Microbiome transfer and connectivity and adapting to climate change

a joint symposium of MAC-EPID & ITiMS

November 15, 2024

Vandenberg Room, 2nd floor Michigan League (map)

Hybrid: Stream via Zoom (password will be sent to registrants prior to the event)

Registration closes 11:59PM November 8, 2024

(to cancel your registration please email weaverd@umich.edu)

All events are FREE and open to the public but please register so we can provide appropriate quantities of food.  Thank you!

To prevent the spread of illness masks are encouraged.  If you have symptoms of any kind, please keep everyone safe by staying home.

FRIDAY

9:00 AM - Sign In and light refreshments

Please pick up your nametag when you arrive and then enjoy light refreshments

9:15 AM - Opening Remarks  

Betsy Foxman, PhD (Hunein F. and Hilda Maassab Endowed Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (MAC-EPID),  Co-Director of the Integrated Training program in Microbial Systems (ITiMS))

9:30 AM 

Christopher Lawson, PhD

 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto

Introduced by student.

Prof. Lawson and his team are interested in the biomanufacturing of sustainable chemicals from underutilized “waste” streams using engineered microbial communities (microbiomes). They integrate approaches from microbial ecology, automation, and metabolic engineering to develop synthetic microbial communities for waste-to-chemical conversion and to elucidate basic principles governing microbiome function.

10:30 AM - Break with snacks in the Hussey Room

11:00 AM   

Ellen Decaestecker, PhD

 

Introduced by student.

 

12:00 PM - Luncheon in the Hussey Room

We try to be inclusive with our complimentary lunch but if you have dietary restrictions, please plan to bring your own food.

Our vegetarian lunch buffet is catered by Michigan Catering. 

This event is Zero Waste!  Please place waste in the appropriate container.  All food, plates, cups, silverware, and napkins are compostable. 

1:00 PM 

Doug Woodhams, PhD

 

Introduced by student.

 

We are proud that since our first event in 2003, MAC-EPID symposia have been free and open to all!

Made possible by our student volunteers and our sponsors: 

Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS), Gudakunst Lectureship, Dept of Epidemiology, and Public Health.  

As part of our commitment to public health and safety we use ecologically friendly products at our events when possible.   Learn More