[Enviro-lunch] Today's Speaker: Dr. Lauren Brooks

[Jing Yan]

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Hello Everyone,
Please join us for a talk this TODAY 2/15 by Dr. Lauren Brooks, 12-1pm in Room SE2-302.

Harboring a Fugitive:
Identifying Unexplored Vectors and Carriers of Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids

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Antibiotic resistance in pathogens is a globally significant problem that is exacerbated by horizontal gene transfer by bacteria. Despite intervention methods aimed at decreasing the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in pathogens, resistance remains on the rise leading to an increase in both hospital and community acquired infections. To better understand the full picture of this growing health crisis, the role of plasmid exchanges in the environment needs to be considered. Exploring the environmental resistome and looking for potential vectors or carriers of antibiotic resistance plasmids is a daunting task but can be started by identifying plasmids or bacterial groups of interest that may warrant further investigation. Through a combination of environmental sampling, database mining, and co-culturing experiments, we seek to take this first step to addressing the role of environmental bacteria in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.

Lauren Brooks is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Merced, California. Previously, she received her PhD in Microbiology at Oregon State University and her Master’s degree in Environmental Science at Yale University.

When: Feb. 15, Thursday, 12pm – 1pm

Where: SE2-302

Coffee will be provided, please bring your own mugs.

We look forward to seeing you,

Nate & Jing

Organizers for Spring 2018: Nate Bogie and Jing Yan
Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe



Jing Yan
Postdoctoral Scholar, Soil Physics Lab, School of Natural Sciences,
University of California, Merced

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