UW-L Microbiology Club Minutes
Minutes from October 27, 2009
Talks by Rachel Campbell and Nate Fortney on government internships with the State Department and NASA
Pay your Dues $5 per semester
T-shirts: µbiology club(front) Top Ten Reasons To Be a Microbiologists $10
Bring designs to micro club boards
Volunteer oppurtunities: Food Drive or Penny Wars-against Microbiology professors
National ASM meeting May 23-27 2010 in San Diego
Looking for Fundraising Ideas
Dec 1st Meeting Decorating Cookies and 3rd Floor Hallway
Minutes from September 22, 2009
Meeting Called to order 6:30.
I. Confused About Swine Flu?
II. Introduction of officers:
President – Trisha Flaherty
Vice President – Katie Hoppe
Secretary – Tara Weiler
Treasurer – Derrick Berg
Historian – Nathan Fortney
Sergeant of Arms – Phil Standwitz
Executive Board - Shannon Kordus and Elizabeth Seramur
Advisors- Bonnie Jo Bratina and Sue Anglehart
III. President’s Report
IV. Tie Die Party!!!
V. Think of T-shirt ideas by next meeting
Next Meeting will be held on October 27, 2009
Microbiology Club
Minutes from the meeting on April 14, 2009
--8 am to 3 pm in Cowley lobby
--Selling t-shirts, buttons, and baked goods
--Volunteers’ list posted—Thanks to everyone that is helping!
--Friday, May 1, from 8 am to 3 pm
--Manning table, selling t-shirts and buttons during registration in the morning and during lunch/breaks
--Volunteers to work table? Find an officer for more info, or to sign up
--The club raised over $1400!!
--Thanks to everyone who donated and participated!
--So far the team is 1-2 overall
--Great sportsmanship to all the players!!
--May 1, leaving around 2:30 pm for 7 pm game.
--More travel details to come, but bus will be leaving before Symposium is done, so plan accordingly
--This week, sign-up for dues-paying members -- $20
Starting Monday, April 20, sign-up open to all -- $25 (non-dues paid attendees)
--Must be 21 or older!
--Cash preferred – pay to Susan in the Micro Dept. office
--President: Tricia Flaherty
--Vice President: Katie Hoppe
--Secretary: Tara Weiler
--Treasurer: Derrick Berg
--Sergeant of Arms: Phil Strandwitz
--Historian: Nathan Fortney
--Executive Board Members: Elizabeth Seramur
Shannon Kordus
--Officer switchover dinner is at Bonnie’s house, Sunday, May 3, at 5 pm
Microbiology Club
Minutes from meeting on March 10, 2009
Business:
Meeting Event:
Panspermia by Marc Rott
Panspermia is the belief that microorganisms and/or other biochemical compounds from out space started life on earth as we know it today. However, this theory does not explain the beginnings of life in general or where it began. Ideas of panspermia began as early as the 5th century B.C. by Greek philosophers, and continues through today, with prominent proponents of the theory coming from the 17th century and beyond. Kelvin (the developer of the Kelvin scale of temperature) believed that microorganisms came from inside rocks that hit earth, which began life and eventually evolution, thoughts that were at least partially shared by Hoyle, who believed that evolution was driven by the influx of comets. The infamous Francis Crick believed in directed panspermia, the belief that life was seeded on earth purposely by advanced extraterrestrials. In recent news, a Harvard contemporary announced that he believes evolutionary leaps that have occurred on earth were due to certain molecules coming to the planet at certain times.
Despite the beliefs of various historical figures, there are also many objections to the theory of panspermia. There are few places in the universe are suitable for life because the concentrations of necessary elements, at least necessary for life as we know it, are too low to support life. Also, space is plain disgusting. Any life would have to survive the extreme cold, radiation, and lack of air in the vacuum of space. However, there are some bacteria that have adapted to at least one harsh condition. A third objection is the long distance that would be required for life to be implanted elsewhere in the universe. Yet, million-year old meteorites and hundred million-year old bacterial endospores have been discovered; and the endospores produced viable cells in lab settings. A final problem is that the entry through earth’s atmosphere is extremely damaging to most things, and the landing on the surface is not exactly soft. However, there have been reports of nematodes surviving the Columbia crash, and meteorites’ centers still being cold after entry and colliding with the surface.
While the objections to panspermia are numerous, there is evidence to support the theory. A meteorite from Mars was aged using isotopes and determined to have left Mars over ten million years ago, and landed on earth ten thousand years ago; while the meteor itself was over a billion years old. The isotopes used the carbonate inside the meteor to determine age and some composition. As it turns out, the type of carbonate present is normally deposited by water, which leads to the belief that there was life because life deposits carbonate. Also, scanning electron microscopy of the rock showed bacteria-like structures, and other chemicals were found in the rock (namely polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are necessary for our definition of life).
In closing, Marc asked each person in attendance to ponder this question: “If you could ‘seed’ the universe with Earth’s best work, what would you use?” So, I pose to you, what would you use? Marc’s list…cyanobacteria, endospores, protozoal cysts, water bears, and DNA from some really cool people.
Microbiology Club
Minutes from the February 10, 2009 meeting
Meeting Activity: Tie-dye!
Microbiology Club
Minutes for meeting on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Business:
--Dues for the year: pay ASAP to Tricia Flaherty
-$5 for semester/$10 for year—make checks payable to UW-L
--Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30pm, room 201 CH
--Club Christmas Party planning—possibly December 5th at Tom’s house??
-Anyone interested in hosting it, see an officer.
-Will discuss at next meeting.
--MyOrgs: please join online through the UW-L website. Must search for
American Society of Microbiology; “Micro Club” does not exist within the site.
--Review ASM-NCB: The Northcentral Branch meeting of ASM was held in St.
Cloud, MN on October 17-18, 2008. UW-L received an award for having the
highest attendance (by a lot!) at the meeting this year. Many research projects
and educational talks on a variety of subjects were presented.
-Next year’s branch meeting will be held at UW-L
Presentation:
Dave Geske from La Crosse County Health Dept gave a wonderful talk on occurrence and control of vector-borne diseases in the area. As a student of UW-L and later UW-Madison, Dave came back to his home area to work with the La Crosse County Health Dept. more than 30 years ago to study La Crosse Encephalitis cases in the county.
La Crosse Encephalitis is a vector-borne disease similar to West Nile Virus. It is carried and transmitted to animals and humans via mosquitoes that inhabit local trees. After the forests were cut down due to city expansion, the mosquitoes became a nuisance to the population, infecting about 27 people per year. It is thought that this is underreported, however, because cases can be subclinical, or could be confused with other illnesses.
Dave and coworkers developed a project to control the population of the mosquitoes using man-made objects, such as tires, to ‘bait’ the mosquitoes, essentially trapping them and using a variety of means to kill them, in most cases bacteria (they cause a pH change in the environment enough to kill off the insects). Much in the same way, they are now studying and targeting the species of mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus and the Ixodes tick, which carries Lyme disease.
Another part of the project is to study the trends of insect population movement throughout the country to have a sense of what may soon affect this area. They are working on means to prevent invasive species from inhabiting this area to prevent the spread of other diseases. All this data and the project already in use are already beginning to show results. After the ‘baiting’ program was launched and took full effect, the number of cases of La Crosse Encephalitis, and hopefully other vector-borne diseases, has decreased significantly.
Microbiology Club
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:30PM
I. Intro of 2008-2009 officers
II. Agenda/Minutes
--$5 for semester, $10 for year
B. Fall Tie-Dye
--Friday, September 26th from 4-7 pm
--Myrick Park, main shelter
C. ASM-Northcentral Branch Meeting
--October 17-18, 2008 in St. Cloud, MN
--More information to come in emails to those interested
D. Campus Organizations is starting website: MyOrgs
--Input all organization participation over college career, use on resumes
--More information to come following All Orgs. Meeting
E. T-shirts
--Making a new one for the year?? Begin thinking of designs for next mtg.
F. Spring/Summer internships
--Interested? See flyers around Cowley and campus for information
G. Next meeting: Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 6:30 (room TBA)
--Speaker: Dave Geske from La Crosse County Health Dept.
Subject: vector-borne diseases in the area, such as La Crosse
Encephalitis and West Nile Virus
III. Micro Olympics
Five events: agar eating, electron transport chain, proton motive force, urine
drinking/mouth pipetting, water shoot (pipette shoot for distance)
Microbiology Club
Minutes for meeting on April 16, 2008, 6:30 pm
-T-Shirts
-$10 each
-Find Nolan if interested
-Bowl for Kids’ Sake
-We raised $1936!
-ASM National Meeting
-In Boston – June 1-5
-Fundraising: brat fry: May 10th at Quillins…time slots are from 9:00 am
to 6:00 p.m. if interested in helping out
-Brewer’s Game
-Sunday April 27th
-Bus is leaving 8:00 am from Health and Science Center
-$20 for paid members and $25 for non-paid members and non-members
-Elections
-President: Abby Winkler
-Vice President: Nate Fortney
-Secretary: Amanda Schenk
-Treasurer: Tricia Flaherty
-Historian: Audreyona Chavez
-Sergeant in Arms: Charlie Bohl
-Executive Board: Dan Hamilton and Tom Bauer
-Topic for the evening: From Genes to Latrines to all points in between: how genetics and the environment modulate transmission of the human parasite, Schistosoma mansoni
-Dr. Sandland
Reduced population sizes, extinction, and re-colonization all lead to inbreeding which leads to homozygosity, deleterious recessives, and “inbreeding depression.”
In order to study this, Dr. Sandland and others went to South America, specifically a place called the VdG. At VdG, there are 300 residents and 60% of them are infected with S. mansoni. But there is also the secondary host of this parasite, Biomphalaria glabrata, everywhere. What occurs is the people use outdoor latrines (contain the parasite) which get washed away by the rains and end up in the snails and the cycle continues.
So the two main questions asked were: 1) How do hosts and parasites respond when the snail population is inbred? and 2) How do hosts and parasites respond when novel genes are introduced to the population?
