Microbial Sciences at Harvard

thursday evening seminars | spring 2006

Date Topic/Presenter

March 9

"Antibiotic resistant Enterococcus faecalis:
What happens when a good commensal goes bad! "
Michael S. Gilmore
Harvard Medical School
Department of Ophthamology
& Schepens Eye Research Institute
March 27

"Electron Transfer During Times of Stress:
Physiological Roles for Redox Active 'Antibiotics' "
Dianne Newman
Professor of Geobiology
Caltech & Howard Hughes Medical Institute

May 18

Molecular Ecology of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Their Bacterial Symbionts
Annette Kretzer
State University of New York
Environmental Science and Forestry (ESR)
June 21

"The Relict Chloroplast of Malaria Parasites:
Origin, Function & Therapeutic Potential "
Prof. Geoff McFadden
Howard Hughes International Scholar
School of Botany
University of Melbourne, Australia