MBL MICRO-ECO DISCUSSION GROUP

Meets Thursdays, 2:30-3:30 PM, Lillie 103, unless otherwise stated

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MBL Micro-Eco Discussion Group, Fall 2014

 

Sept. 18 -- Zoe Cardon

Kim W, Racimo F, Schluter J, Levyd SB, Foster KR (2014) Importance of positioning for microbial evolution.  PNAS 111(16):E1639-E1647

 

Sept. 25 -- Julie Huber

Anantharaman, K., Duhaime, M. B., Breier, J. a, Wendt, K. a, Toner, B. M., and Dick, G. J. (2014). Sulfur oxidation genes in diverse deep-sea viruses. Science 344, 757–60. doi:10.1126/science.1252229.

 

Oct. 2 - Jessica Mark Welch

Hsiao EY et al. (2013) Microbiota modulate behavioral and physiological abnormalities associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Cell 155, 1451–1463

 

Oct. 9 -- Elena Lopez Peredo

 

Supplementary materials can be found here: GireEtAl supplement

And more info can be found in this PNAS paper: Olinger et al. (2012) PNAS 109(44):18030–18035

 

Oct. 16 --Bob Campbell

 

 

Oct. 23 Sayaka Mino

Sayaka will present her research focusing on biogeography and population structure of chemolithoautotrophs in deep-sea hydrothermal fields. She looks forward to comments and suggestions. No need to read anything in advance.

 

Oct. 30 Caroline Fortunato

Dupont CL, Larsson J, Yooseph S, Ininbergs K, Goll J, et al. (2014) Functional Tradeoffs Underpin Salinity-Driven Divergence in Microbial Community Composition. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89549.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089549

 

Nov. 6 Chris Algar

McCalley et al. (2014) Methane dynamics regulated by microbial community response to permafrost thaw. 514:478-481.

for supplementary materials, click HERE

 

Nov. 13 Angus Angermeyer - research! (Nothing to read ahead of time)

 

Nov. 20 Joe Vallino

Ottesen, E. A., C. R. Young, S. M. Gifford, J. M. Eppley, R. Marin, S. C. Schuster, C. A. Scholin, and E. F. DeLong. 2014. Multispecies diel transcriptional oscillations in open ocean heterotrophic bacterial assemblages. Science 345:207-212, doi:10.1126/science.1252476.

 

Nov. 27 THANKSGIVING!! (yes, really, no micro-eco)

 

Dec. 4 Zoe Cardon - plz come give your thoughts on:

http://jgi.doe.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/10-Year-JGI-Strategic-Vision.pdf

(or local copy here: 10-Year-JGI-Strategic-Vision.pdf )

 

Dec. 11 Annaliese Jones - research! (Nothing to read ahead of time)