Poster Session 2

1:15PM – 2:30PM
6th Floor

#          Name
50        Jamie Xiao
Community Spread of and Long-Term Colonization by Highly Resistant Enterobacterales (HRE)

51        Lilly Baker
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of Kombucha-induced lipid utilization in C. elegans

52        Erin Davis
Design, Delivery, and Mechanism of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles in Resident Bone Cells during Staphylococcal Osteomyelitis

53        Shreshttha Patel
The Role of Pattern Recognition Receptors (PPRs) in Detection of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles (NANPs) in Murine Osteoblasts

54        Samuel Cooke
Probe-Based Microfluidics Free Single Cell RNA-seq of B. cereus and S. aureus

55        Shilpi Bhatia
SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology & Wastewater Surveillance at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

56        Virginia Dellinger (Grace)
Evaluating cmr-related Phenotypes in Clinical Isolates of Clostridioides difficile

57        Matthew Lu
Using a Novel TCR-transgenic Mouse Model to Guide Rational Chlamydia Vaccine Design

58        Nestor J. Tellez
Using in vitro tools to assess gastrointestinal toxicity of drugs reactivated by gut bacteria

59        Hoda Jabbour
A Novel Platform for Anti-Viral Theraputic Vaccines

60        Hwa Huang
Elucidating sources of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol production in a Piedmont drinking water reservoir using amplicon and metagenome sequencing

61        Duhita Mirikar
Hsp70 phosphorylation fine-tunes Ribonucleotide reductase subunit abundance in yeast

62        William Parker
Host-associated microbiome invastion in multiple host communities

63        Emma Watkins
Transformation of Adherent Invasive Escherichia coli for Investigation of Metal-ion Uptake

64        Kerri Durkan
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infection Modulates Invadopodia Development in Src-transformed Fibroblasts.

65        MD A. MOTALEB
SpoVG is a key regulatory protein crucial for the enzootic life cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

66        Junyao Gu
Comparison of Different Techniques for Quantifying the Growth Rate of Laboratory and Field Marine Cyanobacteria at Different Phylogenetic Resolutions

67        Mahmud Hussain
Programmable Microfluidic-based Chips for Studying Microbial Communities

68        Keegan Gaddy
Structural and biochemical comparison of Francisella tularensis novicida two-component system response regulator proteins QseB, KdpE, and BfpR

69        Scott Siebor
Integrating team science into course-based undergraduate microbiology research

70        Colin G. Finlay
Saltwater intrusion, hydrologic conditions, and plant cover influence soil microbiome composition of sulfur and iron genes

71        Jaqueline Govea
Exploring the phenotypic characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates

72        William Stiffler, Qing Dai
Building and Environment Microbial Isolates Database for PreMiEr and beyond

73        Terrin T. N. Farris
Virus Under the Influence: Ethanol’s Influence on Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus Reactivation

74        Grace E. Kennedy
Using Molecular Methods to Explore Host-associated Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Inhabiting Ascidian Microbiomes

75        Katrina Fortier
The Hidden Influence of Sponges on Coral Reef Health: A Study on DOM and Bacterioplankton Communities

76        Nicole Rideout
Quantification and Identification of Microbial Proteins in Fermented Foods

77        Jiaqian Li
Labyrinthulomycetes Protist Communities in Oxygen Minimum Zones of the Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean)

78        Jilarie Santos Santiago
Host response to CmrRST-mediated phenotypes in early Clostridioides difficile infection

79        Dongheon Lee
Unraveling Quantitative Relationships Between Intracellular Phase Separation and Gene Expression Through Single-cell Analysis

80        Dawn Stancil
Host Genetics Influences Human Skin Microbiota Composition at Apocrine and non-Apocrine Gland Sites

81        Kai Davis
Evaluating plant-microbe associations in response to environmental stressors to enhance wetland restoration

82        Erica Babusci
Effect of Microencapsulation of Bacteria and Fungi on PAH Biodegradation Success

83        Lexi West
Antibiotic Activity of ASAHD Inhibitors Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Fungi

84        Cory Joyner
Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours: The co-occurrence of metal and antibiotic resistance genes across global waters

85        Leanne Teh
Potential bacteriocins in Lactobacillus crispatus

86        Gabriella Gentile
Impact of the L421P mutation in the ponA gene, encoding Penicillin-Binding Protein 1, on fitness and antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

87        Jenny Black
The use of anti-inflammatories known to reduce viral replication and cell-to-cell spread in infection of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 to quantitatively analyze chemokine expression of CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11.

88        Lauren Anderson
Probiotics alter serum lipid profile and energize chicken immune cells

89        Jia Lu
Engineering Spatial Patterns in Microbial Colony

90        Biruktawit Samson
Synergistic or Antagonistic Activity of Trametes versicolor and Ganoderma lucidum against multidrug resistant Staphylococcus auerus

91        Morgan Johnson
UhpC Senses Glucose Availability in Chlamydia trachomatis

92        Hailey Ward
Melittin in Combination with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus for the Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

93        Kuan-Yi Lu
A high-throughput screen to identify compounds sensitizing intracellular Staphylococcus aureus persisters

94        Autumn Robinson
Factors That Affect Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organism Performance in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal

95        Ian Barton
Brucella MucR acts as an H-NS-like protein to silence virulence genes and structure the nucleoid

96        Olivia Mathieson
Uncovering a Manipulator’s Toolkit: Identification of potential cytoplasmic incompatibility factors of Cardinium hertigii cEper1

97         Bhavyaa Tyagi
Mechanism of regulation of Type VI Secretion System

98.        Elizabeth Abedi
The role of Hsp70 phosphorylation on cell integrity signaling in yeast