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Saturday, August 21. Graduate Symposium August 20-21, 2010. Dept. Microbiology and Cell Science – CALS Dept. Molecular Genetics and Microbiology - COM. Breakfast Dr. Tony Romeo - Overview of T. Romeo Research Program
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Saturday, August 21 Graduate Symposium August 20-21, 2010 Dept. Microbiology and Cell Science – CALS Dept. Molecular Genetics and Microbiology - COM Breakfast Dr. Tony Romeo - Overview of T. Romeo Research Program Dr. Byung-Ho Kang - Callose accumulation at the phloem plasmodesmata and inhibition of phloem loading in the Liberibacter-infected citrus leaf vein Dr. ZhonglinMou- The salicylic acid- mediated signaling pathway in plant immunity Break Dr. Graciela Lorca - Transcription factors: a panoply of structures and functions Dr. Nian Wang - Bridge between the virulence mechanism of plant pathogenic bacteria and management of bacterial diseases of plants Dr. Julie Maupin - Insights and Applications of Archaea to Biotechnology and Human Health Teaching colloquium Funding opportunities/Q&A 8:00 9:15 9:35 9:55 10:15 10:30 10:50 11:10 11:30 12:15 Special Thanks Candace Bichsel Diane Chauliac Tyler Culpepper Robin EzzelL Sheila Gomez Kris Minkoff Jennifer Mobberley Dennis Neeld Eric Triplett CrownePlaza Riverfront 1201 Riverplace Boulevard Jacksonville, Florida 32207 904.398.8800
Friday, August 20 – Graduate Sessions 12:00 – Lunch 1:00 – Hugo Miranda - Characterization of the Ubiquitin-like activating enzyme in Archaea (UbaA) (Dr. Julie Maupin-Furlow) 1:20 – NejaJalan - Whole genome sequencing and comparative genomic analysis of Xanthomonasaxonopodispv. citri str. Aw 12879 (Dr. Nian Wang) 1:40 – Erin McNeil - Characterization of the S. aureus nitric oxide synthase gene (Dr. Kelly Rice) 2:00 – Patrick Sanou - Conserved Epitope Approach for the Development of an HIV-1 Vaccine (Dr. Janet K. Yamamoto) 2:20 – Cory Krediet - From your garden to the sea: who listens when microbes talk? (Dr. Max Teplitski) 2:40 – KarliePlaisance-Bonstaff – (Dr. Rolf Renne) 3:00 – Break 3:15 – Poster Session 4:45 – Closing Day 1 9:00 – Welcome 9:10 – Tyler Culpepper – High throughput sequencing in population based studies (Dr. Volker Mai) 9:30 – Jen Mobberley – Exploring functional gene diversity in lithifying microbial mats (Dr. Jamie Foster) 9:50 – Diane Chauliac - Metabolic engineering of a Microbial biocatalyst for the conversion of Polylactic acid Plastics into bioethanol(Dr. PratapPullammanappallil) 10:10 – Break 10:20 – Dennis Neeld – TBA (Dr. Shouguang Jin) 10:40 – Ken Lau - Inhibition of type 1 diabetes by a Lactobacillus johnsonii mediated Th17 bias (Dr. Joseph Larkin III) 11:00 – SantoshPande - Elucidation of flavonoid directed regulation in lactobacilli (Dr. Graciela Lorca) 11:20 – Kin-Kwan Lai - Molecular Basis of a Novel Feruloyl Esterase from a probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2 (Dr. Claudio Gonzalez) 11:40 – Johnathan Canton - Approaches to Studying Leishmania-specific CD8+ T cell responses (Dr. Peter E. Kima)