META Center Events
Friday, May 8th via Zoom
Journal Club
Speaker: Watch Video
“Covid-19 TAGC conference keynote talk”
Video Link Here
Zoom Meeting Link Here
Meeting ID: 996-0903-0771
Monday, May 11th via Zoom 4:00
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Michelle Massaquoi
Topic: “Exploring the role of bacteria-secreted proteins on host development”
Zoom meeting link here
Meeting ID: 967 7877 5121
Password: 033947
Monday, May 4th via Zoom
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Deepika Sundarraman
Topic: “Quantifying multi-species interactions in larval zebrafish”
Zoom meeting link here
Meeting ID: 967 7877 5121
Password: 033947
Friday, May 1st via Zoom 3:00 pm
Journal Club
Speaker: Lila Kaye
“Influenza promotes pneumococcal growth during co-infection by providing host sialylated substrates as a nutrient source”
Article Here
Zoom Meeting Link Here
Meeting ID: 988 5942 9336
Password: 025290
Monday, April 27th via Zoom @ 4PM
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Jarrod Smith
Topic: “Communication Breakdown: linking bacterial physiology to host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions”
Zoom meeting link here
Meeting ID: 967 7877 5121
Password: 033947
Friday, April 24th
Journal Club
Speaker: Michelle Massaquoi
“Discovery of a prevalent picornavirus by visualizing zebrafish immune responses”
Article Here
Zoom Meeting Link Here
Meeting ID: 978 0042 5155
Friday, April 17th via Zoom @ 3pm
Journal Club
Speaker: kate Walsh
“The Commensal Microbiota and Viral Infection: A Comprehensive Review”
Article Here
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 585 778 3344
Monday, April 20th via Zoom @ 4PM
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Kylynda Bauer from University of British Columbia
Topic: “Gut Microbiota-Systemic Impacts of Malnutrition: from Neurocognition to Non Fatty Acid Liver Disease”
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 992 9017 7156
Password: 060782
Friday, April 10th
Journal Club
Speaker: Maria Banuelos
“A Macrophage Response to Mycobacterium leprae Phenolic Glycolipid Initiates Nerve Damage in Leprosy”
Zoom 3pm
Friday, March 6th
Journal Club
Speaker: Cathy Robinson
“Host-Specific Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics Shape the Functional Diversification of Staphylococcus epidermidis in Human Skin”
275 Onyx 3pm
Friday, February 28th
Journal Club
Speaker: Melissa Hinman
“High fat diet induces microbiota-dependent silencing of enteroendocrine cells”
275 Onyx 3pm
Friday, February 21st
Journal Club
Speaker: Karen Adair
“A reverse ecology approach based on a biological definition of microbial populations”
275 Onyx 3pm
Friday, February 14th
Journal Club
Speaker: Michelle Massaquoi
“The intestinal microbiota programs diurnal rhythms in host metabolism through histone deacetylase 3”
275 Onyx 3pm
Monday, February 24th
Meta Meeting
Speaker: Philip Arevalo
Topic: “Candidate Talk for Human Microbiome Faculty Search”
Straub Room 145, 4pm
META Meetings
Monday, December 18
No Meta Meeting – Winter Break
Monday, December 4
Meta Meeting
Ellie Melancon, Elena Wall, Kyleah Murphy
Zebrafish and Biosafety Training
(strongly encouraged for anyone using zebrafish or fish-derived bacteria)
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, November 27
Meta Meeting
Jennifer Hampton Hill
“From the gut to the pancreas: The structure of BefA reveals a functional domain which signals directly to beta cells.
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, November 20
Meta Meeting
Daniel Shoup
“Mechanics and Implications of Collective Bacterial Behavior”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, November 13
Meta Meeting
Cathy Robinson
“Adaptive Evolution of a Zebrafish Gut Symbiont”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, October 30
Meta Meeting
Clay Small and Emily Beck
“Sources of variation in 16S community profiles of the stickleback gut”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, October 23
Meta Meeting
Kristi Hamilton
“The Enteric Nervous System Impacts on Intestinal Dynamics”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, October 16
Meta Meeting
Beth Miller
“Modeling the Microbiome: Community and Evolutionary Studies”
350 Willamette 4pm
Monday, October 2
No Meta Meeting
Monday, September 25
Meta Meeting
Travis Wiles
“Modernized Tools for Streamlined Genetic Manipulation of Wild and Diverse Symbiotic Bacteria”
350 Willamette 4pm
Mondays, June 19-September 18
No Meta Meeting Until Further Notice – Summer Break
Monday, June 12
Meta Meeting
Andrea Loes
“Early evolution of an endogenous danger signal for Toll-like receptor 4”
350 Willamette 4pm
Journal Club
Friday, October 6
Journal Club
Beth Miller
Schluter & Foster 2012
Foster et al 2017
327 Pacific, 3pm
Fridays, June 16-September 22
No Meta Journal Club Until Further Notice – Summer Break
Friday, May 12
Journal Club
This Week’s Journal Club Postponed until further notice
Nick Lowery
Freilich et al 2011
327 Pacific, 3pm
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