Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

SEMINAR CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Siobhan Brady, PhD
University of California, Davis, Department of Plant Biology

"Transcriptional Regulation of Nitrogen Metabolism"

Alex Evilevitch
Associate Professor of Virology and Biophysics, Department of Pathobiology, Division of Microbiology and Immunology

"Biophysics of Herpesvirus Infectivity"

Shannon Sirk, PhD (MME)
University of Illinois, Department of Bioengineering; IGB Affiliate, Microbiome Metabolic Engineering theme

"Exploring and Expanding the Benefit of Beneficial Microbes"

Keri Kukral
CEO and Founder, Raw Science

"Why Science Needs Art"

Jared Silverman, PhD
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute
Head, Translational Discovery

"The Gates Medical Research Institute: Building a Non-profit Biotech"

Nicola Patron, PhD
The Earlham Institute, Synthetic Biology Group 

“Engineering Plants for Farming and Pharming”

Sumiti Vinayak, PhD, Department of Pathobiology

"Genetics of the Diarrheal Pathogen Cryptosporidium Parvum: Illuminating Parasite Biology and Validating Drug Targets"

Katherine Lyon Daniel, PhD
Associate Director for Communication, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

“Risk Communication Practice at CDC: From Ebola to Zika”

Lunch will be served.

Presented with support from Drs. Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz

Dipanjan Pan, Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering

"Next Generation Carbon Dots for Multiscale Imaging and Therapeutics"

Henry T. Greely, PhD
Stanford Law School, Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences

"Playing with life: Humans and the future of the biosphere"

Presented with support from Drs. Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz