2016OCT21 Biofilms, Ecology, and Human Health
Biofilms, Ecology, and Human Health
October 21, 2016
Lane Auditorium (room 1690), School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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October 21, 2016
8:30 AM - Sign In and Coffee (1680)
8:45AM - 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))
8:50AM - Symposium Overview
NAME (Department, University of Michigan)
9:00 AM - "Preventing Biofilm Infections"
Philip Stewart, PhD (Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University)
10:00 AM - Break (1680)
10:30 AM - "The Forest in Your Mouth: Spatial organization of the human oral microbiome at the micron scale"
Jessica Mark Welch, PhD (Associate Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory)
11:30 AM - Luncheon/Discussions (1680)
12:45 PM - "On Growth and Form and Communication and Interaction in Biofilms (and why Physics and Maths Really Matter)"
Hermann Eberl, Dr.rer.nat (Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Director of Biophysics Interdepartmental Program, University of Guelph)
1:45 PM - Break (1680)
2:15 PM - "Defying the dogma: commensal bacteria as enablers of fungal disease"
Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou, DDS, PhD (Professor and Head, Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Connecticut)
3:15-3:30 PM - Coffee Hour (1680)
Thank you to our sponsors: Philip E. and Clara M. Blackerby Lecture Fund, MAC-EPID, Dept of Epidemiology, and SPH.
MAC-EPID symposia are also supported through donations from people like you.
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