Graduate Research Colloquium
Microbiology 615 (colloquium) will serve the following learning objectives:
- Demonstrate a broad-based knowledge of principles and processes associated with microbiology
- Demonstrate critical thinking through the integration of multidisciplinary concepts
- Demonstrate communication skills through both writing and oral presentation
Fall 2022 Colloquium Schedule
Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Mossman 102
| Date | Presenters |
Title |
10/6/2022 |
Fall Break |
Fall Break |
| 10/13/2022 | Jennifer Baily | Examining how the interplay between aerobic methane-oxidizing communities and geochemistry drives aerobic methanophy |
| Morgan Hetzel | A Tale of Two Viruses: differential usage of heparan sulfate by in vivo and in vitro derived MCMV | |
| 10/20/2022 | Jill Walton | Investigation into a novel polycyclic aromatic degradation pathway within the Roseobacteraceae family |
| Ainsley King | Putative GPI-anchored protein Fgr41 impacts cell wall organization in C. albicans | |
| 10/27/2022 | Mikayla Mangrum | Investigating the impact of uridine auxotrophy on cell wall architecture and virulence of Candida albicans |
| Alex Truchon | Viral Hijacking of the Diel Growth Cycle in Algae | |
| 11/3/2022 | Sarina Mitchell | Microbial Life in Mariana Forearc Mud Volcanoes |
| Diana Ramirez | Attenuation of Perfluorinated Alkyl Acid Precursors by a Bacterial Isolate | |
| 11/10/2022 | Sayali Mulay | Assessing the active microbial ecology from the cold subsurface environment of Svalbard |
| Fumnanya Abuah | Metagenomics analysis of Svalbard Permafrost | |
| Katelyn Houghton | Linking virus and host | |
| 11/17/2022 | Qiao Chen | Dichloromethane degradation by strict anaerobic bacteria: In vitro enzyme studies |
| Troy Getty | Fatty acid metabolism effects on Enterococcus faecalis cellular morphology | |
| Emily Bowden | Studying the effects of long term oxidative stress on Prochlorococcus in a community | |
| 12/1/2022 | Kambiz Kalhor | Stability adaptations of enzymes in subsurface sediments in the Baltic Sea |
| Sudan Maharjan | The internal versus external fatty acids on Enterococcus faecalis physiology |