Pneumococcus rolls epigenetic dice with a six phase random switch that controls virulence.
The pneumococcus resides in the human airway as a commensal, and occasionally causes pneumonia or septicaemia. The talk will highlight the recent discovery of a genetic switch that leads to epigenetic changes in gene expression, that might mediate the transition of this bacterium from harmless coloniser to deadly pathogen.
Date:
21 July 2015, 13:00 (Tuesday, 13th week, Trinity 2015)
Venue:
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details:
EPA Seminar Room
Speaker:
Marco Oggioni (University of Leicester)
Organising department:
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
Organiser contact email address:
edward.hutchinson@path.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Bug Sessions in infectious disease
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Edward Hutchinson
