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2009-2010 thursday evening seminars
Seminars are generally given by guest speakers from outside of Harvard and are preceded by a wine and cheese reception.
Day and Time: The second Thursday of the month (during term), reception: 5:30PM, seminar: 6:00PM
Location: Harvard Center for the Environment (HUCE) in Cambridge
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sep. 10 | Dr. Eric Alm (MIT) |
Age of Innovation: a story about how life learned to breathe and thrive as recorded in hundreds of microbial genomes |
| Oct. 8 | Dr. Doyle Ward (Broad Institute) |
The long tail of the human microbiome and other short stories |
| Nov. 12 | Dr. Michael McInerney (University of Oklahoma) |
Teamwork in Anaerobic Metabolism: Syntrophy and Interspecies Metabolic Interactions |
| Dec. 3 | Dr. Carol Kumamoto (Tufts University) |
Host/Candida Interactions During Health and Disease |
| Jan. 14 | Dr. Matthew Chapman (University of Michigan) |
Protein misfolding done right: The function and biogenesis of bacterial amyloids |
| Feb. 11 | Dr. Joshua Shaevitz (Princeton University) |
Bacterial mechanics and motility: How filaments, pressure, and the cell wall are used for physical goals |
| Mar. 11 | Dr. Jessica Green (University of Oregon and the Santa Fe Institute) |
TBA |
| Apr. 8 | Dr. Mark Buttner (John Ihnes Centre) |
TBA |
| May 13 | Dr. Kathleen Scott (University of South Florida) |
TBA |