Our Treasurer

Hi Everybody,

We would like to introduce our new Treasurer that will volunteer his time for the HI-ASM Student Chapter... *drum rolls* Please welcome... James Kelley to our team!

James will be collecting the fees for the upcoming Meeting @ 3660 on the Rise...

Become an ASM

member...pay $10 for the local Hawaii Branch membership, so it does not include the National ASM membership. The local Hawaii Branch membership is good for a whole year, so you only pay the membership price for meeting events. $6 dinner @ 3660 on the Rise...

Quick reminder

RSVP by November 6, so please hand in your fees to James before Nov. 6....He will take it up to the main Manoa campus. So don't forget to thank him!

Feel free to post/email if you have any questions on this blog or hawaii.asm@gmail.com

Upcoming Fall 09 Meeting...

Hi everybody,

We have the Annual Fall Meeting coming up soon. It will be held at 3660 on the Rise again due to last meeting's praises. We have invited a keynote speaker, Dr. Arturo Casadevall from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He will be giving a talk about "New Concepts on Antibody-mediated Immunity."

When: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Where:3660 on the Rise
RSVP: November 6, 2009

Don't miss this meeting, if you missed the last one! The application form is downloadable on the right side under "Links." It is $10 for dinner with student ASM membership. You could also renew your membership with the fee of $6. See you there!

Highlights of HiASM Spring Meeting 2009

Thank you all for attending our HiASM Spring Meeting 2009. A job well done to the students that presented. Congratulations to the winners in oral presentations. We will notify Travel Award recipients soon.

Here is a recap of the winners...
Ph.D. Category

• 1st Place Ramya Rajagopalan, Microbiology Department
• 2nd Place Sody Munsaka, Tropical Medicine Department
• 3rd Place Esther Volper, Tropical Medicine Department

M.S. Category

• 1st Place Mukesh Kumar, Tropical Medicine Department
• 2nd Place Kelly Higa, Microbiology Department
• 3rd Place Van Luu, Microbiology Department

Travel Award Recipients

• Sody Munsaka
• Mukesh Kumar
• Esther Volper

For those who were not able to make the meeting, here is a brief capture of our meeting.

More General Meeting Information

Prizes for Oral Presentation at 2009 Spring Meeting...

Prizes will be awarded in two categories:

PhD

• 1st $250
• 2nd $200
• 3rd $150

Masters

• 1st $250
• 2nd $200
• 3rd $150

Three Travel Awards will be awarded...

• $500 per Award Recipient

Forms for Abstract submission and Travel Awards can be located under "SCASM Links." Please note deadline is April 17th 2009

HIASM Spring Meeting April 25th 2009

2009 HIASM Spring Meeting at JABSOM

Here is an opportunity to participate and share your research with ASM. It will be a good experience with a chance to win some prizes.

Don't forget to REGISTER to present ONLY
Here is the instruction for Oral Presentation (DEADLINE: April 17, 2009)

Oral Presentation Instructions

Abstract Preparation

An abstract submission is REQUIRED for oral presentations. Abstracts should be informative and contain the following information:

1. Title
2. List of authors and department affiliations
3. Objectives
4. Methods (if pertinent)
5. Results
6. Conclusions
7. Impact and Significance

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations are allotted 10 minutes for presentations and 5 minutes for questions/discussion. Presentations should look professional and students are strongly encouraged to rehearse prior to the day of the meeting. Standard MS PowerPoint presentations are strongly recommended, and LCD projectors and computers will be available. Please bring your presentation 30 minutes prior to the start of the meeting for download. If you are using a Mac, please double check your presentation on a PC compatible computer for shifting of figures, letters or fonts.

Opportunity for Judging Experience in Science Fair

The 52nd Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair

Who: Graduate Student (Volunteer) with 2 other ASM Hawaii Branch Officers
What: Represent SCASM as a Judge for science fair projects in the category of microbiology
When: April 6-8 2009
Where: Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall

If interested...please contact Kae Pusic (kae@hawaii.edu)