Career & Tools
Join us for our June Lunch & Learn featuring graduate students from Chemistry and Global Studies! Enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with grads from across campus. RSVP today!
Join us for our âââââJune Lunch & Learn featuring talks by graduate students in Chemistry and Global Studies! Lunch & Learn is co-sponsored by the Graduate Division, the Graduate Student Association, and the UCSB Library. âFeed your mind and your stomach while socializing with grad students from across the campus!
Lunch & Learn
This Edition: ââSiderophores and Social Enterprises
Friday, June 7
Noon-1 p.m.
Library, Room 1312 (map)
Lunch will be provided
*To help us estimate food, âplease RSVP*
While most bacteria need iron to grow, they often live in very iron-poor environments. To survive, the bacteria synthesize iron-scavengers called siderophores, which can sequester iron even in the most iron-starved places. Whether it be insoluble iron oxide in the ocean, or iron buried deep within our own bodies, siderophores can find it and steal it. The biosynthesis of siderophores is hardwired into bacterial DNA. By searching through their genomes, we are able to predict not only if siderophores are made by certain bacteria, but also what they may look like.
Social Enterprise and Varieties of Capitalism
Mariah Miller
âPhD Student in âGlobal Studies
Human life is beset by war, hatred, poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and hunger. Across nations, cultures, and religions, humans are skillful at utilizing available resources to address such collective social challenges by developing organizations that aim to build more stable, inclusive, and peaceful societies. My research focuses on one type of organization used in this wayâ: the social enterprise. Social enterprises are founded with the dual purpose of addressing a social challenge and remaining economically sustainable through business activities. In my talk, I will discuss what social enterprises are, how they are related to the variety of capitalism in which they operate, and the potential results of comparative research on social enterprises. For my dissertation, I will compare social enterprises in three nations with distinct varieties of capitalism, China, Spain, and the USA.
This event will be moderated byâ Kate Brody-Adams, Assistant âDirector of Professional Development in the Graduate Division at UCSB.
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