When: Thursday June 2nd, 12:00-1:00 P.M.
Where: PSU Science Building 1, Room 107. 1025 SW Mill Street, Portland, Oregon 97201
Presented by Dr. Lyle Simmons, University of Michigan
Our lab investigates the mechanisms that replicate and repair DNA. During the last six years our research has been primarily concentrated in two areas: 1) DNA mismatch repair and 2) sensing replication fork stress. To examine these processes, we study the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. B. subtilis is a common Gram-positive bacterium that is well developed for genetics, biochemistry, genomics and cell biological experiments. B. subtilis DNA repair and replication pathways show a high degree of conservation with the DNA repair pathways of eukaryotes, including humans. Thus, B. subtilis provides an ideal platform for understanding conserved mechanisms shared across biology using the numerous experimental tools that are available for study in this organism.
For more information, visit: https://www.pdx.edu/biology/lester-newman-seminar-series
