| Tuesday, June 19, 2007: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM | |||
| Cottonwoods (Boise Centre on the Grove) | |||
| B Symposia (sp) | |||
| Infectious Disease, Part I | |||
| Two sessions are planned. The first session will focus on presentations by investigators and students involved in research into the identification of new therapeutic targets in infectious diseases and development of new antimicrobial drugs. The second session will center on the presentation of research identifying immune responses to infectious diseases, immune system targets, and new strategies for vaccination against pathogens. | |||
| Sponsor: | The Pacific Division Section on Health Sciences | ||
| Organizers: | Juliette K. Tinker Ken Cornell | ||
| Presiders: | Ken Cornell Juliette K. Tinker | ||
| 8:30 AM | Welcoming Remarks | ||
| 8:45 AM | 357 | Drug Targeting of Bacterial Communication and Nutrient Salvage Pathways Ken Cornell, C. Isom, J. Bonander, M. Martinez, J Jones, C Dayan | |
| 9:15 AM | 358 | The Contribution of Quorum Sensing to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Swarming and Biofilm Formation is Nutritionally Conditional Joshua D. Shrout, David Chopp, Morten Hentzer, Michael Givskov, Matthew Parsek | |
| 9:45 AM | 359 | Antimicrobial Effects and Mechanisms of Toxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Kevin Feris, Jason Bell, Madhu Kongara, Isaac Coombs, Hua Wang, Cory Hanley, Alex Punnoose, Denise Wingett | |
| 10:15 AM | Break | ||
| 10:30 AM | 360 | Antimicrobial Nanoparticle Surface Functionalization to Prevent Biofilm Formation on Medical Devices Balchandra Karandikar, Bruce Gibbins | |
| 11:00 AM | 361 | Group A Streptococcal Myonecrosis: Increased Vimentin Expression following Skeletal Muscle Injury Mediates the "Flesh-eating Disease" Amy E. Bryant, Stephanie M. Hamilton, Clifford R. Bayer, Dennis L. Stevens | |
| 11:30 AM | 362 | The Leukemoid Reaction in Clostridium sordellii Infection: Neuraminidase Induction of Promyelocytic Cell Proliferation Michael J. Aldape, Amy E. Bryant, Dennis L. Stevens | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM | 365 | Structural Studies of Phenylpropanoid and Monoterpene Biosynthesis Pathway Enzymes ChulHee Kang, B Youn, Dc Hyatt, Ng Lewis, Rb Croteau | |
| 2:00 PM | 364 | Virus Removal from Blood using Hollow Fiber Cartridges Frank Jacobitz, Jeevan Menon, Paul Duffin, Richard Tullis | |
| 2:30 PM | 363 | Bioactivity of Herbal Medicines Jayita Goswami | |
| 3:00 PM | Break | ||
| 3:15 PM | 366 | Towards the Synthesis of Novel Borinic Acids as Potential HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors Levente Fabry-Asztalos | |
| 3:45 PM | 367 | Antimalarial Agents Designed to Overcome Chloroquine Resistance David H. Peyton, Steven J. Burgess, Cheryl Hodson, Katherine Liebman, Bornface Gunsaru, Jane Xu Kelly | |
| 4:15 PM | Concluding Remarks | ||
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