Scientific Program
Friday October 21, 2022
We expect that everyone, who is able, is vaccinated for covid19 with the most recent booster.
Morning in JRC 101
9:00-9:10 AM Welcome
9:10-10:10 AM Prions and Prion-Like Diseases, ASM Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Jason Bartz, Creighton University
10:10-10:20 AM Break
10:20-10:50 AM The scoop on poop and its role in managing antibiotic resistance, Keynote Lecture, Dr. Adina Howe, Iowa State University
Applied, Environmental, and Food Microbiology Graduate Talks
11:00-11:15 AM Characterization and Identification of Microbial Communities in Agricultural Drainage Ditches and Bioaugmentation Potentials for Enhanced Denitrification, Hao Wang, University of Minnesota
11:15-11:30 AM How do fertilizer and tillage intensities impact soil microbiomes? Debarshi Dasgupta, North Dakota State University
11:30-11:45 AM Impacts of earthworm invasion on nitrification in a northern hardwood forest in Minnesota Takamitsu Ohigashi, University of Minnesota
Noon: Lunch Career Panel (Dr. Torey Looft, USDA-ARS; Dr. Sean Coleman, Wartburg College; more to come)
Afternoon in HSSC
Applied, Environmental, and Food Microbiology Graduate Talks
1:15-1:30 PM Comparison of antibiotic resistance genes between Iowa swine manures , Tim Neher, Iowa State University
1:30-1:45 PM CRISPRi to identify Pseudomonas putida gene networks essential for rhizosphere microbiome assembly, Marissa Roghair Stroud, Iowa State University
1:45-2:00 PM Evaluation of Effectiveness of Swine Manure Treatment Alternatives to Mitigate Tetracycline Resistant Bacteria, Puja Bajracharya, Iowa State University
2:00-2:15 PM Physiological Antibiotic Resistance Outcomes in Bacteria Exposed to Wastewater, Alejandra Chavez, Iowa State University
Break 2:15-2:30 PM
2:30-2:45 PM Effects of Environmental Biofilms on Steel Corrosion, Zachary Burton, Iowa State University
2:45-3:00 PM Invasive Earthworm Affect Soil Microbial Structure, Chang Liu, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
3:00-3:15 PM Kin rivalry among swimming sibling colonies of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA 110, Armaan Kaur Sandhu, South Dakota State University
3:15-4:00 PM Applied, Environmental, and Food Microbiology Poster Session, HSSC first floor atrium
Medical, Veterinary, and Cellular Microbiology Graduate Talks
4:00-4:15 PM Pseudomonas aeruginosa senses secreted interspecies signals via a c-di-GMP and cAMP-controlled signaling module, Kaitlin Yarrington, University of Iowa
4:15-4:30 PM A Mouse model for Torque Teno Sus Virus1 (TTSuV1), Md-Tariqul Islam, North Dakota State University
4:30-4:45 PM Comparison of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg 2015-2017 outbreak isolates linked to dairy beef calves, Selma Burciaga, USDA-ARS
4:50-5:20 PM War and Peace: Polymicrobial interactions during cystic fibrosis airway disease Keynote Speaker Dr. Dominique Limoli, University of Iowa
6:00 PM Dinner Grinnell College Golf Course
Saturday October 22, 2022
8:00-8:30 AM NCB Board Meeting in HSSC A1231
8:30-9:00 AM Breakfast HSSC first floor
Applied, Environmental, and Food Microbiology Undergraduate Talks
9:00-9:15 AM Genomic and Proteomic analysis of Microbacterium foliurom phages Rosadiaz and Babydotz, Lola Sibaud, Minnesota State University- Moorhead
9:15-9:30 AM Qualitative Screening of Bacteria Isolated from the Roots of Invasive grass, Phragmites australis and Native grass, Phragmites americanus for Plant Growth Promoting Traits, Cade Wizceb, University of Wisconsin- River Falls
9:30-9:45 AM Determining the functional role of the GOX1969 protein in Gluconobacter oxydans Ky Ariano, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
9:45-10:30 AM Poster session HSSC first floor atrium
Medical, Veterinary, and Cellular Microbiology Undergraduate Talks
10:30-10:45 AM A role for T6SS in virulence of Burkholderia cepacia in plants, Lexie Matte, St. Norbert College
10:45-11:00 AM Cryptococcus neoformans Utilizes Multiple Acetyl-CoA-Generating Pathways During Infection: Genetic interactions among acetyl-CoA synthetase, ATP-citrate lyase, and 2-ketobutyryl CoA synthetase, Kathryn Alden, University of Iowa
11:00-11:15 AM Plasmodium falciparum detection from filtered urine samples via Loopamp Malaria PAN/Pf kit –pregnant women from Ghana, Navneet Kaur, Marquette University
11:15-11:30 AM CAR-T Cell Therapy Targeting MCT11 in Exhausted T Cells, Stephanie Lewis, Luther College
11:30-11:45 AM Searching for Novel Antifungal Treatments and Regulatory Pathways via the Characterization of a Fluphenazine Derivative Against C. albicans, Aracely Miron-Ocampo, University of Iowa
11:45 Closing remarks
Box lunches available