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Microbial biofilms in the environment Julie Maresca Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering

Microbial biofilms in the environment Julie Maresca Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering. September 19, 2011. Maresca: Where I’ve been. PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Penn State University 2007. http:// chicagouncommon.com /photography/hydepark-032.jpg.

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Microbial biofilms in the environment Julie Maresca Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering

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  1. Microbial biofilms in the environmentJulie MarescaCivil & Environmental EngineeringCollege of Engineering September 19, 2011

  2. Maresca: Where I’ve been PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Penn State University 2007 http://chicagouncommon.com/photography/hydepark-032.jpg http://web.media.mit.edu Postdoc, Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT BA, Biology, University of Chicago 1999 http://joepasdoghouse.com

  3. Maresca: Microbial biofilms • Most microbes in the environment are attached to surfaces • Nutrient acquisition • Cell-cell communication • Metabolic cooperation

  4. Maresca: Microbial biofilms Microbial biofilms on biochar particles (Smyrna, DE) Interspecies interactions in coastal biofilms: naturally occurring microbes colonizing an artificial substrate (Salem, MA) Interspecies communication on sulfur-containing minerals (Sulfolobussolfataricus) Microbial effects on weathered concrete (with Thomas Schumacher, CEE)

  5. Maresca: Microbial biofilms Tools we use:

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