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2016 Schedule

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Friday November 18th

at University of Washington

 

Time

Event

Location

5:30 pm

Registration opens

Foege Auditorium Foyer
6:15 pm

Introduction

Dr. Derek Wood
President, NW Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
Seattle Pacific University
University of Washington

Foege Auditorium
6:30-7:30 pm

Keynote Address:

Dr. Tara Smith
Kent State Univerisity
College of Public Health

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Pigs, Pork, and Pathogens

Foege Auditorium
7:45 - 9:00 pm
Opening reception

Vista Cafe

 


Saturday November 19th

at Seattle Pacific University

Time

Event

Location

7:30 am

Registration opens

Upper Gwinn

8:00 - 12:00 pm

Queen Anne

Cascade

12:00 - 1:20

Lunch
***Special Educators Session***

Eaton Hall 109
1:20 - 2:00

Plenary Session:

Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf
University of Washington
School of Medicine

Zika: An unprecedented health threat for pregnant women

Queen Anne
1:30 - 4:30

Queen Anne

Cascade

4:30 - 6:00 pm
Poster session and hors d'oeuvres
Upper Gwinn Lobby

 


Session A: General Microbiology

Convener: Dr. Stephen Libby

8:00 - 8:20 am
Jay Vornhagen, BS
Graduate Student, Seattle Children's Hospital
Bacteria exploit epithelial exfoliation for ascending infection
Queen Anne
8:20 - 8:40 am
Shannon Newman, BS
Graduate Student, University of Washington
Investigating H-NS Counter-Silencing in Salmonella enterica
Queen Anne
8:40 - 9:00 am Mayumi Holly, BS
Graduate Student, University of Washington
Intestinal enteroids as a model for infectious disease. Queen Anne
9:00 - 9:20 am
Break
9:20 - 9:40 am
Sharon Doty, PhD Professor. University of Washington
Plant-microbe symbiosis for improved removal of a broad range of carcinogenic pollutants
Queen Anne
9:40 - 10:00 am
Omar Cornejo, PhD Assistant Professor., Washington State University
How relevant are the Pan and Core Genomes in the evolution of pathogenic bacteria?
Queen Anne
10:00 - 10:20 pm Ivan Liachko, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington A Rapid Method for End-To-End Genome Assembly, Pathogen Discovery, and Metagenomic Deconvolution Queen Anne
10:20 - 10:40 pm
Break
10:40 - 11:00 pm Yeuh-Ming Loo, PhD Research Assistant Professor. University of Washington RIG-ging innate immune responses for antiviral therapy Queen Anne
11:00 - 11:20 pm Randy Fish, D.P.M. Evergreen State University The Use of Bacteriophage in the Successful Treatment of Intransigent Diabetic Ulcers Queen Anne
11:20 - 11:40 pm Alan Goodman, PhD Assistant Professor. Washington State University Conservation of host-pathogen interactions and innate immunity in insects and mammals.” Queen Anne
11:40 - 12:00 pm Anna Groat-Carmona, PhD Instructor. Western Washington University Biochemical Analysis of a Plasmodium α/β-hydrolase that modulates parasite invasive-stage morphogenesis. Queen Anne
12:00 - 1:20 pm
Lunch
Gwinn Cafeteria

 

Special Educator Session

Adelle McFarland, PhD
University of Washington

"CRISPR applications"

(If you have registered for this special session please do not visit the cafeteria. Lunches will be available outside the conference room, please take one and meet by 12:15 in Eaton Hall 109.)

Eaton Hall 109

 

1:20 - 2:00 pm

Plenary Session:

Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf
University of Washington
School of Medicine

Zika: An unprecedented health threat for pregnant women

 

Queen Anne
2:00 - 2:20 pm Scott Griehsaber, PhD Associate Professor, Washington State University Cell type development in Chlamydia Queen Anne
2:20 - 2:40 pm Kevin Hybiskee, PhD
Professor, University of Washington
Emerging concepts in Chlamydia cell-to-cell spread Queen Anne
2:40 - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 - 3:20 pm Michelle Reniere, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Washington A redox-responsive transcription factor is critical for pathogenesis and aerobic growth of Listeria monocytogenes Queen Anne
3:20 - 3:40 pm Martin Schuster, PhD, Associate Professor, Oregon State University Bacterial social behavior: It’s in the diet. Queen Anne
3:40 - 4:00 pm Eoin West, MD, MPH, FCCPAssociate Professor, University of Washington Human Genetics and Host Defense in Melioidosis Queen Anne
4:00 - 4:20 pm Catherine Armbruster, MPH Graduate Student, University of Washington Going against the flow: Heterogenous production of c-di-GMP during early Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation Queen Anne
4:30 - 6:00 pm
POSTER SESSION
with hors d'oeuvres
Upper Gwinn Lobby

 


Session B: Clinical Microbiology

Conveners: Dr. Xuan Qin

8:00 - 8:30 am

Al Bateman, PhD
University of Washington

Never a Boring Day at the UWMC Micro Lab
Cascade
8:30 - 9:00 am

Robert Cybulski, PhDUniversity of Washington

Bad Hombres: Bacteria with Difficult or Unusual Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Needs
Cascade
9:00 - 9:30 am

Alpara Waghmare, MD
Seattle Children's Hospital

Respiratory viral infections in immunocompromised hosts: burden of disease and management options​ Cascade
9:30 - 10:00 am

Break

10:00 - 10:30 am
Marilyn Roberts, PhD
University of Washington
A One Health Approach to MRSA in primates, Humans, and their Shared Environment
Cascade
10:30 - 11:00 am Jenny Stapp, MS
Seattle Children's Hospital
Emergence of in vitro non-susceptibility to ceftriaxone in methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Cascade
11:00 - 11:30 pm Christianus Bernardi, MBA, MLS (ASCP)CM
Seattle Children's Hospital
The importance of maintaining the traditional microbiology tools in the diagnosis of an Enterococcal bacteremia and meningitis case.
Cascade
11:30 - 12:00 pm Alex Greninger, MD
University of Washington
NGS in the UW Clinical Virology Lab Cascade
12:00 - 1:20 pm

Lunch

Gwinn Cafeteria
1:20 - 2:00 pm

Plenary Session:

Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf
University of Washington
School of Medicine

Zika: An unprecedented health threat for pregnant women

Queen Anne
2:00 - 2:30 pm Mimi Precit, BS Graduate Student, University of Washington It's the Little Things: Defining Small Colony Variant Staphylococcus aureus antibiograms and implications for cystic fibrosis treatment Cascade
2:30 - 3:00 pm Helen Chu, MD Assistant Professor, University of Washington Updates in prevention and management of respiratory viral infections in healthy adults Cascade
3:00 - 4:30
Bryant Barrington, M(ASCP)
Bruker Daltonics
Brukker MALDI Biotyper Information Session Cascade
4:30 - 6: 00 pm
POSTER SESSION
with hors d'oeuvres
SCC Lobby

 

 


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