CBE Seminar Series

The CBE Seminar Series is organized to host experts from both academia and industry to present their research and share their expertise in biofilm research and innovation. Each semester, a committee of CBE graduate students and staff invite and host the colleagues and visitors (on and off-campus) who present at this seminar series.

The CBE 2023-2024 seminar organizing committee

Kristen Connolly, Technical Operations Manager
Kristen Griffin, Communications & Marketing
Emma Loveday, Assistant Research Professor, Microbiology & Cell Biology
Chloe Strupulis, PhD student, Chemical & Biological Engineering
Matthew Willett, PhD student, Chemical & Biological Engineering
Kathryn Zimlich, PhD student, Microbiology & Cell Biology

If you have feedback or a speaker suggestion for the CBE Seminar Series, please contact a member of the organizing committee.

Spring 2024 Schedule

Thursdays per schedule below
2:10 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) unless otherwise noted below*
Location: Barnard 108 unless otherwise noted below*

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Presentation Title
Feb 8	Dr. Phil Stewart	Regents Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Center for Biofilm Engineering	Laboratory testing of antimicrobial activity and innate immune system compatibility
Mar 13	No Seminar - Spring Break
Mar 21 CBE Undergraduate Research Day	Sophia Adams Nicki Krysiak Eli Selong	Montana State University, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Advisor: Emma Loveday Montana State University, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Advisor: Christine Foreman Montana State University, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Advisor: Diane Bimczok	Chickens, ducks, and how they get sick: An exploration of avian influenza using drop-based microfluidics Determining if microorganisms could survive in ocean world environments Alternative approach for antibiotic susceptibility determination in Mycoplasma biofilms
Apr 4 Alt time: 9:00 am MDT Alt location: Norm 337	Dr. Katharine Coyte	University of Manchester	How does horizontal gene transfer shape microbial communities?
Apr 11	Dr. Catherine Armbruster	Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University	Potable water biofilms as a reservoir of opportunistic pathogens that cause cystic fibrosis respiratory infections
Apr 25	Dr. Chris Lemon	Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University	Repurposing heme proteins for bioimaging and biosensing
May 2	No Seminar - Last week of classes