Scientific Program
 2009

Oral Presentations

O1.   Identification and Isolation of alkane oxidizers from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the East Pacific Rise., Ramaydalis Cruz and Costantino Vetriani

O2.   Isolation of Early Evolving Mercury Resistant Bacteria in Yellowstone National Park. Zachary Freedman, ^1,2, Tamar Barkay ^1,2, Yanping Wang¹ and Gill Geesey³

O3.   The effect of (poly)anhydride ester salicylic acid polymer on biofilm formation  in Salmonella typhimurium MAE52. Allison R. Guinta,, Ashley L. Carbone, Kathryn E. Uhrich, and Michael L. Chikindas.

Professional Posters

P1.  Phosphorylation of yeast phosphatidylserine synthase by protein kinase A Hyeon-Son Choi* and George M. Carman. 

P2.  Cyclin-dependent kinase-mediated phosphorylation of yeast phosphatidate phosphatase  Jeanelle M. Morgan, Gil-Soo Han, Wen-Min Su, George M. Carman.

P3.   Molecular Analysis of Anaerobic Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Compounds. Joong-Wook Park,

P4.   Physcomitrella patens  A rapid assay system for transgenes conferring resistance to mycotoxins and FHB. Hemalatha Saidasan and Michael A. Lawton

Undergraduate Posters

U1.   Caenorhabditis elegans Pathology  Divino Rajah, Sabrina Persaud, Sarah Yllesca, Hemalatha Saidasan and Michael A Lawton

U2.   Exploiting the mechanisms of pathogenicity in C. elegans Divino Rajah, Hemalatha Saidasan and Michael A Lawton.

Graduate Student Posters

G1.       Mercury Contamination and its Effects on Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Soil Hg^R Bacteria. Aspa D. Chatziefthimiou, Allison L. Isola, Tamar Barkay,

G2.      mxaF May Be a Better Indicator of Species than 16S rRNA When Comparing Isolates From the Genus Methylobacterium. J. Kist, R.L. Tate III,

G3.       Developing methods to stimulate dechlorination of historical polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in contaminated sediment. Hui Liu, Lisa A. Rodenburg, Donna E. Fennell and Max M. Haggblom.

G4.       Halogenation-Dehalogenation Cycle Mediated by Microorganisms Associated with Marine Sponges Nora Lopez², Joanne Ahn¹, Young-Beom Ahn¹, Isabel Horna-Gray¹ Lee Kerkhof², Max Häggblom¹

G5.       Recovery of Soil Microbial Communities After a Severe Wildfire in the New Jersey Pinelands. Robyn Mikita.

G6.       Effects of Microbially Induced Transformations of Brominated Flame Retardants and Toxicity in Zebrafish J.M. McCormick, K.R. Cooper, L.A. White and M.H. Häggblom,

G7.       Transcriptional regulation of the yeast PAH1 Gene.  Florencia Pascual and George M. Carman. 

G8.       Spatial Diversity of alkB Genes Recovered from Hexadecane Enriched Sediment  E. A. Rodgers-Vieira¹, B. Wawrik², T. Doolotkeldieva³, L. J. Kerkhof¹, J. J. Kukor¹, and G. J. Zylstra¹

G9.       Post-translational Regulation of Yeast Phosphatidate Phosphatase. Anibal Soto-Cardalda and George M. Carman.

G10.    Phosphorylation of yeast phosphatidate phosphatase by protein kinase C.  Wen-Min Su*, Gil-Soo Han, and George M. Carman. 

G11.    Microbially Mediated Cycling of Metal Sulfides. Alexandra B. Walczak  Nathan Yee, and Lily Y. Young

G12.    Community Characterization of Anaerobic Methyl tert-Butyl ether (MTBE)Degrading Enrichment Cultures L. K. G. Youngster, L.J. Kerkhof and M. M. Häggblom.