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SUMMARY:Plenary Lecture 14: Development and Evolution in Environmental Bio
 films - Drescher\, K (Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology)
DTSTART:20140912T083000Z
DTEND:20140912T090500Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Co-authors: Carey Nadell (Princeton University)\, Howard Stone
  (Princeton University)\, Ned Wingreen (Princeton University)\, Bonnie Bas
 sler (Princeton University)\n\nBiofilms are antibiotic-resistant\, sessile
  bacterial communities that occupy most moist surfaces on Earth and cause 
 chronic and medical device-associated infections. Despite their importance
 \, it is largely unknown how bacteria organize their behavior inside biofi
 lms\, and how biofilms behave in natural environments. In this talk I will
  focus on how environmental aspects of natural habitats lead to the evolut
 ion of simple cooperative behaviors in biofilms. I will also demonstrate h
 ow biofilm development and the complex geometries of natural habitats inte
 ract to cause the sudden and rapid clogging of porous materials like soil\
 , water filtration devices\, and medical stents.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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