61stAnnualWindRiverConference,June14-18,2017

61stAnnualWindRiverConferenceonProkaryoticBiology

Prokaryotic Microbiology - The Key to Understanding The Complexity of Life

June14-18,2017

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WELCOMETOTHE61stANNUALWINDRIVERCONFERENCEONPROKARYOTICBIOLOGY2017

WindRiverExecutiveCommittee:• Dr.RonYasbin,UniversityofMissouri—St.Louis• Dr.UldisStreips,UniversityofLouisvilleMedicalSchool• Dr.DianaDowns,UniversityofGeorgia(DiversityLiaison)• Dr.HelenWing,UniversityofNevada,LasVegas• Dr.CharlieMoran,EmoryUniversity• Dr.ErinMurphy,OhioUniversity• Dr.EthanMann,SharkletTechnologies,Inc.• Dr.DonG.Ennis,UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette• Dr.MarioPedraza-Reyes,UniversityofGuanajuato• Dr.EduardoRobleto,UniversityofNevada,LasVegas• Dr.CorrieDetweiler,UniversityofColoradoBoulder• Dr.R.Martin(Marty)Roop,EastCarolinaUniversity • Dr.DanielWozniak,OhioStateUniversity

Scientificprogramchair:

• Dr.DanielWozniak,OhioStateUniversity Contributions from the following sponsors helped make this year’s conference possible and are gratefullyacknowledged:NationalScienceFoundationMonserateBiotechnologyGroupSharkletBiotechnologies,Inc.AmericanSocietyforMicrobiologyUNLV,SchoolofLifeSciencesFundingprovidedbytheNationalScienceFoundationandtheAmericanSocietyforMicrobiologyallowsustosupportthetravelofgraduatestudentsandpost-doctoralfellowstotheconference.Specialacknowledgement:

• SpecialthanksareduetoTimFishburnatUNLVforexpertadministrativeassistance.• SpecialthanksareduetoDr.ChrisJonesatOhioStateUniversityforassistancewithprogram

development.• Specialthankstoalltraineeswhovolunteeredtheirtimetohelpwiththemeeting.• Special thanks to Eduardo Robleto and Helen Wing at UNLV for invaluable academic and

administrativesupport

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2017WindRiverStudentandPost-DocTravelAwardRecipients

FundingprovidedbytheNationalScienceFoundationandAmericanSocietyforMicrobiologyallowsustosupportthetravelofthefollowingtraineestotheconference:

2017WindRiverStudentandPost-DocTravelAwardRecipients

FundingprovidedbytheNationalScienceFoundationandAmericanSocietyforMicrobiologyallowsustosupportthetravelofthefollowingtraineestotheconference:

Name

Affiliation Name

Affiliation

Yasin Ahmed UniversityofWyoming Rebecca Hodges UniversityofSheffield/UNMC

Junqin(Heidi) Bai UniversityofIllinoisatChicago Josh Holmes UniversityofWyoming

Whitney Bond AppalachianStateUniversity Duoyi Hu UniversityofIllinoisatChicago

Kyle Bonifer UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville Karthik Hullahalli UniversityofTexasatDallas

Jimmy Budnick VirginiaTech Hebaallaha Hussein OhioUniversity

Logan Bulock UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter Joy Immak UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas

Caleb Burke OhioUniversity Lara Janiszewski UniversityofColoradoBoulder

Alan Collins GeiselSchoolofMedicineatDartmouth Victoria Jeter UniversityofGeorgiaAthens

Ashley Cross EmoryUniversitySchoolofMedicine MedJimson Jimenez UniversityofIllinoisatChicago

Elizabeth Delmain UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter Christopher Jones OhioStateUniversity

Jennifer Endres UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter Luke Joyce UniversityofTexasatDallas

Tatiana Ermi UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas Alexander Karabachev UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas

Jake Flood UniversityofColoradoatBoulder Rebecca Keogh OhioUniversity

Megan Fris OhioUniversity Maryam Khademian UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign

Jack Fyffe-Blair VirginiaTech Alexi Kibbe NevadaStateCollege

Nathan Good MichiganStateUniversity Izabell Kobylarz NevadaStateCollege

Natasha Griffin UniversityofFlorida Nicole Lamond UniversityofIllinoisatChicago

Avinash Gururaja UniversityofIllinoisatChicago Hilda Leyva UniversityofGuanajuato,Mexico

Cory Hanks VirginiaTech Alexander Little UniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicine

John Harp UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville Natiera Magnuson UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas

Chandler Hassan UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas Michael Maiden MichiganStateUniversity

Tra-My Hoang UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter Holly Martin UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas

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Name

Affiliation Name

Affiliation

Alexandra McCully IndianaUniversity Ananya Sen UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign

Nikki Meyer OhioUniversity Lauren Sheehan VirginiaTech

Michael Minson UniversityofColoradoBoulder Jillian Socea UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas

Kevin Mlynek GeorgetownUniversity Shannon Soucy DartmouthCollege

Andrew Morgenthaler UniversityofColoradoBoulder Eliza Thapa OhioUniversity

Adriana Patlan UniversityofGuanajuato,Mexico Chelsey VanDrisse UniversityofGeorgiaAthens

