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Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative Annual Symposium
- Speaker:
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Howard Berg, Harvard University
Kit Pogliano , Univ. of Calif San Diego
Colleen Hansel, Harvard University
Martin Polz, MIT
Adam Kuspa, Baylor University
Michael Starnbach, Harvard University
Greg Hurst, Univ. of Liverpool, UK
Kevin Foster, Harvard University
- Starts:
- April 05, 2008 at 08:45 am
- Ends:
- April 05, 2008 at 05:00 pm
- Location:
- Harvard University, Science Center - Hall C, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA. 02138
- Maps:
Description
Opening Remarks and Welcome 8:45-9:00
Session I 9:00-10:20
Howard Berg
(Harvard Molecular and Cellular Biology)
“Bacterial motility: probing E. coli with light”
Kit Pogliano
(Univ. of Calif San Diego)
“Bacterial Cell Biology”
Coffee Break 10:20-10:40
Session II – 10:40-12:0
Colleen Hansel
(Harvard School of Engineering and Applies Sciences)
“Expanding the Role of Microbes in the Mineralization of Metals”
Martin Polz
(Mass. Institute of Technology)
“Bacterial Speciation by Ecological Specialization”
Lunch 12:00-2:00
Session III – 2:00-3:20
Adam Kuspa
(Baylor College of Medicine)
“Innate immunity and self-recognition in social amoeba”
Michael Starnbach
(Harvard Medical School)
“Inhibition of immune responses by bacterial pathogens”
Coffee Break 3:20-3:40
Session IV 3:40-5:00
Greg Hurst
(University of Liverpool, UK)
“A brief guide to bacterial manipulators of insect reproduction”
Kevin Foster
(Harvard Center for Genomics Research)
“Social evolution in microbes”
Closing Remarks
Reception in Science Center Lobby 5-7 pm
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
For more information
- Contact person:
- Christy Herren
- Email:
- herren [ at ] fas.harvard.edu
- Website:
- Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative Annual Symposium