So they grew up families of snails in which Lines 8, 15, and 11 were susceptible 80-95% and Line 13 was more resistant at 45%. And from there, they inbred some and out-crossed others.
The results on the host were that out-crossing had no effect on the prevalence of infection. On host growth, infected inbreds were a little larger than uninfected inbreds. On reproduction, inbred infected produce the fewest number of eggs, out-crossed uninfected produce the largest number of eggs, and out-crossed infected get almost complete hatching of the eggs. On mortality, inbred infected had a higher mortality rate than out-crossed infected.
The results on the parasite were that families 11 and 15, in the inbred strain, had higher parasite reproduction. Family 8 had HUGE mortality rate so reverse in pattern. On transmission, there was an increase in intensities in mice from inbred versus out-crossed snails.
In the resistance line, the results on the host had the same prevalence pattern, same reproductive trend, but when looking at hatching success we see that the out-crossed eggs hatch much faster than inbred. Also the out-crossed leave the eggs faster or die. Infected hosts produce more haemocytes. In the resistance line, the results on the parasite were the same as previous too.
The conclusion was that the prevalence of infection did not differ between the two types. The reproductive parameters and survival differed based on inbreeding and parasitism. The out-crossed lines tended to release fewer parasites. And the parasite release does not appear to be modulated by haemocyte numbers.
Microbiology Club
Minutes for meeting on March 5, 2008, 6:00 pm
-Dues
-$5/semester
-Pay them to Lauren Zangl
-T-Shirts
-$10 each
-Still time to sign up for either or both
-Bowl for Kids’ Sake
-Sunday April 6 -- 3:00 p.m.
-Raise $100, go bowling, win prizes and receive a free T-shirt
-Form teams of 5
-ASM National Meeting
-In Boston – June 1-5
-Fundraising: brat fry: May 10th (Quillins) and May 31 (Festival)
-Softball
-Join the team!
-See Nolan Hietpas for more information
-Topic for the evening: The Life of a Country Veterinarian
-Sarah Slaby, DVM
Sarah Slaby did her undergraduate work here at UW-L then went to veterinarian school at UW-Madison. She worked for a year and half in a larger practice but decided it wasn’t for her, so she started her own practice.
Over the course of the talk she gave many pointers and real-world tips on what being a veterinarian entails. You can’t plan your life for there are always emergencies that will come up. There will always be cases in which you have no idea what to do because they didn’t teach you that lesson in school. And so each individual case is a new experience and in order to make your way through it, you’ll have to use your best judgment. Never promise the clients anything and there word is law. Clients always make the final decision about the treatment of the animals. The hardest part about the job is dealing with the people and the paperwork; the animals are the easy part.
Because Slaby is a small town vet, she has quickly become part of the community family. She has gained valuable knowledge and experience but she has also learned that you also get to play counselor for farmers who do not get out much. It doesn’t matter how many clients you have after, sometimes you just have to take the time to listen.
Slaby also has been doing research on natural products since she primarily works with farms that have organic cows. This means that the farmers cannot use antibiotics, hormones, etc. So in order to treat these animals, one uses herbs, essential oils, thyme, lavender, and ginger. This also includes doing a lot of preventative care in order to boost the immune system by using vitamin C, aloe, and anti-oxidants. But the animals can be vaccinated which also helps.
Overall, Slaby not only gave a very informational and interesting talk on what being a small town, country veterinarian entails but also helpful tips that can be applied to real world experiences.
Microbiology Club
Minutes for meeting on February 13, 2008, 6:00 pm
-Dues
-$5/semester or $10/year
-Pay them to Lauren Zangl
-Brewer’s Trip
-Sunday April 27 – afternoon game
-21 or older only
-$20-$25
-T-Shirts
-$10 each
-Check board for designs and sign-up sheet
-Bowl for Kids’ Sake
-Sunday April 6 – 1:00 pm
-Raise $100, go bowling, win prizes and receive a free T-shirt
-We have challenged the Chemistry club. Some wager is being made.
