2025 Microbes and Social Equity seminar series“Defending
against Phage Predators: Trading Public Goods via Integrons” presented by Dr. Landon
Getz.
July 30, 2025
Dr. Getz (He/Him) is
a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry within the Temerty
Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is a CIHR Postdoctoral
Fellow and the recipient of the inaugural GSK-EPIC Convergence Postdoctoral
Fellowship at the University of Toronto. Dr. Getz’s work is currently focused
on the collaborative and competitive relationship between bacteriophages, viruses
that infect bacteria, and their bacterial hosts. Primarily, this work has
revolved around the mechanisms that bacteria, and their integrated
bacteriophages, defend themselves from incoming phage infection through
anti-phage defence.
Dr. Getz is a
powerful LGBTQ+ advocate and works to enhance the justice and belonging of
Queer and Trans folks in STEM. Most recently, he founded the Pride in
Microbiology Network along with Dr. Edel Pérez-López and Dr. Bruno Francesco
Rodrigues de Oliveira. Pride in Micro has over 200 international members, and
has recently launched PiM Connections – a mentorship and professional
development network connecting students and early career researchers with more seasoned
mentors.
