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Celebrating Student Achievements in Microbiology
Celebrating Student Achievements in Microbiology
The South Carolina branch of the American Society for Microbiology (SC-ASM) would like to invite you to attend its Fall Meeting that will be held virtually on October 29, 2021 by the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville in Greenville, SC.
The South Carolina branch of the American Society for Microbiology (SC-ASM) would like to invite you to attend its Fall Meeting that will be held virtually on October 29, 2021 by the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville in Greenville, SC.
We hope that you and your colleagues view this meeting as an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and network with fellow scientists within South Carolina. and celebrate the many achievements of our students.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone on October 29th
Abstract Submission and Registration are now closed.
Abstract Submission and Registration are now closed.
Registered Attendees will be receiving an invitation to the meeting platform and an electronic copy of the meeting booklet delivered to their registration email on October 28th.
Registered Attendees will be receiving an invitation to the meeting platform and an electronic copy of the meeting booklet delivered to their registration email on October 28th.
Meeting Booklet
Meeting Booklet
You can view and download the full schedule and abstract book here
You can view and download the full schedule and abstract book here
SC ASM 2021 Schedule and Abstracts.pdfFinal Agenda
Final Agenda
9:00 - 9:10 AM Dr. Steven Fiester, President SC-ASM, U of SC School of Medicine Greenville
Welcoming Remarks from Host Institution - U of SC School of Medicine Greenville
Welcoming Remarks from Host Institution - U of SC School of Medicine Greenville
9:00 - 9:10 AM Introduction
9:00 - 9:10 AM Introduction
Dr. Ginny Webb, President-Elect SC-ASM, U of SC Upstate
Dr. Ginny Webb, President-Elect SC-ASM, U of SC Upstate
9:15 - 10:15 AM ASM Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Steve Diggle, Georgia Institute of Technology
Understanding interactions in microbial populations
10:15 - 10:30 AM Break
10:15 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 - 11:30 AM Dr. Vahid Majidi, Director Savannah River National Laboratory
10:30 - 11:30 AM Dr. Vahid Majidi, Director Savannah River National Laboratory
Expanding biological research at SRNL: new programs in biomanufacturing and biomaterials
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch Break
12:30 - 2:15 PM Oral Presentations - Concurrent Sessions (See below for Speaker information)
12:30 - 2:15 PM Oral Presentations - Concurrent Sessions (See below for Speaker information)
Session A: Undergraduate, Medical Student, and Postdoctoral Fellow Research Presentations
Session B: Graduate Student Research Presentations
2:15 - 2:30 PM Break
2:15 - 2:30 PM Break
2:15 - 2:30 PM Dr. Anita Nag, UofSC Upstate
2:15 - 2:30 PM Dr. Anita Nag, UofSC Upstate
Stressing about stress granules: How SARS coronavirus interferes with cellular responses to viral infection
3:00 - 3:30 PM Dr. Regina Joyce Cordy, Wake Forest University
Microbiome changes within the context of relapsing malaria infection in a longitudinal study of rhesus macaques
3:30 - 3:45 PM Awards
3:30 - 3:45 PM Awards
3:45 - 4:15 PM Concurrent Sessions
3:45 - 4:15 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session C: Microbiology Careers Panel
Session C: Microbiology Careers Panel
Moderated by Dr. Susan Morrison
Panelists: Dr. Regina Joyce Cordy, Dr. Steve Diggle, Dr. Vahid Majidi, Dr. Anita Nag
Session D: General Business meeting for SC ASM members
Session D: General Business meeting for SC ASM members
4:15 - 4:20 PM Closing Remarks
4:20 - 4:45 PM Executive Committee Meeting (Branch officers only)
Oral Presentations - Student, Trainee, and Postdoctoral Fellows
Oral Presentations - Student, Trainee, and Postdoctoral Fellows
Concurrent Sessions: 12:30-2:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions: 12:30-2:15 PM
Session A
Session A
Undergraduate Student Research Presentations ~10 minutes
Undergraduate Student Research Presentations ~10 minutes
§ Tropheryma whipplei manifesting in the CNS: case report and comprehensive literature review
§ Mary Hunter Hyche, Furman University
§ Investigating interactions between bacteriophage Cain and its host’s proteome
§ Dallas Nivens, Winthrop University
§ Applications of R and Shiny for interactive visualizations of host-pathogen interactions in dual RNA-seq data
§ Andrea Rojas, Furman University
§ Effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on blood culture contamination rates
§ Brianna Sacchetti, UofSC Upstate
Medical Student Research Presentations ~10 minutes
Medical Student Research Presentations ~10 minutes
§ A Comparison of H. pylori Detection Methods
§ Kathleen Hill, UofSC School of Medicine Greenville
§ Examination of Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii response to phagocytosis by monocyte-derived macrophages
§ Elias Wheibe, UofSC School of Medicine Greenville
Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation 20 minutes
Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation 20 minutes
§ Community-level SARS-CoV-2 sequence diversity revealed by wastewater sampling
§ Candice Swift, UofSC
Q and A for all presenters ~15 minutes
Q and A for all presenters ~15 minutes
Session B
Session B
Graduate Student Research Presentations ~10 minutes
Graduate Student Research Presentations ~10 minutes
§ Abundance and Diversity of the Roseobacter Clade from Delaware And Chesapeake Bay Water Samples
§ Mir Alvee Ahmed, Clemson University
§ Swe1 homologs in Cryptococcus neoformans: Roles in stress response, virulence, and the G2/M Checkpoint
§ Rodney J Colón Reyes, Clemson University
§ Transcriptomic analysis reveals that municipal wastewater effluent enhances Vibrio vulnificus growth and virulence potential
§ Karlen E. Correa Velez, UofSC
§ Genetic and Functional Diversity of Clade A Lucinid Endosymbionts from the Bahamas and Florida
§ Nichole M. Giani, Clemson University
§ Generation and analysis of a fluorescent reporter system for virus gene family expression in lepidopteran host insects
§ Daniel Howard, Clemson University
§ SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater bioaerosols, workers and across treatment processes
§ Mirza Isanovic, UofSC
§ Nigella sativa as an antibiotic alternative in mitigating necrotic enteritis in broiler production
§ Vishal Manjunatha, Clemson University
§ Dormitory SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance as a COVID-19 response in a university campus setting
§ Sarah Sellers, UofSC
§ Determining Importance of Rac2 in the Macrophage Response to Aspergillus fumigatus Infection
§ Chris Tanner, Clemson University
Q and A for all presenters ~15 minutes
Q and A for all presenters ~15 minutes
South Carolina ASM Membership
South Carolina ASM Membership
Annual Branch membership dues are free for all students (undergraduate and graduate) and $15.00 for all others. Dues can be paid online by signing in at https://myasm.asm.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=MyMemberships and selecting to join a branch under the "My Affiliations" section of the page.
The South Carolina Branch of the American Society for Microbiology's mission is to serve as a professional networking venue for like-minded scientists within a limited geographic area in order to facilitate discussions, foster collaborations, and help students acquaint themselves with the mechanics of a scientific meeting.
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