-Forms are on the Micro Club board
-ASM National Meeting
-In Boston
-Fundraising: Brat Fry at Festival or Quillans
-June 1-5
-Maybe a road trip
-Topic for the evening: Home Brewing
-Dane from Bluffland Bloom and Brew
-Cider making
-Turning sugars into alcohol using fruit juice
-Cider is pressed and metabisulfites are added which kills all
contaminants (bacteria and yeast)
-Add acid blend and sugar yeast – Saccharmyces cervesia
-Add pectin enzyme – makes them “hazy”
-Wild Cider
-Juices given to him and he just put an airlock on it
-Applied a lit bit of heat – makes yeast metabolite faster
-All natural – just used sugars that were there
-Can carbonate: add a little more sugar for yeast and it makes CO2
-Wine
-Fermentation of fruit juices
-Can do blending
-Corks can hold bacteria – can spoil the wine
-Beer
-Malted barley
-Germinate – get enzymes to convert starch to sugar
-Crack/crush the grain
-Mash and heat for a few hours
-Rinse grains with steaming water
-Collect sugar water – called wort
-Take wort and heat up
-Use hops to balance out flavor – hops includes alpha acids which
are bitter and balance out the sweet taste
-boil to get out alpha acids
-Comes in a pressed flower form
-Boil for hour and add different hops (bitter in beginning and
flavoring in the end)
-Cool enough for yeast to be added and add it
-Carbonate now (either use yeast or force carbon in)
-3 Kinds of Beer
-Ales – ferment at room temp
-Laggers – ferment at colder temps
-Hardest to do because so clear and clear – easy to tell if
inconsistent
-Lambic – fermented from wild yeast only in Belgium
-Root Beer
-Take extract and add water and sugar (for carbonation)
-Add yeast
-Put into bottles and cap
-Yeast ferment
-Wait for carbonation (about 2 days)
Microbiology Club
Minutes for meeting on November 13, 2007, 7:00 pm
-Dues
-$5/semester or $10/year
-Pay them to Lauren Zangl
-T-Shirts: Hopefully be in by December
-Bowl for Kids’ Sake
-End of February, early March
-Raise $100, go bowling, win prizes and receive a free T-shirt
-We have challenged the Chemistry club. Some wager is being made.
-Topic for the evening: Undergraduate Research
-Why do undergraduate research?
-Helps professors out
-Helps you out; you get experience
-Makes you more marketable to employers
-Grants
-Credit short? Only do research for about 5 hours a week to get a credit
-Letters of recommendation
-Nolan Hietpas
-Did research with Bonnie Bratina
-Looked at the guts of a new variation of terrestrial slug that is now aquatic
-Collected slugs, mashed them up, diluted on many different kinds
of media, looked at what grew
-Learned how to use the anaerobe chambers, PCR, etc
-Tricia Flaherty
-Works on the project that is looking for new antimicrobial
compounds in fungi, a few plants, and the black walnut
-She personally tests antimicrobial compounds against a human cell line
-Dan Hamilton
-Recently started doing research with Tom Volk
-Currently learning how to grow edible mushrooms
-Working with Oyster mushrooms and plans to work his way up to more
complicated speices.
-Take home message: It’s never too late to start!
-No ideas?
-Contact a professor you want to work with
-He or she might have some ideas or unfinished projects
Microbiology Club
Minutes for meeting on October 23, 2007, 7:00 pm
-Dues: Pay them to Lauren Zangl - $5/semester or $10/year
-T-shirt Vote
-New designs to be ordered:
1. Front: 2007 Microbiology Club
Back: Event Staph
2. Front: F B I
Food Borne Illness
Back: It’s the $H!T$
-Christmas Party
-Date to be announced at a later date
-To be held at Nate Fortney and Dan Hamilton’s house
-Fund Raising
-Looking into it
-Possibilities:
-Festival or Quillan’s brat fry
-Wednesday October 31
-Costume Day!
-Dress to Impress
Next meeting: November 13, 7:00 p.m.
-Guest Speakers: Dr. Mike Winfrey and Dr. Bernadette Taylor
Eyam England: Life and Death in a Medieval Plague Village
Last summer, Mike and Bernadette traveled to England and researched the small village of Eyam which was overcome by, what is believed to be, the Bubonic Plague. A cloth trader from London was believed to have brought it into the village with cloth he sold to a tailor. The tailor hung the damp cloth out to dry and a few days later died. It is thought that there were fleas in the cloth carrying the plague.
Soon after the neighbors around the tailor’s house began dying. The people of the village figured out that something was up. All the rich people left town. The only people left to give any order were two religious leaders of different religions.
These two leaders asked the villagers to quarantine themselves. After that people continued to die. Food was delivered to the people on a regular basis and left in certain places. The villagers paid for the food but poured vinegar on the coins which apparently killed the plague bacteria. After the plague was finally gone, the villagers burned pretty much everything they owned and started over again. During this time, very accurate records were kept so it is pretty much known what happened and how many people died (about 280).
To find out more information go to: www.eyammuseum.demon.co.uk
Microbiology Club
Minutes for meeting on September 18, 2007, 7:00 pm
-Important Dates
-Friday September 21, 2007
-Tye-Dye Party on Wittich Field, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
-Food and Dye will be provided
-Just bring yourself, your friends, and something to dye
-Friday and Saturday October 5-6, 2007
-Regional American Society for Microbiology meeting in
Marshfield, Wisconsin at Marshfield Clinic
-If interested in attending let Bonnie Bratina or Nolan Hieptas know
-Oenococcus
-Thinking about starting a wine tasting club
-Talk to Nolan Hietpas if interested
-T-shirts
-2 different designs: Get looped and streak and/or Say hello to my little friends
-Only $10
-If interested contact Bonnie Bratina or Nolan Hietpas
-Activity Days
-Friday September 28, 2007 is “Wear you Micro Club T-Shirt” day or if you don’t
own a micro club t-shirt wear a green t-shirt
-Other ideas: “Dress Like Your Favorite Professor” day, “High School T-Shirt day”
-Any other ideas let Nolan Hietpas know
-Possible upcoming speakers
-Dr. Winfrey and Dr. Taylor on an English town that contracted the Bubonic plague
and shut themselves in
-Brewery talk and tour
-Industrial microbiology talk
-Ideas? Let Nolan Hietpas know
-Use Micro Club mail box in the Microbiology office to drop off ideas, etc.
