Wednesday 16 September 2015 at 2:00pm
Title: “MacVector 14 Workshop”
Speaker:
Dr. Kevin Kendall, MacVector, Inc.
Please find the workshop flyer here.
To sign up for the workshop, please email Rosemary Maratta at rmaratta@macvector.com.
Wednesday 23 April 2014 at 3:00pm
Title: “Characterization of microbial communities through multiplexed amplicon sequencing”
Speaker: James R. White, Ph.D.
Founder, Resphera Biosciences
Abstract:
The last decade has seen a revolution in the development of culture-independent methods for characterizing the inherent diversity and taxonomic composition of complex microbial environments, particularly through utilization of universal primer sets to amplify conserved regions within the 16S and 18S rRNA genes, as well as the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region.
The concurrent advancement of high-throughput next-generation DNA sequencing technologies (e.g., Roche/454, Illumina MiSeq) has greatly enhanced our ability to perform large-scale and cost-effective amplicon studies by multiplexing many samples on a single sequencing run.
In this talk, I aim to provide a practical overview of amplicon-based study design and the current challenges and limitations associated with analysis of the data. I will further illustrate the utility of the MiSeq platform by discussing results of a recent collaboration to characterize the bacterial and fungal diversity of the tomato plant and to evaluate environmental drivers of plant surface microbial community structure.
Host: Tsvetan Bachvaroff, Ph.D.
Wednesday 9 April 2014 at 3:00pm
Title: “Global precise characterization of glycerol lipids and novel glycosphingolipids shed insights on diatom's ecophysiology and biofuel development”
Speaker: Prof. Xiaojun Yan
Ningbo University, China
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Wednesday 12 March 2014 at 3:00pm
Title: “Metabolic network analyses in photosynthetic organisms: current possibilities and future prospects”
Speaker: Ganesh Sriram, Ph.D.
University of Maryland College Park
Host: Yantao Li, Ph.D.
Wednesday 26 February 2014 at 3:00pm
Title: “Out of nowhere: emerging fish parasites in a rapidly changing sea ”
Speaker: Arik Diamant, Ph.D.
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, National Center for Mariculture, Eilat, Israel
Host: Eric Schott, Ph.D.
Abstract:
Like many water bodies today, the Mediterranean Sea is subjected to a wide array of anthropogenic impacts. Since its inauguration in 1869, the Suez Canal, a man-made passage connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, a crucial maritime link between Europe and east Asia, has become an effective conduit through which Erythrean biota invade the Mediterranean. Native and alien faunal elements have been mixing in the eastern Mediterranean (Levant) basin, creating unique species assemblages representing very different zoogeographical origins. This steady, persistent influx of alien species is increasingly transforming the Levant basin into a pseudo-province of the Red Sea. Although we have only fragmentary information on the roles of parasites in this process, it is clear that both native parasites and alien parasite species brought in with their invasive hosts are involved. The host-parasite interactions of some of these species were recently investigated in a study carried out on the Israeli and Turkish coasts. Microsporidia (phylum Microspora) were found to induce significant infections in their Mediterranean host populations – both in native and alien fish. In this presentation, we will look at the effects of such parasites on their hosts at the individual and host populations and the potential impact on the rapidly changing Mediterranean coastal marine ecosystems.
Wednesday 19 February 2014 at 3:00pm
Title: “Maryland Sea Grant: What's Up?”
Speaker: Fredrika Moser, Ph.D.
Maryland SeaGrant
Abstract:
This talk will provide IMET faculty, staff and students with an overview of the Maryland Sea Grant College Program (MDSG). I’ll divide the presentation into three parts. First, I’ll explain the MDSG’s structure and our funding cycles and fellowship opportunities. Second, I’ll provide a sense of how Maryland Sea Grant fits into the crowded science and policy landscape of the NOAA, and Chesapeake and Coastal Bays and how we work with scientists, extension agents, government policy makers, and other audiences. Third, I’ll give a few examples of MDSG-supported projects to illustrate ways we have tried to connect science to outreach. In addition, I’ll ask Adam Frederick to provide an update on his work for MDSG in education and connecting with IMET. I hope this seminar can be highly interactive so that you can ask questions and I can learn about IMET faculty, staff and students, how we can best work together, and perhaps your past experience with MDSG.
Host: J. Sook Chung, Ph.D.
