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Opening Symposium, 2005 Microbial Diversity Course dedicated to The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology

All seminars are held in the Meigs Room.

Dr. Rita R. Colwell
Chairman, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc.
Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland College Park and
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Rita Colwell is Chairman of Canon US Life Sciences, Inc. and Distinguished University Professor both at the University of Maryland at College Park and at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her interests are focused on global infectious diseases, water, and health, and she is currently developing an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues, including safe drinking water for both the developed and developing world... MORE>>

Symposium Schedule:

Saturday, June 25, 2005

9:30 AM Welcoming remarks and introductions

9:45 AM Maynard and Suzanne Goldman Lectureship
Dr. Rita R. Colwell
, University of Maryland - "The Maturation of Marine Microbiology: Marine Bio-info-nano-technology"

10:45 AM Coffee break

11:00 AM Dr. Edward F. Delong, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - "New perspective on the marine microbial world - from genomes to biomes"

12:00 PM Lunch break

1:45 PM Dr. W. Ford Doolittle, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University - "Trees, Genomes, and Species"

2:45 PM Coffee break

3:00 PM Prof. Dr. Karl O. Stetter, Diversa Corporation - "Hyperthermophiles - Microbes at the upper temperature border of life"