Tuesday/Thursday, 11:15am, 201 Morrill Science Center IVN
Coordinator: Michelle Klingbeil 577-1742
Transcription Termination and the Maintenance of Chromosome Integrity
Robert S. Washburn, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 11:15am
Host: Steve Sandler
Horizontal Transfer of Pathogenecity Chromosomes Determines Host Specificity in Fusarium Oxysporum Species Complex
Li-Jun Ma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, UMass Amherst
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 11:15am
Disease-Associated and Beneficial Gut Microbiota in Colitis and Colorectal Cancer
Wendy Garrett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Genetics
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 11:15am
Persister Cells, Uncultured Bacteria, and the Quest for New Antibiotic
Kim Lewis, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor, Director, Antimicrobial Discovery Center, Department of Biology, Northeastern University
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 11:15am
Host: Steve Sandler
Community Assembly Dynamics in the Arabidopsis phyllosphere
Sheri Simmons, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 11:15am
Host: Kristen DeAngelis
Extremophiles of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua: An Analog for Hydrothermal Environments on Mars
Karyn Rogers, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 11:15am
Host: James Holden
The Bacterial Stringent Response and Chromosome Dynamics
Susan Lovett, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biology, Brandeis University
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 11:15am
Host: Steve Sandler
Tweeners: What Are They And How Did They Force An Assay Redesign?
John Jackson, Ph.D.
Manager, Genetic Quality Assurance Laboratory Monsanto Company
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 4:00pm
Host: Cosponsored with the Department of Plant Soil & Insect Sciences, Plant Biology Graduate Program and the Institute for Cellular Engineering (ICE)
222 Morrill Science Center II
Department of Microbiology