Look and Learn:  How Microbes Teach Us Cell Biology  Featuring Pascale Cossart, Ph.D., George O’Toole, Ph.D., John Boothroyd, Ph.D., Judith Armitage, Ph.D., Amy Gladfelter, Ph.D., and Grant Jensen, Ph.D.   In the world of scientific research, microbes punch well above their weight class.  Through these tiny creatures, scientists have learned fundamental aspects of biology: the genetic code, the concept of the gene and the central dogma.  Microbes are also master cell biologists themselves as they have learned how to manipulate and coexist with host cells for millions of years.  The interactions between microbes and eukaryotic cells have led us to understand basic mechanisms that drive cell shape, motility and organization.  By their manipulation of a host cell, microbial pathogens have revealed how our own cells function.  Join us at the Life Sciences Symposium to learn for yourself all that microbes have to teach us about biology of cells.   Admission is free, and refreshments and lunch will be provided.  We welcome the attendance of all faculty, physicians, researchers, post-docs, graduate students and undergraduate students interested in the life sciences.  We hope to see you there!  Register on-line at http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/lss/