| June 15 |
Introductory Meeting!
Hot topics in Microbial Sciences
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| June 22 |
Lam et al. (2007) Linking crenarchaeal and bacterial nitrification to anammox in the Black Sea. PNAS
104(17), 7104-7109.
Suni Shah (EPS, Pearson lab)
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| June 29 |
Higgins et al. (2007) Chromosomal context directs high-frequency precise excision of IS492 in Pseudoalteromonas atlantica. PNAS
104(6), 1901-1906.
Review article:
Moxon et al. (1994) Adaptive evolution of highly mutable loci in pathogenic bacteria. Current Biology 4(1), 24-33.
David Chou (OEB, Marx lab)
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| July 6 |
Lartigue et al. (2007) Genome Transplantation in Bacteria: Changing One Species to Another. Science Express.
Summary: Pennisi, E. (2007) Replacement genome gives microbe new identity. Science 316(5833), 1827.
Julie Robidart (OEB, Girguis lab)
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| July 13 |
Lennon (2007) Diversity and Metabolism of Marine Bacteria Cultivated on Dissolved DNA. AEM 73(9), 2799-2805.
Kristina Fontanez (OEB, Cavanaugh lab)
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| July 20 |
Keymer et al. (2006) Bacterial metapopulations in nanofabricated landscapes. PNAS 103(46), 17290-17295.
Jeremy Agresti (SEAS, Weitz lab)
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| July 27 |
Drake et al. (2007) Potential Microbial Bioinvasions via ships' ballast water, sediment and biofilm. Marine Pollution Bulletin 55, 333-341.
Chris McNamara (SEAS, Mitchell lab)
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| August 3 |
Ostash et al. (2007) A Streamlined Metabolic Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Moenomycin A. Chemistry & Biology 14(3), 257-267.
Nicolae Done (MSI Undergrad Felllow)
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| August 10 |
Bidle et al. (2007) Fossil genes and microbes in the oldest ice on Earth. PNAS 104(33), 13455-13460.
Jill Mikucki (EPS, Pearson lab)
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| August 17 |
MSI Undergraduate Fellows Symposium
Symposium Program
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| August 24 |
End of Journal Club Event: Glo-germ experiment
Background Reading: Finlay (2002) Global Dispersal of Free-Living Microbial Eukaryote Species. Science 296(5570), 1061-1063.
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