Since its inception in 2004, MSI has sponsored and hosted an annual symposium for those in the Harvard and greater Boston communities. The spring event showcases magnificent research across a breadth of microbe-centric topics spanning environmental and biomedical sciences.

Join us for the 20^th annual event on Saturday, April 29, 2023.

This year's symposium features speakers from both the Biomedical & Environmental Microbial worlds. 

John F. Brooks II: Circadian Clock Regulation at the Host-Microbe Interface

Jeffrey Cameron: A recipe for a cell

James J. Collins: Harnessing synthetic biology and deep learning to fight pathogens

Breck Duerkop: Phage-bacteria interactions

Jacqueline Kimmey: Circadian immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae

Aimee Shen: Novel mechanisms mediate bacterial cell division

Paula V. Welander: Sterol physiology in bacteria

Anne Wyllie: Saliva for the detection of respiratory pathogens

and featuring a keynote by

Richard Losick: How a bacterium revealed the greatest biological discovery of the 20th century

With SciArt by Rogan Brown, Scott Chimileski, Anna Dumitriu, Semarhy Quiñones-Soto, and a workshop with Lori Shapiro.

Mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks with refreshments will be provided, and there will be a 75 minute break for lunch mid-day. A reception will immediately follow the symposium.

Tickets are $20; $5 for students or postdocs.  Advance tickets are required, and are available to all microbe-curious parties through the Harvard Box Office.
 

For more information or to volunteer for the event, please visit Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard or email msi@fas.harvard.edu.

Image courtesy of Rogan Brown: "Magic Circle Color Variation"