Jacqueline Phan UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas Joe Villanueva UniversityofColoradoBoulder

Donnie Pickel OhioUniversity R.Sophia Weerth UniversityofGeorgiaAthens

Samantha Prezioso EmoryUniversitySchoolofMedicine Caitlin Wotanis AppalachianStateUniversity

Pritha Rao UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign Christopher Yip UniveristyofNevada,LasVegas

Fareha Razvi UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter Rachel Zapf OhioUniversity

Paroma Roy UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter Chunyi Zhou UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter

Sandra Sanchez IndianaUniversity

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THEWINDRIVERHALLOFFAME:PASTANDPRESENTPLENARYSPEAKERS

2017 Dr.MelodyMills NIH,NIAID

Dr.CatherineDrennan MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyDr.MatthewParsek UniversityofWashingtonDr.ForestRohwer SanDiegoStateUniversity

2016 Dr.GrahamWalker MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology Dr.EvgenyNudler NYUSchoolofMedicine Dr.VictorNizet UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego Dr.PeterSetlow UniversityofConnecticutHealthSciencesCenter2015 Dr.VictorTorres NYUSchoolofMedicine Dr.NancyFreitag UniversityofIllinois-Chicago Dr.DavidWeiss EmoryUniversity Dr.FranzNarberhaus RuhrUniversity2014 Dr.MichaelGilmore HarvardMedicalSchool

Dr.GiselaStorz NationalInstitutesofHealth Dr.FerranGarcia-Pichel ArizonaStateUniversity Dr.BarbaraFunnell UniversityofToronto2013 Dr.NinaSalama FredHutchinsonCancerInstitute Dr.ShelleyPayne UniversityofTexasatAustin Dr.ReneeTsolis UniversityofCaliforniaDavis Dr.RalphIsberg TuftsUniversity2012 Dr.DavidRudner HarvardMedicalSchool Dr.EstherAngert CornellUniversity Dr.MarkGomelsky UniversityofWyoming Dr.DennisA.Bazylinski UniversityofNevada,LasVegas2011 Dr.JamesBardwell UniversityofMichigan Dr.SeanCrosson UniversityofChicago Dr.JoHandelsman YaleUniversity Dr.R.MartinRoop,II EastCarolinaUniversity2010 Dr.PeterChristie UniversityofTexas-HoustonMedicalSchool

Dr.RichardGourse UniversityofWisconsin Dr.DanKearns UniversityofIndiana

Dr.RolfThauer MaxPlanckInstituteforTerrestrialMicrobiology,Marburg2009 Dr.JimImlay, UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign Dr.AndyCamilli TuftsUniversity,HowardHughesMedicalInstitute Dr.JadeWang BaylorCollegeofMedicine Dr.NormanPace UniversityofColoradoatBoulder2008 Dr.RobertoKolter, HarvardMedicalSchool Dr.GrahamHatfull, UniversityofPittsburgh Dr.RobertoBelas, UniversityofMaryland

Dr.WilliamJacobs, AlbertEinsteinCollegeofMedicine

2007 Dr.JaredLeadbetter, CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology Dr.TinaHenkin, OhioStateUniversity Dr.HarryMobley, UniversityofMichiganMedicalSchool Dr.LynnZechiedrich, BaylorCollegeofMedicine

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2006 Dr.DavidFigurski, ColumbiaUniversityMedicalCenter Dr.KarlE.Klose, UniversityofTexas-SanAntonio Dr.JohnHelmann, CornellUniversity Dr.VictorDirita, UniversityofMichiganSchoolofMedicine

2005 Dr.SamuelKaplan, UniversityofTexasHoustonMedicalSchool Dr.GeorgeO’Toole, DartmouthMedicalSchool Dr.DianneNewman, CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology Dr.TomSilhavy, PrincetonUniversity

2004 Dr.CurtisSuttle, UniversityofBritishColumbia Dr.PaulGollnick, StateUniversityofNewYork-Buffalo Dr.HeidiKaplan, UniversityofTexasHoustonMedicalSchool Dr.JorgeGalán, YaleUniversitySchoolofMedicine

2003 Dr.VincentFischetti, RockefellerUniversity Dr.RobertLandick, UniversityofWisconsin Dr.BonnieBassler, PrincetonUniversity Dr.NeilWelker, NorthwesternUniversity

2002 Dr.StephenFarrand, UniversityofIllinois-Urbana Dr.BarryWanner, PurdueUniversity Dr.SanfordA.Lacks, BrookhavenNationalLaboratory Dr.JanetYother, UniversityofAlabama-Birmingham Dr.MalcolmWinkler, LillyResearchLaboratories

2001 Dr.KimLewis, TuftsUniversity Dr.AustinNewton, PrincetonUniversity Dr.JulieTheriot, StanfordUniversity Dr.DaleKaiser, StanfordUniversity

