harvard microbiology in action

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  

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