Wednesday 12 February 2014 at 3:00pm
In lieu of a Seminar Speaker, IMET hosted a Town Hall Session.
Wednesday 5 February 2014 at 3:00pm
Title: “Ecosystem consequences of altered nutrient loads and ratios- more than just eutrophication”
Speaker: Patricia Glibert, Ph.D.
UMCES-HPL
Abstract:
Eutrophication is occurring globally with the most well recognized responses in aquatic systems being hypoxia and harmful algal bloom (HAB) expansion. Yet, the responses of an ecosystem to changing nutrient loads are complicated for many reasons. The amounts, forms, and stoichiometric proportions of nutrient loads vary widely throughout the world in part due to increased nutrient loading (primarily nitrogen) on the one hand, and efforts to reduce nutrient loading (primarily phosphorus) on the other. In many regions, nitrogen loads are now also disproportionately increasing in forms that are chemically “reduced” (ammonium, urea, organic nitrogen) rather than chemically “oxidized” (nitrate). Together these trends mean that nutrient loads in many regions are trending toward higher N:P and higher proportions of “reduced” to “oxidized” nitrogen. This talk will address effects of these changes on a range of scales, beginning with the physiology of algae, and then touching on the consequences of these changes through the food web. Examples will be drawn from a range of estuaries worldwide.
Finally, several projections for the year 2100 related to nutrient loading and HABs will be presented, focusing on output of a coupled, climate-forced, global coastal ocean model for the NW European shelf and East China Seas. We used these models together with climate projections, as well as patterns in nutrient loading and known HAB physiology, to assess how habitat suitability for several HAB species may change. Results of the projections suggest increasing nutrient loads and changing stoichiometric proportions, together with climate changes, may promote regionally differing increases in HABs. These effects may be exacerbated with management efforts targeting single nutrient removal strategies.
Host: J. Sook Chung, Ph.D.
Wednesday 29 January 2014 at 3:00pm
Title: “NAD+ Biosynthesis Ameliorates a Zebrafish Model of Muscular Dystrophy”
Speaker: Clarissa Henry, Ph.D.
University of Maine
Host: Shaojun "Jim" Du, Ph.D.
Wednesday 11 December 2013 at 2:00pm
Title: “Biogeochemical potential of marine archaea”
Speaker: Alyson Santoro, Ph.D.
HPL-UMCES
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Wednesday 4 December 2013 at 3:00pm
Title: “Zebrafish Germline Stem Cell Isolation, Culture, Transplantation and Offspring Production”
Speaker: Ten-Tsao Wong, Ph.D.
Research Associate, UMBC
Host: Yoni Zohar, Ph.D.
Wednesday 13 November 2013 at 3:00pm
Title: “Spring Bloom Dynamics and Zooplankton Biomass on the Northeast Continental Shelf”
Speaker: Kevin Friedland, Ph.D.
National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett Laboratory
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Wednesday 30 October 2013 at 3:00pm
Title: “Jellyfish species distributions in the open oceans”
Speaker: Bastian Bentlage, Ph.D.
UMCP
Host: Tsvetan Bachvaroff, Ph.D.
Thursday 24 October at 12:00pm
Title: Bacterial symbionts of humans and marine animals: Small-molecule-mediated interactions
Speaker: Mohamed Abou Donia, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Abstract: Multicellular organisms often live in a symbiotic relationship with various microbial partners. Surprisingly, microbial symbionts of different hosts use a common strategy of producing biologically active small molecules to establish and maintain their symbiotic relationship. During this talk, I will highlight two examples of symbioses that involve the production of small molecule natural products: the symbiosis between Cyanobacteria and marine tunicates and the symbiosis between Firmicutes and humans. In both cases, small molecules produced by bacterial symbionts not only mediate host-microbe interactions but also serve as potential leads for drug discovery, illustrating the direct effect of the environment on human health.
Host: Russell T. Hill, Ph.D.
Wednesday 23 October 2013 at 3:00pm
Title: “Biogeography, ecology and evolution of viruses infecting marine cyanobacteria”
Speaker: Marcie Marston, Ph.D.
Roger Williams University, Department of Biology and Marine Biology
Host: Feng Chen, Ph.D.
Relevant articles by Dr. Marston:
Wednesday 20 November 2013 at 3:00pm
Title: “Larval mortality and adaptive change in marine invertebrates: Genomic insight from the ocean and the “farm””
Speaker: Louis Plough, Ph.D.
