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Distinguished Lectures in Microbiology
Unless otherwise noted, Seminars are at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, in 1220 Microbial Sciences Building (Ebling Symposium Center). The Department of Bacteriology Distinguished Lectures in Microbiology are supported in part by the J.B. Wilson Fund, the Perry Wilson Fund, the Dennis and Alicemay Watson Lectureship Fund, and the E.B. Fred Memorial Fund.
September 15, 2011
Title: From Bacterial Development to Human Health
Speaker: Dr. Lee Kroos, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department, Michigan State University ** NOON SEMINAR**
Host: Garret Suen
Title: From Bacterial Development to Human Health
Speaker: Dr. Lee Kroos, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department, Michigan State University ** NOON SEMINAR**
Host: Garret Suen
September 29, 2011
Title: 3-Hydroxypropionate Metabolism by Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Speaker: Dr. Birgit Alber, Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: 3-Hydroxypropionate Metabolism by Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Speaker: Dr. Birgit Alber, Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University
Host: Michael Thomas
October 6, 2011
Title: Catalytic Promiscuity and Serendipitous Metabolic Pathways
Speaker: Dr. Shelley Copley, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Department, University of Colorado-Boulder
Host: Diana Downs
Title: Catalytic Promiscuity and Serendipitous Metabolic Pathways
Speaker: Dr. Shelley Copley, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Department, University of Colorado-Boulder
Host: Diana Downs
October 13, 2011
Title: Bacterial Microcompartments for 1,2-Propanediol Degradation: Do They Have Selectively Permeable Protein Shells?
Speaker: Dr. Tom Bobik, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
Host: Jorge Escalante
Title: Bacterial Microcompartments for 1,2-Propanediol Degradation: Do They Have Selectively Permeable Protein Shells?
Speaker: Dr. Tom Bobik, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
Host: Jorge Escalante
October 20, 2011
Title: Evolution of Glycan Utilization in Human Gut Bacteroidetes DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. Eric Martens, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Host: Heidi Goodrich-Blair
Title: Evolution of Glycan Utilization in Human Gut Bacteroidetes DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS SEMINAR
Speaker: Dr. Eric Martens, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Host: Heidi Goodrich-Blair
October 27, 2011
Title: Post-translational Modification by Orthogonal Expansion of the Genetic Code Machinery with a beta-Amino Acid
Speaker: Dr. Michael Ibba, Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University
Host: Bill McClain
Title: Post-translational Modification by Orthogonal Expansion of the Genetic Code Machinery with a beta-Amino Acid
Speaker: Dr. Michael Ibba, Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University
Host: Bill McClain
November 3, 2011
Title: Optimization of Protein Folding In Vivo Uncovers New Chaperone
Speaker: Dr. Jim Bardwell, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan
Host: Jorge Escalante
Title: Optimization of Protein Folding In Vivo Uncovers New Chaperone
Speaker: Dr. Jim Bardwell, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan
Host: Jorge Escalante
November 10, 2011
Title: Global Regulation by Fe-S Transcription Factors
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Kiley, Biomolecular Chemistry Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Rick Gourse
Title: Global Regulation by Fe-S Transcription Factors
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Kiley, Biomolecular Chemistry Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Rick Gourse
November 17, 2011
Title: State of the Department of Bacteriology Address and Annual Photo
Speaker: Rick Gourse
Host: Rick Gourse
Title: State of the Department of Bacteriology Address and Annual Photo
Speaker: Rick Gourse
Host: Rick Gourse
December 8, 2011
Title: Tracks and Snaps: New Views on DNA Replication and Chromosome Segregation in E. coli
Speaker: Dr. David Bates, Department of Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Rick Gourse
Title: Tracks and Snaps: New Views on DNA Replication and Chromosome Segregation in E. coli
Speaker: Dr. David Bates, Department of Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Rick Gourse
December 15, 2011
Title: New Insights on Protein Unfolding and Translocation Across Membranes Using Anthrax Toxin as a Model System
Speaker: Dr. Bryan Krantz, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley
Host: Katrina Forest, Silvia Cavagnero
Title: New Insights on Protein Unfolding and Translocation Across Membranes Using Anthrax Toxin as a Model System
Speaker: Dr. Bryan Krantz, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley
Host: Katrina Forest, Silvia Cavagnero
February 2, 2012
Title: Genomic Approaches to Studying Environmental Responses in Fungi
Speaker: Dr. Audrey P. Gasch, Genetics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Jae-Hyuk Yu
Title: Genomic Approaches to Studying Environmental Responses in Fungi
Speaker: Dr. Audrey P. Gasch, Genetics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Jae-Hyuk Yu
February 6, 2012
Title: Hopanoids and Sterols: Ancient Fats in Modern Bacteria
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Paula Welander, MIT
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Hopanoids and Sterols: Ancient Fats in Modern Bacteria
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Paula Welander, MIT
Host: Michael Thomas
February 9, 2012
Title: Genetic and Molecular Dissection of a Simple Circadian System
Speaker: Dr. Jay C. Dunlap, Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School
Host: Jae-Hyuk Yu
Title: Genetic and Molecular Dissection of a Simple Circadian System
Speaker: Dr. Jay C. Dunlap, Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School
Host: Jae-Hyuk Yu
February 13, 2012
Title: Evolution of bacterial cell shape and growth mechanisms
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Pamela Brown, Indiana University
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Evolution of bacterial cell shape and growth mechanisms
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Pamela Brown, Indiana University
Host: Michael Thomas
February 16, 2012
Title: Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Antibiotic Stress Responses in Pneumococcal Growth and Virulence
Speaker: Dr. Malcolm Winkler, Department of Biology, Indiana University
Host: Tim Donohue
Title: Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Antibiotic Stress Responses in Pneumococcal Growth and Virulence
Speaker: Dr. Malcolm Winkler, Department of Biology, Indiana University
Host: Tim Donohue
February 20, 2012
