May 26 2022 -- Organization

Thanks to all who attended today.

We decided MicroEco will meet biweekly this summer, Thursdays, 1-2 pm.
Format and topic: up to the presenter.

Announcements weekly will be via the microeco listserve. People can sign themselves up at: https://lists.mbl.edu/mailman/listinfo/microeco

To sign up for a date to lead, please email Zoe or go to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pQ6ab14a_5nWpY-GSUD-XnkX3b2gi7Fn5QDEUcQMd3Q/edit?usp=sharing

All welcome - please spread the word to anyone you think may not have heard about MicroEco: new postdocs, UChicago, WHOI, Woodwell, Fisheries, whomever interested in microbes, anywhere.

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June 9 2022 (Starr 222) -- Olivia Ahern

PhD work (host population genetics and their microbiomes) and current with Joe Vallino and Julie Huber (trophic cascades, RNA SIP, and modeling).

Ahern OM, Whittaker KA, Williams TC, Hunt DE, Rynearson TA. Host genotype structures the microbiome of a globally dispersed marine phytoplankton. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2021;118:e2105207118. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2105207118

Link to the experimental system data for the trophic cascades/SIP project:

http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/MEP-FoodWeb/Experiments/Exp4/index.html

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June 23 2022 (Starr 222) -- Jessica Mark Welch

Discussion: detecting the structures of mixed microbial communities, and thinking about what information those structures may provide about colonization and proliferation in space and time.

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July 7 2022 (Lillie 103) -- Colleen Cavanaugh

Discussion: What features define an organelle? When does an intracellular bacterium become an organelle?

McCutcheon JP (2016) From microbiology to cell bioloy: when an intracellular bacterium becomes part of its host cell. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 41:132-136.

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July 21 2022 (Lillie 103) -- Molly Moynihan

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria: from Trunk River lagoon to coral skeletons

Followup from Scott Chimileski:
Pathak DT et al. (2012) Cell Contact–Dependent Outer Membrane Exchange in Myxobacteria: Genetic Determinants and Mechanism. PLoS Genet 8(4): e1002626. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002626

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August 4 2022 (Lillie 103) -- Sherlynette Pérez Castro

ESA practice talk: Rhizodeposition and microbial communities underlying mineral-associated organic matter destabilization

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August 18 2022 (Lillie 103) --