UMCES-HPL
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Wednesday 16 October 2013 at 12:00pm
Title: Dissecting sources of genome instability in cancer
Speaker: Stephen A. Roberts, Ph.D.
IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Abstract: Frequency, location and timing are key parameters determining biological outcomes of mutations. Recent sequencing of human tumors has enabled us to address how these parameters contribute to a cancer mutator phenotype. While inactivation of DNA repair can lead to persistent, high mutation rates, few such examples are reported in cancers. Transient acquisition of multiple mutations in one or a few cell generations is an alternative and could produce synergistic or compensatory changes leading to rapid establishment of a growth advantage. Using a combination of experimental model studies and bioinformatics analysis of clinical mutation databases, I have shown that chronic DNA damage can generate clusters of simultaneous multiple mutations via transient mutagenesis. Genome sequencing of methyl methanesulfonate-treated yeast revealed mutation clusters composed of “strand-coordinated” changes originating from lesions occurring exclusively on one DNA strand, indicating the mutations were likely induced in the same generation. Mutation patterns and genetic controls suggested these mutations resulted from alkylations in long single-strand (ss)DNA formed during double-strand break repair and replication. Analogous simultaneous clustered mutations also occur in human cancers. Using a bioinformatics approach, I identified clusters among mutations that occurred in 41 human cancer genomes. Similar to MMS-induced clusters in yeast, clustered mutations in these cancers were highly strand-coordinated. One unusual class was composed entirely of mutated cytosines and resided near chromosome rearrangement breakpoints. Surprisingly, nearly all of these mutations occurred in a trinucleotide motif, TpCpW (W=A or T), targeted by APOBEC family cytosine-deaminases. Thus these highly regulated enzymes, normally involved in RNA editing and retrotransposon or retrovirus restriction, may inadvertently induce mutations in human malignant tumors. Using the motif specificity defined in APOBEC-induced clusters to characterize 954,247 mutations found in 2,680 exomes of 14 different cancer types, primarily from The Cancer Genome Atlas, I further found that APOBEC signature mutagenesis is pervasive throughout many cancer genomes, reaching 68% of all mutations in some samples. Across cancer types, APOBEC signature mutations readily occurred within genes whose alteration can drive cancer, establishing this form of mutagenesis as one of the most predominate carcinogenic mutagens. I propose that frequent APOBEC-induced mutation is carcinogenic and intend to use a variety of biochemical, genetic, and bioinformatics approaches to further investigate these enzymes, their environmental regulation, and the consequences of their activity on genome instability and cancer progression.
Host: Russell T. Hill, Ph.D.
In lieu of an IMET Seminar, Jean-Michel Cousteau will gave a public lecture at IMET.
Wednesday 2 October 2013 at 3:00pm
Tentative Title: “Hemocytes and antiviral defense in Drosophila”
Speaker: Dr. Javier Robalino
Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland College Park
Host: Rosemary Jagus, Ph.D.
Wednesday 25 September 2013 at 11:00am
Title: “The extraordinary biology of shipworms and their endosymbionts: a reservoir of cellulases and antimicrobials”
Speaker: Roberta O'Connor, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Ocean Genome Legacy
Abstract:
Shipworms are marine bivalves that burrow into and eat wood. Like most xylophagous animals, this lifestyle is enabled by a community of cellulolytic symbiotic bacteria. In the shipworm, however, the symbiont community is found cloistered within the cells of gill, sequestered away from the digestive tract. In contrast, the caecum, the primary site of wood digestion, is nearly free of bacteria. Using a combination of metagenomics, genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and old fashioned protein chemistry, we have shown that the gill endosymbionts, despite their location, provide the enzymes for the wood digestion in the gut. Thus the shipworm caecum is a natural “bioreactor” that may provide valuable information to improve commercial biofuel production. In addition to celluolytic enzymes, the genomes of shipworm symbionts also display a significant investment in secondary metabolite synthesis. This capacity, combined with the ability of shipworm symbionts to produce compounds that move through multiple cellular compartments and influence processes distant from their living quarters, suggested a reservoir of unusual anti-microbial compounds worthy of investigation. We tested this hypothesis by screening symbionts for activity against the apicomplexan parasites Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium, and discovered a symbiont that secretes a compound inhibitory to intracellular growth of both these pathogens. These results suggest that mining shipworms symbionts for bioactive compounds could open up a new area of anti-parasitic drug discovery and potentially identify new molecular targets for drug development.
