When:
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Dr. Hank Seifert
(312) 503-9788
Group: Department of Microbiology-Immunology Seminars/Events
Category: Lectures & Meetings
The Department of Microbiology-Immunology Seminar Series
"Biofilm Formation, Antibioti Resistance, Sex Pheromones and Enterococcus faecalis Biology"
Gary Dunny, PhD - University of Minnesota
Description
Enterococcus faecalis has two different lifestyles, harmless gut commensal and lethal hospital pathogen. My seminar will focus on how expression of the enterococcal traits listed in the seminar affect its fitness in vivo, and the transition between these lifestyles.