Time |
Event |
Location |
5:00 pm |
Registration opens |
Demaray Hall Lobby |
6:00 pm |
Introduction Dr. Steve Libby |
Demaray Hall 150 |
6:10 pm |
Welcome: |
Demaray Hall 150 |
6:15-7:30 pm |
Opening session I: Dr. Ferran Garcia-Pichal " Microbial Adaptations in Biological Soil Crusts, Earth's Most Extensive Biofilms" |
Demaray Hall 150 |
7:30 - 8:30 pm | Opening session II: Dr. Wesley Van Voorhis "Calcium Dependent Protein Kinases as a drug target for Malaria, Toxoplasomosis, and Cryptosporidiosis: An Achilles Heel" |
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7:30 - 8:30 pm |
Opening reception |
Demaray Hall 150 |
Time |
Event |
Location |
7:30 am |
Registration opens |
Gwinn Commons foyer |
8:30 - 12:00 pm |
Gwinn Commons A Science 112 |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
Gwinn cafeteria |
1:30 - 5:00 |
Gwinn Commons A Science 112 |
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5:00 - 6:30 pm |
Poster session and hor d'hoeuvres |
Gwinn Commons B |
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Banquet and keynote address |
Gwinn Commons A |
7:45 - 8:45 pm |
Keynote Address: Dr. Tom Besser "Enough to Eat vs Safe to Eat: the Economics, Politics and Science of Escherichia coli O157:H7" |
Gwinn Commons A |
8:45 - 9:00 pm |
Awards and closing: Dr. Derek Wood |
Gwinn Commons A |
Session A: General Microbiology |
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8:30 - 9:00 am |
Anna-Louise Reysenback Portland State University |
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Gwinn Commons A |
9:00 - 9:30 am |
Marion Brodhagen |
Host-pathogen crosstalk: Aspergillus, aflatoxin, and oxylipins |
Gwinn Commons A |
9:30 - 10:00 am | Derek Wood Seattle Pacific University |
The Genome Education National Initiative: Supporting classroom based research in genomics | Gwinn Commons A |
10:00 - 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:00 am |
Michael Konkel |
The food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni exploits mammalian host cell receptors and signaling pathways |
Gwinn Commons A |
11:00 - 11:30 am |
Jay Mellies |
Ler of Pathogenic Escherichia coli forms toroidal protein-DNA complexes |
Gwinn Commons A |
11:30 - 12:00 pm | Evgeni Sukorenko University of Washington |
Variome - humans want it, bacteria will get it first | Gwinn Commons A |
12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch (your lunch voucher is required for cafeteria entry) |
Gwinn Cafeteria | |
1:30 - 2:00 pm | Sharon Doty University of Washington |
Endophytes for Sustainable Bioenergy Crop Growth | Gwinn Commons A |
2:00 - 2:30 pm | David Tobin University of Washington |
From Zebrafish to Humans: Genetic Dissection of Susceptibility to Tuberculosis | Gwinn Commons A |
2:30- 3:00 pm | Lakshmi Rajagopal |
Eukaryotic like signaling mediates S. aureus virulence and antibiotic resistance | Gwinn Commons A |
3:00 - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 - 4:00 pm | Joesph Mougous University of Washington |
Bacterial cell-targeting type VI secretion systems | Gwinn Commons A |
4:00 - 4:30 pm | Elizabeth Kutter Evergreen State University |
Development and implementation of Phage Cocktails Targeting E. coli O:157 in Livestock | Gwinn Commons A |
4:30 - 5:00 pm | Gita Bangera Bellevue College |
Sequencing the genome of Pseudomonas fluorescens L5.1-96: A way to engage undergraduate students in science | Gwinn Commons A |