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DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2020 3:00pm to 4:00pm    \n    \n      \n\n\n    \n
 \n              \nInstitute of Marine & Environmental Technology\n      \n
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     \n\n\nTHIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED.\n\n\n\nT
 itle: Better Together - Microbial Diversity and Symbiosis in Unusual Place
 s\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Joy Watts (Professor\, University of Portsmouth)\n\n
 \n\nAbstract: Microorganisms are essential for global biogeochemical cycle
 s and environmental health\, however\, often the focus is upon the small p
 ercentage of microbes that are pathogenic. In this presentation\, I will f
 ocus on ‘microbial dark matter’\, the positive aspects of microbes in the 
 environment and their critical importance to our health and wellbeing. In 
 this presentation some examples of the positive and negative aspects of mi
 crobial interactions currently being studied in the Watts lab\, will be di
 scussed. \n\n\n\nBrief Bio: Joy Watts is Professor of Environmental Microb
 iology and a member of the Center for Enzyme Innovation at the University 
 of Portsmouth UK. Her scientific training started with an undergraduate de
 gree at Liverpool\, then a PhD in soil microbiology with Prof. Wellington 
 at the University of Warwick. Followed by a wonderful PDRA experience work
 ing on PCB dehalogenations in Prof. Sowers laboratory at IMET (then COMB) 
 between 1998 to 2004.  With a subsequent Assistant Professor position at T
 owson University till 2010\, where she obtained the FCSM Endowed Chair and
  started collaborating with Dr Schreier (IMET) on an NSF funded project on
  xylophagous fish. She then returned to a SL position at Portsmouth where 
 her research group is focused upon the application of molecular tools to b
 etter understand microbial diversity and important interactions in environ
 mental systems. This includes\; diversity and function of microbes associa
 ted with the GI tracts of wood eating organisms\; novel pathways for plast
 ic degradation\; antimicrobial resistance in fish (Atlantic mackerel)\; an
 d the potential debromination activity of the microbial community of marin
 e sponges. She has active expert panel roles for the European Commission H
 orizon 2020 programme\, she is Editor-in-Chief for Environmental Microbiom
 e and is an advisor for the Marine Microbiome Policy Report. '\n\n\n\nHost
 : Dr. Kevin Sowers\n\n\n\nIf you would like to attend virtually\, please e
 mail imetdirectorsoffice@umces.edu
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Joy Watts (Professor\, Universi
 ty of Portsmouth)
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.umces.edu/events/canceled-virtual-imet-seminar-dr-
 joy-watts-professor-university-of-portsmouth
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