Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30am, 222 Morrill Science Center II
Coordinator: Sloan Siegrist, 413-545-2735
The Role of Bacterial Proteases During Stress Responses.
Peter Chien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Steve Sandler
Tracking Spatial and Temporal Changes in Microbial Metabolic Potential and Gene Expression Across Geochemical Gradients at Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents.
Caroline Fortunato, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Jim Holden
Life on the Inside: Exploiting Reporter Strains to Understand Mycobacterium Tuberculosis-Host Interactions.
Shumin Tan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University, School of Medicine
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Sloan Siegrist
Macromolecular Machines: Motors, Rings, Springs and Things.
Brian Kelch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Steve Sandler
Immunometabolism and the M. tuberculosis Host-Pathogen Interaction.
Sarah Stanley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University of California Berkeley
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Sloan Siegrist
What Lies Beneath: The Microbial World of Deep Bedrock.
James Holden, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, UMass Amherst
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 11:30am
Bacterial Cell Wall: Putting it all Together.
Suzanne Walker, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School
Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Sloan Siegrist
Photogranules and Energy Recovery from Wastewater Treatment.
Chul Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMass Amherst
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Yasu Morita
Chemoproteomic Discovery of Host and Pathogen Enzymes Active in Cholera.
Stavroula Hatzios, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Sloan Siegrist
Using Stress-Responsive E. Coli as Biosensors.
Amy Cheng Volmer, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Swarthmore College
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Peter Chien
Compost Microbiome and Suppression of Plant and Human Pathogens.
Deborah Neher, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Plant & Soil Science, University of Vermont
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 11:30am
Host: Kristen DeAngelis
Department of Microbiology