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            Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy

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2013 Call for Titles 

 

2013 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

TALKS

 

NEMPET Lecture:      Kim Lewis      Uncultured Bacteria and the Quest for Novel Antibiotics

            Mary Allen                              Evolution of Spice Use by Humans:  Exploring the Assumption that Spices are Antimicrobial

            Gary Heussler                         Beyond Immunity: Discrete Phenotypes of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type 1-F CRISPR/Cas System

            Robert M.Q. Shanks               Making it and breaking it: the role of cAMP in Serratia marcescens biofilms

            Sean Carey                              Bismuth oxidation in bacteria

            Daniel Kadouri                       TBA

 

POSTERS

 

Laura Kuzma, Laura                                       Antimicrobial Properties of Capsaicin in Raw Peppers and in Tabasco Sauces.

Serena Castelletti and AmberJean Hansen     Mercuric Reductase Genes in Actinomycetes and Phage Isolated from Mercury Contaminated Soil.

Olivia Junco and Mohammad Hussain           Comparison of Fermentation Capability of Wild Yeast to Commercially Available Yeast.

Derek, Rothenheber                                        The Long-Term Effect of Nitrogen Enrichment on Nitrifying Bacteria at Bear Brook Watershed.

Renee Bullard                                                 Investigating the identity of an unknown bacterial isolate from a mixed-species drinking water biofilm.

Christa Chatfield                                            Exploring biofilm physiology of Legionella pneumophila: disinfection resistance in a new model of adherent replication

Dan Hughes                                                                Microbial Communities in Subsurface Coal Beds

Bahram Manavi                                               The relationship between protein structural characteristics and temperature optimum for activity of mercuric reductase from two species of Bacteriodetes.

 

The NEMPET Meeting

    NEMPET hosts a three day meeting during the second half of June each year. This meeting is held at the Minnowbrook Conference Center in Blue Mountain Lake, NY. The conference program includes an invited speaker, platform presentations and posters. It is an excellent opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students and post-docs to present their research in front of their peers.

    The registration fee includes all meals and lodging. Attendees stay in comfortable rooms furnished in the Adirondack style, and eat their meals in a spacious dining room overlooking the lake. Meals are both delicious and plentiful. The overall atmosphere of Minnowbrook lends itself to a casual meeting with plenty of opportunities for interaction in and out of the sessions.

For details about our last meeting check out

NEMPET 2012 and PHOTOS

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    The focus of NEMPET is on general microbiology in all of its many forms. Topics covered in the meeting range from molecular studies of enzyme function to diversity of species in the natural environment. Recent invited speakers have included: Dianne Newman, Gary King, Kurt Hanselman, Derek Lovley, Milton Allison, David Emerson, Klaus Nusslein, Doug Eveleigh, JohnTudor, Karin Sauer, Joseph Yavit, and Lawrence Aaronson.

NEMPET is one of the few meetings where students are encouraged to present talks. 

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Membership    

    There is no official membership in the NEMPET organization. There are no dues, and anyone can attend the meetings. We strive to reach the widest possible audience within the field of microbiology.

For more information contact:
Dr. Craig Phelps:  phelps@envsci.rutgers.edu

Or

Dr. Esther Angertera23@cornell.edu

 

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