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Kit Pogliano received his Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School and was a Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. He has been recognized with several accolades, including the Searle Scholar and Beckman Young Investigator awards. In 2009, he was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. His research focuses on the dynamics of cellular organization in bacteria, the interplay of microbial interactions, and the impact of secreted metabolites and antibiotics on bacterial cells. Through his work, Pogliano employs a multidisciplinary approach that combines genetics, cell biology, proteomics, and biochemistry to explore concepts such as membrane movement and fission, and the degradation and synthesis of peptidoglycan. He also uses advanced imaging techniques and analytic tools to understand the mechanisms behind these biological processes and their implications in the microbial world.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).