Environmental microbiology is the study of the composition and physiology of microbial communities in the environment. The environment in this case means the soil, water, air and sediments covering the planet and can also include the animals and plants that inhabit these areas. Environmental microbiology also includes the study of microorganisms that exist in artificial environments such as bioreactors.
Delicate cultures including stem cells and primary cells are increasingly used in cell therapy research and development for applications in oncology, immunology, neurology and more. Commonly,...
DATE: August 15, 2018TIME: 08:00AM PDT, 11:00AM EDTThe failure of current chemotherapeutic strategies in the fight against cancer can be largely attributed to the occurrence of drug res...
Our Imaging and Cytometry Core Lab is in the Bioscience Technology Facility that serves a multidisciplinary Department of Biology as well as external users through our open access approach.&n...
DATE: March 22, 2018TIME: 07:00am PDT, 10:00am EDTClostridium difficile (C. diff) is a highly problematic healthcare-associated infection that is easily spread and often results in poor...
Most neuropsychiatric diseases involve multifactorial systems characterized by complex interactions among genetic predisposition/resiliency, environmental/social determinants, molecular seque...
DATE: January 30, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PST, 12:00PM ESTInfectious disease surveillance and monitoring is critical in settings where disease outbreaks and antibiotic resistance can dramatica...
DATE: September 28th, 2017TIME: 12:00PM PDT, 2:00PM CT Nanoparticle research provides an exciting path forward for numerous industries, but not without risk to health and safety. I...
DATE: May 22, 2017TIME: 8:00AM PDT, 11:00AM ETCrohn's disease (CD) results from a complex interplay between host genetic factors and endogenous microbial communities. In the current...
Many computational approaches exist for predicting the effects of amino acid substitutions from protein sequence. These are often (incorrectly) used for judging disease predisposition from in...
DATE: January 31, 2017TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET Gautam Dantas - While the most acute effects of increasing antibiotic resistance in pathogens are observed in clinical se...
DATE: November 3, 2016
TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET
Patient safety is at the core of biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations. Ensuring virus safety of biopharmaceutical products p...
Virus Ecology is a field that is gaining momentum, fueled in part by metagenomic studies from many environments previously ignored. Biodiversity studies of plant viruses show that they...
It is well accepted that microorganisms can exist as self-organized communities attached to surfaces and one another (i.e., biofilm), often surrounded by extracellular polymeric substances (E...
The human body is populated with trillions of microorganisms, collectively termed the human microbiome, that play vital roles in health including nutrition and metabolism, immune development,...
In an era of healthcare reform and evidenced-based medicine, it is important to use the most clinically relevant and cost effective methods in all aspects of microbiology. This session will c...
The human race, like all macrobiological life, evolved in a sea of microbes. There was no way to keep the bacterial and archaeal hoards at bay, so instead life evolved mechanisms to live with...
DATE: June 9, 2016
TIME: 9AM Pacific time, 12pm Eastern time
The rapid growth of Microbiomics has increased the demand for standard methods to improve the reproducibility and...
On January 20, 2015, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative® (PMI) (link is external) in his State of the Union address. Through advances in research, technology and...
Natural preservation is often cited as effective and “safe” alternative to traditional synthetic preservative systems. However, the so-called natural preservatives bring a number...
Biofilm is an ancient and preferred mode of growth for microbes with 99% of all microbes residing in a biofilm. Biofilm is characterized by a community of microbes (usually polymicrobial ofte...
The world–as microbes perceive it–is composed of physical and chemical stimuli. These stimuli create conditions that result in life or death for microbes, affecting their survival...
The human race, like all macrobiological life, evolved in a sea of microbes. There was no way to keep the bacterial and archaeal hoards at bay, so instead life evolved mechanisms to live with...
Behaviors are motivated by two emotional valences: Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. The ability to select appropriate behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, such as avoiding a pred...
