“Nutrients in infection by the superbug Acinetobacter baumannii"

“Nutrients in infection by the superbug Acinetobacter baumannii"

404D, Biological Sciences
Special Information:
MGSA Co-Sponsored **Special Alumni Seminar (graduate student recipient of the Dr. Jackson Payne fellowship announcement) **
Type of Event:
Department Seminars
Dr. Lauren Palmer
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Illinois, Chicago

"Endocytosis and the Parasitic Life Cycle: A Mechanistic Dissection of the Feeding Apparatus of Trypanosoma cruzi"

"Endocytosis and the Parasitic Life Cycle: A Mechanistic Dissection of the Feeding Apparatus of Trypanosoma cruzi"

404D, Biological Sciences
Type of Event:
Department Seminars
Dr. Drew Etheridge
Dept. of Cellular Biology
University of Georgia

Part of the Fall 2023 Department of Microbiology Seminar Series

“High-throughput genetics, essential gene discovery, and antifungal resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans”

“High-throughput genetics, essential gene discovery, and antifungal resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans

404D, Biological Sciences
Type of Event:
Department Seminars
Dr. Blake Billmyre
Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
University of Georgia

Another brick in the wall: Evolving V. fischeri with altered peptidoglycan synthesis

Macey Coppinger

Another brick in the wall: Evolving V. fischeri with altered peptidoglycan synthesis

 

Online Only
Type of Event:
Student Seminars
Macey Coppinger
Stabb Laboratory
UGA Department of Microbiology

Dissertation Defense Seminar by Macey Coppinger, Stabb Lab.

Check department email for Zoom info or email MibCoord@uga.edu for access

Oliver Shey Njila

Lecturer, Griffin Campus
Education:

BSc. Animal Science, University of Dschang, Cameroon, 2002

M.Sc. Tropical Animal Health and Production, IMT Antwerp, Belgium,  2004

Ph.D. Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, 2019

Regulation of bacterial cell envelope biosynthesis

Dr. Kate Hummels
S175, Coverdell Building
Type of Event:
Department Seminars
Dr. Kate Hummels
Department of Microbiology
University of Georgia

Keynote Speaker for the MIBO/ILS Welcome Retreat. 

Abstract:

Gram negative bacteria are characterized by a multi-layered cell envelope with an inner membrane made up of phospholipids, a cell wall composed of peptidoglycan, and an asymmetric outer membrane with phospholipids in the inner leaflet and lipopolysaccharide in the outer leaflet. Although the metabolic pathways responsible for building the cell envelope are well characterized, little is known about how these pathways are coordinated to ensure uniform cell envelope expansion. Work in my lab is aimed to understanding how gram-negative bacteria regulate cell envelope biosynthesis to promote balanced growth, with a focus on the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Using a combination of bacterial genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology, we seek to identify and characterize novel factors involved in cell envelope biosynthesis with the hope of discovering new targets for antimicrobial development while answering basic questions in bacterial physiology.