2018 BU Microbiome Day
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
TRUSTEE CENTER BALLROOM, ONE SILBER WAY, 9TH FLOOR, BOSTON, MA
The BU Microbiome Day and Microbiome ARC mini-symposium was sponsored by the Boston University Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research office (IBRO), BU Bioinformatics and by the Kavli Foundation
Agenda
8:30 – 8:55 Breakfast
8:55 – 9:00 OPENING REMARKS by Gloria Waters, BU Vice President and Associate Provost for Research, and Daniel Segrè, BU Biology and Bioinformatics
9:00 – 9:45 FLOYD E. DEWHIRST, FORSYTH INSTITUTE
CULTURING “UNCULTIVABLE” BACTERIA FROM YOUR MOUTH
9:45 – 10:30 MORAN YASSOUR, BROAD INSTITUTE
STRAIN-LEVEL IDENTIFICATION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:10 PATRICIA HIBBERD, BU DEPT. OF GLOBAL HEALTH
MICROBIOME THERAPY
11:10 – 11:20 ROBERT MARSLAND, BU THEORETICAL BIOPHYSICS GROUP
PREDICTION AND CONTINGENCY IN MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
11:20 – 11:40 ROBINSON W. FULWEILER, BU DEPTS. OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENT AND BIOLOGY
MOLECULAR INSIGHTS TO MARINE BIOGEOCHEMICAL QUESTIONS – A CASE STUDY ON OCEAN NITROGEN FIXATION
11:45 – 12:30 ASHLEY SHADE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
ECOLOGICAL SELECTION AT ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM MICROBIOMES?
12:30 – 1:45 Lunch and Poster Session (group A)
1:45 – 2:30 ROBERTO KOLTER & SCOTT CHIMILESKI, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
LIFE AT THE EDGE OF SIGHT – A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF THE MICROBIAL WORLD
2:30 – 3:30 Poster Session (group B)
3:30 – 3:35 Closing remarks and Student Poster Prizes
3:35 – 4:30 Open Discussion