Neural stem cells exist in the adult mammalian brain throughout life. They reside in the subgranular layer of the dentate gyrus and in the subventricular zone. Neural stem cells have the capa...
Delicate cultures including stem cells and primary cells are increasingly used in cell therapy research and development for applications in oncology, immunology, neurology and more. Commonly,...
DATE: August 15, 2018TIME: 08:00AM PDT, 11:00AM EDTThe failure of current chemotherapeutic strategies in the fight against cancer can be largely attributed to the occurrence of drug res...
Our Imaging and Cytometry Core Lab is in the Bioscience Technology Facility that serves a multidisciplinary Department of Biology as well as external users through our open access approach.&n...
DATE: March 22, 2018TIME: 07:00am PDT, 10:00am EDTClostridium difficile (C. diff) is a highly problematic healthcare-associated infection that is easily spread and often results in poor...
Most neuropsychiatric diseases involve multifactorial systems characterized by complex interactions among genetic predisposition/resiliency, environmental/social determinants, molecular seque...
DATE: January 30, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PST, 12:00PM ESTInfectious disease surveillance and monitoring is critical in settings where disease outbreaks and antibiotic resistance can dramatica...
DATE: September 28th, 2017TIME: 12:00PM PDT, 2:00PM CT Nanoparticle research provides an exciting path forward for numerous industries, but not without risk to health and safety. I...
DATE: May 22, 2017TIME: 8:00AM PDT, 11:00AM ETCrohn's disease (CD) results from a complex interplay between host genetic factors and endogenous microbial communities. In the current...
Many computational approaches exist for predicting the effects of amino acid substitutions from protein sequence. These are often (incorrectly) used for judging disease predisposition from in...
DATE: January 31, 2017TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET Gautam Dantas - While the most acute effects of increasing antibiotic resistance in pathogens are observed in clinical se...
DATE: November 3, 2016
TIME: 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET
Patient safety is at the core of biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations. Ensuring virus safety of biopharmaceutical products p...
Virus Ecology is a field that is gaining momentum, fueled in part by metagenomic studies from many environments previously ignored. Biodiversity studies of plant viruses show that they...
It is well accepted that microorganisms can exist as self-organized communities attached to surfaces and one another (i.e., biofilm), often surrounded by extracellular polymeric substances (E...
The human body is populated with trillions of microorganisms, collectively termed the human microbiome, that play vital roles in health including nutrition and metabolism, immune development,...
In an era of healthcare reform and evidenced-based medicine, it is important to use the most clinically relevant and cost effective methods in all aspects of microbiology. This session will c...
The human race, like all macrobiological life, evolved in a sea of microbes. There was no way to keep the bacterial and archaeal hoards at bay, so instead life evolved mechanisms to live with...
DATE: June 9, 2016
TIME: 9AM Pacific time, 12pm Eastern time
The rapid growth of Microbiomics has increased the demand for standard methods to improve the reproducibility and...
On January 20, 2015, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative® (PMI) (link is external) in his State of the Union address. Through advances in research, technology and...
Natural preservation is often cited as effective and “safe” alternative to traditional synthetic preservative systems. However, the so-called natural preservatives bring a number...
Biofilm is an ancient and preferred mode of growth for microbes with 99% of all microbes residing in a biofilm. Biofilm is characterized by a community of microbes (usually polymicrobial ofte...
The world–as microbes perceive it–is composed of physical and chemical stimuli. These stimuli create conditions that result in life or death for microbes, affecting their survival...
The human race, like all macrobiological life, evolved in a sea of microbes. There was no way to keep the bacterial and archaeal hoards at bay, so instead life evolved mechanisms to live with...
Behaviors are motivated by two emotional valences: Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. The ability to select appropriate behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, such as avoiding a pred...
Neural stem cells exist in the adult mammalian brain throughout life. They reside in the subgranular layer of the dentate gyrus and in the subventricular zone. Neural stem cells have the capa...