September 13: John Moran - “Introduction to the Genetics Training Program (GTP)”
September 20: Jianzhi Zhang - "Are Synonymous Mutations Neutral?"
September 27: Michael Imperiale - "Genetics of BK Polyomavirus Persistence and Replication"
October 04: Evan Snitkin - "Genetic Interactions Underlying the Gain, Loss, and Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance"
October 11: Peter Freddolino - "Bacteria have Chromatin too! High Throughput Approaches for Identifying the Physiological Roles of Chromosomal Structure in Bacteria"
October 18: UM Study Break - no class
October 25: Jacob Mueller - "Are Large Palindromes a Signature of Selfish Chromosomes?"
November 01: Lev Prasov - "Gene Discovery in Rare Disease"
November 08: Regina Bacuom - " The Evolutionary Genomics of Nontarget Site Herbicide Resistance in the Common Morning Glory"
November 15: Jayakrishnan Nandakumar - "Genetics in the Eyes of a (telomere) Structural Biologist"
November 22: Jacob Kitzman - "High-throughput Approaches to Measure Variant Functional Impact"
November 29: Gary Huffnagle - "Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of Pseudomonas ludensis, a Ubiquitous Psychrotrophic Bacterium Found in Cold-spoiled Foods, Antarctic Environments and Diseased Human Lungs."
December 06: Gregory Tall - "Mouse Models for Study of Shear Force Dependent Adhesion GPCR Activation"
