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
10/6/22	Fall Break	Fall Break
10/13/22	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