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SUMMARY:Indole Signalling: Planning For The Future The Bacterial Way - Dav
 id Summers
DTSTART:20170613T200000Z
DTEND:20170613T203000Z
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CONTACT:Alisa Molotova
DESCRIPTION:In the 21st century we have finally begun to leave behind the 
 mythology that bacteria are simple\, primitive organisms. They have proved
  to be complex and sophisticated\, exhibiting mechanisms and rates of evol
 ution that leave other organisms in the shade. The evolution of antibiotic
  resistance is a case in point\, and we now stand on the edge of a healthc
 are crisis that is a direct result of our failure to understand just how c
 lever the opposition is.\n\nI have worked on Escherichia coli since 1980 a
 nd it remains my favourite organism to this day. In recent years my labora
 tory has been working on bacterial communication via a small signalling mo
 lecule called indole. In this talk I will give an introduction to indole s
 ignalling and explain how E. coli uses it to plan ahead and garner resourc
 es for survival in future periods of starvation.\n\n
LOCATION:Bateman Room\, Gonville &amp\; Caius College
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