报告人： Chuanwu Xi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

University of Michigan School of Public Health

报告时间：2014年10月17日（周五）下午14:30

报告地点：流体所214

报告摘要：

Biofilms are aggregates of microorganisms attached on biotic or abiotic surfaces, which are ubiquitous in the natural environment, engineered systems and medical devices. Biofilms often cause a variety of issues such as corrosion of industrial pipes, deteriorated water and product quality and persistent infections, etc. In this presentation, I will discuss about mechanisms of biofilm development, several techniques we have developed in control of biofilm development, and how to apply these technologies for medical and industrial applications.
报告人简介：

Dr. Chuanwu Xi is a molecular microbiologist and microbial ecologist. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and director of Global Environmental Health program at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He received a B. Sc. in Biology from Anhui Normal University in 1993, a M.Sc. in Molecular Microbiology from Guangxi University and a Ph. D. in Molecular Microbiology from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in 2010. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2005, he spent four years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his postdoc training in Environmental Biotechnology. His research focuses on water quality and treatment, biofilms, and human health. Several ongoing research projects in his laboratory are dealing with water quality and public health issues in Peru, Qatar, and the US. He currently serves as President-elect of Overseas Chinese Society for Microbiology, Chair of Division Q (Environmental and General Applied Microbiology of American Society for Microbiology) and an editorial board member of Applied and Environmental Microbiology.