GPID Meeting 2013 Program Book – PDF Download!
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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5:30-6:00 PM |
Pre-meeting registration
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Stoney Creek Inn |
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6:00-7:00 PM |
Dinner and Networking Session |
Stoney Creek Inn |
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7:00 PM |
Keynote Presentation: “Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm: A Complex Multicellular Organism” Kenneth Bayles, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center |
Stoney Creek Inn |
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 |
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Event |
Location |
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7:30-8:20 AM |
Registration and Breakfast |
Adams Conference Center |
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8:20-8:30 AM |
Opening Remarks Deborah Anderson, PhD University of Missouri |
Adams Auditorium |
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8:30-10:15 AM |
Session I: Host-Pathogen Interaction
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Adams Auditorium |
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8:30-9:00 AM |
“Internalization of Lumen Antigens by Epithelial Cells of the Small Intestine” Vjollca Konjufca, PhD Southern Illinois University |
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9:00-9:30 AM |
“Hantavirus Cap-snatching at the Cross Roads of Cellular P-bodies” Mohammad Ayoub Mir, PhD University of Kansas Medical Center |
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9:30-9:50 AM |
“E. coli Virulence Factors and the Innate Immune System” Phil Hardwidge, PhD Kansas State University |
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9:50-10:10 AM |
Networking Break Refreshments |
Adams Conference Center |
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10:10 AM -12:00 PM |
Session II: Vector Borne Pathogens
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Adams Auditorium |
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10:10-10:40 AM |
“The RNA Interference Pathway as a Modulator of Vector Competence for Arboviruses in Aedes aegypti“ Alexander Franz, PhD University of Missouri – Columbia |
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10:40-11:10 AM |
“The Role of Apoptosis in Controlling Arbovirus Infection in Mosquitoes” Rollie Clem, PhD Kansas State University |
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11:10-11:30 AM |
“Filoviral VP35 Protein as a Therapeutic Target” Jennifer Binning Washington University School of Medicine |
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11:30 AM-12:00 PM |
“Genetic Approach to H5N1 Influenza A virus Pathogenesis” Jacco Boon, PhD Washington University School of Medicine |
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Noon-1:00 PM |
Lunch
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Adams Conference Center |
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1:00-3:00 PM |
Poster Session Refreshments |
Adams Conference Center |
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3:00-5:00 PM |
Session III: Bacterial Pathogenesis
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Adams Auditorium |
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3:00-3:30 PM |
“Role of the Myosin Phosphatase Pathway in Chlamydial Host-cell Egress” Erika Lutter, PhD Oklahoma State University |
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3:30-4:00 PM |
“The Role of Calcium in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence” Marianna Patrauchan, PhD Oklahoma State University |
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4:00-4:20 PM |
“Putting Chlamydia under the Atomic Microscope” Michael Barta, PhD University of Kansas |
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4:20-4:40 PM |
“The Effect of Fish Oil Supplementation on Lyme Arthritis and Carditis” Anna Cunningham University of Missouri – Columbia |
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4:40-5:00 PM |
“Effector Role of Invasion Plasmid Antigen D (IpaD) of the T3SA from Shigella flexneri“ Olivia Arizmendi Oklahoma State University |
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5:30-9:00 PM |
Pizza and Bonfire
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Home of Dr. Anderson |