TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2005

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2005

7:00am–3:00pm REGISTRATION, Lobby

7:00am–9:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, Gardens

7:00am–6:00pm EXHIBITS OPEN, Gardens

8:30am–noon EMERGING ANTIMICROBIALS SYMPOSIUM, Crown 1,2,3

Convener: Joyce Sutcliffe, Ph.D. Vice-President, Biology, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT

* The Rx-01 Family Of Designer Oxazolidinones

Laura Lawrence, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT

* Novel Bridged Bicyclic Ketolides To Combat Drug-Resistant Pathogens

Guoqiang Wang, Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, MA

* Paratek’s Tetracycline Compound In Phase I

Ken Tanaka, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA

8:30am–noon BACTERIAL CYTOKINESIS AND SPORULATION SYMPOSIUM, Nutmeg

Convener: Glenn F. King, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

* Dissecting the E. coli divisome assembly pathway

Nate Goehring, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

* Division-site placement in E. coli involves spatial oscillation of the cytoskeletal-like Min proteins

Yu-Ling Shih, UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT

* Preventing bacterial suicide: mechanism of action of the Sda antikinase

Susan Rowland, UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT

* The germination of spores of Bacillus species, Peter Setlow, UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT

10:00am–6:00pm POSTERS ON DISPLAY, Gardens

10:00–11:00am COFFEE, Gardens

noon–1:00pm LUNCH, Avon, Berkshire, Cheshire (ABC)

1:00pm–4:30 pm ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SYMPOSIUM, Crown 1, 2, 3

Convener: Joyce Sutcliffe, Ph.D., Vice-President, Biology, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT

* The Changing Epidemiology Of Methiciliin Resistanct S. aureus

CA-MRSA/SA-Barry Kreiswirth, Ph.D., Director, Public Health Research Institute, International Center for Public Health, Newark, NJ

* Critical Issues Related To Antibiotic Resistance In Gram-Negative Including Klebsiella pneumoniae

Tom Gootz, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT

* Update On Macrolide Resistance In Pneumococci

Joyce Sutcliffe, Ph.D., Vice-President, Biology, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT

* Progress Towards Understanding Daptomycin Resistance

Jared Silverman, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA

1:00pm–4:30pm MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES, Nutmeg

Sponsored by the Northeast Branch

Convener: Greg Reppucci, Professor, North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA

* Group B Streptococcus: Physiology, Virulence, And Vaccines

Dr. Lawrence Paoletti, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

* The Impact Of Chromogenic Media On The Clinical Microbiology Lab

Dr. Glen MacKenzie, Market Development Manager: Chromogenic Media, Sponsored by Becton Dickinson

* Rapid Analysis Of Influenza A Viruses For Antiviral Drug Resistance

Rick A. Bright, Ph.D, Influenza Branch CDC, Atlanta, GA, Sponsored by, Biotage-Pyrosequencing

2:00pm–3:00pm COFFEE & COOKIES, Gardens

4:45pm–6:00 pm POSTERS: AUTHORS IN ATTENDANCE, Gardens

5:00pm–6:00 pm WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION, Gardens

6:00pm–8:00pm BANQUET AND SPEAKER, Avon, Berkshire, Cheshire (ABC)

* The Microbiology Of Wine: A New Look At An Age Old Fermentation

David Mills, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, CA

* Poster Session Awards Announced

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2005

7:00am–3:00pm REGISTRATION, Lobby

7:00am–9:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, Gardens

7:00am–3:00pm EXHIBITS OPEN, Gardens

8:00 am–9:00am GENERAL SESSION, Crown 1,2,3,

Sponsored by the NY City Branch and the Wakesman Foundation

Thirty Years Of Bizarre Bugs, From Acetobacterium To Cloacaebacterium

Ralph Tanner, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:00am–noon BIODEFENSE SYMPOSIUM, Crown 1,2,3,

Sponsored by the Eastern New York Branch

Convener: James J. McSharry, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Professor, Center for Emerging Infections and Host Defense, Ordway Research Institute, Albany, NY

* Multiplex Diagnostic Platforms For Select Agent Detection

Nick Cirino, Ph.D., Director, Biodefense Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

* Genetic Determinants of Francisella Tularemia Virulence

Jing-Ren Zhang, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

* Potential Chemotherapy for Poxvirus Infections

James J. McSharry, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Professor, Center for Emerging Infections and Host Defense, Ordway Research Institute, Albany, NY

* Laboratory Biosafety Of The Unknown

Nellie Beth Dumas, Ph.D. Supervisor, Clinical Bacteriology Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

9:00am–3:00pm POSTERS ON DISPLAY, Gardens

10:00–11:00am COFFEE,Gardens

noon–1:00pm LUNCH, Fife, Gwent, Highland (FGH) & Kent

1:00–3:00pm ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES SYMPOSIUM, Crown 1, 2, 3

Convener: Shirley Tirrell, MPH, Laboratory Manager, Yale Emerging Infections Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

* West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

P. Byron Backenson, Ph.D., Research Scientist & Assistant Director, Arthropod-borne Disease Program, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

* Borrelia burgdorferi Is a Generalist: Implications for the Epidemic Spread of Lyme borreliosis in Northeast United States

Klara Hanincova, Ph.D., PostDoctoral Associate, Yale School of Medicine, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT

* The Ecology of Lyme Disease

Durland Fish, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT

* Geographic Patterns of Ixodes scapularis-borne Borrelia in the United States

Annie Gatewood, Yale School of Medicine, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT

2:00pm–3:00pm COFFEE & COOKIES, Gardens

4:00pm–6:00pm VINEYARD TOUR AND WINE TASTING

Gouveia Vineyard, Wallingford, C