Biology's Saul Lectures: "Phage therapy to combat infections by antibiotic-resistance", Dr. Paul Turner, Yale University

Please register in advance for this science-oriented talk at: go.middlebury.edu/BioTurnerScience

Dr. Paul Turner is the Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and Microbiology faculty member at Yale School of Medicine. He is an African-American scientist, who grew up mostly nearby the city of Syracuse, NY. Dr. Turner studies evolutionary genetics of viruses, particularly phages that infect bacterial pathogens and RNA viruses transmitted by arthropods, and researches the use of phages to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases.

 Dr. Taylor will also give a talk for a general audience the day before, 3/25 at 5pm EST, entitled: “How and Why Viruses Evolve.” See separate calendar listing and please register in advance for the public talk at go.middlebury.edu/BioTurnerPublic

Sponsored by the George B. Saul II Lecture Fund.