Microbiology Seminar Series
Spring 2012
218 Pearson Hall
Wednesdays@4:10 pm
January 11
No seminar scheduled
January 18
Dr. Michael Crowder
Miami University
Are ribosomes involved in Zn(II) homeostasis in E. coli?
January 25
Jenna Dolhi
Miami University
Don't be a banana hog and other guidelines for living and working in Antarctica
February 1
No seminar
February 8
Dr. Natividad Ruiz
The Ohio State University
Understanding envelope biogenesis in E. coli
February 15
Dr. Wilbert Derbigny
Indiana University School of Medicine
Identification of a role for TLR3 in the inflammatory response to chlamydia infection of murine oviduct epithelial cells
February 22
Dr. Ross Dalbey
The Ohio State University
The function of YidC chaperone in the insertion and folding of newly synthesized membrane proteins
February 29 - Distinguished Microbiology Lecture (4:15 pm, 116 Pearson Hall)
Dr. Martin Keller
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"An Integrated Biomass Strategy to Next Generation Biofuels and Materials"
March 7
Spring Break
March 14
Dr. M. Soledad Ramirez
Fulbright Scholar
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Acinetobacter baumannii: a pan-drug resistance nosocomial pathogen
March 21
Dr. Matthew Lawrenz
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Stick with me: post-translational regulation of a Yersinia pestis adhesin
March 28
Dr. R. Michael McKay
Bowling Green State University
Psychrophiles in our own backyard: Life under ice-covered Lake Erie
April 4
Dr. David Kehoe
Indiana University
Solving the challenges of light sensing in the aquatic environment
April 11 - Orton K. Stark Lecture (4:15 pm, 128 Pearson Hall)
Dr. John Glass
J. Craig Venter Institute Synthetic Biology Group
OKS Lecture Title: "Synthetic biology: Digitizing life"
April 12 - Orton K. Stark Lecture (11:00 am, 218 Pearson Hall)
Dr. John Glass
J. Craig Venter Institute Synthetic Biology Group
OKS Research Lecture Title: "Creating a minimal bacterial cell"
April 18
Dr. Malcolm Winkler
Indiana University
Cell wall biosynthesis and antibiotic stress responses in pneumococcal growth and virulence
April 23
Dr. Steven C. Gilman
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
April 25
Dr. Blanton Tolbert
Miami University
Structural biophysics of protein-RNA interactions involved in virus replication