-Dues
-$10 for the year; $5 per semester
-Lava Lamps
-As an activity, microbe-powered lava lamps were made with yeast
Microbiology Club Minutes
February 13, 2007
Microbiology Club Minutes
October, 24th 2006
FRONT BACK
Department of Get looped
1 x 10-9 and streak
Microbiology
Say hello We are looking for a
to my for a picture here
little friend
We brought home the majority of the awards and the quiz bowl championship.
Minutes for September 19th, 2006
Minutes
for meeting on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 6:30 pm
Guest Speaker: Dr. Marc Rott
History of Beer
How old is beer?
Beginning of recorded history ~9,000 years old
-There are slate
tablets with instructions
Early Sumarians 6,000 yrs ago made a »divine drink»
offered to gods
Babylonians-Master Brewers
-Have recipes for over 20 beers
-Exported beer to Egypt
-Drank beer through straws
-Established beer rations
-Women did Beer making
-Penalties for making poor quality beer: Drowning!
Egyptians
-Brewed beer from bread dough
-Added dates to improve taste
-Recipes are found in the pyramids
-Have a separate hieroglyph for the word »brewer»
Early Europe
-Ancient Germans regarded beer as a sacrifice to gods
-In early Finnish literature 400 verses were devoted to beer, while only 200 verses were needed for the creation of earth
Middle Ages
-Brewed in monasteries, made beer for sale
-First to use hops as a preservative»safer than water
-Used many flavorings: oak bark, rosemary, juniper leaves, wormwood, aniseed, tansy, pine roots, caraway seeds
-Tansy: made
people think there were »Beer witches»
-Hallucinations and bad batches of beer caused people to blame
the mystical realm
-Last recorded burning of a »beer witch» was in 1951
-1516: only
barley, hops, & pure water could be used to brew beer
-Is the oldest (still valid) food purity law
-Louis Pasteur
discovered it wasn»t god»..it was yeast
And the rest is
microbiological history!!
President- Mallory
Lamberson
Vice President-
John Manske
Secretary-Kristin
Langfoss
Treasurer- Sara
Stauber
Sergeant of Arms-
Marissa Comstock
Exec. Board- Tom
Larson
Natalie Moore
Historian- Tabitha
Keene
Minutes for meeting on Tuesday, March 29, 2005
at 6:30 pm
-Softball
-Starts next week
-Games are every Tuesday & Thursday @ 6:20 pm
-There will be a practice this Sunday, 2:00 pm at Memorial Field
-Bring your glove and start swinging!
-Guest speaker: Dr. Brian Allen
-Herpes is the most common infection.
-Two types: HSV-1 and HSV-2
-Neonatal herpes 1:3100; Syphilis 1:7500
-Females have a higher seroprevalence for herpes
-The chance of getting herpes increases with the number of
partners
-1 partner 7%
-2-4 partners
18%
-5-9 partners
25%
-10-49 partners
40% women, 25% men
-An estimated 45 million people have HSV-2= 1/5 Americans
-Symptoms
-Only 10% show
classic symptoms
-20-30% have no
symptoms
-60-70% have
unrecognized symptoms
-Cannot kill off the virus, only able to suppress the outbreaks
-Having HSV-2 increases the risk of getting HIV
-Vaccine: Herpevac Trial Vaccine
-In the pivotal
Phase 3 study, multi-center, double blinded
controlled and
randomized
-Enrollment is
7550 women
-Duration is 20
months
-Annual drop out
rate is 10% per year
-Do get
compensation for time; $40 per visit
-If interested,
see Dr. Brian Allen in the Health Center
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Reminder to pay dues to Angela Koehn
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$10 for year
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$5 for semester
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Pay her A.S.A.P
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T-shirts
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$10, gray with maroon writing
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Pay to Angela if interested
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Blood Drive
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November 2-4 in the Involvement Center
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Looking for volunteers and/or donors
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Bowl-4-Kids Sake
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In February, but just a reminder to start thinking about it
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Holiday Party
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Anyone interested in being on the committee talk to Ginny the
President
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Need to pick a date sometime in December
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When/Where??
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Guest Speaker
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Dr. Bernadette Taylor
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Professor here at UW-L: teaches Immunology
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Spoke about the Influenza Vaccine Study sheës doing
-5-20% get the flu
-200,000
hospitalized
-36,000 die from
flu-related diseases (also secondary illnesses)
-1918: 20-40-
million deaths worldwide
-Lethal for younger people who are usually low-risk
-1957: 70,000
deaths in U.S.
-1968: 50,000
deaths in U.S.
