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Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University

2215 Biomedical Physical Sciences East Lansing, MI 48824-4320

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P: 517-884-5292

F: 517-353-8957

mmgchair@msu.edu

Seminar Schedules

Spring 2008

4:10 P.M., TUESDAY, 1415 Biomedical Physical Sciences, unless noted otherwise
Seminar Coordinator: Ian York

Date Topic Speaker Host
Jan 8
     
Jan 10
9:00AM
1425 BPS*

Shedding light on quorum sensing in pandemic Vibrio cholerae Brian Hammer
Esselman
Jan 14
9:00AM
1425 BPS*

Subversion of host immune responses by Neisseria gonorrhoeae Alison Criss
Esselman
Jan 15  

Greg Velicer
Indiana University

Kroos
Jan 17
9:00AM
1425 BPS*

Metabolic control of Clostridium difficile virulence Sean Dineen
Esselman
Jan 22 A flagellar clutch disables motility in Bacillus subtilis biofilms
Daniel Kearns
Indiana University
Graduate Students
Jan 29 Integration of progesterone receptor action with intracellular signaling events in breast cancer models Carol Lange
University of Minnesota
Conrad

Feb 5
10:00AM
1425 BPS*

Bioprospecting in Yellowstone National Park: Discovery of a 6th phylum containing chlorophototrophs and other adventures in genomics Don Bryant
Penn State
Hausinger
Feb 5 CANCELLED! Victoria Orphan
Caltech
Graduate Students
Feb 12 Sensing and responding to cell death
Kenneth Rock
University of Massachusetts Medical School
York
Feb 19 Molecular Genetics of Spinosyn Biosynthesis: An Example of the Ups, Downs and Ups in Industrial Research Clegg Waldron
Dow Agrosciences
Schmidt
Feb 26 Exploring the diversity and biogeography of soil microbial communities
Noah Fierer
University of Colorado at Boulder
Graduate Students
Mar 4 Spring Break    
Mar 11 Inorganic polyphosphate: a biopolymer of multiple functions Narayana Rao
Stanford University
Reusch
Mar 18 Lateral Gene Transfer from Bacteria to Animals
Julie Dunning Hotopp Hausinger
Mar 25 Cell-Cell Communication Peptides of Bacillus subtilis
Beth Lazazzera
UCLA
Britton
Apr 1 Influenza: Virus Assembly and Anti-Innate Immunity
Feng Li
South Dakota State University
Zheng

Apr 3
10:00 AM  to
3:00 PM
1425 BPS and
101 BMB

Splicing RNPs: Composition and Assembly
Mini-symposium R.Patterson
Apr 8 Translation of the genetic code, quality control and the cost of accuracy Michael Ibba
Ohio State University
Britton
Apr 15 Bacterial dinner conversations
Marvin Whiteley
University of Texas
Britton
Apr 22 Mechanisms of Haemophilus ducreyi Resistance to Innate Immunity
Margaret Bauer
Indiana University School of Medicine
C. Arvidson
Apr 29 Finals Week    

 *Please note special location and time