Seminar: Julie Biteen, U Mich.

Location

Shiley Center for Science and Technology, 232

Free

Julie Biteen, PhD, of the University of Michigan Chemistry and Biophysics Department, will be here to talk about her group's research involving studying intracellular dynamics in real time with ultra-high resolution fluorescence imaging. All majors welcome; lunch will be provided.

Abstract: Because of the small size of bacterial cells, the mysteries of their subcellular structure,
dynamics and cooperativity are well-suited to single-molecule and super-resolution
investigations. Our lab has been developing new methods to locate, track, and analyze single
molecules to answer fundamental, unanswered questions in live bacterial cells. I will discuss
how we are measuring and understanding the dynamical interactions essential for DNA
replication and mismatch repair in living Bacillus subtilis cells, as well as our ongoing work to
extend our targets from single cells to pathogens and microbial communities. Overall, our results
provide fundamental insight of relevance to human health and disease.