-47 million illnesses
-42 million clinic visits
-700,000 hospitalizations
-200,000 deaths
Causes of vaccine shortage:
-Chiron company withdrawal of 48 million doses due to
contamination
Long-term problems
-Race to produce
the vaccine
-Decrease in
vaccine producers
-2 in U.S.; 5 total worldwideëdown from 25
UW-L Vaccine:
-Need to expand the flu vaccine coverage
-New vaccine less reactogenic
-Skin beats muscle in response to low dose vaccination
-Immunization into skin may induce salivary antibodies
Study Design:
-Ages 18-50: low risk group
1.
Standard dose- intramuscularly (n=35)
2.
Low dose (1/5) ëintradermally (n=35)
3.
Low dose (1/25)- intradermally (n=35)
-Compare antibody
response in serum and saliva
-Compare cellular
response of T lymphocytes
-Compare side
effects (reactogenicity)
1.
Collect blood and saliva pre-vaccination
2.
Vaccinate
3.
Each person keeps a 14-day diary of temp., redness, swelling,
fatigue, pain
4. Collect blood and saliva 4 weeks post-vaccination
Any questions regarding the flu or the flu vaccine speak to Dr. Taylor!
Minutes for meeting on Tuesday, April 13, 6:30
Elections
Next falls officers are:
-President: Ginny Short
-Vice President: John Manske
-Secretary: Kristin Langfoss
-Sergeant of Arms: Dan Kusilek
-Treasurer: Angela Koehn
-Executive Board: Larissa Schweiss
Tom Larson
-Historian: LeeAnne Thorson
Congratulations new officers!
Raj{'s Industrial Symposium
-Friday, April 30th, 2004
-Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
-~7 speakers
-$10 registration
-If senior, bring resume
T-shirts
-$10
-Gray with maroon writing
Minutes for meeting on Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 p.m.
Guest Speaker - Cassidy Kuchbecker
-UW-L graduate
-He investigates buildings;
Example: Schools-when a lot of people are getting sick
-Makes sure they are clean-no mold
Benefits:
-Travel a lot to different towns
-Get to be independent
-Have a general feeling of doing well
-Work varies, always doing something different
Salary:
-Starting salary $30,000-40,000
-Charged hourly
Tips:
-Know how to relate to people
-Easily talk to other people
-Go above and beyond
-Writing skills are important
Education needed:
-Undergraduate in Engineering or Microbiology
T-shirts
-Gray with maroon writing
Minutes for meeting on Tuesday, February 10,
2004 at 6:30 PM
Overview of Microbiology Club
-Meetings are held once a month
-Tentative meeting schedule:
-Tuesday, March 9, at 6:30 pm
-Tuesday, April 13, at 6:30 pm
-Everybody is welcome to come
-Snacks and refreshments are provided!
Guest Speaker
-Marc Rott- "Life On Mars?"
-Mars formed 1 billion years before Earth
-Mars may have had water
-Signs of craters and riverbeds
-Theory: Life first evolved on Mars
-Life came to Earth as a space rock
-Meteorite landed on Earth 13,000 years ago
-1984, the meteorite rock was found in Allan Hills, Antarctica
-ALH84001 was 3 billion years old
-Scientists looked at ratios of elements to determine whether it
was Martian
-Meteorite contains ìfossilizedî bacteria
-Evidence for life on Mars
-ALH84001 is from Mars
-ALH84001 was infiltrated by water a long time ago
Lab Coat Sales
-Was a Success!!!
-Over $2000 made
Fundraising
-For ASM trip to New Orleans in May
-Probably sell candy
-If you have any other ideas, talk to Kristy
Bowl 4 Kids Sake
-Sunday, February 15, 2:00 pm
-Need to raise $100 as a requirement
T-shirts
-Front: UW-La Crosse
-Back: Masters of the Invisible Science
Polar Plunge
-A charity event on March 5, 6
-Need volunteers
-Set-up
-Decorating
-Concession/Registration stands
Minutes for Meeting on Tuesday, October 28th, 2003 at 7 PM
Guest Speaker
-Dave Geske » »The Mosquito Guy
-Epidemiology of vector-borne illnesses contracted from mosquitoes
-Isolated LaCrosse Encephalitis virus from Triseriatus mosquitoes
-very localized habitat (do not migrate more than 100 yds)
-endemic in concentrated areas (high incident rates in various locations)
-virus is inherited via transovarian transmission (passes on to eggs)
-Program for Encephalitis research was instituted 25 yrs ago
-currently discover ~5 reported outbreaks/yr
-1960»s » 47-50 outbreaks annually
-research to ensure proper diagnostics of disease
-investigating safe methods of pest control
-Research has been conducted on West Nile Virus for 3 yrs
-Hire students during Spring-Fall term (April-October
-please see Emily for contact information if interested
Bake Sale
-When: Wednesday (11/5) and Thursday (11/6)
-Where: Cowley Hall Lobby
-Time: In between AM classes
-What: Baked items » cookies, brownies, and muffins
-Please sign up or notify Bonnie or Emily if interested in volunteering to work or to bring baked items
T-Shirts
-New design/logo needed!
