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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Jared Scott Kehe <jkehe@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>MIT Microbiome Club - Seminar Series - Secrets of the Microbial World<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#674EA7">MIT Microbiome Club Grad/Post-doc Seminar Series</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:30.0pt;color:#008DDF">Secrets of the Microbial World</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#A64D79">Friday, March 10 from 1–2pm in 16–220</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#4B4F56;background:white">The MIT Microbiome Club will be hosting three students from the </span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#A64E79;background:white">Kolter
Lab at Harvard Medical School</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#4B4F56;background:white"> to tell us about their research.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#4B4F56"><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#4B4F56;background:white">Scott Chimileski: Imaging the Microbial World</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#4B4F56"><br>
<span style="background:white">Most bacterial and archaeal cells are far too small to see with the naked eye. However, microbes are seldom if ever found in isolation. Rather, the biology of the microbial world is underpinned by the tremendous interactivity,
sociality and modularity of individual cells, which often coalesce in great numbers to produce macroscopically visible structures, including biofilms, microbial mats, colonies, swarms and fruiting bodies. I am focused on the development of macroscopic imaging
techniques as well as time-lapse photography and three-dimensional scanning technologies as applied to micr</span><span class="textexposedshow">obial multicellular forms, collective behaviors, communities and interspecies interactions. I am also interested
in leveraging the power of photography as a medium for communicating microbiology to other scientists and to the general public.</span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><b>Gleb Pishchany: Multispecies Communities</b></span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">To maximize the yield, we typically grow bacteria to huge numbers in media that are rich in nutrients and oxygen. Outside of a lab, however, microorganisms do not have the luxury of unlimited resources and share their habitat with
countless other living organisms. As a means for co-existence, microbes form communities made of numerous species that actively communicate, compete, and cooperate allowing for stability in the face of ever-changing environments. Understanding the mechanisms
that govern these immensely complex consortia is the primary interest of my research.</span><br>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><b>Ben Niu: Bacterial Communities of Plants</b></span><br>
<span class="textexposedshow">In natural settings, diverse bacteria compose communities which associate with plants. The relationship between plant-associated bacterial community and plants is very close, however, little is known about the bacterial community-plant
interaction. My project aims to: (1).Characterize model communities of plant-associated bacteria; (2). Examine the contribution of the community to plant growth and the ability to withstand environmental stresses; (3). Determine the role of plant on bacterial
community dynamics.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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