2000 Dr.ThomasA.Trautner, Max-PlanckInstituteforMolecularGenetics Dr.RylandF.Young, TexasA&MUniversity Dr.AbigailA.Salyers, UniversityofIllinois Dr.JohnW.Costerton, MontanaStateUniversity Dr.TonyRomeo, UniversityofNorthTexasHealthScienceCenter

1999 Dr.FrederickNeidhardt, UniversityofMichigan Dr.OlafSchneewind, UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles Dr.RogerW.Hendrix, UniversityofPittsburghBacteriophageInstitute Dr.EugeneNester, UniversityofWashington

1998 Dr.ScottHultgren, WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine Dr.SusanM.Rosenberg, BaylorCollegeofMedicine Dr.MaryLouGuerinot, DartmouthCollege Dr.PeterGreenberg, UniversityofIowa

1997 Dr.MalcolmWinkler, UniversityofTexasHoustonMedicalSchool Dr.JohnBaross, UniversityofWashington Dr.PhilipHarriman, NationalScienceFoundation Dr.SusanGolden, TexasA&MUniversit

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Wednesday,June14,20173:00-6:00PM

Registration

4:00-6:30PM

WelcomeReception(Lobbyofmainlodge)

6:30-8:00PM

Dinner&Openingremarks

8:00-9:00PM

NIH/NIAIDMicrobiomeScience:ClinicalResearchandHumanTissueModels

MelodyMillsNIH(NIAID),BethesdaMD,USA

SessionConvener:ShaunBrinsmade,GeorgetownUniversity

9:00PM- HappyHourattheloungeandbar

Thursday,June15,20177:00-8:00AM

Breakfast(GreatRoomDiningRoom)

8:00AM8:10–8:30AM8:30-8:50AM8:50-9:10AM9:10-9:30AM9:30-9:50AM

GeneralAnnouncementsMicrobialBiochemistryandPhysiologyISessionConvener:JoyImmak,UniversityofNevada,LasVegasRoleofhydrolasesinflagellarconstructionandstabilityinBacillussubtilisSandraSanchezIndianaUniversity,Bloomington,IN,USAGuanosinelimitationaltersvirulencegeneexpressioninStaphylococcusaureusShaunR.BrinsmeadeGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,DC,USAFunctionalanalysisofureaseinStaphylococcusaureusChunyiZhouUniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter,Omaha,NE,USA

Anewclassofbase-activatingenzymesinvolvedincobamidebiosynthesisinarchaeaVictoriaL.JeterUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,GA,USAOrderfromDisorder:StructureandfunctionofthecellpoleorganizingproteinPopZJoshuaHolmes,UniversityofWyoming,Laramie,WY,USA

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10:00-10:20AM CoffeeBreakMicrobialBiochemistryandPhysiologyIISessionConvener:ShannonM.Soucy,DartmouthCollege,Hanover,NH,USA

10:20-10:40AM10:40-11:00AM11:00-11:20AM11:20-11:40AM11:40-12:00PM12:00-12:2012:30-1:30PM1:30-1:50PM

ThecytochromecPeroxidaseallowsEscherichiacolitoexploitenvironmentalH2O2asaterminaloxidantforanaerobicrespirationMaryamKhademianUniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign,Urbana,IL,USARoleofthenon-canonicalnucleotidesduringthyminestarvationinEscherichiacoliPrithaRaoUniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign,Urbana,IL,USAUnravellingthec-di-GMPnetworkregulatingPseudomonasfluorescensbiofilmformationAlanJ.Collins

GeiselSchoolofMedicineatDartmouth,Hanover,NH,USAFunctionalanalysisoftheAdomainofAapininitiationofproteinmediatedbiofilmformationinStaphylococcusepidermidisParomaRoyUniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter,Omaha,NE,USA

Acetylationofp-AminobenzoatebytheBadLacetyltransferaserelievesBadMrepressionofbenzoatecatabolismgenesinRhodopseudomonaspalustrisChelseyM.VanDrisseUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,GA,USAMetabolicimpactoflanthanide-dependentenzymesinMethylobacteriumextorquensAM1NathanM.GoodMichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI,USALunch(GreatRoomDiningRoom)Host-PathogenInteractionsISessionConvener:PrithaRao,UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-ChampaignFormandfunctionofanRNAthermometercontrollingproductionoftheShigellavirulence-associatedproteinOmpAErinR.MurphyOhioUniversity,Athens,OH,USA

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1:50-2:10PM2:10-2:30PM2:30-2:50PM

TargetingpersistercellstoenhanceantibioticactivityagainstPseudomonasaeruginosabiofilmsincysticfibrosisMichaelMaidenMichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI,USATheroleofGABAinBrucellapathogenesis,asmallmoleculewithbigvalueJamesA.BudnickVirginiaTech,Blacksburg,VA,USAExogenous fatty acids increase cardiolipin to promote daptomycin tolerance inEnterococcusfaecalisJohnR.HarpUniversityofTennessee,Knoxville,TN,USA

2:50-4:00PM4:00-6:30PM6:30-7:30PM8:00-9:00PM9:00-

FreeTime&PosterSet-upPoster&HappyHour(Posters1-21)Dinner(GreatRoomDiningRoom)

THENEILWELKERMEMORIALPLENARYADDRESSIntroductionbyWelkerTraineeCommittee:

MeganFris,OhioUniversity,ChelseyVanDrisse,UniversityofGeorgia,andBinjieXu,SharklettTechnologies,Inc.

