Becoming Invisible in the Ocean: The Story of a Hawaiian Squid

When:
Tuesday, Apr 17, 2018 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Geological Lecture Hall
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, University

Event website:
https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/becoming-invisible-ocean-story-hawaiian-squid

Until recently, biologists considered bacteria to be pathogens that negatively affected the health of humans and other animals. Over the last decade, however, scientists have discovered that most animals live with bacteria in mutually beneficial relationships. Using the Hawaiian bobtail squid and its bioluminescent bacterial partner as a model, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Professor and Director for the Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawai'a at Mānoa, will address how animals select their bacteria—sometimes thousands of species—and how they maintain “diplomatic relations” with these microbial organisms. This free and public lecture presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the Cambridge Science Festival is part of the Evolution Matters Lecture Series, supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman and Joan Suit.

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