
Schedule
ASM NORTHWEST BRANCH MEETING 2022
CATALDO HALL – GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, SPOKANE
FRIDAY 4th NOVEMBER
5.00pm - 5.45pm Registration check-in
5.45pm - 6.00pm Opening remarks
6.00pm - 7.00pm Federico Rey Ph.D., Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ASM Distinguished Lecturer
“Gut Bacterial Metabolism and Cardiometabolic Disease”
7.00pm - 9.00pm Opening Reception
SATURDAY 5th NOVEMBER
8.00am - 8.30am Registration check-in
8.30am - 8.55am Arden Baylink Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Washington State University
“Can bacterial vampirism facilitate success for pathogens at sites of inflammation and injury?”
8.55am - 9.20am Klas Udekwu Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
“Stress-induced effects on anaerobically-cultured human microbiota in controlled bioreactors”
9.20am - 9.35am Parker Smith, Graduate student, Oregon State University
“Antiactivators prevent self-sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing”
9.35am -10.00am Molly Matty Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Portland
“Using C. elegans as a model for microbiome research from the inside out”
10am - 10.30am Break
10.30am - 10.55am Si Hong Park, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
"Understanding of microbiome in dairy products to enhance quality and safety"
10.55am - 11.10am Shannon Allen Whiles, Graduate student, Washington State University
“Investigation of host-dependent therapeutic drugs will uncover previously unknown Francisella tularensis-host interactions”
11.10am - 11.35am Michael Letko Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Washington State University
“Exploring coronavirus zoonosis with functional viromics”
11.35am - 11.55am ePosters (six students/postdocs, 3 min/1 slide each)
Noon - 1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm - 1.55 pm Luis Matos Ph.D., Associate Professor, Eastern Washington University
“Understanding the evolution of virulence in RNA viruses following host shifts using the Drosophila model”
1.55pm - 2.10pm Chasity Trammell, Graduate student, Washington State University
“Coupled small molecules target RNA interference and JAK/STAT signaling to reduce Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti”
2.10pm - 2.35pm Laura Jennings Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, University of Montana
"Sugar-coated, multidrug resistant bacteria as a source of new antimicrobial targets"
2.35pm - 3.00pm Break
3.00pm - 3.15pm Tim Bates, Graduate student, OHSU
“The rise and fall of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies”
3.15pm - 3.40 pm Patrick Mitchell Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Washington
“Innate immune detection of pathogen-specific activities”
3.40pm - 3.55 pm Alex Alleman Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Idaho
“The effects of oxygen limitations on C1 metabolism in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1”
4.00pm - 6.00pm Poster session