Shake,Rattle,&Roll:Capturingsnapshotsofmetalloenzymesinaction

CatherineDrennanMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

Boston,MA,USAHappyHourattheloungeandbar

Friday,June16,20177:00-8:00AM8:00AM

Breakfast(GreatRoomDiningRoom)GeneralAnnouncementsHost-PathogenInteractionsIISessionConvener:JoshuaHolmes,UniversityofWyoming

8:10–8:30AM

PseudomonasaeruginosaAlgRphosphorylationdetermineswhichironacquisitionsystemisutilizedAlexanderS.LittleUniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicine,Aurora,CO,USA

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8:30-8:50AM8:50-9:10AM9:10-9:30AM9:30-9:50AM

DeterminingtheroleofmetabolicheterogeneityduringStaphylococcusaureusbiofilmdevelopmentLoganL.BulockUniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter,Omaha,NE,USAAnintracellularpeptidyl-prolylcis/transisomerase(PPIase)isrequiredforfoldingandactivityoftheStaphylococcusaureussecretedvirulencefactornucleaseRonanK.Carroll

OhioUniversity,Athens,OH,USAEffectofsyntheticbilesaltanalogsonClostridiumdifficilesporegerminationandpreventionofCDIinmiceandhamstersAmberHowertonNevadaStateCollege,Henderson,NV,USAPslproducedbymucoidPseudomonasaeruginosacontributestotheestablishmentofbiofilmsandimmuneevasionChristopherJ.JonesOhioStateUniversity,Columbus,OH,USA

10:00-10:20AM CoffeeBreakHost-PathogenInteractionsIIISessionConvener:LaraJaniszewski,UniversityColorado,Boulder

10:20-10:40AM10:40-11:00AM11:00-11:20AM11:20-11:40AM

ThebacterialinvasionInternalinBenhancesverticaltransmissionofListeriamoncytogenesNicoleM.LamondUniversityofIllinoisatChicago,Chicago,IL,USAApotentialsolutiontoapoopyproblem:TheroleofbilesaltanalogsinthepreventionofClostridiumdifficileinfectionJacquelineR.PhanUniversityofNevada,LasVegas,LasVegas,NV,USAThebacterialPac-man:AstoryofanessentialribonucleaseinthepathogenicbacteriumBrucellaabortusLaurenM.SheehanVirginiaTech,Blacksburg,VA,USATheuseofmembrane-associatedcomplementinhibitorsbyNeisseriagonorrhoeaeinimmuneevasionNathanJ.WeyandOhioUniversity,Athens,OH,USA

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11:40-12:00PM12:15-12:30PM12:30-2:00PM

SAFIRE:ScreenforAnti-infectiveusingFluorescencemicroscopyofIntracellulaREnterobacteriaceaeAmyL.CrooksUniversityofColorado,Boulder,CO,USAGroupPictureLunch(GreatRoomDiningRoom)

2:00-4:00PM4:00-6:30PM6:30-7:30PM8:00-9:00PM9:00-

FreeTime&PosterSet-upPoster&HappyHour(Posters22-43)Dinner(GreatRoomDiningRoom)

Pseudomonasaeruginosa-hedgingitsbetsonasurfaceMatthewParsek,Ph.D.UniversityofWashington

Seattle,WA,USA

SessionConvener:MichaelMaiden,MichiganStateUniversityHappyHourattheloungeandbar

Saturday,June17,20177:00-8:00AM8:00AM

Breakfast(GreatRoomDiningRoom)GeneralAnnouncementsEcologyandEnvironmentalMicrobiologySessionConvener:JimmyBudnick,VirginiaTech

8:10–8:30AM8:30-8:50AM

Surfacemicropatternreducesmicrobialcolonizationandpercutaneousdevice-associatedinfectionsBinjieXuSharkletTechnologiesInc.,Aurora,CO,USAQuantifyingandcharacterizingpoly-lacticaciddegradationbythesoilmicrobesBacilluspumilusandRhodococcusyunnanensisKyleS.Bonifer

UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville,TN,USA

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Recipient-biasedcompetitionforacross-fednutrientisrequiredforcoexistenceofmicrobialmutualistsAlexandraL.McCullyIndianaUniversity,Bloomington,IL,USAPreferentialgrowthofafreshwaterbacteriuminmicrogravityRobertJCMcLeanTexasStateUniversity,SanMarcos,TX,USADomesticationofavirusbyAlphaproteobacteriaShannonM.SoucyDartmouthCollege,Hanover,NH,USA

10:00-10:20AM CoffeeBreakMicrobialGeneticsandGeneexpressionSessionConvener:MaryamKhademian,UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign

