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Spring 2003 Rocky Mountain Branch Meeting
 
 

Meeting agenda:
 

Saccomanno Lecture Hall
Science Building
Mesa State College
Grand Junction, CO

8:15         Registration
9:00         Opening comments. Jim Mecham, President of RMB-ASM

Graduate Student Presentations
9:05         Benjamin J. Espinosa*, Ian M. Orme, and John T. Belisle. “Kinetics of the T-cell
               Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens”. Colorado State University
9:25         Susan Cleveland*, Hana Van Campen, Mo D. Salman. “Bovine Viral Diarrhea
               Virus (BVDV) Seroprevalence of Calves in an Endemically Infected Beef Herd”.
               Colorado State University

9:45         Herbert P. Schweizer*. “How to Eliminate Bad DNA”. Colorado State University
10:05       Rebecca V. Ferrell*, Todd Bergren, Chris Horning, and Aaron D. Brown. “Fecal
               decomposition characterized by lactose-fermenting and fecal streptococcal
               bacteria”. Metropolitan State College of Denver

10:25 Break

10:40            Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Lecture. “Facing New Challenges:
                    Emergence of Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology”. Yi-Wei Tang, MD, PhD,
                    Director of the Molecular Infectious Disease Laboratory, Vanderbilt University
                    Medical School.

11:45-12:45 Lunch, MSC Student Union Cafeteria
12:45-1:30   Poster Session
12:45-1:30   RMB Business Meeting

1:30         Tony Schountz*. “Preliminary Evaluation of a Deer Mouse IgM Capture ELISA.
               Mesa State College

Undergraduate Student Presentations
1:50         Tiffany Hegg* and Tony Schountz. “Isolation of Deer Mouse Peritoneal
                Macrophages and Expression Analysis of LPS-Stimulated Cytokines”. Mesa
                State College
2:10          Renata Green* and Tony Schountz. “Genomic Organization of Pinion Mouse
                Tumor Necrosis Factor”. Mesa State College

2:30         Margaret Heimbrook*. “ Personal Response Systems – Technology for Lecture
               Instruction”. University of Northern Colorado
2:50         James L. Beebe*. “West Nile Virus: Here to Stay in Colorado”. Colorado
               Department of Public Health and Environment

Poster Session (Undergraduates)
1.  Deanna Dapolito* and Tony Schountz. “Cloning of the Deer Mouse Interleukin-2
    and Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1.  Mesa State College
2.  Amie Buniger* and Tony Schountz. “Construction of Deer Mouse Lymphotoxin?
    and Interleukin-10 Mammalian Expression Vectors”. Mesa State College
3.  Bennett Davenport* and Tony Schountz. “Cloning of the Deer Mouse
    Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor”. Mesa State College