Infectious Disease

28^th March, 2008, College of Western Idaho, Boise

 Session Chair:  Ken Cornell

9:15 – 9:40          Microbial Cross Talk: Natural and Unnatural Messages

                           Ken Cornell, Ph.D., Boise State University

9:40 – 10:05        Combined Use of Culture and Non-Culture Toxin Based Screening Methods Demonstrate

                           Increased Diversity and Prevalence of Shiga Toxin Producing Esherichia coli in Southern Idaho

                           Christopher L. Ball, Ph.D., Idaho Bureau of Laboratories

10:05 – 10:30       Construction and Characterization of a Cholera Toxin Fusion Protein for Use as a Potential

                            Mucosal Yersinia Vaccine  

                           Chadwick Davis, Boise State University

10:30 – 10:55       Deficient Bright Function Leads to an Inefficient Response to Both Phosphorycholine and to

                           Streptococcus pneumoniae

                           Jamee C. Nixon, Ph.D., Northwest Nazarene University

10:55 – 11:20       In vivo regulation of hepatocyte proliferation by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor             

                           Kristen A. Mitchell, Ph.D., Boise State University

11:20 – 11:45      Tracking of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections and Correlation of Lipase-Phospholipase

                           Bamidele A. Iwalokun, Ph.D., Lagos State University                 

11:45 - 12:10       Deadly Snails, NMR, and the Treasure Valley     

                                 Owen McDougal, Ph.D., Boise State University