2014 Schedule
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Friday October 17th
Time |
Event |
Location |
6:00 pm |
Registration opens |
Foege Auditorium Foyer |
6:30 pm |
Introduction Dr. Derek Wood |
Foege Auditorium |
6:40-7:50 pm |
Keynote Address: Dr. Stephen Lory "Genome-wide detection of virulence and host recognition determinants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa" |
Foege Auditorium |
8:00 - 9:00 pm |
Opening reception |
Vista Cafe |
Saturday October 18th
Time |
Event |
Location |
8:00 am |
Registration opens |
South Campus Center
Lobby |
8:30 - 12:00 pm |
SCC 316 SCC 303 |
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12:10 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
SCC lobby SCC 354 |
1:30 - 5:00 |
SCC 316 SCC 303 |
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5:00 - 6:00 pm |
Poster session and hors d'oeuvres |
SCC Lobby |
Session A: General Microbiology |
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8:30 - 9:00 am |
Colin Manoil, Ph.D Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington |
Essential genes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: which are general and which are not. |
SCC 316 | |
9:00 - 9:30 am |
Jesse Bloom, Ph.D Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Constraints on the evolution of influenza. | SCC 316 |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Josh Adkins, Ph.D Pacific Northwest National Laboratories |
Multi-omics approaches for host-pathogen interactions? | SCC 316 | |
10:00 - 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:00 am |
Jay Mellies, Ph.D Biology Department, Reed College |
Ler oligomerization and DNA binding properties |
SCC 316 |
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11:00 - 11:30 am |
Sharon Doty, Ph.D School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington |
The plant microbiome: an ecosystem within |
SCC 316 | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 pm | Jovanka Voyich, Ph.D Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University |
Differential regulation of Staphylococcus aureus virulence in response to host-derived stimuli | SCC 316 | |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch Special Educator Session Please grab your lunch and meet us in the Crow's nest (SCC 354) by 12:15 to join in this discussion. |
Lunch available in SCC lobby Special Session: |
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| Guiding Education using Novel Investigation in the Teaching Lab | ||||
| Jennifer Tenlen, Ph.D. | Benjamin McFarland, Ph.D |
Derek Wood, Ph.D | ||
| Department of Biology, Seattle Pacific University | Department of Chemistry, Seattle Pacific University | Department of Biology, Seattle Pacific University, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington | ||
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | Heather Fullerton, Ph.D Department of Biology, Western Washington University |
A tale of two sites: metagenomic comparison of iron oxidizing microbial mats | SCC 316 | |
| 2:00 - 2:20 pm | Angella Rasmussen, Ph.D Department of Microbiology, University of Washington |
Systems genetics approaches to studying virus pathogenesis | SCC 316 | |
| 2:20 - 2:40 pm | Leigh Knodler, Ph.D Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health, Washington State University |
Activation of the epithelial inflammasome by enteric bacteria. | SCC 316 | |
| 2:40 - 3:00 pm | Break |
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| 3:00 - 3:20 pm | Cheryl Miller, Ph.D School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University |
Investigation of the interactions between Campylobacter jejuni effectors and host cell proteins | SCC 316 | |
| 3:20 - 3:40 pm | Dagmara Kisiela Department of Microbiology, University of Washington |
Adhesion-blocking antibodies: how to design an effective vaccine. | SCC 316 | |
| 3:40 - 4:00 pm | Andrea Castillo, Ph.D Department of Biology, Eastern Washington University |
A yeast system to identify novel Helicobacter pylori effectors | SCC 316 | |
| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Break |
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| 4:20 - 4:40 pm | Larissa Singeltary Department of Microbiology, University of Washington |
Evidence of Epidemic African Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Adaptation to a Person-to-Person Mode of Transmission | SCC 316 | |
| 4:40 - 5:00 | Mayim Wiens Department of Microbiology, University of Washington |
α-defensin HD5 Inhibits Furin Cleavage of HPV16 L2 to Block Infection | ||
| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION with hors d'oeuvres |
SCC lobby | ||
Session B: Clinical Microbiology |
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8:30 - 9:00 am |
David Fredricks, MD |
The detection and identification of genital tract bacteria: the old and the new |
SCC 303 |
9:00 - 9:30 am |
Sarah Talarico Ph.D. |
A novel, non-invasive method for detection, quantification, and genotyping of Helicobacter pylori | SCC 303 |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Dan Wolter, Ph.D., |
Drug-addicted bacteria: repeated isolation of a sulfonamide-dependent Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a patient with cystic fibrosis | SCC 303 |
10:00 - 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:00 am |
Xuan Qin, PhD, D(ABMM) Director Seattle Children's Hospital Microbiology Laboratory Associate Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine University of Washington |
Clinical challenges associated with the isolation of bacterial small colony variants and antibiotic-dependent bacteria. |
SCC 303 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 am | Paul Swenson, PhD King County Public Health Laboratory |
Clinical evaluation of the Bio-Rad Geenius HIV 1/2 Supplemental Assay | SCC 303 |
| 11:30 - 12:00 pm | Rafael Hernandez, MD PhD Pediatic Infectious Diseases, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital |
Terror in the community | SCC 303 |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
SCC Lobby | |
MALDI-TOF user group - sponsored by Bruker corporation |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | William A. Glover II Ph.D., D(ABMM), MT(ASCP) Microbiology Supervisor Reference, Enterics, Food & Parasitology Labs Washington State Public Health Laboratories |
"Incorporating MALDI-TOF into the Public Health Laboratory" This session will chronicle the experience of the WA State Public Health Laboratories as its looks to incorporate MALDI-TOF into the laboratory. We will discuss biosafety, pitfalls and IT issues as well as early stage plans for use by various laboratories. |
SCC 303 |
| 2:00-2:30 pm | Rose Martin, M(ASCP) Supervisor Seattle Children's Hospital Microbiology Laboratory |
"Maldi-ToF: Rapid Bacterial Identification & Saving Lives in the Clinical Laboratory!" The program looks at using next generation technology-MALDI-TOF coupled with Lean and Industrial Engineering principles to design a new, faster workflow system in microbiology. We will discuss validation of MALDI-TOF as well as the methods we used for designing, creating and implementing a new workflow system. Management topics include project management, change management and ways to sustain the change. Our experience with gains in quality of patient care will be discussed with examples. |
SCC 303 |
| 2:30-3:00 pm | Gongyi Shi, Ph.D, |
"Latest Development of the MALDI Biotyper Technology Platform" This discussion is intended to introduce improvement of the MALDI Biotyper technology platform in terms of workflow, library, ID performance. Additional capabilities such as antimicrobial resistance will be introduced. The status of regulatory approval will also be updated. |
SCC 303 |
| 3:00 - 5: 00 pm | Janine M. Sanford, M.A., SM(ASCP)
MALDI Biotyper Customer Support Specialist |
Q and A Session/User Group Meeting | SCC 303 |
| 5:00 - 6: 00 pm | POSTER SESSION with hors d'oeuvres |
SCC Lobby | |
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