Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University

Host: Stacey Hanlon

Join us at 3:15 in the BPB lobby for refreshments, Seminar begins at 3:30

"A physical niche regulates assembly of a multispecies gut microbiota in Drosophila"

A complex microbial community inhabits the human gut and affects health. Using a less-complex model in Drosophila, we are working on mechanisms of how the host regulates gut microbiome colonization.

Dr. Ludington began his career in field ecology and invasive species eradications before getting into biophysics and cell biology. His lab studies gut colonization by symbiotic bacteria at scales ranging from molecules to populations of flies.

To learn more about Dr. Ludington's research, view his publication at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.30.462663v1 and his website at https://emb.carnegiescience.edu/science/faculty/william-ludington

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