WiPS Schedule - Spring 2023
Work in Progress Seminars (WiPS) for Spring 2023
All WiPS seminars are at 12:00 P.M., MONDAY, in BPS Room 1425 and on Zoom, unless
noted otherwise.
Seminar Coordinator: Rob Abramovitch
Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/94051994566
Please note: The password will be emailed separately prior to the seminars
Spring 2023
| Date | Speaker | Title | Faculty Evaluators |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 9 | Melene Alakavuklar, Postdoc, Crosson Lab | Two periplasmic proteins with domains of unknown function promote envelope integrity in in Brucella ovis | R. Hausinger C. Waters |
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Day, WiPS Cancelled | ||
| January 23 | Kiwon Ok, Postdoc, O'Halloran Lab | Quantitative Inorganic Phenotyping of Gram-negative Bacteria | A. Olive |
| Troy Burtchett, Hammer Lab | Evidence for redundancy in farnesyl diphosphate production in Staphylococcus aureus | B. Schutte | |
| January 30 | Kati Ford, TerAvest Lab | Investigating Inward Electron Transfer in Shewanella oneidensis | D. Ducat |
| Santhosh Gatreddi Postdoc, Hausinger Lab | Lactate racemase: Structure of the substrate-bound enzyme and reductive inactivation of the nickel-pincer cofactor | E. Walker | |
| February 6 | Rose Kithan, Sundin Lab | Interplay Between Innate immunity and the Microbiome in Apple Fruit | R. Schwartz |
|
Alex Wessel, Waters Lab |
Reviving the dead: transforming V. cholerae mutant libraries through natural competency | N. Hammer | |
| February 13 | Manos Kokarakis, Ducat Lab | Quorum or not to quorum, utilizing acyl homoserine lactone systems in S. elongatus pcc 7492 | C. Adami |
| Charles Whitehead-Tillery, Mansfield Lab | Characterization of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase E. coli plasmids from humans | S. Mulrooney | |
| February 27 | Joel Marty, Kaminski Lab | The effects of THC, CBD, and the selective CB2 agonist, JWH-015 on pan CB8+ T cell inflammatory responses | S. Manning |
| Micah Ferrell, Postdoc, Waters Lab | Biochemical Characterizations of the AvcD Bacterial Phage-defense Deaminases | J. Scott | |
| March 6 | Spring Break, WiPS Cancelled | ||
| March 13 | Megan Korne, Bonito Lab | The Ecology of Endobacteria that inhabit the Fungal Family Mortierellaceae | C. Vieille |
| Han Wen, Xi Lab | The effect of the symbiosis between Wolbachia wAlbB and Anopheles stephensi on anti-plasmodium immune response of the mosquito | V. DiRita | |
| March 20 | Heather Murdoch, Abramovitch Lab | Defining interactions of carbon metabolism and acidic pH during Myobacterium Tuberculosis pathogenesis | K. Parkin K. Yu |
| March 27 | Kevin Santiago-Morales, Lebeis Lab |
Generating a representative bacterial synthetic community to alleviate phosphorus
stress in plants
|
Y. Zhang |
| Imani Pascoe, Bonito/Lebeis Labs | Identifying how microbial modulation of ethylene impacts rhizosphere microbiome assembly and persistence | J. Pestka | |
| April 3 | Bassel Abdalla, Abramovitch Lab | Leveraging Myobacterium abscessus (Mab) and Myobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) resistance mutations to drive rational drug development of MmpL3 inhibitors | S. Shames |
| Haleigh Gilliland, Olive Lab | A genome-wide screen in FLAMs defines host regulating antibiotic efficacy during Myobacterium abscessus infection | D. Pyeon | |
| April 10 |
Seth Garwin, Postdoc, O'Halloran Lab
|
Dynamics of Intra- and Extracellular Zinc rearrangement during Mammalian Fertalization | C. Arvidson |
| Matt Schnizlein, Postdoc, Crosson Lab | Investigating the role of alternative ion gradients in Bacteroids fragilis fitness under bile acid stress | K. Parent | |
| April 17 | Morgan Collins, Petroff Lab | Impact of Seminal Fluid on Group B Streptococcus Vaginal Colonization | S. Crosson |
| Joelis Lama-Diaz, Hammer Lab | Staphylococcus aureus TcyA scavenges host cysteine and methionine synthesis intermediates to satisfy the requirement for nutrient sulfur | S. Schrenk | |