10:20-10:40AM10:40-11:00AM11:00-11:20AM11:20-11:40AM11:40-12:00PM

AtwocomponentsystemofListeriamonocytogenesthatregulatestheexpressionofthemultifunctionalsecretionchaperonesPrsA1andPrsA2AvinashN.Gururaja,UniversityofIlliniosatChicago,Chicago,IL,USATransienttolerancetochromosomaldamagebythenativeEnterococcusfaecalisCRISPR-CassystemKarthikHullahalliUniversityofTexasatDallas,Richardson,TX,USACharacterizingtheDNA-bindingsiteforVirB,anessentialtranscriptionalregulatorofvirulence,inShigellaflexneriJoyA.Immak

UniversityofNevada,LasVegas,LasVegas,NV,USABeyondtranscription-coupledrepair:MfdprotectsagainstoxidativestressinBacillussubtililisHollyA.Martin

UniversityofNevada,LasVegas,LasVegas,NV,USA

CodYmediatedrepressionoftheSaetwo-componentsysteminStaphylococcusaureusKevinD.MlynekGeorgetownUniversity,Washington,DC,USA

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12:00-12:20PM12:30-2:00PM

GenetictransformationinS.pneumoniaeinvivo:Smalltalkvs.bigmessagesDonaldA.MorrisonUniversityofIlliniosatChicago,Chicago,IL,USALunch(GreatRoomDiningRoom)

2:00-5:00PM5:00-6:30PM5:00-6:30PM6:30-7:30PM8:00-9:00PM9:00-

FreeTimeRoundtablediscussion,careersinmicrobiology.Panelists:EthanMann,VPOperations,SkarkletTechnologies,Aurora,COUrsOschner,FounderandVP,R&D,Creston,Inc,Boulder,COMelodyMills,NIH,NIAIDProgramOfficer,Enteric&HepaticDiseases,Bethesda,MDKendallPowell,FreelanceScienceWriter&Editor,SciWriting,LLC,Boulder,COSessionConveners:JoeVillanueva,UniversityofColoradoBoulderandAvinashGururaja,UniversityofIllinoisatChicagoHappyHourDinner(GreatRoomDiningRoom)

HowPhageKillaCoralReefForestRohwer,Ph.D.

SanDiegoStateUniversitySanDiego,CA

SessionConvener:SophiaWeerth,UniversityofGeorgia

Closingcomments,HappyHourattheloungeandbar

7:00-8:30 Sunday,June19,2017Breakfast(GreatRoomDiningRoom)Departure

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PosterPresentations(Presentingauthor):Posters1-21,Thursdayevening:Poster#1.RolesofHpfspnandYhaMinCompetenceRegulationinStreptococcuspneumoniaeJunqinBaiandDonaldA.MorrisonPoster#2.DevelopmentofatooltovisualizeListeriaeffectorproteinsDilaraBatan,EstherBraselmann,FabriziaStavru,PascaleCossart,AmyEPalmerPoster#3.CharacterizingthedomainofMbaAinVibriocholeraeWhitneyG.BondandEceKaratanPoster#4.ApolarscaffoldingproteinisrequiredforchromosomesegregationinAgrobacterium.HaleyM.Ehrle,JacobT.Guidry,RebeccaIacovetto,AnneK.Salisbury,DJSandidge,andGrantBowmanPoster#5.IdentificationandanalysisofStaphylococcusaureussmallRNAs(sRNAs)thatcontributetobiofilmformation.CalebA.Burke,DonaldL.Holzschu,andRonanK.CarrollPoster#6.REPRESSIONOFVERYLONGOANTIGENLIPOPOLYSACCHARIDECHAINLENGTHINMUCOIDPSEUDOMONASAERUGINOSA.AshleyR.Cross,JoannaB.Goldberg,PhD.Poster#7.ExploringthestochasticandtemporalexpressionofvirulencegenesduringbiofilmdevelopmentinStaphylococcusaureus.ElizabethA.DelMain,DerekE.Moormeier,AlexanderR.Horswill,andKennethW.BaylesPoster#8.TheRoleofnon-BDNAinBacillussubtilisStationaryPhaseMutagenesis.TatianaErmi,CarmenVallinandEduardoA.RobletoPoster#9.ToxicityduringthedegradationoftheanthropogeniccompoundpentachlorophenolJakeJ.FloodandShelleyD.CopleyPoster#10.RyfAandRyfBsRNApairsareimportantforregulationofShigelladysenteriaepathogenesis.MeganE.Fris,WilliamH.Broach,SarahE.Klim,RonanK.Carroll,PeterW.Coschigano,ClaytonC.Caswell,andErinR.MurphyPoster#11.Ahighly-conservedribonuclease,RNaseJ,iscriticalforthesurvivalofBrucellaabortusinmurinemacrophages.JackFyffe-Blair,LaurenM.SheehanandClaytonC.CaswellPoster#12.LocalizationandnovelsecretionofaShigatoxinproducedinrecentlyemergedShigellaflexneriisolates.NatashaWeatherspoon-Griffin,PhD&AnthonyT.MaurelliPoster#13.CharacterizationofBsr8,aVirulence-AssociatedSmallRegulatoryRNA,inBrucellaabortus.CoryR.Hanks,JamesA.Budnick,LaurenM.Sheehan,JohnBaumgartner,R.MartinRoop,andClaytonC.CaswellPoster#14.TemporalandspatialdistributionofsporecalciumduringintracellularB.anthracissporegermination.ChandlerHassanandErnestoAbel-Santos

