Join the Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research for a series of talks by Faculty of Science Profs. Moira Glerum and Kesen Ma and research scientist Christina Smeaton. They will be discussing the "Many Metabolisms of Microbes".
Learn more about the speakers:
Moira Glerum
The
research
in
Moira
Glerum's
lab
is
geared
to
understanding
the
molecular
bases
for
inherited
diseases
that
affect
the
function
of
mitochondria,
our
cellular
‘power
plants’.
Through
the
use
of
the
yeast
model
system,
our
studies
have
identified
previously
unknown
proteins
required
to
generate
functional
mitochondria
and
allowed
us
to
improve
our
understanding
of
the
roles
of
these
proteins
in
human
disease.
Kesen Ma
Christina Smeaton
Christina
Smeaton's research
focuses
on
elucidating
the
thermodynamic
controls
(bioenergetics)
on
the biogeochemical cycling
of
carbon,
nutrients
and
metals.
Microbial bioenergetics applies
thermodynamic
principles
to
quantitatively
describe
energy
transformations
and
utilization
to
predict
reaction
rates
and
microbial
growth.
The
goal
of
my
research
is
to
develop
quantitative
tools
in
combination
with
laboratory
studies
(e.g., mini-chemostats)
to
advance
our
ability
to
predict
the
response
of
microbial
reaction
networks
to
dynamic
changes
in
physical
(e.g.,
temperature)
and
geochemical
(e.g., redox state,
pH,
substrate
availability)
conditions
in
environmental
systems.