-Please bring ideas to next meeting
Dues
-$5.00 per semester/member
-$10.00 per year/member
-Please pay Kristy
ASM Membership
-Student rate: $17.00 and includes monthly journal
-ASM prefers registration online
-Trip Committee
-Trip is in Spring to New Orleans
-See Kristy if interested in helping with arrangements
-$100.00 ASM donation to club which enrolls highest group membership
Christmas Party
-Just an idea»Will discuss during next meeting
Next Meeting
-Tuesday, November 11th, 2003 at 7 PM
-Hope to see you there!
Minutes for Meeting on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003 at 7 PM
Welcome all new members!
Overview of Microbiology Club
-Meetings are held one time per month
-Tentative Meeting Schedule:
-Tuesday, October 28th, 2003 at 7 PM
-Tuesday, November 11th, 2003 at 7 PM
Fundraisers
-Several are held per year
-Cookie/baked goods sale (We are considering a Halloween theme.)
-Lab Coat/goggles sale
-Chicken-Q
-has not been too successful in the past so it may be omitted
-Any ideas??? Please see Bonnie or Sue if you have suggestions.
-Profits are pooled and divided among students wanting to attend the annual American Society for Microbiology (ASM) meeting. This year it is located in New Orleans.
ASM
-Become a national ASM member.
-Dues w/student discount are $17.00 and includes a subscription to the ASM journal.
-Commendable on résumé
Dues
-$5.00/semester
-$10.00/year
-$20.00 { annual dues plus Microbiology t-shirt
Tye-Dye Party
-Myrick Park { Sunday, September 28th, 2003 from 12 PM to 4 PM
-There will be food so bring your lab coats and an empty stomach. {Hope to see you there!
Guest Speaker
-Tim Tritch from Career Service
-Summer Internship Opportunities
-Search and apply early
-Fall workshop schedule provides information on seeking opportunities (see Career Services website{access on UWL homepage)
-10/7/03 { Career Day (12 PM { 5 PM) - Cartwright
-10/15/03 { Graduate/Professional School Fair (2 PM- 5 PM) { Cartwright
-Any questions or comments please contact the Career Services office (785-8514) or e-mail Tim Tritch (tritch.timo@uwlax.edu)
Minutes for Meeting on Wednesday, February 12, 2003
1. Treasurer's Report
-Profit:
-Bake Sale: $75.00
-Check from ASM Branch: $100.00
-Expenses:
- Chicken Q: $300.00
- Deposit on hotel rooms for ASM trip: $360.00
2. Bowl for Kids] Sake
- See either Bonnie or the Microbiology Club board for registration pamphlets
- Pledges: - Goal is approximately $100.00 per person, but do your best to obtain as many pledges as possible.
- Time/Place: - Saturday, February 22nd, 2003 at 2:30 pm at All-Star Lanes on Mormon Coulee Rd
- There is a team sign-up sheet where you should also indicate your T- Shirt size, so Bonnie can order in advance.
3. Internship Opportunities- See bulletin board for information and opportunities. - Still some internships available for Summer 2003, so sign-up ASAP
4. ASM Update
- Hotel rooms are taken care of.
- In search of tickets for flights, so if anyone stumbles upon a reasonable deal, let Bonnie know.
- Deadline for pre-registration is March 14th, 2003
- It is advisable to register beforehand to receive a better deal because prices increase after March 14th.
- If you sign up to become a member of ASM prior to registering for the trip, you will also receive a great deal ]plus, you become a
member of a nationally recognized society and get put on their mailing list to receive newsletters]. Just something to consider.
5. Bake Sale Leftovers- Bonnie has accumulated quite a collection of containers from the bake sale, so if your container is missing in action, please see her to claim it.
6. Chicken Q
- Date is April 25th, 2003 at the Menard]s Quillens
- All of the food and products are supplied, only volunteers are needed.
- We need to pre-sell at least 300 tickets before the event and those will be distributed at the March meeting.
- Any questions regarding it, please see Jordan.
7. Alexis Talk/Mayo Clinic Tour
- Alexis Gintowt will be our guest speaker for the March meeting.
- She will be informing people of opportunities available at Mayo and introduce us to her area of research], HIV and Hepatitis B serum testing.
- Trip to Mayo for tour of lab is scheduled for Friday, March 28th.
8. Research Opportunites
- Dr. Taylor, Dr. Schwan, and Dr. Hoffman gave brief presentations on their area of research and are in need of students to assist.. So, if you
have any interest or questions, please email them or talk to them in person sometime.
Micro Club Minutes - October 24, 2002
1. Guest Speaker: Bridgett Pfaff
Infection Control Specialist
Gundersen Lutheran
Previously: pharmacy of Franciscan Skemp
Undergrad degree from UW-L: Microbiology major, Chemistry minor
Did undergraduate research
Job: Infection Control
Role of microbiologist
Talk about infectious disease
Asepsis
Reporting to or working with Public Health
Ex. Was there contamination in operating room that lead to an infection?
Certification in infection control
2 yr. Experience
Sit for exam
Continuing Education
APIC: Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
ASHE: American Society of Health Education
Activities:
Marshfield Farm Study
Turkey farms
Antibiotics in Feed
Is there a link between resistant bacteria in patients and resistant bacteria in turkeys?
