Date	Presenter	Host	Topic
Sept. 18	Colleen Cavanaugh (OEB, Professor)	Karen Lachmayr	"Transmission Strategy of Host-Associated Bacteria: Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences"
Sept. 25	Tom Weller (OEB, Postdoc in Peter Girguis's lab)	Colleen Cavanaugh	"Where Should I Sow my Bugs for the Best Electron Harvest?"
Oct. 2	Briana Burton (MCB, Assistant Professor)	Thomas Bernhardt	"dsDNA outside, ssDNA inside: Coupling DNA uptake and degradation in B. subtilis"
Oct. 16	Primrose Boynton (OEB, PhD Candidate)	Anne Pringle	"Biodiversity in Bogs: competition and dispersal limitation in pitcher plant yeasts"
Oct. 23	Deric Learman (SEAS, Postdoc in C. Hansel's Lab)	Colleen Hansel	"Trick or treat? Why do bacteria oxidize Mn(II)? "
Oct. 30	Kelli Palmer (Schepens, Postdoc in M. Gilmore's lab)	Michael Gilmore	"Antibiotic resistance and mobile DNA in Enterococcus faecalis: where have all the CRISPRs gone?"
Nov. 6	Sharon Long (Stanford, Professor)	Fred Ausubel	"New mechanisms for regulating Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis genes"
Nov. 20	Nick Konkol (SEAS, Postdoc in R. Mitchell's lab)	Ralph Mitchell	"Microbiology of Cultural Heritage Materials"
Dec. 11	Cara Santelli (SEAS, Postdoc C. Hansel's lab)	Colleen Hansel	"Keeping up with the "-ologys" - An intro to Geomycology"
Jan. 22	Rich Losick (MCB, Professor)	Roberto Kolter	"Anti-social behavior in B. subtilis"

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