Title: Surface Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Speaker:
Matthew Parsek, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington
Topic:
The initial step in the formation of surface-associated biofilm communities involves the attachment of free-swimming bacteria to a surface. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen and a model organism for the study of biofilms. In this seminar, I will discuss our findings related to two surface sensing systems (Wsp and Pil-Chp) that P. aeruginosa uses to detect that it has encountered a surface.
Host:
Alan Hauser, MD, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Cynthia Naugles
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