WiPS Schedule - Fall 2023
Work in Progress Seminars (WiPS) for Fall 2023
All WiPS seminars are at 12:00 P.M., MONDAY, in BPS Room 1425.
Seminar Coordinator: Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan
Please use this QR code to access the WiPS Evaluation form:
| Date | Speaker | Title | Faculty evaluators |
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| Sept. 4 | Labor Day - University Closed | ||
| Sept. 11 | Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Zack Blount | RCR to R3 Graduate Science Education; Lessons in Responsible Conduct of Research and the Nature of Science from the Story of Ignaz Semmelweis | N/A |
| Sept. 18 | Ife Eke, Abramovitch Lab | Characterization of a new nitro scaffold that is active against Mycobacterium abscessus | Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan |
| Imani Pascoe, Bonito/Lebeis Labs | Examining microbial influence on root morphology and phytohormones | Edward Walker | |
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Sept. 25
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Tshego Ngwaga, Shames Lab | How a Legionella effector protein augments host defense and bacterial growth restriction within macrophages | Andrew Olive |
| Adam Kibiloski, Abramovitch Lab | Phosphate restricts growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on lactate at acidic pH | Shannon Manning | |
| Oct. 2 | Esther Chen, Crosson Lab | Exploring known and novel two-component regulatory systems in Brucella ovis through a system-level analysis. | Neal Hammer |
| Doug Guzior, Quinn Lab | Developmental dynamics of the infant fecal environment | Scott Sherrill-Mix | |
| Oct. 9 | Natasha George, Orlando Lab | Dissecting mechanisms of coregulation in a histidine kinase-ABC transporter complex mediating antimicrobial peptide resistance | Robert Hausinger |
| Morgen Clark, Reguera Lab | Nanowires versus outer membrane vesicles for metal detoxification | Cindy Arvidson | |
| Oct. 16 | Sam Barnett, Postdoc, Shade Lab | Functional resilience in the soil microbiome under long term anthropogenic disturbance: Insights from the seven-decade-old Centralia coal mine fire | Victor DiRita |
| Hunter North, Crosson Lab | Caulobacter NtrC: An unconventional bacterial enhancer binding protein | Stephanie Shames | |
| Oct. 23 | Fall Break - No WiPS | ||
| Oct. 30 | Rose Kithan, Sundin Lab | Microbial succession of the apple carposphere during fruit development | Linda Mansfield |
| Sergio Hernandez-Ortiz, Crosson Lab | Elucidating the role of a pair of co-conserved genes involved in iron acquisition in Caulobacter crescentus | Jonathan Hardy | |
| Nov. 6 | Marcela Tabares-Ruiz, Reguera Lab | Microbiome Composition and Agrichemical Remediation in Woodchip Bioreactors | Christoph Adami |
| Kaylee Wilburn, Waters Lab | Bacteriophage may evolve to mask their genomes from methyl-directed mismatch repair | Kirstin Parkin | |
| Nov. 13 | Haleigh Gilliland, Olive Lab |
Defining key macrophage mechanisms used to restrict intracellular Mycobacterium abscessus during infection |
Robert Abramovitch |
| Joelis Lama-Diaz, Hammer Lab | Staphylococcus aureus targets host cysteine and cysteine synthesis intermediates to satisfies the nutrient sulfur requirement | Dohun Pyeon | |
| Nov. 20 | Thanksgiving Week - No WiPS | ||
| Nov. 27 | Heather Murdoch, Abramovitch Lab | Understanding the role of propionate metabolism in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis | Sarah Lebeis |
| Ritam Sinha, PostDoc, DiRita Lab | Effect of gut microbiota derived indole from C.jejuni physiology |
Yu Zhang |
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