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NEMPET 2024


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

Keynote

“The Unexpected ways Freshwater Heterotrophs Use Light” 

by 

Dr. Julie Maresca 

SUNY - ESF 


MEETING SCHEDULE

June 21, 2024

5:00 pm: Keynote Talk

6:00 pm: Dinner

7:30 pm: General Meeting/Awards

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

  • Followed by Social

June 22, 2024

7:30-8:30 am: BREAKFAST

8:30 am: Cool Microbes in Arctic Soils

  • Max Häggblom – Rutgers University 

9:05 am: Global Distributions of Diazotrophs in Freshwaters: Most are Not Cyanobacteria!

  • Julian Damashek – Hamilton College

9:30 am: Do Microbes Matter? When and how we can use Microbial Traits in Models of Ecosystem Processes

  • Hannah Holland-Moritz - University of New Hampshire

9:55 am: Isolation of 3,5-Dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile Debrominating Bacteria from Estuarine Sediments

  • Niveda Thuravil, C. Costea, L. Kerkhof, and M. Häggblom – Rutgers University

10:20 am: Interval

10:35 am: Evaluating Phenotypes of Universal Stress Protein Deletion Mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti

  • Alexander Nuckols and Catalina Arango Pinedo – St. Joseph’s University

11:00 am: The Hfq-Dependent Small Regulatory RNA DsrA Controls Virulence, Motility, and Biofilm Formation in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

  • Alexa Mihaita, B. Critelli, B. Bergman, A. Fogarty, and S. Bhatt – St. Joseph’s University

11:35 am: Intersection of Morphological Plasticity and Reproductive Strategies in Appendaged Alphaproteobacteria

  • Amelia M. Randich – University of Scranton 

12:00 am: Iron Wars Over Ligand Soup: Exploring Chemical Crosstalk in Symbiodiniaceae - Bacteria Interactions

  • Hannah G Reich, M.C. Matthews, N.R. Cunningham, S. Smith, C. Richard, C. Stadtfeld, H.R. Wink, The Students & TAs of Siderophore SuperLab, K.E. Whalen, E.L. Harvey – SUNY ESF 

12:25: Group Photo

12:30-1:30 pm: LUNCH

2:00-3:30 pm: Microbe Walk (Optional)

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

6:00 pm: DINNER

7:30 pm: Door-Prize Drawing

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

  • Social Following

June 23, 2024

7:30-8:30 am: BREAKFAST

8:30 am: Laboratory Evolution of a Bacillus cereus Environmental Isolate Under Conditions Simulating a Multi-Metal Contaminated Site

  • Jennifer Goff, L.M. Lui, Y. Chen, T.N. Nielsen, E.G. Szink, A.A. Fatima, K.L. Durrence, F.L. Poole II, C.J. Petzold, A.P. Arkin, and M.W.W. Adams – SUNY-ESF

9:05 am: Gut Check: Exploring the Gut Bacteria in Palaemon pugio

  • Samantha Foehrenbach and Igor Ivanovski – St. Joseph’s University – New York

9:30 am: Investigation of TTX Production by Cultured Bacterial Species Sampled from Bipalium planarians

  • Elizabeth DuBois and Christa Chatfield – SUNY Cortland

9:55 am: The Role of Biofilm Bacteria in the Progression of Atherosclerosis

  • Mercy Olorunshola and David Davies – Binghamton University

10:20 am: Interval

10:35 am: The Diversity and Metabolic Strategies of Extremophilic Amoebae

  • Beryl Rappaport and Angela Oliverio – Syracuse University 

11:10 am: Negative Frequency Dependent Selection of Phage Weaponization in Biofilms

  • Yixuan Peng, J. Holt, A. Dalia, and C. Nadell – Dartmouth College

11:35 am: Why So Blue: Exploring the Regulation and Function of the Pigment Indigoidine in Vogesella indigofera

  • Peter Newell – SUNY Oswego

12:00 am: NEMPET business meeting

12:30- 1:30 pm: LUNCH and Departure


POSTER SESSION A*

Universal Stress Proteins have a Role in the Symbiosis between Sinorhizobium meliloti and Alfalfa.