Host: Russell Hill, Ph.D.
Title: “Merging ecology and genomics to understand evolutionary responses to environmental change”
Speaker: Stephen Keller, Ph.D.
AL-UMCES
An emerging challenge for environmental scientists and natural resource managers is determining how species respond to environmental change, including changes in climate that affect growing season length and ecosystem productivity. In forested ecosystems, growing season length is determined by phenology -- the period between the onset of tree growth in spring (bud flush) and the cessation of growth in late summer (bud set). The period between these key phenological events dictates the active period of biomass accrual and height growth in trees, and is thus under considerable selective constraint within populations, and strong divergent selection between populations inhabiting different environments. Trees in the genus Populus (poplars and aspens) are ecologically and economically important components of North American forests, and are also a model system in tree genomics. Ecological genetic studies of poplar trees sampled from natural stands across North America suggest a strong impact of historical climate change on past population movements, as well as on evolutionary shifts in phenology and other ecophysiological traits that adapt populations to their local climate environments. However, with this evolutionary history of past climate responses comes the susceptibility of forests to becoming maladapted in the future, as modern climate change may offset populations from their optimal environments more rapidly than dispersal or selection can reconnect them. This question is currently being explored by integrating genomic data on climate adaptation with spatial models of growing season length and climate variability to predict where populations are likely to become the most and least adapted to future climates.
Host: J. Sook Chung, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Large scale ocean variability and regional ecosystem response in the Northern California Current system”
Speaker: Hongsheng Bi, Ph.D.
CBL-UMCES
Host: J. Sook Chung, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Bacterial methylomes”
Speaker: Sir Richard J. Roberts
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1993
Host: Shil DasSarma, Ph.D.
Relevant articles by Dr. Roberts:
Sir Richard Roberts will visit IMET on 4th September 2013 to present a seminar. Dr. Roberts is the Chief Scientific Officer at New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was educated in England, attending the University of Sheffield where he obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1965 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1968. His postdoctoral research was carried out in Professor J.L. Strominger's laboratory at Harvard, where he studied the tRNAs that are involved in the biosynthesis of bacterial cell walls. From 1972 to 1992, he worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, reaching the position of Assistant Director for Research under Dr. J.D. Watson. He began work on the newly discovered Type II restriction enzymes in 1972 and in the next few years more than 100 such enzymes were discovered and characterized in Dr. Roberts' laboratory. Dr. Roberts has also been involved in studies of Adenovirus-2 and discovered split genes and mRNA splicing in 1977 for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in1993. His laboratory sequenced the 35,937 nucleotide Adenovirus-2 genome, and wrote some of the first programs for sequence assembly and analysis. DNA methyltransferases are an area of active research interest and, in collaboration with Dr. X. Cheng, DNA base flipping was discovered in 1993. Current interests focus on the identification of restriction enzyme and methylase genes within the GenBank database and the development of rapid methods to assay their function.
Dr. Roberts' visit will be hosted by Dr. Shil DasSarma.
Relevant articles by Dr. Roberts:
IMET Seminars are generally not held during the summer months but there are exceptions. If interested in speaking on a Wednesday afternoon in the Summer, please contact us.
IMET Seminars are generally not held during the summer months but there are exceptions. If interested in speaking on a Wednesday afternoon in the Summer, please contact us.
Title: “Nanocarrier platforms for targeted and controlled biomolecule delivery”
Speaker: Anjan Nan, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Host: Nick Hammond, Ph.D.
NOAA-EPP Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) Summer 2013
Interns presented the results of their projects on Friday August 2 at IMET.
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Learn more about the LMRCSC by visiting LMRCSC online.
There is no seminar scheduled for this date because the room is not available.
Title: “7-day microneedle-enhanced transdermal delivery, bench to bedside”
Speaker: Audra L. Stinchcomb, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Host: Nick Hammond, Ph.D.
Title: “Taurine: An Indispensable Ingredient in the Development of Sustainable Aquafeeds”
Dissertation Defense Seminar
Speaker: Aaron Watson, Ph.D. Candidate
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
In lieu of a Seminar Speaker on this date, we will host an IMET Town Hall Session. Please join us.
