META Center Events
Monday, March 11th
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Aura Raulo from Oxford University
“How touch defines our immunological essence- Transmission of endosymbiotic microbiota in social networks of mammalian hosts”
350 Willamette 4pm
Friday, March 8th
Journal Club
Speaker: Jarrett Lebov
“Genomes of a major nosocomial pathogen Enterococcus faecium are shaped by adaptive evolution of the chromosome and plasmidome”
275 Onyx 3pm
Friday, March 1st
Journal Club
Speaker: Julia Ngo
“Stepwise metamorphosis of the tubeworm Hydroides elegans is mediated by a bacterial inducer and MAPK signaling”
275 Onyx 3pm
Monday, February 25th
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Debra Wohl Elizabethtown College
“A Comparative Study of the Oral Microbiome of Amish and Non-Amish Individuals”
350 Willamette 4pm
Friday, February 22nd
Journal Club
Speaker: Cathy Robinson
“Dietary Fructose and Microbiota-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids Promote Bacteriophage Production in the Gut Symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri”
275 Onyx 3pm
Monday, February 18th
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg
“Design the UnSeen”
350 Willamette 4pm
Friday, February 15th
Journal Club
Speaker: Michael DeSantis
“Quorum Sensing Attenuates Virulence in Sodalis praecaptivus”
275 Onyx 3pm
Monday, February 11th
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Maria Banuelos
“Investigating the role of AI-2 mediated aggregation in structuring bacterial communities”
350 Willamette 4pm
Friday, February 8th
Journal Club
Speaker: Karen Guillemin
“Mechanisms Underlying Microbial-Mediated Changes in Social Behavior in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder”
“Why does the microbiome affect behaviour?”
275 Onyx 3pm
Monday, February 4th
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Taihei Fujimori, University of Tokyo
“Navigation rules at the single-cell level in the development of Dictyostelium discoideum”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, January 28th
Seminar
Speaker: Scott F. Gilbert
“Holobiont Evo-Devo: The case of herbivory”
110 Willamette 4:00pm
Friday, January 25
Journal Club
Speaker: Brandon Schlomann
“The impact of early-life sub-therapeutic antibiotic treatment (STAT) on excessive weight is robust despite transfer of intestinal microbes”
275 Onyx 3pm
Friday, January 18th
Special Seminar
Speaker: Suresh Jesuthasan
“How bacteria enable altruism in their host”
275 Onyx 3:00pm
Monday, January 14
Student Seminar
Speaker: Michelle Massaquoi
“Investigating the role of bacterial protein BefA on host beta cell development”
275 Onyx 3:30pm
META Meetings
Monday, January 14
Student Seminar
Speaker: Michelle Massaquoi
“Investigating the role of bacterial protein BefA on host beta cell development”
275 Onyx 3:30pm
Monday, October 8th
Meta Meeting
Raghu Parthasarathy
PO1: Project 2 “Engineering Transmissible Health”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, October 1st
Meta Meeting
Brendan Bohannan
“PO1: Project 1 ‘Engineering Transmissible Health’”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, September 24th
Meta Meeting
Karen Guillemin
“Engineering Transmissible Health”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, June 11
Meta Meeting
Diana Christie
“The gut microbiome and social behavior of black and white colobus”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, June 4
No Meta Meeting
Monday, May 21
Meta Meeting
Maria Banuelos
“Investigating the role of quorum signal, Autoinducer-2, in structuring bacterial communities”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, May 14
Meta Meeting
Michelle Massequoi
“Investigating the role of microbial bio-molecules on host beta cell development”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, April 30
Meta Meeting
Arden Perkins
“Helicobacter pylori’s internal navigator: The surprising capability of a cytosolic chemoreceptor to sense extracellular reactive oxygen species.”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, April 23
No Meta Meeting
Monday, April 16
Meta Meeting
Nick Lowery
“Morphologically complex environments fundamentally alter dynamics and spatial distributions of ecological communities”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, April 9
Meta Meeting
Teddy Hay
“Pairwise and Multi-Species Interactions Among Larval Zebrafish Gut Microbiota”
350 Willamette 4pm
Journal Club
Friday, September 28
Journal Club
Heterogeneity in Response to Vaccinations and Probiotics
Speaker: TBD
275 Onyx, 3pm
Seminars
Tuesday, May 23
IE2 Seminar
Chris Marx
University of Idaho, Department of Biological Services, Center for Modeling Complex Interactions
“Novel induction of cell stasis to protect the cell from a toxic central metabolic intermediate”
110 Willamette Hall, 11-11:40am
Reception and discussion to follow in 327 Pacific Hall
Tuesday, May 2
Ie2 Seminar
Margaret McFall-Ngai
Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
“Finding the right partner: The molecular, genetic, and ecological underpinnings of symbiosis onset”
110 Willamette Hall, 11-11:40am
Wednesday, April 26
Streisinger Lecture
Jonathan Weissman-UC San Francisco
“Controlling the volume of gene expression with CRISPRi and CRISPRa”
331 Klamath Hall, 2-3pm
Tuesday, April 25
Streisinger Lecture
Jennifer Doudna-UC Berkeley
“Rewriting the language of life: Impacts and challenges of DNA editing”
100 Willamette Hall, 4-5pm
Tuesday, September 27
IMB Seminar
Macrophage-dependent cytoplasmic transfer drives melanoma metastasis in vivo
Minna Roh-Johnson
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA
110 Willamette, 4pm
Tuesday, May 24
Keaton Stagaman Thesis Defense
Title: “Investigating the role of immunity and other selective pressures on the assembly of the gut microbiota in zebrafish and humans”
30 Pacific, 2pm
Tuesday, May 17
IE2 Seminar
Stephen Giovannoni, “Predicting Long-Term Impacts of Ocean Desertification on Microbial Plankton Communities”
Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University
110 Willamette, 1pm
Wednesday, March 2
Special Seminar
Dr. Daniel Schultz: “Rapid expression of transcription repressor is critical for early dynamics of antibiotic resistance”
350 Willamette, 4pm
Tuesday, February 16
IMB Seminar
Dr. Pamela Silver: “Designing Biological Systems for Health and Sustainability”
110 Willamette, 4pm
Tuesday, May 26
IMB Seminar
“Growth and Shape Control in Bacteria”
Tristan Ursell
University of Oregon, Department of Physics
Host: Karen Guillemin
110 Willamette, 4 pm
Monday, February 2
Special Seminar
“The right place at the right time: uncovering the mechanisms that lead to spatiotemporal structure and organization in the bacterial cell.”
Nathan J. Kuwada
Department of Physics and Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
240D Willamette, 4 pm
Tuesday, January 20
IMB Seminar
“Metals and Immunity”
Elizabeth Nolan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry
Host: Vickie De Rose
110 Willamette Hall, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Friday, October 17
Seminar Fall 2014
“Structure, Function, and Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilms: Lessons from Small Molecules and a Big Magnet”
Lynette Cegelski, Stanford University
Cegelski Lab
331 Klamath Hall, 2:30-3:30 pm
Tuesday, October 14
Seminar Fall 2014
“Bacterial Adaptations to Life in the Stomach”
Nina Salama
Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center
110 Willamette Hall, 4-5 pm
Tuesday, May 20
Seminar
“Earthworm nephridial bacteria: diversity and host interactions”
Seana Davidson
University of Washington
331 Klamath Hall, 9:00-9:30am
Special Events