Caroline S. Harwood, PhD
Gerald and Lyn Grinstein Professor of Microbiology
University of Washington, Seattle

“Sensing Surfaces:  A Prelude to Microbial Biofilm Formation”

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Richard Losick, PhD
Marla Moors Cabot Professor of Biology
Harvard University

“Life and Death of a Microbial Community”

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R. John Collier, PhD
Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School

"How Do Toxins Enter Mammalian Cells?"

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Susan Gottesman, PhD
NIH, Center for Cancer Research
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Head, Biochemical Genetics Section
Laboratory Co-Chief

"Beyond Transcription: Regulatory Networks with Small RNA Regulators"

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John Roth, PhD
Distinguished Professor in Microbiology
College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis

"Origins of Mutations under Selection"

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Thomas J. Silhavy, PhD
Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor in Molecular Biology
Princeton University

"Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Gram Negative Bacteria"

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Volkmar Braun, PhD Universität Tübingen, Germany
John Parkinson, PhD University of Utah
Robert P. Gunsalus, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Kathleen Postle, PhD Pennsylvania State University
Peter Zuber, PhD Oregon Health Sciences University
Hiroshi Nikaido, PhD University of California, Berkeley