IMET Seminars are generally not held during the summer months but there are exceptions. If interested in speaking on a Wednesday afternoon in the Summer, please contact us.
In lieu of a Seminar Speaker on this date, IMET is sponsoring a Science Communication Course.
Seats in the class are limited. For more information and to register online, please visit ian.umces.edu/sccourse/details.php.
Title: “The Wolbachia Endosymbiont as a Drug Target For Control of Human Filarialsis, a Neglected Tropical Disease”
Speaker: Dr. Barton Slatko
Senior Scientist, New England Biolabs
Host: Shil DasSarma, Ph.D.
Title: “Cancer-specific glycoproteins and their roles in cancer detection”
Speaker: Hui Zhang, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Pathology, Clinical Chemistry Division
Host: Zeev Pancer, D.Sc.
An IMET Seminar is not currently scheduled for this date. If interested in speaking, please contact us.
By: Dr. Rosemary Jagus, LMRCSC Project Director, UMCES-IMET
On 3 June 2013, sixteen undergraduate students joined the Twelfth Annual Living Marine Summer Program supported by the Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) at IMET. The LMRCSC is a NOAA-EPP funded partnership, with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) as the lead institution. It was established to prepare a diverse student body for careers in research, management and public policy that support the sustainable harvest and conservation of our nation's living marine resources. The program consists of a 9-week research project guided by an UMCES-LMRCSC associated faculty mentor, along with orientation to working in a lab, weekly seminars on the use of molecular techniques in fisheries and environmental research, and a one-day workshop on communicating science. Interns will also have the opportunity to volunteer in outreach activities with Towson's SciTech program. This year’s interns, with an average GPA of 3.4, were recruited from the LMRCSC partner institutions: UMES, Hampton University and the Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami. Other students came from Cheyney University, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Rider University, Stevenson University, Tufts University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Baltimore, and Universidad Metropolitana Puerto Rica. The students will present their research results on Friday 2 August. This event will be open to visitors.
Title: “Glycobiology at the interface between human health and the environment”
Speaker: Hafiz Ahmed, Ph.D.
IMET Assistant Professor Candidate
Host: Search Committee Chair, Russell T. Hill, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “The hyper-sensitivity of freshwater snails to metals: Implications for setting water quality criteria”
Speaker: Kevin Brix, Ph.D.
IMET Assistant Professor Candidate
Host: Search Committee Chair, Russell T. Hill, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Research on stock management strategies to control fish reproduction in Scotland”
Speaker: Dr. Herve Migaud
Professor in Fish Physiology, Genetics and Reproduction, Institute of Aquaculture
University of Stirling, Scotland
Host: Yonathan Zohar, Ph.D.
An IMET Seminar is not currently scheduled for this date. If interested in speaking, please contact us.
Title: “Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Tracing Organic Matter in Aquatic Systems”
Speaker: Michael Gonsior, Ph.D.
CBL-UMCES
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “An unexpected link between a marine neurotoxin and copper homeostasis”
Speaker: Kathleen Cusick, Ph.D.
IMET Assistant Professor Candidate
Host: Search Committee Chair, Russell T. Hill, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Photons to Fuels Metabolic Pathway Manipulation for Starch, Oils or Hydrogen in Photosynthetic Microorganisms”
Speaker: Matthew Posewitz, Ph.D.
Dept. of Chemistry & Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Host: Yantao Li, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Gimme some skin: Epidermal cell fate specification in the nematode C. elegans”
Speaker: David Eisenmann, Ph.D.
UMBC
Host: J. Sook Chung, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “A transcriptomic approach to understanding parasitic dinoflagellates”
Speaker: Tsvetan Bachvaroff, Ph.D.
IMET-UMCES
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Should we worry about a fatal virus of blue crabs in the mid-Atlantic?”
Speaker: Eric Schott, Ph.D
IMET-UMCES
Host: Feng Chen, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Illumina-ting dinoflagellate biology”
Speaker: David Morse, Ph.D.
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Univ. Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Seeing in the sea: crustacean vision from beaches to the deep ocean”
Speaker: Dr. Jon H. Cohen
University of Delaware
Host: Dr. Eric Schott, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Bioinformatics and Protista: What Do We Really Know?”