  • Rumaysa Alam, Katie Geatens, A. Nuckols, and Catalina Arango Pinedo – St. Joseph’s University

Unveiling the Impact of Manganese Dioxide Nanomaterials on Biofilm Formation within Drinking Water Pipes

  • Lylla Almosd, T. Santana, R. Tehrani, and N.L. Fahrenfeld – Rutgers University

Cultivation and Characterization of Selenate-Respiring Bacteria from Soils of the Mekong and Red River Deltas in Vietnam

  • Nicole Almosd, A. Robinson, and Max Häggblom – Rutgers University

Adventures in Subsurface Microbiology

  • Sierra Brown, Jack Preston, and Stephanie Carr – Hartwick College

Transposon Mutagenesis of Legionella micdadei, an Occasional Human Pathogen

  • Bradley Blake, Mamadou Saliou Diallo, and Christa Chatfield – SUNY Cortland

Point Mutations in Triclosan-Resistant Stenotrophonas indicatrix Suggest General Rather Than Specific Resistance Mechanisms

  • Jeanne Kagle1, M. Aldhuhoori2, J. Żur-Pińska2, and A.G. Hay2 – 1Commonwealth University of PA – Mansfield and 2Cornell University

Antibiotic Exposure Results in Persistently Altered Viral Intestinal Community States

  • William L. Close1, Sarah K. Lucas2, Lucas Bishop1, Patrick D. Schloss1 – 1University of Michigan, 2Syracuse University

Enrichment of Microbial Populations in a Meromictic Lake in Response to Applied Electrode Potentials

  • Mike McCormick and Corey Rundquist – Hamilton College

Getting Dirtier: Analyzing Changes in Microbiota in Soil during Mouse Decomposition

  • Leah Tarte and Emily M. Nowicki, Ph.D. – Curry College

Dust Gardens: S. Maria Elliott and Microbiology Education in the Home Economics Movement

  • Craig Phelps and Betul Yildiz – Rutgers University

Does EIIAntr Interact with Other Proteins to Regulate Cellular Processes?

  • Patrick Sarosiek, Cecilia Ouyed Hernandez, and Catalina Arango Pinedo – St. Joseph’s University

Leveraging Synthetic Microbial Consortia from Fermented Food Systems to Elucidate Community Coalescence

  • Nimshika Senewiratne and Angela Oliverio – Syracuse University

 

POSTER SESSION B**

Henriciella pelagia and Henriciella mobilis are Unexpectedly Tip-Budding

  • Alyssa Cosklo, Samantha Colby, Grace Washney, and Amelia Randich – University of Scranton

Exploring Patescibacteria Pangenomics

  • Angelina Dalle Mule, Coralis Rodriguez Garcia, Elizabeth A. Ottesen, and Julian Damashek – Hamilton College

Characterization of Growth and Morphology in Hyphobacterium indicum

  • Alexander Eriquez and Amelia Randich - University of Scranton

Characterization and Isolation of Debrominating Bacteria from Marine Sponges

  • Raphael Goos, Lauren Hall, Lee Kerkhof, and Max Häggblom – Rutgers University

Evaluating Post-Fire Changes in Soil Microbial Communities Involved in Nitrogen Cycling in the Arctic Tundra

  • Alma I. Hernández, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Susan Natali, and Jessica Ernakovich – University of New Hampshire

Regulation of Fungal Development by the Neurospora crassa Transcription Factor fsd-1

  • Elizabeth Hutchison, Jessica Dawson, and Leila Doerer – SUNY Geneseo

Evaluating the Influence of Microplastics on Soil Microbial Community Composition through DNA Stable Isotope Probing

  • Maggie Krein, Nathan Blais, and Jessica Ernakovich – University of New Hampshire

Investigating the Distribution and Expression of H+-Translocating Membrane Pyrophosphatases in Freshwater Microbial Ecosystems

  • Nick Miller, Julian Damaskek, Katerina Dunleavy, Eileen Bussiere, and Nicky Badagliacca – Hamilton College

Characterization of Fungal Communities in Finnish Boreal Forests

  • Hannah Panesso and Max Häggblom – Rutgers University

Investigating the Regulation and Function of Diguanylate Cyclases and Phosphodiesterases in E. albertii

  • Abigail Robinson and Shantanu Bhatt – St. Joseph’s University

Cultivation of Arsenic-Respiring Anaerobic Bacteria from Rivers of Vietnam

  • Angel Robinson, Nicole Almosd, and Max Häggblom – Rutgers University

Surprising Prosthecate Morphotypes in Marine Caulobacter Henriciella litoralis

  • Grace Washney, Samantha Colby, and Amelia Randich – University of Scranton

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