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Home » Seminars & Events » Graduate Research Colloquium

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

DatePresentersTitle
10/6/22Fall BreakFall Break
10/13/22Jennifer BailyExamining how the interplay between aerobic methane-oxidizing communities and geochemistry drives aerobic methanophy
Morgan HetzelA Tale of Two Viruses: differential usage of heparan sulfate by in vivo and in vitro derived MCMV
10/20/2022Jill WaltonInvestigation into a novel polycyclic aromatic degradation pathway within the Roseobacteraceae family
Ainsley KingPutative GPI-anchored protein Fgr41 impacts cell wall organization in C. albicans
10/27/2022Mikayla MangrumInvestigating the impact of uridine auxotrophy on cell wall architecture and virulence of Candida albicans
Alex TruchonViral Hijacking of the Diel Growth Cycle in Algae
11/3/2022Sarina MitchellMicrobial Life in Mariana Forearc Mud Volcanoes 
Diana RamirezAttenuation of Perfluorinated Alkyl Acid Precursors by a Bacterial Isolate
11/10/2022Sayali MulayAssessing the active microbial ecology from the cold subsurface environment of Svalbard
Fumnanya AbuahMetagenomics analysis of Svalbard Permafrost
Katelyn HoughtonLinking virus and host
11/17/2022Qiao ChenDichloromethane degradation by strict anaerobic bacteria: In vitro enzyme studies
Troy GettyFatty acid metabolism effects on Enterococcus faecalis cellular morphology
Emily BowdenStudying the effects of long term oxidative stress on Prochlorococcus in a community
12/1/2022Kambiz KalhorStability adaptations of enzymes in subsurface sediments in the Baltic Sea
Sudan MaharjanThe internal versus external fatty acids on Enterococcus faecalis physiology

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