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Subject: Webex meeting invitation: Lambda Lunch: Gianlucca Nicastro (NCBI): Comparative genomics uncovers Salmonella T6SS effectors and phospholipase toxins
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2/19/26*: Gianlucca Nicastro (NCBI, Aravind lab): "Comparative genomics
uncovers an underappreciated diversity of Salmonella T6SS effectors and
helps identify a novel class of phospholipase toxins" hybrid

2/25/26: WEDNESDAY, 11:00 AM, Bldg. 37, Rm 6107/6041: Joshua Shrout (U.
Notre Dame)"Spatial context community behaviors of Pseudomonas
aeruginosa" (Anu Khare)

2/26/26*: (Kelly Hughes, U. Utah) "The effect of tRNA structure and
codon context on translation efficiency and fidelity" VIRTUAL only.

3/5/26*: Roman Kogay (Koonin lab) "Selective landscapes of prokaryotic
evolution"

3/12/26*: Robert Munford (NIAID) "Metabolic Toxinemia and the ancient
enzyme that prevents it".

3/19/26*: Ryan Bell (Koonin lab) "Striking diversity of novel mobile
genetic elements carrying defensive and metabolic cargo in
Proteobacteria"

3/26/26*: Nadine Samara (NIDCR)  "Characterizing biofilm
polysaccharides from the oral pathobiont Fusobacterium nucleatum"

4/2/26*: Grace Morales (Dekker lab; presenting PhD work from
Schmitz/Hadjifrangiskou labs, Vanderbilt).

4/7/26: TUESDAY, 11:00 AM, Bldg. 37, Rm 2107/2041: Jorg Vogel
(Helmholtz Inst. for RNA-based Infection Research, Wurzburg, Germany)
(G. Storz).

4/9/26*: Namrata Deka (grad student, Armbruster lab, SUNY Buffalo)
"Impact of host adaptation on Proteus mirabilis pathogenic potential
and risk of urosepsis" (Vani Panda)

4/23/26*: Bill Jacobs (Albert Einstein) (G. Storz)

4/27/26: MONDAY WALS: Dianne Newman (Caltech). "Unveiling low-power
survival strategies on life's metabolic edge".   (A. Khare)

4/28/26: Tuesday 11 AM lambda lunch, D. Newman.

4/30/26*: Nick Vereecke (Dekker Lab, NIAID).

5/14/26*: Orlando (Landon)Deleon (E. Chang lab, U. Chicago) "Why you
need to match microbes to their ecosystem: Roles of regional microbiota
in shaping tissue identity, function, and healing" (A. Martini)

6/3/26: 3:00 PM, Bldg. 37 Conference room: Paul Rainey (Max-Planck Inst
for Evol. Bio.) "`Evolution of evolvability in bacteria" (E. Koonin)

6/4/26*: No lambda lunch (ASM, in DC).


*Regular lambda lunch at 11:00 AM (Eastern Time) in Bldg 37, Rm
6107/6041.  We will also arrange for these to be available on Webex,
with links sent out each week. To schedule seminars, contact
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From: Susan Gottesman 
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:24PM
To: Gottesman, Susan (NIH/NCI) [E] 
Subject: (Forward to others) Webex meeting invitation: Lambda Lunch:
Gianlucca Nicastro (NCBI): Comparative genomics uncovers Salmonella
T6SS effectors and phospholipase toxins

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