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PosterPresentations(Presentingauthor):

Posters1-21,Thursdayevening(continued):Poster#15.TranscriptionalRegulationoficaADBCinStaphylococcusepidermidis.TramyHoangandPaulD.FeyPoster#16.ALacZreporterforstudyoftheroleofRgghomologsinStreptococcuspneumoniaeQuorumSensing.DuoyiHuandDonMorrisonPoster#17.IdentificationandCharacterizationofRNAThermometersinStaphylococcusaureus.HebaallahaH.Hussein1,CalebBurke1,RonanCarroll1andErinR.Murphy2Poster#18.ZincNutritionalImmunityattheHost-PathogenInterface.LaraN.JaniszewskiandAmyE.Palmer.Poster#19.GeneTransfersbyNaturalGeneticTransformationsinanArtificialBiofilmofStreptococcuspneumoniae.MedJimsonD.Jimenez,andDonaldA.MorrisonPoster#20.StreptococusmitisandStreptococcusoralismutatean‘essential’geneuponexposuretodaptomycin.HannahM.Adams,LukeR.Joyce,ZiqiangGuan,RondaL.Akins,andKelliL.Palmer.Poster#21.InsightsintotheDivergenceofaVirulenceGeneRegulatorEssentialforthePathogenicityofShigellaspeciesfromaPlasmidPartitionProtein.AlexanderD.Karabachev,MonikaM.Karney,JoyA.Immak,RaymundoDavalosandHelenJ.Wing

Posters22-43,Fridayevening(Presentingauthor):Poster#22.DetermininghowPPIaseactivityoftheintracellularcyclophilinPpiBcontributestoStaphylococcusaureusinfection.RebeccaA.Keogh,RichardE.Wiemels,andRonanK.CarrollPoster#23.CharacterizingtheUseofNovelAminopyroninsinVariousCellTypes.AlexiC.Kibbe,NicoleVita,AhmadBayasi,NoceNayigihugu,DerekGriffith,ZacharyWoydziakandAmberHowerton.Poster#24.PrevalenceofClostridiumdifficileindomesticcaninesinLasVegas.IzabellKobylarzandAmberJ.HowertonPoster#25. INTERACTIONOFTHEBERPATHWAYWITHMfdANDGreAAND ITSCONSEQUENCESONBacillussubtilisADAPTIVEMUTAGENESIS.HildaC.Leyva-Sánchez,EduardoRobleto,ArmandoObregón-Herrera,RonaldYasbinandMarioPedraza-ReyesPoster#26.EffectofDPAonB.anthracissporecytotoxicity.NatieraK.MagnusonandErnestoAbel-SantosPoster#27.InvestigatingthebiologicaleffectofjugloneontheStaphylococcusaureuschaperonePrsA.NikkiM.Meyer,RichardE.Wiemels,andRonanK.Carroll

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Poster#28.Thebattleforzincatthehostpathogeninterface:imagingofprimarymacrophagesduringSalmonellainfection.MichaelT.Minson,AmyE.PalmerPoster#29.Apromiscuousenzyme’sjourneythroughdivergence.AndrewMorgenthaler,JamieKershner,andShelleyCopleyPoster#30.ANALYSISOFTHEINTERACTIONOFYWQLANDMUTSLDURINGTHEPROCESSINGOFDEAMINATEDDNABASESINBacillussubtilis.AdrianaG.Patlán-Vázquez,VictorAyala-GarcíaandMarioPedrazaReyesPoster#31.UseofthealteredSchaedlerflora(ASF)mousemodelrevealsauniquegeneticadaptationofanE.colipathobiontagainstbacteriophagegrowth.AlexandraProctor,NicholasBackes,MeganWymore-Brand,SarahHorak,MelissaArroyo-Mendoza,JenniferWest,MichaelJ.Wannemuehler,DeborahM.Hinton,andGregoryJ.PhillipsPoster#32.TheUseofMembrane-AssociatedComplementInhibitorsbyNeisseriagonorrhoeaeinImmuneEvasion.DonniePickel,WonKim,MorganBrown,SanjayRam,MagdaleneSo,NathanJ.WeyandPoster#33.TranscriptionalThermoregulationoftwoPseudomonasaeruginosaVirulenceFactors.SamanthaM.Prezioso,JoannaB.GoldbergPoster#34.GrowthofStaphylococcusaureusUSA300JE2inCompleteDefinedMedium.FarehaRazviandPaulDFeyPoster#35.RoleofClpproteinsduringhydrogenperoxidestressinE.coli.AnanyaSenandJamesImlayPoster#36.NSPSANDMBAA:ANOVELSMALLMOLECULESIGNALINGPARADIGMCONTROLLINGVIBRIOCHOLERAEBIOFILMFORMATION.RichardC.Sobe,JosiahP.Zayner,WhitneyG.Bond,andEceKaratanPoster#37.SubcellularlocalizationofVirB,atranscriptionalregulatoressentialforvirulenceofShigellaflexneri.JillianN.Socea,GrantR.BowmanandHelenJ.WingPoster#38.StudyingantimicrobialresistanceofNeisseriaspp.fromthepharynxElizaThapa,BenjaminColvin,BenjaminFischer,HannaKnaussandNathanJ.WeyandPoster#39.ProbingforAntibioticMechanisms.JosephA.Villanueva,CharlesSatterleeandCorrellaS.DetweilerPoster#40.DistinctDifferencesBetweenFirmicuteandActinobacterialCoprohemeDecarboxylases.R.SophiaWeerth1,ElizabethStroupe3,HarryA.Dailey1Poster#41.TheRoleofSpeGinBiofilmFormationinVibriocholerae.CaitlinK.WotanisandEceKaratanPoster#42.IdentificationofaPutativeClostridiumdifficileGerminationReceptor.ChristopherYipandErnestoAbel-SantosPoster#43.TheStaphylococcusaureussmallRNATeg41isrequiredforhumanerythrocytelysis.RachelL.Zapf,KaylaM.Howell,KellieA.King,AndrewR.Caillet,SamanthaA.Selhorst,RichardE.Wiemels,andRonanK.Carroll

