Linfield College Wine Lecture Series: Managing Expectations: The Microbiome in Agriculture

In this public lecture, Dr. Jack Gilbert, a microbial ecologist and group leader at Argonne National Laboratory, examines new findings relevant to understanding microbiomes of agriculture. He also highlights ongoing research to guide management practice decisions and improve crop productivity, disease resistance, and economic viability of farming practices in the 21st century. Gilbert, a microbial ecologist and group leader at Argonne National Laboratory, will present “Managing Expectations: The Microbiome in Agriculture” on Thursday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. in 222 T.J. Day Hall at Linfield. His talk will examine new findings relevant to understanding microbiomes of agriculture, and highlight ongoing research to guide management practice decisions and improve crop productivity, disease resistance and economic viability of farming practices in the 21st Century. Gilbert, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at University of Chicago, received a Ph.D. in marine biology from the University of Nottingham, UK, and continued postdoctoral training at Queens University in Canada. He is a senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, and senior fellow of the Institute of Genomic and Systems Biology. He has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, is a section editor for PLoS ONE and senior editor for the ISME Journal of Environmental Microbiology. He is on the board of the Genomic Standards Consortium, is the PI for the Earth Microbiome Project, Home Microbiome Project, Gulf Microbial Modeling Project, Hospital Microbiome Project and the Chicago River Microbiome Project. The Wine Lecture Series events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2766.