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DESCRIPTION:Environmental Biology Seminar Series: Dr Jesse Shapiro\, Depart
 ment of Biological Sciences – Université de Montréal. Everyone is welcome 
 to attend.\n\nToxic cyanobacterial blooms are on the rise due to global ch
 ange\, posing a risk to drinking water quality and to freshwater ecosystem
 s more broadly. In this talk\, I will discuss my lab's fundamental and app
 lied research on blooms. On the fundamental side\, I will focus on the evo
 lution and ecology of a common bloomformer\, Microcystis. How is this genu
 s divided into species\, do they all produce toxins (and why?)\, and what 
 are their ecological niches? Do Microcystis colonies have a distinct micro
 biome\, and how does it affect their phenotypes and fitness? On a more app
 lied level\, can we use metagenomics to identify biomarkers that are predi
 ctive of toxic bloom events?\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nDr. Jesse Shapiro hol
 ds the Canada Research Chair in Microbial Evolutionary Genomics. His resea
 rch has led to a more unified concept of speciation – the origins of new s
 pecies. He has developed computational tools to link bacterial genotypes a
 nd phenotypes\, using these tools to identify mutations causing antibiotic
  resistant tuberculosis. His current work tracks bacterial evolution in re
 al time\, contributing to better clinical diagnostics and helping to predi
 ct harmful cyanobacterial blooms.\n\n \n
DTSTART:20191212T170000Z
DTEND:20191212T170000Z
LOCATION:R3-045\, Raymond Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V
 9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:Understanding and predicting toxic cyanobacterial blooms with genom
 ics
URL:/macdonald/channels/event/understanding-and-predic
 ting-toxic-cyanobacterial-blooms-genomics-303237
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