Speaker: Joe Pitula, Ph.D
UMES
Host: Rose Jagus, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “A transcriptomic approach to understanding parasitic dinoflagellates”
Speaker: Tsvetan Bachvaroff, Ph.D.
IMET-UMCES
Host: Allen Place, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Current research status of developing growth hormone-transgenic common carp for aquaculture”
Speaker: Prof. Zuoyan Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology
Institute of Hydrobiology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wuhan, China
Host: Yonathan Zohar, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Nutritional Status and Immune Function of Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass”
Speaker: Lonnie Gonsalvez, Ph.D.
NOAA-Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
Host: Rose Jagus, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Quorum sensing in bacteria associated with marine sponges Mycale laxissima and Ircinia strobilina”
Speaker: Jindong Zan
IMET-UMCES
Host: Russell Hill, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Title: “Molecular responses of Mytilus galloprovincialis to toxic dinoflagellates”
Speaker: Dr. Chiara Manfrin
Dept. of Life Sciences
University of Trieste, Italy
Host: J. Sook Chung, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
“Restoration Economics: Overcoming Barriers to Success”
Speaker: Dr. Lisa A. Wainger
CBL-UMCES
Host: Russell Hill, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room (promotional seminar)
“Title: Harmful Algal Bloom Nutrient and Grazing Dynamics in Coastal and Offshore Environments”
Speaker: Dr. Judy O'Neil
Horn Point Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Host: Dr. R. Hill
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: January 16th, 2013 at 3:00PM
“Seminar Topic TBA”
Speaker: Dr. Cindy Palinkas
Horn Point Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Host: Dr. Russell Hill
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room (promotional seminar)
Date/Time: December 12th, 2012 at 3:00PM
“Mediation of Algal Host-virus Interactions by a Co-evolutionary Chemical Arms Race at Sea”
Speaker: Dr. Kay Bidle
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
Host: Dr. Feng Chen
"Functional Genomic Approaches to Study Plant Cell Wall
Degradation by Bacteria"
Speaker: Jeff Gardner, Ph.D.
UMBC
Host: Frank Robb, Ph.D.
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: December 5th, 2012 at 3:00PM
“Research and Education at Faculty of Fisheries and
Protection of Waters,Czech Republic”
Speaker: Otomar Linhart, Ph.D. and Jacky Cosson, Ph.D.
Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters
University of South Bohemia
Czech Republic
Host: Dr. Yonathan Zohar
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: November 14th, 2012 at 3:00PM
“The Impact of Diseases on Crab and Lobster Fisheries”
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey D. Shields
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
The College of William and Mary
Host: Dr. Sook Chung
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: November 7th, 2012 at 3:00PM
“Phenotypes and Applications of FlhD/FlhC-mediated Gene Regulation in Escherichia coli”
Speaker: Dr. Birgit Pruess
Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences
North Dakota State University
Host: Dr. Bob Belas
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: October 24th, 2012 at 3:00PM
On October 19 and 20, 2012 IMET hosted the annual Marine Estuarine Environmental Science (MEES) Colloquium.
“The Study of the Physiology and Metabolism of Crustaceans in Southern Brazil”
Speaker: Dr. Anapaula Sommer Vinagre
Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde
Porto Alegre, Brasil
Host: Dr. Sook Chung
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: October 18th, 2012 at 3:00PM
"The Study of the Physiology and Metabolism of Crustaceans in Southern Brazil"
Speaker: Dr. Anapaula Vinagre
Professor
Laboratorio de Metabolismo e Endocrinologia Comparada
Departmento de Fisiologia
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Host: Dr. J. Sook Chung
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: October 17th, 2012 at 3:00PM
“Unraveling the Mystery of Brevetoxin Biosynthesis in the Florida Red Tide Dinoflagellate, Kareniav brevis”
Speaker: Dr. Fran Van Dolah
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
Charleston, SC
Host: Dr. Allen Place
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: October 11th, 2012 at 3:00PM
“How Do Novel Functions Evolve from Existing Protein Scaffolds?”
Speaker: Dr. C.S. Raman
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
UMB
Host: Dr. Frank Robb
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: October 10th, 2012 at 3:00PM
"Translational Control During Germline Development in Drosophilia"
Speaker: Dr. Greco Hernandez
Division of Basic Research
National Institute for Cancer
Host: Dr. Rosemary Jagus
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: September 10th, 2012 at 3:00PM
The University of Maryland System announced on August 10th that Dr. Russell Hill has been appointed director of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET). Located in the Columbus Center on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, IMET is a joint research institute of three University System of Maryland (USM) institutions -University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES); University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Effective September 1, 2012, Hill's appointment follows a six-month search.
