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As in the past, Lambda lunch will nominate a few candidates for WALs
speakers for the 2021-2022 season.  I received a few new nominations,
and have included top vote getters from last year who were not chosen.
Note that M. Laub and P. Turner were chosen, and K. Orth was chosen for
last year, deferred to the end of this month.

This year they are specifically searching for nominees : " who are the
best among the best for select named and NIH Director's lectures:

o NIH Director's Lecture --for internationally recognized scientific
investigators; 3 speakers selected annually

o Rolla E. Dyer Lecture -- for a renowned researcher who has
contributed substantially to medical and biological knowledge of
infectious diseases

o G. Burroughs Mider Lecture -- for an NIH intramural scientist
recognized for outstanding contributions to biomedical or behavioral
research

o Marshall W. Nirenberg Lecture -- for an investigator recognized for
outstanding contributions to genetics and molecular biology

o Margaret Pittman Lecture -- for a researcher or has demonstrated a
dedication to advancing and improving the careers of women scientists

Please rank vote your top 5 candidates from the following list, and
send your votes to me by Jan. 19^th.  Only NIHers votes will be counted
for this, but happy to have opinions of others in our virtual audience,
particularly info on ability of speaker to interest a wide audience.

Jillian Banfield (UC Berkeley): Microbial communities and how they are
shaped by and shape often extreme environments.   (Nominated last year,
not chosen)

Carlos Bustamante (UC Berkeley): Single molecule approaches examining
transcription, translation, degradation, mitochondrial fission, etc.

Jeff Cox (UC Berkeley): TB expert with focus on interaction of Mtb with
the host.

Heran Darwin (NYU): TB expert who discovered the prokaryotic ubiquitin
system in Mtb, entertaining speaker.

Michael Fischbach (Stanford): Identify small molecules from the human
microbiota that regulate microbial interactions, using genomics,
biochemistry and functional analysis.

Susan Holmes (Stanford): Statistician developing tools for biology,
with an emphasis on microbiome research.

Christine Jacobs-Wagner (Stanford) Understanding the bacterial cell
cycle using single-cell and single-molecule approaches.

Karen E. Nelson (President, J.Craig Venter Institute) Microbial ecology
and genomics.

Sarkis Mazmanian (Caltech) Interaction of the microbiome with
development of immune and nervous systems.

Kim Seed (UC Berkeley): Molecular Virology of Vibrio phages,
contributions to Vibrio pathogenicity.

Rotem Sorek (Weizmann Institute): Genomics/Systems Biology approaches:
Bacteria-Phage arms race, bacterial response to antibiotics. (nominated
last year, not chosen).

Other ideas?  Please go ahead and nominate yourself (deadline, Jan.
22^nd); let us know and we can confirm support from lambda lunch.

Please use the online nomination form
at [1]https://oir.nih.gov/wednesday-afternoon-lecture-series-nomination
s.

References

1. https://oir.nih.gov/wednesday-afternoon-lecture-series-nominations