2021 Schedule

9:15am-12:00pm EST

Session 1: Environmental Microbiology

• Dr. Arpita Bose, Associate Professor at Washington University

  • Talk title: Exploring the Electric Side of Photosynthesis

• Dr. Oded Beja, Professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • Talk title: Microbial Rhodopsins Revisited

• Dr. Melissa Duhaime, Assistant Professor at University of Michigan

  • Talk title: The Virus Guide to Programming Bacteria: How to Infect a Starving Host

12:00-1:00pm EST

Lunchtime Session: Microbiology Trivia Hour

• Family-friendly event run by Dr. Sarah McAnulty of Skype a Scientist

1:15-4:00pm EST

Session 2 - Medical Microbiology

• Dr. Shirong Liu, Instructor in Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

  • Talk title: Raise commensals with specificity: a role of microRNAs found in the gut

• Dr. Christina Faherty, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

  • Talk title: The Effects of Bile on Shigella: New Perspectives for an Old Pathogen

• Dr. Damian Krysan, Professor, Univerity of Iowa

  • Talk title: The genetics of fungal adaptation to the host

4:00-5:00pm EST

Virtual Happy Hour 

Zoom link to be sent only to registered participants on the day of the symposium.