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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) |
Colleen Cavanaugh | "Anti-social behavior in B. subtilis" |
| Jan. 29 | Sarah Fortune (HSPH, Assistant Professor) |
Roberto Kolter |
"It's not about disease: Elucidating the function of the ESX1 secretion system in M. tuberculosis" |
| Feb. 5 | Tommy Angelini (SEAS, Postdoctoral Fellow in D. Weitz's lab/BASF) |
Karen Lachmayr | "Bacillus subtilis biofilm spreading by molecular gradients" |
| Feb. 19 | Daniel Lopez (HMS, Postdoctoral Fellow in R. Kolter's Lab) |
Roberto Kolter | "Lipid rafts in bacteria" |
| Feb. 26 | Mechas Zambrano (Corporacion Corpogen, Scientific Director) |
Roberto Kolter | "Extreme metagenomics: Exploring microbial diversity in high mountain environments of Colombia" |
| Mar. 5 | Mark Nielsen (OEB, Postdoctoral Fellow in P. Girguis's lab) |
Peter Girguis | "Getting a charge out of the deep subsurface: A story of extracellular electron transport and hydrothermal vents" |
| Mar. 26 | Hsin-Hung "David" Chou (OEB, PhD Candidate) |
Chris Marx | "Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution: More lessons to learn from microbes" |
| Apr. 2 | Ben Wolfe (OEB, PhD Candidate) |
Anne Pringle | "The Harvard Yard truffle and other observations on the importance of urban soil microbes" |
| Apr. 16 | Marc Lipsitch (HSPH, Professor) |
Roberto Kolter | "Why are there so many pneumococcal serotypes?" |
| Apr. 23 | Guus Roeselers (OEB, Postdoctoral Fellow in C. Cavanaugh's lab) |
Colleen Cavanaugh | "The quest for nitrogen: Nitrogen assimilation in chemosynthetic symbioses" |
| Apr. 30 | Stefanie Templer (MIT, Postdoctoral Fellow in T. Bosak's lab) |
TBA | "Cyanobacterial activity and functionality as a key to morphology" |
| May 7 | Year End Celebration/Review |
Colleen Cavanaugh and Roberto Kolter |
Download "MSI Chalktalk Guidelines for Speakers" (PDF)