CBE Seminar Series
Year Published: 2023
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 2022-2023 seminar organizing committee
- Kylie Bodle, PhD student, civil engineering
- Kristen Connolly, technical operations manager
- Olayinka Durojaye, PhD student, civil engineering
- Kristen Griffin, communications & marketing
- Emma Loveday, assistant reserach professor, microbiology & cell biology
- Isaac Miller, 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 2023 Schedule
- Thursdays, 4:10 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) unless otherwise noted below*
- Location: American Indian Hall Rm 102 unless otherwise noted below*
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title/Topic |
Jan 19 |
First week of classes - No Seminar
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Jan 26 |
No Seminar
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Feb 2 *10am MST Barn 126 |
Dr. Natalia Ivleva
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Lecturer, Analytical Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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Applicability and limitations of Raman microspectroscopy for analysis of microorganisms and biofilms on the single-cell level
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Feb 9
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No Seminar
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Feb 16 |
Dr. Danielle Ulrich
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Assistant Professor, Ecology, Montana State University
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Plant-microbe interactions influence plant physiology under drought
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Feb 23 *9am MST |
Dr. Cecilia Burzio
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Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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Removal of micropollutants from wastewater in aerobic granular sludge and activated sludge systems
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Mar 2
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Colin Gauvin |
Assistant Manager, Cryo-EM Facility, Martin Lawrence Lab, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University |
Cryo-EM at MSU: From atoms to cells |
Luke Findlay |
Graduate student, Martin Lawrence Lab, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University |
Structural studies of ribosome hibernation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
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Mar 9 |
No Seminar
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Mar 16 |
No Seminar - MSU Spring Break
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Mar 23 |
Dr. Erica McKenzie |
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University
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An environmental chemist’s musings on chemical pollutants in a biological world: Case studies of stormwater denitrification and PFAS biouptake
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Mar 30 Undergraduate Research Day
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Mykole (Kole) Stone |
Yaofa Li Lab, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Montana State University
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Achieving photo manipulation of oil droplets in microfluidic systems
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Jessica Dewit |
Diane Bimczok Lab, Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Montana State University
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Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae biofilms contribute to antibiotic resistance and pathogen persistence in the ovine respiratory tract |
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Lydia Diehl |
Brent Peyton Lab, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Center for Biofilm Engineering
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Title TBA |
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Apr 6 |
Dr. Prathap Parameswaran
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Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Kansas State University
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Title TBA
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Apr 13 *9am MDT |
Dr. Mette Burmølle
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Associate Professor, Microbiology, University of Copenhagen
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Title TBA
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Apr 20 *Co-hosted with MSU's Thermal Biology Institute |
Scott Perl
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Research Scientist, NASA, JPL
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Title TBA
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Apr 27 |
Dr. Chelsea Heveran
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Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Montana State University, Center for Biofilm Engineering
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Title TBA
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May 4 |
Dr. Hannah Schweitzer
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Title TBA
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May 11 |
Finals Week - No Seminar
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Past Seminars
2022-Fall-CBE Seminar-Schedule
2022-Spring-CBE-Seminar-Schedule
2021-Fall-CBE-Seminar-Schedule
2021-Spring-CBE-Seminar-Schedule
2020-Fall-CBE-Seminar-Schedule
2020-Spring-CBE-Seminar-Schedule
2019-Fall-CBE-Seminar-Schedule
2019-Spring-CBE-Seminar-Schedule