ASM WASHINGTON, D.C. BRANCH 
SPRING 2021 MEETING

Diseases in the World We Live In

April 16-17, 2021

VIRTUAL

Join DC area microbial scientists (professionals and students) for an exciting virtual meeting of science and networking!!

​The Spring Meeting is a 2-day symposium with day 1 being student-focused and day 2 covering “Diseases in the World We Live In.” Our goal with the 2-day format is to provide different platforms for DC area students and professionals to communicate and learn about important topics in the microbial sciences. To learn more about each section of the meeting use the buttons below. 

Registration

• Registration is required and the fee covers the virtual platform and continuing education credits.​
   

• This event is open to all -- students and early career scientists are especially encouraged to attend.
   

• ASM Washington, D.C. Branch (DC ASM) is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program

ASM Distinguished Lecturer

When a Clone is Not a Clone: Phenotypic Heterogeneity in C. difficile

Dr. Rita Tamayo

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School of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology

University of North Carolina

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Website: https://www.med.unc.edu/microimm/directory/rita-tamayo-phd/

Invited Speakers

Reverse Genetic Systems for Viruses Using Synthetic Genomics

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Dr. Lauren M. Oldfield

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Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy

J. Craig Venter Institute

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Website: https://www.jcvi.org/about/lauren-oldfield

Health Security: Where We’ve Come From & Where We’re Headed

Mr. Matthew Watson

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Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Website: https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-people/watson/

Early Career Speakers

Characterization of the Role of pstB1 in Enterococcus faecalis Membrane Stress, Biofilm Formation, and Inorganic Phosphate Uptake

Christopher M. Healy

Graduate Student

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

This Way Out: Regulation of Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Dispersal

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Andrew A. Bridges, Ph.D.

Postdoc, HHMI Fellow

Princeton University

Poster Session

• Poster presentations will be via Zoom breakout rooms (more details to follow).

• The poster session will be held from 2:45 - 3:45 pm.

• Abstracts for posters presentations can be downloaded from the link on the right.

Early Career Meeting

April 16, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

Invited Speakers

In Spite of Barriers and Struggles, Early and Later African Americans Microbiologists Have Contributed

Dr. Marian Johnson-Thompson

Professor Emerita of Biology and Environmental Sciences

University of the District of Columbia

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Adjunct Professor, Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Retired from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Dr. Danielle Graham

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Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Assistant Chair

Department of Biological and Forensic Sciences

Fayetteville State University

Early Career Speakers

Identification of Multiple 

Staphylococcus aureus Excreted Factors Sensed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Tiffany M. Zarrella, Ph.D

Postdoc

National Cancer Institute

National Institutes of Health

Characterizing Novel Mutations Leading to Antibiotic Resistance in  

Staphylococcus aureus

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Kalinga Pavan Thushara Silva, Ph.D.

Postdoc

National Cancer Institute

National Institutes of Health

Career Panel

Sponsors

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