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FirstName LastName Institution Email

Ernesto Abel-Santos UniversityofNevada,LasVegas ernesto.abelsantos@unlv.edu

Yasin Ahmed UniversityofWyoming jholmes7@uwyo.edu

Elizabeth Amato-Hanner

amatohanner@ku.edu

Junqin(Heidi) Bai UniversityofIllinoisatChicago jbai7@uic.edu

Dilara Batan UniversityofColoradoBoulder dilara.batan@colorado.edu

Kenneth Bayles UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter kbayles@unmc.edu

Whitney Bond AppalachianStateUniversity bondw@appstate.edu

Kyle Bonifer UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville kbonifer@vols.utk.edu

Grant Bowman UniversityofWyoming gbowman2@uwyo.edu

Shaun Brinsmade GeorgetownUniversity sb1344@georgetown.edu

Jimmy Budnick VirginiaTech jab5771@vt.edu

Logan Bulock UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter logan.bulock@unmc.edu

Caleb Burke OhioUniversity cb700213@ohio.edu

Briana Burton UniversityofWisconsinMadison briana.burton@wisc.edu

Ronan Carroll OhioUniversity carrolr3@ohio.edu

Clayton Caswell VirginiaTech caswellc@vt.edu

Alan Collins GeiselSchoolofMedicineatDartmouth alan.joseph.collins.gr@dartmouth.edu

Amy Crooks UniversityofColoradoatBoulder amy.crooks@colorado.edu

Ashley Cross EmoryUniversitySchoolofMedicine arcross@emory.edu

Elizabeth Delmain UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter elizabeth.delmain@unmc.edu

Corrie Detweiler UniversityofColoradoatBoulder corrella.detweiler@colorado.edu

Kelly Doran SanDiegoStateUniversity kdoran@mail.sdsu.edu

Jennifer Endres UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter jendres@unmc.edu

Tatiana Ermi UniversityofNevada,LasVegas ermit@unlv.nevada.edu

Paul Fey UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter pfey@unmc.edu

Jake Flood UniversityofColoradoatBoulder jakeflood@colorado.edu

Megan Fris OhioUniversity mf590115@ohio.edu

David Fujimoto Monserate fuji@monseratebiotech.com

America Fujimoto MonserateJack Fyffe-Blair VirginiaTech lumberj7@vt.edu

Nathan Good MichiganStateUniversity goodnath@msu.edu

Natasha Griffin UniversityofFlorida natasha.griffin@phhp.ufl.edu

Allen Guelas UniversityofNevada,LasVegas guelasa@unlv.nevada.edu

Avinash Gururaja UniversityofIllinoisatChicago anidha2@uic.edu

Cory Hanks VirginiaTech chanks@vt.edu

John Harp UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville jharp2@vols.utk.edu

Chandler Hassan UniversityofNevada,LasVegas hassac1@unlv.nevada.edu

Tra-My Hoang UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter tramy.hoang@unmc.edu

Rebecca Hodges UniversityofSheffield/UNMC rehodges1@sheffield.ac.uk

Josh Holmes UniversityofWyoming jholmes7@uwyo.edu

Alexander Horswill UniversityofIowa alex-horswill@uiowa.edu

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FirstName LastName Institution Email

Amber Howerton NevadaStateCollege Amber.Howerton@nsc.edu

Duoyi Hu UniversityofIllinoisatChicago dhu24@uic.edu

Karthik Hullahalli UniversityofTexasatDallas kxh140530@utdallas.edu

Hebaallaha Hussein OhioUniversity hh977016@ohio.edu

Joy Immak UniversityofNevada,LasVegas joy.immak@unlv.edu

Lara Janiszewski UniversityofColoradoBoulder Laraj2008@gmail.com

Victoria Jeter UniversityofGeorgiaAthens vjeter.uga@gmail.com

MedJimson Jimenez UniversityofIllinoisatChicago mjimen28@uic.edu

Christopher Jones OhioStateUniversity christopher.joseph.jones@gmail.com

Luke Joyce UniversityofTexasatDallas luke.joyce@utdallas.edu

Alexander Karabachev UniversityofNevada,LasVegas adkarabachev@gmail.com

Ece Karatan AppalachianStateUniversity karatane@appstate.edu

Rebecca Keogh OhioUniversity rk145815@ohio.edu

Maryam Khademian UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign khademi2@illinois.edu

