Small Matters: Microbes and Their Role in Conservation:WEBCAST




Small Matters: Microbes and Their Role in Conservation The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation’s Twelfth Annual Symposium American Museum of Natural History April 26 and 27, 2007 Video Archive of Keynote Addresses The following presentations have been archived as QuickTime™ movies (MPEG-4 format) which can be viewed on-line or downloaded for viewing at your leisure. THE TREE OF LIFE AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF EUKARYOTES Laura Katz, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College IT’S A JUNGLE IN THERE: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN THE HUMAN BODY David Relman, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University THE ROLE OF PARASITES AND PATHOGENS IN FOOD WEBS Andrew Dobson, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University MICROBIAL DIVERSITY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, AND HEALTH Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Chairman, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc. OF MICROBES AND MACROBES: ARE MICROORGANISMS ECOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR PLANT AND ANIMAL DESCENDENTS? Shahid Naaem, Professor of Ecology, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University MICROBES AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES: DUMB, BLACK-BOX BIOREACTORS IN THE DIRT? Peter Groffman, Senior Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies NOTE: Unfortunately, Dr. Edward Delong was unable to attend the symposium and deliver his keynote address, “A Sea of (Genomic) Change: Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics In Planktonic Microbial Communities.” The movies will load into your browser window for on-line viewing. To download and view the movies in a standalone player, you will need an MPEG-4 (.mp4) compatible viewer or the QuickTime™ Player and/or Plugin. You can download the player or plugin here. All text, images, and software code on this website are copyright property of the American Museum of Natural History and its programmers unless otherwise noted. They may be used for the personal education of website visitors. They may not be placed in the public domain. Any commercial reproduction, redistribution, publication, or other use by electronic means or otherwise is prohibited unless pursuant to a written license signed by the Museum.	Home Agenda (audio archive) Webcast (video archive) "Save The Microbes" Program Posters Sponsors Registration Steering Committee Content Advisors Travel/NYC Information Symposium Archives
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