
Mike Travisano
Ecology and Environmental Biology
University of Minnesota
Microbial days of future passed
Mike Smanski
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
University of Minnesota
Lord of the ring-species
The students and post-docs in my lab work on a group of diverse and seemingly unrelated research and enginering projects.
In this short talk, I will attempt to link them all together in a cohesive way to highlight (i) what we are interested in and (ii) the at-times-serendipitous benefits of a broad research program.
I will talk about soil microbiomes, neuroprotective small molecules, gene drives, sustainable aviation fuel, and glowing carp.
I won’t talk about the weird smell coming out of Gortner 379 (and neither should you; still top secret). This will be a high-level talk, so please ask follow-up questions if you want to hear the details.
THURSDAY I FEB. 16 I 3:30-4:30 PM CST I HYBRID SEMINAR