Alexi Kibbe NevadaStateCollege babydunedog@hotmail.com

Izabell Kobylarz NevadaStateCollege izaonly@yahoo.com

Anjala Krishen UNLV anjala.krishen@unlv.edu

Nicole Lamond UniversityofIllinoisatChicago nlamond2@uic.edu

Hilda Leyva UniversityofGuanajuato,Mexico hilcesanchez@gmail.com

Alexander Little UniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicine Alexander.little@ucdenver.edu

Natiera Magnuson UniversityofNevada,LasVegas magnuso5@unlv.nevada.edu

Michael Maiden MichiganStateUniversity maidenmi@msu.edu

Ethan Mann SharkletTechnologies emann@sharklet.com

Holly Martin UniversityofNevada,LasVegas mart1015@unlv.nevada.edu

Alexandra McCully IndianaUniversity amccully@indiana.edu

Bob McLean TheUniversityofTexasatDallas McLean@txstate.edu

Nikki Meyer OhioUniversity nm444213@ohio.edu

Melody Mills NIHMichael Minson UniversityofColoradoBoulder mimi9073@colorado.edu

Kevin Mlynek GeorgetownUniversity kdm60@georgetown.edu

Andrew Morgenthaler UniversityofColoradoBoulder andrew.morgenthaler@colorado.edu

Don Morrison UniversityofIllinoisatChicago DAMorris@uic.edu

Erin Murphy OhioUniversity murphye@ohio.edu

Amanda Oglesby-Sherrouse UniversityofMaryland aoglesby@rx.umaryland.edu

URS Oschner SomaLogic information@somalogic.com

Kelli Palmer TheUniversityofTexasatDallas kpalm42@gmail.com

Kelli Palmer TheUniversityofTexasatDallas kelli.palmer@utdallas.edu

Mathew Parsek UniversityofWashington parsem@uw.edu

Adriana Patlan UniversityofGuanajuato,MexicoJacqueline Phan UniversityofNevada,LasVegas phanj2@unlv.nevada.edu

Greg Phillips IowaStateUniversity gregory@iastate.edu

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FirstName LastName Institution Email

Donnie Pickel OhioUniversity dp191616@ohio.edu

Kendall Powell KendallPowellSciWriting,LLC kendall2@nasw.org

Janani Prahlad

jan.prahlad@gmail.com

Samantha Prezioso EmoryUniversitySchoolofMedicine sprezio@emory.edu

Pritha Rao UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign tmmlpll2@illinois.edu

Fareha Razvi UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter fareha.razvi@unmc.edu

Eduardo Robleto UniversityofNevada,LasVegas Eduardo.robleto@unlv.edu

Forrest Rohwer SanDiegoStateUniversity frohwer@gmail.com

Marty Roop UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter roopr@ecu.edu

Paroma Roy UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter paroma.roy@unmc.edu

Sandra Sanchez IndianaUniversity sansanch@indiana.edu

Michael Schurr UniversityofColoradoDenver michael.schurr@ucdenver.edu

Ananya Sen UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign asen4@illinois.edu

Lauren Sheehan VirginiaTech xlaurro@vt.edu

Richard Sobe AppalachianStateUniversity soberc@appstate.edu

Jillian Socea UniversityofNevada,LasVegas soceaj@unlv.nevada.edu

Shannon Soucy DarmouthCollege Shannon.Soucy@dartmouth.edu

Shannon Soucy DartmouthCollege Shannon.Soucy@dartmouth.edu

Eliza Thapa OhioUniversity et838116@ohio.edu

BooShan Tseng UniversityofNevada,LasVegas boo.tseng@unlv.edu

Chelsey VanDrisse UniversityofGeorgiaAthens cmvd@uga.edu

Joe Villanueva UniversityofColoradoBoulder joseph.villanueva@colorado.edu

Jennifer Walker NIH jwalker@niaid.nih.gov

R.Sophia Weerth UniversityofGeorgiaAthens sophia.weerth@uga.edu

Nathan Weyand OhioUniversity weyand@ohio.edu

Rich Wiemels OhioUniversity wiemels@ohio.edu

HelenWing Wing UniversityofNevada,LasVegas helen.wing@unlv.edu

Caitlin Wotanis AppalachianStateUniversity wotanisck@appstate.edu

Daniel Wozniak OhioStateUniversity daniel.wozniak@osumc.edu

Tim Yahr UniversityofIowa tim-yahr@uiowa.edu

Christopher Yip UniversityofNevada,LasVegas yipc3@unlv.nevada.edu

Rachel Zapf OhioUniversity rz537816@ohio.edu

Chunyi Zhou UniversityofNebraskaMedicalCenter chunyi.zhou@unmc.edu