Air Quality
Medical Waste Analysis
Sexually Transmitted Disease
Lyme Disease
Other Subjects: Influenza, bioterrorism, Food Borne Illness
Projects
Particle counter for air pollution
House Demolition
The particles did get into the Hospital
Find ways to control air quality
Daily Activities
Lab reports viewed daily
Some strains mean patients need isolation
Ex.Vancomycin, Methicillin resistant S. aureus
Isolation to prevent transmission from patient to patient transmission
Serve as Liaison with the Community
STD awareness control
Bioterrorism
Draft press releases, conduct media interviews
Consultant
Day care, nursing homes, Ambulatory clinics
Facility Issues
Construction and Renovation projects
Walk through assessments
Sterilizers
House-keeping issue ª sanitizers
Accredit Aseptic Practices
OCAHO Standards
2. Bake Sale Planning: Fund raising
Nov. 21 and 22 (Tentative Dates)
Need: People to bake and sell merchandise
Sign up on sheets being passed around with Name and Phone#
3. ASM National Meeting
Go- It«s good for you (experience)
Micro Club will help you out with money if you help fundraise
Sign up if you are interested in going
4. Holiday «Get Together«
Need people interested in planning
5. Treasurers report
Dues $5 per Semester $10 per Year
-1600 dollars balance in bank account
Microbiology Club Minutes - September 24, 2002
Fundraising
Light up the lanes for kids
Trip Year (ASM national meeting)
Micro club helps pay for travel and expenses
Possible Fundraisers
a. Chicken Q
b. Bake Sale
Upcoming Club Events
Speaker from Gundersen Lutheran on Epidemiology
Tie Dye Party X September 29th
1. ASM Regional Meeting (U of Minnesota)
Oct. 11,12,13
Cheaper, Ten dollars to register
See other research projects
ItX's close to La Crosse
Meet other professionals
ASM National Meeting
Club tries to make things cheaper by going as a group.
Fundraisers also will help defer costs
2. Chronic Wasting Disease Talk (a prion disease)
Judd Aitkin (alumni)
Monday September 30
6:00 pm @ La Crosse Center
Meet in Cowley Parking Lot @ 5:30 pm for ride if you donXt have one
3. Brewery Tour
How many people would like to go?
4. American Chemical Society Meeting
General regional meeting
Next Speaker: Chemistry of Wine
Topic: chemicals involved in the different tastes of wine.
Oct. 8, 6 pm @ DruganXs
Meal choices available
5. Spring/Summer Internship information meetings
Times/places posted on Micro Board
Only need to go to one
Contact Tim Tritch if you canXt make it or need help with resumes
Minutes from Feb. 4, 2002 Micro Club Meeting:
Meeting called to order at 7:15pm.
Congratulations to the winners of the word search.
President – Allyn Spear
Vice President – Eric Grube
Secretary – Sarah Zinkel
Treasurer – Lynn Lehmann
Historian – Kevin Miller
Sergeant of Arms – Nick Stasser
Executive Board – Paul Dean and Keith Wetzel
Advisors – Bonnie Jo Bratina and Sue Anglehart
2. Treasurer's Report
A. The Lab Coat sale was again a success, it will continue through Wednesday.
A Big Thanks to all who helped out
B. There are still quite a few people that need to pay their dues. These need to go to either to Lynn or Nick: $5 for Spring Semester or $10 for the whole year. These are needed to help fund the future trips that we are planning
3. Bowl for Kids Sake
- To be on Sunday, February 17th, 2002 at All Star lanes
- This is our major volunteer event of the year, All donations go to the Big Brothers, Big Sisters
- To Bowl, Please See Bonnie, min. donation of $100 to bowl.
4. Social Activities
- Possible Miller Brewery Tour and Brewers Game
- Possible Trip to UW-Madison's facility to tour and meet with their Microbiology Club
5. Microbiology Department Display
- We have a few ideas for a display, centering around an active fermentation
- If anyone would like to help out, we are updating the display on Friday the 8th, from 1 to 3 pm. We will be working out of Rm. 116.
6. Display Case donation
- At the end of the year we will be making some sort of donation to the Microbiology Dept. The idea that we have now is a new display case; the current one is quite full.
- If anyone has any ideas for a possible donation talk to Bonnie.
7. Microbiology Dept. Speaker
- The speaker this Friday, February 8th, will be Elizabeth Skovran, a UW-L alumni, from the University of Wisconsin, on “connecting the dots in Bacterial Physiology: Metabolic Interactions, Vitamin B1 and Fe-S Cluster Metabolism”
- It will be held Rm. 141 of Wimberley Hall at 3:20pm, refreshments served at 3:00pm
- There will also be a lunch with the speaker at 1:00pm on Friday; the first couple to sign up may get a free lunch.
8. Speaker for the night: Paul Dean
- Paul gave an extraordinary speech on the making of homemade wine.
- Any questions on how to set up your own, just ask Paul.
Next Meeting will be held on March 4th, 2002
Last meeting of the year will be held on April 8th.