Cornelia Clapp Auditorium

Whether you’re in Woods Hole or halfway around the world, join us for this venerable MBL lecture series.
Lectures are free and open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance.
“Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Uncovering the Biology of an Ancient&nbsp;Interkingdom Mutualism” The symbiotic association of plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM)&nbsp;fungi originated over 450 million years ago and is thought to have&nbsp;enabled plants to colonize land. Over 70% of extant vascular flowering&nbsp;plant species have retained the capacity to host AM fungi in their root&nbsp;cells and benefit from mineral nutrients delivered via their fungal&nbsp;partners. In this lecture, Harrison will discuss the biology of the&nbsp;symbiosis, including the cellular modifications that enable root cells&nbsp;to accommodate AM fungi, and the mechanisms of carbon and phosphorus&nbsp;exchange between symbionts.


Maria J. Harrison is the William H.&nbsp;Crocker Distinguished Scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute and an&nbsp;Adjunct Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell&nbsp;University. She received a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the&nbsp;University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and&nbsp;Applied Molecular Biology from the University of Manchester Institute of&nbsp;Science and Technology (UK). She completed postdoctoral training with&nbsp;Dr. Richard Dixon in the Plant Biology Division of the Samuel Roberts&nbsp;Noble Foundation and subsequently held an independent scientist position&nbsp;there before joining the Boyce Thompson Institute in 2003. In 2015, she&nbsp;received the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Science Faculty&nbsp;Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award and the American&nbsp;Society of Plant Biologists Dennis R. Hoagland Award. She is a member of&nbsp;the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal&nbsp;Society. Her research program focuses on the arbuscular mycorrhizal&nbsp;symbiosis with the goals of understanding the molecular basis of its&nbsp;development and the mechanisms underlying nutrient transport and&nbsp;regulation of the symbiosis. This research lays the foundation for the&nbsp;development of crops optimized to acquire mineral nutrients via their&nbsp;fungal partners.
No registration required for in-person attendance. Doors open at 7:30 PM, lectures start at 8:00 PM.

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Whether you’re in Woods Hole or halfway around the world, join us for this venerable MBL lecture series.
Lectures are free and...

MBL Friday Evening Lecture Series: Maria J. Harrison, BTI; Cornell

Whether you’re in Woods Hole or halfway around the world, join us for this venerable MBL lecture series.
Lectures are free and open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance.“The Microbiome: From Guts to Lungs” - George O’Toole, DartmouthThe human gut microbiome (the microbes in your intestine) are sometimes considered the largest organ in the human body. In fact, we are made of equal numbers of human cells and bacterial cells. There is a growing appreciation that the microbes in the gut can impact distant body sites, including the brain and the airway. By studying infants and children with cystic fibrosis (CF), we reveal that the best way to predict disease in the airway is the composition of the microbes in the gut. Jumping off from this observation, we show evidence for this gut-to-lung connection we call the “gut-lung axis.” I’ll discuss how we’ve moved from a clinical observation, to understanding some fundamental microbe-host connections, to taking the first steps toward a therapy to treat airway diseases like CF using a gut-focused probiotic.
George O’Toole joined the Geisel School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in 1999 and was promoted to Professor in 2010. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Dr. Jorge Escalante-Semerena and performed postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School as a Damon-Runyon and Hood Fellow with Dr. Roberto Kolter. O’Toole’s honors include an NSF Career Award, Dupont Young Investigator Award, Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, election as a fellow of AAAS and the American Academy of Microbiology and serving as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Bacteriology. O’Toole’s laboratory studies surface-associated microbial communities called biofilms, including how these communities form and how we can destroy them. They also study the microbial communities in the gut and the airway of people with cystic fibrosis, and how the gut and airway communicate to influence health.No registration required for in-person attendance. Doors open at 7:30 PM, lectures start at 8:00 PM.

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