8th Annual Distinguished Microbiologist Lecture and Microbiology Symposium

The Microbiology Symposium provides a critical hub around which UConn microbiologists from across departments, colleges, and campuses gather together to exchange ideas and network. This event will include a reception with poster presentations.

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule:

2:00 pm
Registration with coffee and poster setup

2:40 pm
Opening Remarks, Dr. Jonathan Klassen, UConn

2:45 pm
Dr. Adam Matson, UConn Health, CT Children's Medical Center: “Clinical Implications of Gut-resident Klebsiella in Preterm Infants”

3:15 pm
Dr. Mia Maltz, UConn: “From the playa to the air: Fungal communities and ecosystem function”

3:45 pm
Break

4:00 pm
Dr. Peter Girguis, Harvard University:  "Animal, mineral, microbe: Unraveling how marine animals and microbes shape ocean geochemistry (and vice versa)"

5:00 pm
Reception with poster presentations

Sponsored By:

UConn MCB
Microbial Systems Analysis PSM
UConn COR2E
UConn CLAS
UConn OVPR
Eppendorf