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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2025 ERMINE COWLES CASE MEMORIAL LECTURE
DESCRIPTION:Exploring Earth’s Dynamic Atmosphere  and Ecosystems with Fossil Plants
UID:132836-21871944@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132836
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum Of Paleontology,Earth And Environmental Sciences
LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room
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DTSTAMP:20250411T115802
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Prelim Seminar Series -  Life in Plastic\, It’s Fantastic: The microbial metabolisms of polyethylene and the implications for social phenotypes
DESCRIPTION:Talk title: Life in Plastic\, It’s Fantastic: The microbial metabolisms of polyethylene and the implications for social phenotypes\n\nSummary: Microbes are responsible for breaking down recalcitrant organic matter like lignin and chitin and thus reintroducing those molecules back into nutrient cycles. To do so\, these microbes invest lots of energy into creating powerful arsenals of enzymes. These microbes are now challenged globally with novel recalcitrant polymers known collectively as plastic. Studies have found that there is little to no correlation of plastic degrading enzymes and the amount of plastic in the environment- leading to the conclusion that in general\, microbes are not evolving to specialize on plastic degradation. However there is yet to be a satisfactory explanation as to why environmental degradation is so limited.\n\nWhile many microbial enzymes have been tested or hypothesized to degrade plastic\, research on plastic biodegradation has primarily focused on one species at a time\, and very few have been proven to work with polyethylene\, the most widely used and hardest to degrade plastic. My dissertation will focus on characterizing microbial metabolisms of PE and its degradation products\, and using these characteristics to predict the ecological relationship between members of a small modular community. This research will connect microbial metabolisms and ecology to investigate why environmental degradation is limited\, and how metabolisms impact the function of plastic degrading synthetic consortia.
UID:134870-21875491@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134870
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum Of Zoology,seminar,biological science,Biology,Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate Students,Herbarium,lecture,Museum - Herbarium,Museum - Zoology
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 737
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DTSTAMP:20250303T111934
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Steffy lecture: Cristina D. Pomales
DESCRIPTION:The Wilbert Steffy Lectureship was established in 2003 to honor one of Industrial and Operations Engineering’s early distinguished faculty\, Wilbert Steffy. \n\nThis year's honoree is Cristina D. Pomales\, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico\, Mayagüez (UPRM). During her talk titled \"A Journey Through Transformation and Leadership in Academia\,\" she will share her personal life journey\, reflections and lessons learned through her path as U-M IOE alumna to becoming Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez.\n\nAbout Dr. Pomales\nDr. Cristina Pomales was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She had an unusual undergraduate academic path at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) that led to IOE. She earned her PhD in IOE in 2006\, focusing on Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE)\, working in Cognitive and Aesthetic HFE with Professor Yili Liu as advisor. Upon graduation\, she returned to UPRM as faculty\, where she started her journey that required continuously redefining and positioning herself to effect institutional transformation.
UID:133352-21872801@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133352
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Talk,Michigan Engineering,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Hfes,Alumni
LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson rooms (3rd floor)
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