Microbiology

Our ASM Distinguished Lecturer Keynote speaker will be Igor B. Jouline, Ph.D., Ohio State University, speaking on "Signal Transduction in Bacteria: Mix-and-Match of “LEGO Bricks”

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Allondra Woods

Salinity effect on antibiotic-producing bacteria in lake edge soil collected from Lake Michigan and Lake Mendota

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David McClenahan

The effect of fluoride on CD11b expression in THP-1 human monocytes

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Bhim Sen Thapa

PFAS degradation in bio-electrochemical cells

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Christina Lim

Long-term exposure to polyamines results in pilus-dependent bacteriophage resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Jim Parejko

Methods for the madness: Advancing microbiology teaching labs on a budget

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Anne Galbraith

Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae to analyze an antimicrobial compound

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Shahina Sultana

Examination of fimB transcriptional site point mutations on fimB transcription in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

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Nirat Katuwal

Valorization of agricultural residues via circular bioeconomy approaches: a review

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Tayler Farrington

Fructose dehydrogenase characterization in the pursuit of creating a fructose biosensor

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Mason J. Stenzel

Characterizing Myxococcus xanthus fruiting body development in NmpRSTU suppressor mutants that restore type-iv pili-dependent motility

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Arden Heath

A spoonful of sugar makes the transporters do what?: Characterizing glucose transport in Gluconobacter oxydans

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Bhawana Khadka

Valorization of thin stillage along with soybean hulls by using fungal fermentation

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Khadejah Alhmaidat

The underground treasure

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Fatema Akter Nisha

Effects of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 inoculation and prebiotic compounds on plant growth characteristics

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Alyssa Kline

Role of adaptor proteins in the composition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chp chemosensory arrays

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Manisha Guha

Gram-positive bacteria are primed for surviving lethal antibiotics and chemical stress

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Roha Razzaq

Three new drugs with antimicrobial activity against multiple gram-positive bacteria

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Pat Hurd

Constructing an Enterococcus faecalis ntpj mutant to test pH tolerance in the lepidopteran gastrointestinal tract

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Noor E. Huma

Regular consumption of kombucha alleviates depression symptoms and modulates the gut microbiome in mice

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Brooke Bojar

Antibiotic resistance and virulence profiles of Aeromonas populations from beach and post-chlorinated wastewater compared to clinical isolates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Janice Tagoe

Chemical composition of root exudates of peas, tomatoes, and cucumbers

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Carmen Lopez

The lone isolate

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Sydney Meier

Antimicrobial effects of small molecule acids and indoles

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Elise Schweer

Why do seven hypothetical genes allow persisters to survive lethal antibiotics in the medium-term but not the long-term?

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Gayathri Senanayake

Using fluorescent bioreporters to evaluate competitiveness for nodule occupancy of Lotus japonicus in Mesorhizobium japonicum strain R7A

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Muhammad Yasir Afzal

Dynamic bacterial community shifts in bulk soil upon introduction of root exudate cocktail

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Sudeshna Roy

Constructing synthetic gene circuit using ultra-high efficiency protein degradation tag in Escherichia coli

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Dominique Smith

Investigation of transformation inhibition by plasmid-encoded comI in Bacillus subtilis

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Vanessa Giallombardo

Determining the structure of an NtrC-like response regulator from Myxococcus xanthus

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Ruqayyah Amaratunga

In an isogenic Escherichia coli population, multiple persister subpopulations coexist to survive lethal antibiotic stress

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Amanda Pease

Potential to manipulate nodulation competition between strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae using a prebiotic approach

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Mohammad Al Mahmud Un Nabi

Influence of rotational cropping systems on soil microbial diversity in northern agro-ecosystems

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Jacob Hansel

Bacterial community diversity of ectomycorrhizal tree communities in the Kickapoo Valley Wisconsin

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Katsiaryna Zhylinskaya

Bacterial biosensors: real-time environmental change detection

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Marissa Allen

Adaptation of mixed microbial communities to electrodes in microbial fuel cells

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Nancy Nabahire Ngutete

Characterization of stalkless mutant in Caulobacter crescentus

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Skylar White

Reduced growth of Myxococcus xanthus in low oxygen conditions

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Kyler Bordwell

CRISPR mediated TET2 knockout in A549 cells

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Jordan Campbell

Watershed influence on coastal benthic microbial community of Lake Superior

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Sophie Bridwell

Anoxic environment selects for high fitness and high biofilm variants with clinical breakpoints of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Treytun Garcia

Characterizing fssF in surface sensing

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Kayla Minor

Testing the effects of extreme alkaline conditions on Saccharomyces cerevisiae growth and biofilm formation in vitro

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Derek Follett

Leveraging 3D printing to produce high-quality, durable, and cost-effective devices for microfluidic experiments

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Kallie Crowl

Unveiling niche preference of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA 110: A study on planktonic versus biofilm lifestyle

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Meer Mohammed

The effect of differently treated farm soil on the diversity of soil microbiota

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Chloe Traeder

Investigating the role of an sRNA in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus

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Abigail Genal

Exploring the usage of Type 6 secretion system gene clusters in the bacterium Burkholderia cepacian

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Peter Badciong

Inhibition of freshwater bacteria by the surfactant Dispersit

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Samuel J. Whelan

Colonization by Salmonella enterica serovars Infantis and Hadar is reduced by a cross-protective vaccine in turkeys

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Jordyn Post

Exploring a new type of toxin-antitoxin system

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Olivia Oehlert

Evaluating the Enterococcus faecalis physiological response to insect hemolymph

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Emma Jensen

Engineering new synthetic degradation tags

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Geneva Bell

Sortase-encoding genes mediate Enterococcus faecalis persistence in the Helicoverpa zea gastrointestinal tract

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Lauren Litterer

The identification and characterization of the nitrogen fixing microbial symbiont associated with the legume lead plant

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Alia Ahmed

Lateral flagella of Aeromonas species strongly associated with bacterial adhesion to human colonic epithelial cells

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Derek Hanson

Clinical presentation of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease: a North Dakota case study

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Ellison Nabi

Understanding the plastic degradative potential of Mycolicibacterium sp. rjgii-135