[IIGB_All] IIGB Seminar: Matt Traxler 2/27

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*Matt Traxler*
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*Leveraging microbial interactions for discovery of global regulators and
small molecules*


*       Date:* Friday, February 27

*          Time:* 12:00 pm-1:00pm

*             Location: *Genomics Auditorium 1102


*Abstract:*
Bacteria are incredible biochemists, capable of producing molecules with
functions that range from interspecies communication to all-out chemical
warfare. One group of bacteria, the actinomycetes, has been the deepest
source of these natural products, and they have the genetic capacity to
give us many more. The goals of our work are to understand the molecular
and ecological drivers of specialized metabolism in the context of
microbial interactions. In this talk, I will describe our recent work
examining a regulatory system that controls specialized metabolism in the
model actinomycete, Streptomyces coelicolor. This regulatory system is an
example of an unusual mode of bacterial regulation that utilizes a G
protein, much like eukaryotic signaling systems. I will also present our
findings about molecules made during microbial interactions, and discuss
how microbial interactions can be a source for novel molecule discovery.
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