We would like to invite students, faculty and staff to the 5th Annual Distinguished Microbiologist Seminar and Microbiome Symposium on April 10th featuring: Dr. Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University; Dr. Nicole Gerado, Emory University; Dr. Andrew Goodman, Yale University; Dr. Sarah Knutie, UConn; and Dr. Adhinav Upadhya, UConn.
The goal of this event is to bring the microbiologists from UConn departments and campuses together to interact. There will be coffee and cookies before the talks and a reception and poster session afterwards that is sponsored by Eppendorf, New England Biolab, Shoreline Biome, the UConn COR²E, the Provost’s Office, the MCB department and the PSM in Microbial Systems Analysis.
Please RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uconns-5th-annual-distinguished-microbiologist-lecture-and-microbiome-symposium-tickets-55537185216 and indicate if your lab will be bringing a poster.
Please see the schedule below:
2:00 pm Registration with coffee and poster setup
2:30 pm Dr. Adhinav Upadhya , Animal Sciences: "Developing Novel Antibiotic Alternatives for Improving Food Safety"
2:45 pm: Dr. Andrew Goodman, Yale University: “Microbiome Contributions to Drug Metabolism”
3:15 pm: Dr. Sarah Knutie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: "Early-Life Disruption in Gut Microbiota Affects Later-Life infection Risk in Frogs"
3:30 pm: Dr. Nicole Gerado, Emory University: "Exploiting their Dependence: Leveraging Pest-Symbiont Interactions to Lessen Spread of Agricultural Disease"
4:00 pm: Break
4:15 pm: Dr. Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University: "Wholobionts and How Phage Create an Immune System"
5:15 pm: Reception with poster presentations
All events are being held in BPB (Biology/Physics Building) Room 130 and the BPB Lobby.
For more information, contact: Dr. Joerg Graf at joerg.graf@uconn.edu