Morgan Lindback's dissertation defense 4/30/2024
ITiMS student Morgan Lindback defends on April 30 at 2:00 (hybrid)
"Interactions between virocells and their environment shape macromolecules, bacterial populations, and resource partitioning"
Time:
Tuesday April 30, 2024 at 2:00pm
Location:
East Conference Room
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https://umich.zoom.us/j/96283989710
Meeting ID: 962 8398 9710
Passcode: 131974
Abstract:
“In every blink of an eye (0.3 seconds), the number of viral infections in the ocean (3 x 10^22) equals the number of stars in the universe” (Breitbart et al 2018). With such high frequency and magnitude, viral infections of bacteria in the oceans have ecosystem-level impacts on ocean biogeochemical cycling and population-level impacts on whole microbial communities. I combine laboratory experiments (nanoSIMS and 'omics) and computational approaches (metagenomics) to understand the interactions between these viral infections and their environment. In this talk, I'll illustrate the impact viral infection has across macromolecules, population dynamics, resource use, and gene evolution.
