Plenary Lecture 14: Development and Evolution in Environmental Biofilms

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

• Drescher, K (Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology)
• Friday 12 September 2014, 09:30-10:05
• Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Mustapha Amrani.

Understanding Microbial Communities; Function, Structure and Dynamics

Co-authors: Carey Nadell (Princeton University), Howard Stone (Princeton University), Ned Wingreen (Princeton University), Bonnie Bassler (Princeton University)

Biofilms are antibiotic-resistant, sessile bacterial communities that occupy most moist surfaces on Earth and cause chronic and medical device-associated infections. Despite their importance, it is largely unknown how bacteria organize their behavior inside biofilms, and how biofilms behave in natural environments. In this talk I will focus on how environmental aspects of natural habitats lead to the evolution of simple cooperative behaviors in biofilms. I will also demonstrate how biofilm development and the complex geometries of natural habitats interact to cause the sudden and rapid clogging of porous materials like soil, water filtration devices, and medical stents.

This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• All CMS events
• Featured lists
• INI info aggregator
• Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
• School of Physical Sciences
• Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute
• bld31

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.