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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series - The Role of Biotic Stressors in Shaping Host Microbiomes of Freshwater Zooplankton
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our ongoing Tuesday Seminar Series.\n\nAbout this seminar: My proposal investigates how biotic stressors\, specifically cyanobacteria blooms and parasitic infections\, impact the microbiome of Daphnia dentifera\, a freshwater zooplankton. Given the role of host-associated microbiomes in conferring resilience to the host\, understanding how these stressors impact microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions is essential. Cyanobacteria blooms\, formed by rising temperatures and nutrient runoff\, can reduce microbial diversity through competitive exclusion\, altering microbial networks both internal and external to the host. Parasites are another potential source of dysbiosis in the host-associated microbiome. Successful infections can further lower host fitness\, potentially independent of virulence\, by disrupting the microbiome and thus losing key metabolic pathways related to nutrient acquisition and the formation of secondary metabolites. To address the extent to which both stressors reassemble microbiomes and environmental microbial communities\, I will address three questions that 1) distinguish between parasite virulence and microbiome dysbiosis impacts on host fitness\, 2) test for potential additive or synergistic effects of cyanobacteria and parasites in reducing host fitness as mediated through the host-associated microbiome\, and 3) investigate microbiome re-assemblage under both stressors in the natural environment.\n\nJoin Remotely: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94285293918\nMeeting ID: 942 8529 3918\nPasscode: tuesem
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129085
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Environment,eeb,ecosystem,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology,Discussion,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Biosciences,evolution,biodiversity,seminar,scientists,Science,Research,Rackham,Natural Sciences,Museum Of Zoology,Museum,Museum - Zoology,Museum - Herbarium,Life Science,Lecture,Herbarium,Graduate Students,Graduate School,Graduate,Free,evolutionary biology
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20240913T115134
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SUMMARY:Meeting:LingAMod
DESCRIPTION:The language across modalities discussion group provides a space for students\, faculty\, and community members to discuss research that spans the modes of human communication -- speech\, sign\, gesture\, and more. Our group meets to discuss research articles and to informally present ongoing research. All meetings have captioning or ASL-English interpreting.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126354
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sign,Speech,Gesture
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Lorch 403
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DTSTAMP:20241105T161304
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Olson in China: Regional Chamber of Commerce\, Political Brokers\, and Firm Subsidies
DESCRIPTION:This talk examines how business interest groups in weak institutional contexts use selective incentives to address the free-rider problem in collective action\, specifically in China. By linking membership in interprovincial chambers of commerce (CoCs) to government subsidies\, we show that chamber firms receive significantly more subsidies than non-members\, driven by political connections facilitated by the chambers. The findings highlight the role of business associations as brokers\, providing access to powerful officials and demonstrating the exchange of selective benefits for political favor.\n   \nZeren Li is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy\, National University of Singapore. His research focuses on business-government relations\, bureaucracy\, good governance\, and authoritarian politics\, with a particular interest in China. His work has been published in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science\, Journal of Politics\, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization\, The China Quarterly\, and other journals. He earned his PhD in Political Science from Duke University. Prior to Duke\, he obtained his bachelor's degree from Fudan University and completed his MPhil at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Before joining NUS\, Dr. Li served as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Leitner Program of Political Economy at the MacMillan Center\, Yale University.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at chinese.studies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128785
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Politics,Chinese Studies,China,Public Policy
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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