Microbial Sciences at Harvard

microbial sciences symposium 2005

Saturday, April 16th, 2005
Science Center, Lecture Hall C
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

symposium program

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8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks and Welcome
9:00-10:20

Session I
Cannibalism and Commitment in a Bacterium
Richard Losick
Harvard University

Toward Single-Cell Analysis of Bacteria
Mary Lidstrom
University of Washigton
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-12:00

Session II
Life at Middle Age
Andrew Knoll
Harvard University

Genomic Perspectives on the Natural Microbial World
Ed DeLong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:20

Session III
Genomics of Bacterial Symbionts in Insects
Nancy Moran
University of Arizona

Uncultured Bacteria and Small Molecules
John Clardy
Harvard Medical School
3:20-3:40 Coffee Break
3:40-5:00

Session IV
Genomic Insights into Bacterial Species
Howard Ochman
University of Arizona

New Insights into an Old Story: Phage, Chromosomal Islands, and Emergence of Pathogenic Vibrio cholerae
John Mekalanos
Harvard Medical School
5:00 Closing Remarks
Reception

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