2018MAR9 Journal Club

Journal Club is an opportunity for all interested students, faculty, and staff to discuss papers suggested by the guest speakers prior to the symposium. Below are links to the speakers and their suggested readings.

To sign up for the journal club emails go to the Journal Club profile on MCommunity and click Join Group or email Anna Cronenwett.

Students participating in Journal Club also have the opportunity to volunteer at the symposium and interact closely with our distinguished speakers.

https://mcommunity.umich.edu/#group:Journal%20Club-MicroEcoWs

Room M5064 SPHII

Wednesday, January 31, 1-2pm

Andrew Moeller

Research Fellow, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at UC Berkeley

Talk: "The evolution of the human gut microbiome"

Suggested Readings

Wednesday, Feb 7, 1-2pm

Ashley Shade

Michigan State University, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Plant Resilience Institute, and DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Talk: "Letting go of labels in microbiome diversity: a self-help guide"

Suggested Readings

Diversity is the question, not the answer

Divergent extremes but convergent recovery of bacterial and archaeal soil communities to an ongoing subterranean coal mine fire

Wednesday, Feb 14, 1-2pm

Melinda Pettigrew

Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health

Talk: "Can the microbiota be harnessed to prevent antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections?"

Suggested Readings

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Questions? Contact Anna Cronenwett [weaverd@umich.edu]