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SUMMARY:Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research Award Lecture Featurin
 g 2025 Lynwood W. Swanson Promise Award Recipient Dr. Chris Whidbey Made
  possible by an award from the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust "Small Things
  Considered: How Our Microbiomes Help Us Stay Healthy" The College of Sc
 ience and Engineering is pleased to invite you to the Lynwood W. Swanson
  Scientific Research Award Public Lecture featuring the winner of the 20
 25 Lynwood W. Swanson Promise Award\, Dr. Chris Whidbey. Please join us 
 for this special evening of ideas\, conversation and discovery. We look 
 forward to welcoming you. Thursday\, October 22\, 2026 Seattle Universit
 y | Leroux Conference Center (Student Center 160) Lecture 4-5 p.m. | Rec
 eption to Follow Our bodies are covered inside and out with microorganis
 ms. Over the last 15 years\, scientists have gained a more complete unde
 rstanding of the microbes that make up our microbiomes and have found th
 at certain microbes are associated with better health outcomes. But how 
 do these microbes impact our health? And is there a way for us to harnes
 s the microbiome to improve health outcomes? Join Associate Professor of
  Chemistry Chris Whidbey for a public lecture exploring these questions 
 and how he is using tools from chemistry and biology in his lab to bette
 r understand the relationship between our microbiomes and human health. 
 The lecture is free and open to everyone interested in learning more abo
 ut microbiomes and our health. A reception will follow the lecture. Abou
 t Dr. Chris Whidbey Dr. Chris Whidbey is an associate professor in Seatt
 le University’s Department of Chemistry whose research explores the comp
 lex relationship between microbiomes and human health. An SU alumnus\, W
 hidbey earned his degree in 2010 with majors in Chemistry\, Biology and 
 Philosophy\, before receiving his PhD in Pathobiology from the Universit
 y of Washington in 2015. He returned to SU as a faculty member in 2018. 
 In 2025\, Whidbey received the Swanson Promise Award for his application
  of innovative cross-disciplinary tools to the study of microbiomes and 
 his commitment to providing impactful and inclusive laboratory experienc
 es for undergraduates. This public lecture offers an opportunity to lear
 n more about the research that earned Whidbey this recognition. Read mor
 e about Dr. Whidbey here or watch the video shown at the Swanson Promise
  award ceremony. About the Award The Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scie
 ntific Research Award\, presented by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust\,
  recognizes a junior faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional pot
 ential in establishing an exemplary\, productive and sustainable researc
 h program at a private undergraduate institution in the Pacific Northwes
 t. Named in honor of Dr. Lynwood Swanson and his service as a trustee of
  the Murdock Trust\, the award recognizes faculty whose research shows p
 romise while also contributing to the undergraduate research experience.
 \n\nTickets: https://events.seattleu.edu/event/murdock-swanson-public-le
 cture-with-chris-whidbey#tickets=1\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/
 6aa8adcb-3c1b-4751-86dd-a9730240fc9d
LOCATION:Seattle University\, Seattle\, WA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/6aa8adcb-3c1b-4751-86dd-a9730240fc9
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