Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Microbiology

Thursday, October 11, 2012: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
609 (WSCC)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
6:35 PM
MntS Helps Facilitate Manganese Delivery To Enzymes In Escherichia coli
Julia E. Martin , University of Illinois ; Lauren Waters , Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ; Gisela Storz , Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ; James A. Imlay , University of Illinois
6:55 PM
Roseobacters And Their Infecting Phage As Models For Understanding The Fate Of Virus-Mediated Cell Lysis In Marine Systems
Nana Yaw Ankrah , Univeristy of Tennessee ; Jesse Middleton , University of Tennessee ; Daniel Jones , Univeristy of Tennessee ; Amanda May , University of Tennessee ; Gary LeCleir , University of Tennessee ; Shawn Campagna , University of Tennessee ; Steven Wilhelm , University of Tennessee ; Alison Buchan , Univeristy of Tennessee
7:15 PM
Investigation of Nitrogen Cycling in Carbonate Caves and Lava Tubes, Carlsbad Caverns National Park and El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
Jason Kimble, B.S , Graduate student , University of New Mexico ; Diana E. Northup, PhD , Visiting Associate Professor , University of New Mexico ; Robert L. Sinsabaugh, PhD , Associate Professor , University of New Mexico ; Jennifer Hathaway, MS , University of New Mexico ; Monica Moya, BS , University of Michigan
7:35 PM
Biochemical Analysis of the Binding Interaction between SpaI and its Cognate Lantibiotic, Subtilin
Isabel Neacato, MD/PhD candidate , Biochemical Analysis of the Binding Interaction Between LanI and its Cognate Lantibiotic in Bacillus subtilus and Lactococcus lactis , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Ian Gut, PhD , PhD , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Wilfred van der Donk, PhD , P.I. , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign