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Host: Prof. Chris Lawson
\nMicrobes that live in soil are responsible for a variety of key decomposition and remediation activities in the biosphere. Microbes that colonize the gastrointestinal tract play important roles in host metabolis m\, immunity\, and homeostasis. Better tools to study and alter these micr obiomes are essential for unlocking their vast potential to improve human health and the environment. This talk will describe our recent efforts to develop next-generation tools to study and modify microbial communities. S pecifically\, I will discuss new platforms for automated microbial culturo mics\, techniques to genetically engineer complex microbial consortia and methods for biocontainment. These emerging capabilities provide a foundati on to accelerate the development of microbiome-based products and therapie s.
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\nHarris Wang is an Associate Prof essor at Columbia University jointly appointed in the Department of System s Biology and the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology. Dr. Wang recei ved his B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Physics from MIT and his Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University. His research group mainly develops ena bling genomic technologies to characterize the mammalian gut microbiome an d to engineer these microbes with the capacity to monitor and improve huma n health. Dr. Wang is an Investigator of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and t he recipient of numerous awards\, including the Vilcek Prize or Creative P romise in Biomedical Science\, NIH Director’s Early Independence Award\, N SF CAREER\, Sloan Research Fellowship\, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama\, which i s “the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science a nd engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent rese arch careers.”
\nhttp://wanglab.c2b2.columbia.edu/
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\nQuestions? Please contact Professor Jay Werber (jay.werber@utoronto.ca) or Sophia Lu (< a href='mailto:soph.lu@mail.utoronto.ca'>soph.lu@mail.utoronto.ca).
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T130000 LOCATION:WB116 @ 200 College Street SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:LLE: Mapping and Engineering Microbiomes of the Mammalian Gut and i n Soil Environments (Harris Wang\, Columbia University) URL:https://chem-eng.utoronto.ca/event/lle-harris-wang/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR