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NEMPET 2018


  • Minnowbrook Conference Center Maple Lodge Road Indian Lake, NY United States (map)

Keynote

“Shedding light on chemosynthetic symbioses:

Comparative genomics, transmission mode, and genome evolution”

by 

Prof. Colleen Cavanaugh

Harvard University


MEETING SCHEDULE

June 22, 2018

6:00 pm: Dinner

7:30 -9:00 pm: Poster Session A*

  • Followed by Social

June 23, 2018

7:30-8:30 am: Breakfast

8:30 am: Metagenome of a Methanogenic Consortium That Converts Monochlorobenzene to Benzene

  • Steve Zinder – Cornell University 

9:05 am: Apparent Benzene Loss in Iron-Reducing Sediment Culture

  • Rachel Dean and Donna Fennell – Rutgers University

9:25 am: Cellular Uptake of Mercury in Anaerobic Bacteria: Applications of Mercury Stable Isotopes to Elucidate Physiological Controls

  • Yuwei Wang, Sarah Janssen, Jeffra Schaefer, John Reinfelder and Nathan Yee – Rutgers University

9:45 am: Interval

10:00 am: Hfq and Hfq-Dependent Small RNAs Control Virulence in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Escherichia albertii

  • Shantanu Bhatt – St. Joseph’s University

10:50 am: Investigation of the Role of Hfq in the Virulence of Escherichia albertii

  • Shantanu Bhatt, Marisa Egan, Jasmine Ramirez, Christian Xander, and Daniel Kalman – St. Joseph’s University

11:25 am: Environmental Contamination by Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Microbes to the Rescue

  • Michelle L. Zeliph and Max Haggblom – Rutgers University 

11:45 am: Group Photo

12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm: Microbe Walk (Optional)

  • A nature-walk focusing on microbial habitats and field marks

6:00 pm: Dinner

7:30-9:00pm: Poster Session B**

  • Followed by Social

June 24, 2018

7:30-8:30 am: Breakfast

8:30 am: Biofilms and Legionella pneumophilia: Attachment and Nutritional Interactions 

  • Jenna Zaia, Cassidy Sauer, and Christa H. Chatfield – SUNY Cortland

9:05 am: Sophronia’s Gardens: Microbiology in the Progressive Era

  • Craig Phelps – Rutgers University

9:30 am: Gut Microbiota Exert Sexually Dimorphic Influences on Anxiety-like Behavior and Cued Fear Recall in CS7BL/6 Mice

  • Caroline Geary, V. Wilk, C. Baker, H. Bergstrom, and David Esteban – Vassar College 

10:05 am: Interval

10:20 am: Climate and Geology Impact the Global Stone Microbiome

  • Nathaniel J. Ennis, M. Louati, F. Ghodhbane-Gtari, K. Hezbri, D. Dharumadurai, M. Gtari, J. Bryce and Louis S. Tisa – University of New Hampshire

10:55 am: Conversion of Tropical Rainforest to Pasture Causes Consistent Annual Shifts in Bacterial Community Structure and Biotic Homogenization

  • George S. Hamaoui Jr., J.L.M. Rodrigues, B.J.M. Bohannon, J. Tiedje, and Klaus Nusslein – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

11:20 am: Does Glyphosate Affect the Plant Rhizosphere over Time? A CURE; Year 1

  • Cynthia Keler – Delaware Valley University

11:40 am: NEMPET business meeting

12:00- 1:00 pm: Lunch and Departure


POSTER SESSION A*

Effect of Culture Conditions on Catalase Activity of Serratia marcescens

  • José de Ondarza and Hafis Bashorun – SUNY Plattsburgh

Catalase Activity and Ozone Sensitivity in Serratia marcescens Wild Type and Mutant Strains

  • Tyler Grant and José de Ondarza – SUNY Plattsburgh

Isolation and Identification of Bacteria Carried by Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila suzukii

