Spring Semester 2014:
January 8: Xin Li, PhD, Ohio State University
"Metalloregulation in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi"
Host: Mike Ibba
January 13: Robert Britton, PhD, Michigan State University
"Next generation probiotics for the prevention and treatment of disease"
Host: Chuck Daniels
*Seminar to be held in 104 Aronoff at 11:00am
January 15: Matt Sullivan, PhD, University of Arizona
"Marine virology: Using 'omics to map the oceans"
Host: Steve Abedon
January 21: Quin Christensen, PhD, University of Washington
"Catalysis, Inhibition, and Evolution of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing Signal Synthesis"
Host: Chuck Daniels
*Seminar to be held in 104 Aronoff at 11:00am
January 29: Ian Lewis,PhD, Princeton University
"Metabolic warfare: how host-pathogen interactions shape populations"
Host: Chuck Daniels
February 5: Peter Freddolino,PhD, Columbia University
"Systems-level exploration of molecular interactions and phenotypic landscapes in E. coli"
Host: Chuck Daniels
February 12: Kevin Young, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
"Bacterial Morphology: The New Canary in the Coal Mine"
Host: Natacha Ruiz
February 19: Matt Schrenk, PhD, Michigan State University
"Serpentinization, Carbon, and Deep Life"
Host: Mike Wilkins
February 26: Mike Wilkins, PhD, Ohio State University
"Into the Deep - Using Proteogenomics to Assess Metabolism in a Contaminated Aquifer"
Host: Irina Artsimovitch
March 12: Spring Break, No Seminar
March 26: John Connor,PhD, Boston University
"I inhaled what? The immune response to aerosolized hemorrhagic fever viruses."
Host: Jesse Kwiek
April 2: Paula Mouser, PhD, Ohio State University
"The Role of Microorganisms in Shale Energy Development"
Host: Mike Ibba
April 9: Zakee Sabree, PhD, Ohio State University
"Shrinkage, Loss and Other Consequences of Intimacy"
Host: Mike Ibba
April 10: Matt Sullivan, PhD, University of Arizona
"Viruses: nanoscale manipulators of local- and global-scale processes"
Host: Chuck Daniels
*Seminar to be held in 104 Aronoff at 10:00am
April 16: Wolfram Zückert, PhD, University of Kansas
"Architecture and Biogenesis of a Spirochetal Host-Pathogen Interface"
Host: Ross Dalbey
April 28: Virginia Rich, PhD, University of Arizona
"Scaling "genes-to-ecosystems" at the leading edge of climate change"
Host: Mike Wilkins
*Seminar to be held in 104 Aronoff at 2:00pm; Students enrolled in 7899 are not required to attend this seminar.