Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30am
Coordinator: Sloan Siegrist
When Two Viruses are Better Than One: Coinfection in the Respiratory Tract
Host: Stephen Rich
Driving Big Ideas With Catalytic Science and Innovation
Host: Jeffrey Blanchard
Big ideas such as long-read sequencing of whole genomes, widespread molecular diagnostics, and easily assembling a hundred kilobase fragment of synthetic DNA in a test tube have supplied goals for which to strive. Achieving these goals requires not only the single massive breakthrough, but also the equally important surrounding innovations that maximize the potential of that idea. This talk will cover some of the less well known, but catalytic, innovations that have had surprisingly large impacts.
A Cell-to-Cell Perspective on Microbial Interactions in the Open Ocean
Host: Jeffrey Blanchard, James Holden
Life in a Tight Spot: How Bacterial Biofilms Grow Under Confinement
Host: Maria Santore, Sloan Siegrist
Epitranscriptomic Code of Viral lncRNA
Host: William Rodriguez
Giant Sulfur Bacteria Host Intracellular Endobionts
Title TBD
Host: Mandy Muller
Department of Microbiology