Upcoming Events
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Oct
18
MBB JC: Angela DeMarco12:00pm
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Oct
18
MCB Microbiology Journal Club4:00pm
MCB Microbiology Journal Club
Monday, October 18th, 2021
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 201
Molly Schiffer will lead a discussion of: The Gut Microbiota Protects Bees from Invasion by a Bacterial Pathogen.
Steele MI, Motta EVS, Gattu T, Martinez D, Moran NA. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Sep 15:e0039421. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.00394-21. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34523998
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00394-21 -
Oct
19
MCB Seminar Series: Damian Ekiert3:30pm
MCB Seminar Series: Damian Ekiert
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 130
Dr. Damian Ekiert
Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine
Host: Aoife Heaslip
"How microsporidian parasites use harpoons to invade host cells"
Summary: To begin the infection process, microsporidian parasites fire a harpoon-like projectile called the “polar tube” to pierce the plasma membrane of a host cell and then translocate the parasite inside. I will present our latest work towards understanding this invasion process.
Short Bio: BA in Biology, UChicago 2005; PhD at Scripps Research Institute in Ian Wilson’s lab working on broadly neutralizing antibodies against influenza; postdoc with Jeff Cox/Ron Vale studying virulence mechanisms in M. tuberculosis. Started lab in 2017 at NYU School of Medicine
To learn more about Dr. Ekiert and his work visit: https://bhabhaekiertlab.org/
Seminar can be livestreamed at https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/2090521/uiconf_id/38934061/entry_id/1_904uedgo/embed/dynamic -
Oct
20
PNB Seminar Series Nagendran Muthusamy4:00pm
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Oct
21
Teale Seminar: Jane O'Sullivan (University Of Queensland)4:00pm
Teale Seminar: Jane O'Sullivan (University Of Queensland)
Thursday, October 21st, 2021
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus Online
Title: "Ending population growth: a race against ecological limits"