Title: Studying the action of DNA machines in living cells
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe, University of Oxford
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Studying the action of DNA machines in living cells
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe, University of Oxford
Host: Michael Thomas
February 23, 2012
Title: Nanopods: Architecture and Function of Novel Bacterial Structures
Speaker: Dr. William Hickey, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Amy Wong
Title: Nanopods: Architecture and Function of Novel Bacterial Structures
Speaker: Dr. William Hickey, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Amy Wong
February 27, 2012
Title: Post Genomic Insights into Nutrient Stress and Genome Integrity
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jade Wang, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Post Genomic Insights into Nutrient Stress and Genome Integrity
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jade Wang, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Michael Thomas
March 1, 2012
Title: Regulatory Signals Controlling Microbial Cyst Cell Development
Speaker: Dr. Carl Bauer, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University
Host: Jorge Escalante
Title: Regulatory Signals Controlling Microbial Cyst Cell Development
Speaker: Dr. Carl Bauer, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University
Host: Jorge Escalante
March 8, 2012
Title: Towards Understanding and Combating Bacterial Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
Speaker: Dr. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Michigan
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Towards Understanding and Combating Bacterial Resistance to Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
Speaker: Dr. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Michigan
Host: Michael Thomas
March 12, 2012
Title: Mixed messages: contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) and cell-cell signaling in bacteria
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Hayes, University of California – Santa Barbara
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Mixed messages: contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) and cell-cell signaling in bacteria
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Hayes, University of California – Santa Barbara
Host: Michael Thomas
March 15, 2012
Title: Combining genetics, electrochemistry, and spectral analysis to understand the Geobacter conductive biofilm
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Bond, Microbiology Department, University of Minnesota
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Combining genetics, electrochemistry, and spectral analysis to understand the Geobacter conductive biofilm
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Bond, Microbiology Department, University of Minnesota
Host: Michael Thomas
March 19, 2012
Title: Multicellular development by Bacillus subtilis
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Yunrong “Win” Chai, Harvard University
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Multicellular development by Bacillus subtilis
** SPECIAL Monday Noon Faculty Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Yunrong “Win” Chai, Harvard University
Host: Michael Thomas
March 22, 2012
Title: Understanding Alternative Oxidase Expression and Function in Marine Bacteria: Vibrio fischeri as a Model System
Speaker: Dr. Anne Dunn, Department of Botany and Microbiology, The University of Oklahoma
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Understanding Alternative Oxidase Expression and Function in Marine Bacteria: Vibrio fischeri as a Model System
Speaker: Dr. Anne Dunn, Department of Botany and Microbiology, The University of Oklahoma
Host: Michael Thomas
March 29, 2012
Title: Probing Biological Systems with Emerging Chemical Tools
Speaker: Dr. Shawn Campagna, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee
Host: Joshua Coon
Title: Probing Biological Systems with Emerging Chemical Tools
Speaker: Dr. Shawn Campagna, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee
Host: Joshua Coon
April 12, 2012
Title: Towards understanding the regulation of mitosis, lessons from classical genetics to proteomics
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Osmani, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University
Host: Jae-Hyuk Yu
Title: Towards understanding the regulation of mitosis, lessons from classical genetics to proteomics
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Osmani, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University
Host: Jae-Hyuk Yu
April 19, 2012
Title: Use of Small RNAs to Prime Transcription Initiation in Bacteria ** Promega Lecture in Molecular Microbiology***
Speaker: Dr. Bryce Nickels, Department of Genetics, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University
Host: Karen Wassarman
Title: Use of Small RNAs to Prime Transcription Initiation in Bacteria ** Promega Lecture in Molecular Microbiology***
Speaker: Dr. Bryce Nickels, Department of Genetics, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University
Host: Karen Wassarman
April 26, 2012
Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Compartmentalization and Biomineralization in Magnetotactic Bacteria
Speaker: Dr. Arash Komeili, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley
Host: Michael Thomas
Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Compartmentalization and Biomineralization in Magnetotactic Bacteria
Speaker: Dr. Arash Komeili, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley
Host: Michael Thomas
May 3, 2012
Title: Effector Dynamics During Invasion of Living Rice Cells by the Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Valent, Plant Pathology Department, Kansas State University
Host: Nancy Keller
Title: Effector Dynamics During Invasion of Living Rice Cells by the Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Valent, Plant Pathology Department, Kansas State University
Host: Nancy Keller
May 24, 2012
Title: Lipid Metabolism: Target and Sensor for the Stringent Response in E. coli
Speaker: Dr. Emmanuelle Bouveret, Laboratoire Ingéniérie Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), CNRS and Aix Marseille University
Host: Rick Gourse
Title: Lipid Metabolism: Target and Sensor for the Stringent Response in E. coli
Speaker: Dr. Emmanuelle Bouveret, Laboratoire Ingéniérie Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), CNRS and Aix Marseille University
Host: Rick Gourse
May 31, 2012
Title: Fe-S biogenesis in E. coli
Speaker: Dr. Frederic Barras, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), CNRS and Aix-Marseille University
Host: Tricia Kiley
Title: Fe-S biogenesis in E. coli
Speaker: Dr. Frederic Barras, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), CNRS and Aix-Marseille University
Host: Tricia Kiley
