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NEMPET 2022


  • Minnowbrook Conference Center 411 Maple Lodge Road Indian Lake, NY, 12812 United States (map)

Keynote

“Adapting an Evolutionary Model Organism for Host-Microbe Interaction Studies: Diversity Matters” 

by 

Dr. Kathryn Milligan-McClellan 

University of Connecticut 


MEETING SCHEDULE

June 24, 2022

5:00 pm: Meeting Start

6:00 pm: Dinner

7:30 pm: General Meeting/Awards

8:00-9:30 pm: Poster Session A*

  • Followed by Social

June 25, 2022

8:00-9:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am: Herbert W. Conn: Pioneer of Biology Education

  • Michael Hanophy – Saint Joseph’s College 

9:25 am: Growth and Death Dynamics of Bacterial Communities During Litter Decomposition are Predictable and Indicate Shifts in Life History Strategy 

  • Cassandra Wattenburger and Daniel Buckley – Cornell University 

9:55 am: Interval

10:10 am: Characterizing the Microbial Community in Bog Iron Deposits in the New Jersey Pine Barrens 

  • Lauren Seyler – Stockton University 

10:45 am: Recognizing Evolutionary Mile Markers at the Crossroads of Symbiosis in Bark Beetle-Dispersed Fungi 

  • Chase Mayers – Cornell University 

11:20 am: "What's SUPP?" Investigating a Potential In Vitro Model for Complex Oral Biofilms

  • Alex Labossiere and Matthew Ramsey – University of Rhode Island 

11:45: Group Photo

12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch

1:15-2:30 pm: Microbe Walk (Optional)

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

3:00-5:00 pm: Microscopy Workshop (Optional) — Lance Richardson, USMA West Point

6:00 pm: Dinner

7:30 pm: Door-Prize Drawing

8:00-9:30 pm: Poster Session B**

  • Social Following

June 26, 2022

8:00-9:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am: Culturing from the Deep Hot Subsurface: Challenges and Successes

  • Stephanie Carr – Hartwick College 

9:35 am: Defining Predicted Metabolic Features of the Thalassospira genus 

  • Caleb Mallery, Michael Rappe, Olivia Nigro, and Stephanie Carr – Hartwick College 

9:50 am: Interval

10:05 am: Distribution of Inteins in Cyanobacteria

  • Daniel Phillips – University of Connecticut 

10:40 am: Examining Changes in Antibiotic Susceptibility of Pseudomonas putida Grown in Mueller-Hinton vs. Soil Extract Medium

  • Nazrawit Zeleke, Michael Reilly, Naomie Bourdeau, Teylah Ford, Adrianna Salavatore, Brittany Spinazzola, Jillian Higgins, and Emily M. Nowicki, PhD – Curry College

11:15 am: The RNA chaperone protein ProQ is a pleiotropic regulator in enteropathogenic E. coli

  • Shaan Bhatt – Saint Joseph’s University 

11:45 am: NEMPET business meeting

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


POSTER SESSION A*

The Phosphotransferase System and the Sma0113/Sma0114 Two Component System in Sinorhizobium meliloti: Partners in Regulation? 

  • Catalina Arango Pinedo, and Preston P. Garcia – St. Joseph’s University and Castleton University 

The Effects of Microplastic Ingestion on the Gut Microbiome of Millipedes 

  • Noah Bright, K. Mackey, F. Jessup, P. McManamon, P. Xu, K. Clukey, C. Morgan, B. Rhymes, S. Davidson, P. Dihle and M. Labare – United States Military Academy 

Investigation of the Effect of Bacterial Interspecies Interactions on Surface Motility 

  • Mary R. Brockett and Jun Zhu – Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania  

The Bioremediation of Environmental Microplastics Using the Gut Microbiome of Threespine Stickleback 

  • Kelly Crandall, Sarah Pasqualetti, Gustavo Freitas, Kat Milligan-McClellan – University of Connecticut 

Stressors and Library Screening: The Search for a Phenotype in Sinorhizobium meliloti Two-Component Signal Transduction Mutants 

  • Jacob Henderson, Julia Carpenter, and Preston Garcia – Castleton University 

Overexpression of the Neurospora crassa Transcription Factor fsd-1 Inhibits Mating and Upregulates Melanin Biosynthesis 

  • Elizabeth Hutchison – SUNY Geneseo 

Searching for a Response Regulator Protein Partner in Sinorhizobium meliloti 

  • Tim Kittler, Jillian Laughlin, Alexander Williams, and Preston Garcia – Castleton College 

Into the Unknown: BACTH Assays and Sinorhizobium meliloti Mutant Production to Determine the Role of a Two-Component Signal Transduction System 

  • Ryanne Mix, Allison Andrade, and Preston Garcia – Castleton University 

Characterization of Microplastic-Degrading Microbial Interactions within the Stickleback Microbiome 

  • Sarah Pasqualetti, Kelly Crandall, Kat Milligan-McClellan, Gustavo Freitas, and Edward Russell 

 

POSTER SESSION B**

Evolutionary Escapades of Mobile Genetic Elements in Green Algal Plastid Genomes  

  • Danielle Arsenault, and J. Peter Gogarten – University of Connecticut 

Screening a Transposon Library for Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Pseudomonas putida 

  • Maegan Avery and Emily Nowicki – Curry College 

Evidence of horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and Aedes aegypti 

  • Darian Labrosciano, Vinayak Mathur – Cabrini University 

Investigating the Role of Phage-Mediated HGT in Increasing Bacterial Virulence 

  • Kayla Mancini and Vinayak Mathur – Montclair State University 

Investigation of the Role of RNA Chaperone Protein ProQ in the Virulence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli 

  • Mary Marino and Shantanu Bhatt – St. Joseph’s University 

Redox Inverted Cold Seeps: Chemotropic Sulfur-Oxidizing Microbial Mats Growing on Oxidant Seeps in the Euxinic Basin of a Meromictic Lake 

  • Mike McCormick, Ben Tully, Kari Koga, Dan O'Shea, Kera Lynn, Dan Lictenauer, Ken Bart, Jason Koval, and Dion Antonopolous – Hamilton College 

Investigating the Role of Sigma Factor RpoN in the Virulence of Escherichia albertii 

  • Alexa Mihaita and Shantanu Bhatt – St. Joseph’s University 

Effects of Plastic on Naproxen Degradation via a Freshwater Consortium 

  • Zanub Rahman, Abigail Porter, and Lily Y. Young – Rutgers University 

Perchlorate Exposure Effect on Microbiome Diversity in Three Spine Stickleback Fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) 

  • Liz M. Tirado, Emily A. Lescak, and Kathryn C.A. Milligan-McClellan 

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