Bimonthly Microbiome Newsletter

Center Events

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When: Friday, March 21, 2025

Where: University of Maryland-Baltimore Health Sciences Facility III

Submit your abstract by Friday, February 28, 2025

Invited Speaker Series

Speaker: Suzanne E. Dorsey, Deputy Secretary at the Maryland Department of the Environment

Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Time: 4–5 p.m.

Location: ESJ 2204 & Zoom link

RSVP & submit your questions in advance

Suzanne Dorsey will share her experience of over 30 years working towards conservation as a scientist and within a governmental agency. Dorsey will reflect back on how regulators might receive ideas that are generated by scientists. She is looking forward to having an open discussion with the audience.

MicroSocial Seminar Series

The MicroSocial Seminar Series aims to facilitate scientific exchange and community building across the University of Maryland's microbiome research community. Seminars feature short talks by students and faculty, followed by 30 minutes of informal socializing over coffee and snacks.

When: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 4 p.m.

Location: ESJ 2204

Speaker: Darby Steinman, Ph.D. student, Bioengineering

Talk: "Vaginal Microbes Communicate with Reproductive Tissues via Production of Extracellular Vesicles"

Speaker: Taiwo Bankole, Ph.D. student, Nutrition and Food Science

Talk: "The Effect of Broccoli Glucoraphanin Supplementation on Ameliorating High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity through the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome Interface"

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Other Resources

Conferences

Center for Microbiome Innovation International Microbe Meeting

When: March 11–13, 2025

Location: La Jolla, California

Learn More and Register

To have your research, events, or other resources included in the next newsletter, contact the center's program coordinator Gabi Steinbach at gabis@umd.edu.