Upcoming Events
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Jan
31
MCB Research in Progress 12:20pm
MCB Research in Progress
Friday, January 31st, 2025
12:20 PM
BPB 131
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Feb
4
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Nahui Medina-Chavez 3:30pm
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Nahui Medina-Chavez
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
BPB 130
Dr. Nahui Medina-Chavez
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Minnesota
Host: Geo Santiago-MartinezProbing the Last Frontier: From Archaea cultivation to the long term experiment in halophiles
Summary: Dr. Medina-Chavez will cover the great need of archaeal experimentation, covering cultivation challenges to my most recentexperimental design to experimentally investigate adaptive responses in halophiles. In these set of experiments, I continuously transfer two strains (Halobacterium salinarum and Salinibacter ruber) in a multidimensional resourcecomponent and salt saturated conditions in poor and rich environments.
Bio: Dr. Medina-Chavez is a microbiologist and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on evolutionary biology, microbial genomics, and the physiology of archaea. With over eight years of dedication and stewardship, she has cultivated an extensive halophilic archaeal collection. Through genomics and experimental evolution, Medina-Chavez studies the adaptive mechanisms of haloarchaea, showcasing theirplastic metabolic processes, providing valuable insights into microbial responses to environmental change, andexploring dual adaptability and its trade-offs.
Learn more about Dr. Medina-Chavez’s work
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.693193/full
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37279013/
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1276438/full
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LkFZPrYAAAAJ&hl=en
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Feb
6
MCB Grad Recruitment All Day
MCB Grad Recruitment
Thursday, February 6th, 2025
All Day
Biology/Physics Building
MCB Graduate Student Recruitment
This event is by invitation only.
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Feb
7
MCB Grad Recruitment All Day
MCB Grad Recruitment
Friday, February 7th, 2025
All Day
Biology/Physics Building
MCB Graduate Student Recruitment
This event is by invitation only.
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Feb
7
MCB Research in Progress 12:20pm
MCB Research in Progress
Friday, February 7th, 2025
12:20 PM
BPB 131
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