As director, Hill will serve as IMET's scientific chief and executive officer and will be responsible for bringing the institute into the forefront of translational research in marine and environmental sciences, fostering a collaborative research culture, developing funding opportunities, and fostering IMET's strength as an academic center.
The USM Board of Regents launched IMET in July 2010 after the restructuring of USM's former University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI). IMET is building on the assets and capabilities of UMBI's former Center of Marine Biotechnology. IMET scientists conduct marine and environmental research, creating technologies to:
protect and restore coastal marine systems;
sustain use of the marine systems' resources, and;
improve human health.
Hill will report to the institute's Governing Council, comprising USM Chancellor William E. Kirwan, UMCES President Donald Boesch, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski, and UMB President Jay Perman.
"Russell Hill has demonstrated outstanding leadership during the past year as interim director," said Kirwan. "He is firmly committed to advancing IMET through the effective integration of research at the three partner institutions. And he is well prepared to build the administrative leadership and research team needed during these critical years."
A microbiologist whose current research focuses on biodiversity conservation and drug discovery, Hill has served as IMET's interim director since July 2011. He first joined the University System of Maryland in 1989 as a postdoctoral research associate at the Center of Marine Biotechnology, later serving as a professor and associate director of the center.
Hill also has served on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins University, University of Mississippi, and James Cook University in Australia.
As principal investigator or co-principal investigator for many projects, Hill has competed successfully for nearly $11 million in grants to support his research. He also has received several honors and awards, including his election in 2003 as Fellow of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and his receipt in 2010 of the Barnett L. Cohen Award of the American Society for Microbiology in recognition of contributions to promoting the science of microbiology. In addition, Hill has served on the editorial boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Marine Biotechnology.
Hill earned his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and a B.Sc (Hons) degree in biological sciences from the University of Natal (now University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal) in Durban, South Africa.
The official USM announcement can be found here: http://www.usmd.edu/newsroom/news/1123
"Semiconductor Devices Inspired by and Integrated with Biology"
Speaker: Dr. John Rodgers
Lee J. Flory Founder Chair in Engineering Innovation
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Host: IMET Graduate Student Association
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: August 1st, 2012 at 3:00PM
"A War We Need"
Speaker: Dr. Willie Wilson
Director
National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Host: Dr. Feng Chen
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: July 18th, 2012 at 3:00PM
Environmental leaders gather to discuss the Chesapeake Bay and human health at the Symposium on Chesapeake Bay, Human Health and Eco-Toxicology hosted by the INstitute of Marine and Environmental Technology on May 14th and 15th.
"Stop acting like we're bulletproof" urged Congressman Elijah Cummings at the kick off of a two-day conference on the Chesapeake Bay and human health at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, May 14-15.
Maryland scientists and environmental leaders gathered to discuss the Chesapeake Bay and human health at a statewide symposium. The event brings together leading scientists from the University System of Maryland and policy makers from State and federal agencies to address critical problems in the Bay related to human health, such harmful algal blooms and toxic substances in the Bay.
The opening ceremony included remarks from Dr. Russell Hill, Interim Director, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Dr. Jay Perman, President, University of Maryland Baltimore, Chancellor William "Brit" Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland, Attorney General Doug Gansler, State of Maryland, Congressman Elijah Cummings, U.S. House of Representatives, Dr. Donald Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
The symposium takes place in the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), a new University System of Maryland research center at the Inner Harbor. This unique strategic alliance involves scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, the University of Maryland Baltimore and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. IMET's scientists are involved in cutting-edge research in microbiology, genetic analysis and biotechnology, using marine life to develop new drug therapies, alternative energy and other innovations to improve public health and economic opportunities.
"Genomic Innovations Underlying the Evolution of the Animal Kingdom"
Speaker: Bernard Degnan, Ph.D.
Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor
Centre for Marine Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Queensland (Australia)
Host: Dr. Russell Hill
Location: Columbus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: Wednesday June 6th, 2012 at 3 PM
"NAD+ Biosynthesis Ameliorates Muscular Dystrophy in Zebrafish"
Speaker: Dr. Clarissa Henry
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Maine
Host: Dr. Jim Du
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: April 18th, 2012 at 3:00PM
"The Remarkable Effect of Disease on the Ecology of Lobsters"
Speaker: Dr. Donald C. Behringer
School of Forest Resources and Conservation & Emerging Pathogens Institute
University of Florida
Host: Dr. Eric Schott
Location: Columbus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: Wednesday April 11th, 2012 at 3 PM
"Converging on Fis1 Function in Mitochondrial Dynamics: Evolution or Intelligent Design?"
Speaker: Dr. Blake Hill
Department of Biology
Johns Hopkins University
Host: Dr. Frank Robb
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: February 22nd, 2012 at 3:00 PM
"Modeling Population Dynamics for Fisheries Management: from Crabs to
Mackerel"
Speaker - Dr. Michael Wilberg
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Host: Dr. Russell Hill
Location: Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: Wednesday February 1st, 2012 at 3 PM
"Chemistry on The Edge: How Particles Control the Solubility of Trace Metals in Natural Waters"
Speaker: Dr. Johan Schijf
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Host: Dr. Russell Hill
Location: IMET's Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: Wednesday January 25, 2012 at 3 PM
"Benthic Nitrogen Transformation Processes in Chesapeake Bay"
Speaker - Dr. Jeffrey Cornwell
Horn Point Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Host: Dr. Russell Hill
Location: Multi-Purpose Room
Date/Time: Wednesday January 18th, 2012 at 3 PM
When: December 21, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Donald "Mutt" Meritt, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory
Host: Dr. Allen Place
When: December 14, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Sidney K. Pierce, Department of Biology, University of South Florida
Host: Dr. Allen Place
IMET hosted the Korea-Maryland Bio Expo’s session on Bioenergy and Sustainable Aquaculture on November 4, 2011. Talks were given by IMET faculty members Drs. Russell Hill, Feng Chen, Yonathan Zohar, Sook Chung, Allen Place and Frank Robb, as well as by Dr. Deuk San Jeo from the Gyeongbuk Institute for Marine Bio-Industry.
A ceremony was held at the end of the session for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for research cooperation between IMET and the Marine Biotechnology Research Center of the Korea Ocean Research and Development Center (KORDI). The MOU was signed by Dr. Hyung-Soon Yim (KORDI) and Dr. Russell Hill (IMET).
When: December 7, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Robert Sabatini, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia
Host: Dr. Allen Place
When: November 30th, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Anton F. Post, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole)
Host: Dr. Yonathan Zohar
When: November 15, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Pei-San Tsai, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado
Host: Dr. Sook Chung
When: October 26th, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Sook Chung, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, UMCES
Host: Dr. Russell Hill
When: October 19th, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Michael B. Murphy, GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Host: Dr. Russell Hill
When: October 5th, 3:00pm, Multi-purpose Room
Speaker: Dr. Michael Burkart, University of California, San Diego
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Host: Dr. Allen Place
When: September 28, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Stuart S. Martin, Greenebaum NCI Cancer Center, University of
Maryland School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Hafiz Ahmed
When: September 14, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Miller, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University
Host: Dr. Rosemary Jagus
Please join U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings and other special
guests who will be dedicating the Maritime Environmental Resource Center
(MERC) Mobile Ballast Water Treatment Test Platform. The dedication
ceremony will last from 10-11 followed by tours of the MERC barge-based
Test Platform as well as the Institute of Marine and Environmental
Technology, hosts of the event.
When: 27 September 2011, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Pier 5 - 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD
Background: In 2008, a partnership between the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Sciences and Maryland Department of Transportation
(through the Maryland Port Administration) established MERC. MERC has
been conducting evaluations of several diverse ballast water management
systems in the Port of Baltimore and is addressing other Green Ship
issues, including vessel biofouling and alternative fuels.
The MERC Mobile Test Platform provides a truly unique ability to
evaluated the performance of ballast water management systems under
various salinities and temperatures, and on the diverse and abundant
biota, found throughout the Chesapeake Bay. The Maryland Port
Administration, US Maritime Administration, and National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration have funded the conversion of a barge to
serve as the MERC Mobile Test Platform for evaluating ballast water
treatment technologies at different locations in the Chesapeake Bay
region and MERC is equipped to test according to both IMO and US EPA
protocols.
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