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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1892
SUMMARY:"Cooperation and competition for space in bacterial biofilms"
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Carey Nadell\, Dartmouth College\nHosted by: Kirill K
	orolev\n\nPart of the Biophysics Seminars.\n\nGiven the opportunity\, many 
	bacterial species colonize surfaces and produce intricate multicellular com
	munities\, termed biofilms. These cell groups are embedded in a secreted po
	lymer matrix that confers nutrient-scavenging versatility and resistance to
	 external threats. Biofilm growth is a central feature of microbial natural
	 history and bacteria-human interactions\, but we are still in the early st
	ages of discovering ecological principles of biofilm assembly. My group use
	s concepts and techniques from ecology\, evolutionary biology\, molecular g
	enetics\, and confocal microscopy to understand how and why biofilms obtain
	 their structure and composition. Here I will relate several projects linki
	ng the secreted matrix to cooperation\, competition\, and succession in pop
	ulations of bacterial pathogens. I will also discuss a new system for visua
	lizing the spatial spread of bacterial viruses through biofilms. This frame
	work promises novel insight into bacteria-bacteriophage coevolution and the
	 development of new microbial community manipulation strategies.
LOCATION:SCI 352\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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