  • David Green, Iswarya Vel, Chad McMahon, Scott McRoberts, Jonathan Fingerut, and Catalina Arango – St. Joseph’s University

Bacterial Symbionts of the Sea Anemones Diadumene lineata and Exaiptasia pallida

  • George S. Hamaoui Jr., Andrea Fachini, Ann C. Billetz, Heather Nielsen, Levon Hilling, and Anne M. Goodwin – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Characterization of Female Sexual development-1 (fsd-1) Transcript Structure, Expression, and Localization in the Fungus Neurospora crassa

  • Thomas Hurysz, Mary Pyatt, Margaux Hales, Bryce Gebhardt, Christine Toufexis, and Elizabeth Hutchison – SUNY Geneseo

Protecting the Warfighter from Parasites

  • Megan Gagnon, Sarah Chamberlin, Katherine Iwanyk, Michaela Labare, M. Butkus, D. D. Bowman, and M. P. Labare – United States Military Academy

Season and Geography Drive High Microbial Variability in Fungus Gardens Grown by Trachymyrmex septentrionalis Ants

  • Kevin Lee and Jonathan Klassen – University of Connecticut

The Hfq-Dependent Small Regulatory RNAs OmrA and OmrB Indirectly Repress Transcription from the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement of Enteropathogenic Eschericia coli

  • Sarah Muche, Jihad El-Fenej, Wenlan Yu, Brianna Amos, Thomas Buerkert, Michael Rigal, Tressa Hunter, and Shantanu Bhatt – St. Joseph’s University

Chronosequence of the Root-Associated Microbial Communities in the American Beachgrass Ammophila breviligulata

  • Joshua G. Pimentel, Brianna L. Boss, and Javier A. Izquierdo – Hofstra University

Protecting the Warfighter from Pathogens

  • G. M. Kennedy, M. Y. Min, M. T. Nguyen, J.F. Fitzgerald, S. Schultz, M. Butkus, J. A. Starke, D. D. Bowman, and M. P. Labare – United States Military Academy

 

POSTER SESSION B**

The Small Regulatory RNA DsrA is a Negative Regulator of the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

  • Brian Critelli, Marisa Egan, Sarah Muche, and Shantanu Bhatt – St. Joseph’s University

Targeting the Cause of Fatal Disease (JOD) in Eastern Oysters with Predatory Marine Bacteria

  • Megan Edwards and Christa H. Chatfield – SUNY Cortland

  • A Screen of Two Kinase Inhibitor Libraries Identifies Compounds with Antifungal Activity against Histoplasma capsulatum

  • Charlotte Berkes, Krystal Knight, and Jessica Mermelstein – Merrimack College

Biofilm Development on Plastic Polymers in Freshwater Rivers

  • Rene Hoover and Mark Gallo – Niagara University

  • Isolation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Beneficial Bacteroidetes Species from the Root of the American Beachgrass Ammophila breviligulata

  • Arjun Kumar and Javier A. Izquierdo – Hofstra University

The Growth of Bacteria on Cutting Boards Impregnated with Antimicrobial Agents

  • Yangzom Lhamo and Michael Honophy – St. Joseph’s College

Measuring the Effect of Essential Oils on Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans

  • Yamini Malik and Michael Honophy – St. Joseph’s College

Understanding the Regulatory Mechanisms of AgpT on the melA-agp Operon and its Involvement in Succinate Mediated Catabolite Repression

  • Leona Ryder, Francis Mele, Vincent Pepe, Christina Mirarchi, Joseph Johnson, Muhammad Arif, Lucie Ngaba, Vinay Patel, Isabella Carpenter and Catalina Arango – St. Joseph’s University

Microbial Contamination in Upright Standing Water Coolers: A Longitudinal Study

  • Jennifer Sarcone and José de Ondarza – SUNY Plattsburgh

Rhizosperic Isolates from American Beachgrass Promote the Growth of Bermudagrass and Induce Community Composition Changes

  • Chaz M. Scala and Javier A. Izquierdo – Hofstra University

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