Start of CMESS Lecture Series – winter 2022/2023 edition

The CMESS Lecture Series has started with a talk by Peter Fineran from the University of Otago (New Zealand). He granted insights into “The phage-bacterium arms race of CRISPR-Cas and phage evasion strategies”. Five more talks by renowned international researchers are scheduled for the upcoming months covering topics of all four divisions at CMESS. The talks aim at motivating researchers at CMESS to look beyond the boundaries of their division more intensively. They provide all attendees with new perspectives on their own research and with insights into current issues of the neighbouring research fields. All presentations take place on Thursdays and start at 12 pm (noon) and are presented on a hybrid setting on-site (HS 1 UBB) & via Zoom. Exceptions are marked accordingly.

The next lecture by Petr Baldrian, professor of Environmental Microbiology at the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague (Czech Republic) takes place on Thursday, 20th of October. He will talk about “Seasonality in a temperate forest: The interplay of activity of tree roots, fungi and bacteria”. Researchers from outside CMESS are also cordially invited to attend. External guests may request the ZOOM link via email from Franziska Bauchinger.

This is the CMESS Lecture Series programme for this winter semester (you may also download the programme as PDF here):

• Thursday, 13^th of October 2022, 12 pm (noon), hybrid: on-site (HS 1 UBB) & Zoom: Peter Fineran (Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Otago, New Zealand) on “The phage-bacterium arms race of CRISPR-Cas and phage evasion strategies”
• Thursday, 20^th of October 2022, 12 pm (noon), hybrid: on-site (HS 1 UBB) & Zoom: Petr Baldrian (Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czech Republic) on “Seasonality in a temperate forest: The interplay of activity of tree roots, fungi and bacteria”.
• Thursday, 3^rd of November 2022, 4:30 pm (!), only online (!) via Zoom: Mike Wilkins (Associate Professor of Geomicrobiology, Colorado State University, USA) on “Playing with fire: Microbial traits and responses governing community resilience following severe wildfire”
• Thursday, 10^th of November 2022, 12 pm (noon), hybrid: on-site (HS 1 UBB) & Zoom: Greta Reintjes (Emmy Noether Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany) on “You are what you eat: Visualising and quantifying microbial glycan metabolism in situ”
• Thursday, 1^st of December 2022, 12 pm (noon), hybrid: on-site (HS 1 UBB) & Zoom: Serita Frey (Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment University of New Hampshire, USA) on “Going underground: Unearthing the role of the soil microbiome in a warmer, fertilized world”
• Thursday, 19^th of January 2023, 12 pm (noon), hybrid: on-site (HS 1 UBB) & Zoom: Lukas Wick (Head of Working Group Bioavailability, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany) on “The untapped potential of fungi for contaminant Biodegradation”
• Thursday, 26^th of January 2023, 12 pm (noon), hybrid: on-site (HS 1 UBB) & Zoom: Federico Baltar (Associate Professor of Biological Oceanography, University of Vienna, Austria) on “Role of pelagic fungi in the oceanic water column"