Seth Bordenstein | The Battleground of Sexual Reproduction: How Symbionts Selectively Kill Embryos
Channel: Dr. Seth Bordenstein
Date: 2022-03-30

Dr. Seth Bordenstein presented the Opening Keynote Lecture to the American Society for Microbiology Texas Branch Meeting on March 24, 2022. His lab's research investigates the evolutionary genetic and functional principles that shape the rules of engagement between animals, microbes, and viruses. His lab employs hypothesis-driven approaches to (i) decipher the genetics and mechanisms of host-microbe symbioses that impact animal reproduction, evolution, and vector control and (ii) unravel the major rules, if any, that shape host-microbiome associations within and between animal species. He is the founding Director of a worldwide outreach program Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project that brings student-based discoveries on bacteria and biotechnology to classrooms and citizen scientists worldwide. Bordenstein was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2021 and received the Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education from the Genetics Society of America in 2020.