Microbiology Movie Night

Aloha!

We are hosting a microbiology movie night! Come join us.

Your 2011-2012 Treasurer

Please join me in welcoming Amanda Pires to the 2011-2012 SCASM board. She will be serving as treasurer. Thanks Amanda!

Your 2011-2012 Secreatary

I am pleased to welcome Hsin-I Tong to the 2011-2012 SCASM board as secretary. She is a PhD candidate in the Microbiology Department at UH Manoa. I look forward to working with her this year.

Kelsey

The changing of the guard

Welcome to the 2011-2012 season of SCASM!

I am pleased to be your SCASM president for this term, and am looking forward to working for you this year. I am also pleased to introduce your 2011-2012 vice president, Mary Margaret Byron, a masters student in the pubic health department. I am excited to have her on board and look forward to working with her.

However, that only makes two board members! If anyone is interested in helping us out this year, we are looking at least two other students in a microbiology related field to join us on the board. Please e-mail me if you are interested or have any questions as to what this would entail (hawaiiasm@gmail.com).

Kelsey Roe

2011 Spring Meeting - Treetops

Dear all,

Here are the photos we captured during the meeting...

We had a great time! Special thanks to the SCASM board members, especially Nelson, Kelsey and Phoebe, for all of the hard work. Also, thanks to the Hilo group for making the effort. It was great to hear and see what you are working on. Dr. Jarvi's talk was very enjoyable.

Congratulations to all of the student award winners:

Oral Ph.D. Category:

1st Place, Mukesh Kumar, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology

Role of Nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in West Nile virus (WNV)-induced neuroinflammation

2nd Place, Esther Volper, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology

Early Detection and Rapid Diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infection: Development of Luminex Platform-Based Microsphere Bead Assays

3rd Place,

Ying Huang, Department of Zoology

Bacterial genes and larval settlement of the tube worm Hydroides elegans

Oral M.S. Category:

1st Place,

Nelson Lazaga, Department of Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering

Archetype human polyomavirus JC (JCV) replicates in primary human brain microvascular endothelial (HBMVE) cells

2nd Place, Kelsey Roe, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology

In vivo WNV infection modulates the markers of blood-brain barrier integrity

3rd Place,

Hsin-I Tong, Department of Microbiology

Development of enhanced detection of human norovirus and adenovirus in Hawaiian recreational waters

Poster Ph.D. Category:

1st Place, Sody Munsaka, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology

Cannabinoid receptor expression on peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HIV subjects and marijuana users by flow cytometry

2nd Place, Yeung Tutterrow, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology

Early production of high avidity antibodies to full-length VAR2CSA during pregnancy correlates with absence of placental malaria

Poster M.S. Category:

1st Place,

June Lee, Department of Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering

Defective lentiviral vector mediated expression of a potential neuroprotective gene in primary mouse bone marrow monocyte cultures

2nd Place,

Jannai Yafuso, Department of Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering

Expression of genes for Mimosine biosynthesis in E. coli

Travel Awards: Mukesh Kumar, Nelson Lazaga and Kelsey Roe

Undergraduate Essay Contest Winner: Chihui Jun; HIV and its Eradication

Also, thanks to all of the abstract reviewers and presentation judges:

Audrey Asahina,

Sandy Chang,

Moti Champagain,

Beth-Ann Collier, Paul Fox,

William Gosnell,

Susan Jarvi,

Pakieli Kaufusi,

Hongwei Li,

Michael Lieberman,

DeWolfe Miller,

Paul Patek,

Audrey Thevenon,

Saguna Verma,

Richard Yanagihara

Please welcome the new SCASM President, Kelsey Roe. I know she will do exceptional work this year. As for me, it's been a great pleasure serving as SCASM President for the 2010-2011 term. I'll graduate this year but look forward to getting involved as a full-member in the future.

Aloha,

James

2011 Spring Meeting Announcement!

Dear HI-ASM Students and Members,

We are planning for a great Spring meeting and will soon announce who will give the keynote address. In the meantime, please send in your registration forms and submit your abstracts (each can be found on the links to the right).

This year, we will have both oral and poster presentations from M.S., Ph.D. and other students; and undergraduates will be competing in an essay contest for cash awards as well. We hope to have a great turnout! See you soon and stay tuned for further announcements.

February Pau Hana and Undergrad Award Contest

We are hosting our next Pau Hana at the end of February...don't miss it! Also check out details of our first undergraduate award contest.

Welcome Undergrads

Thanks to all who visited the SCASM information table at the campus center last week! We enjoyed chatting with you. Below are some of the photos taken during the last gathering of 2010 at the Kakaako Waterfront Park.

We are planning for our annual Spring meeting to be held April 23rd at Treetops restaurant in Manoa. Please stay tuned for more information about how you can get involved and also win some great prizes. See you soon!

Student Involvement January 28th UHM Campus Center

Please join us at the Campus Center on Friday, January 28 from 10-2. We will promote the April Spring ASM meeting and share information to undergraduate UHM students about SCASM!

Hello HI-SCASM fans and welcome back to the Spring 2011 semester. Check out the photos from the Fall 2010 pau hana membership recruitment event at Kakaako park. It was great fun!!!

We have planned many exciting events for this semester so please keep a close eye for announcements. Also, all students involved in research projects, please consider presenting your work at the Spring meeting in April. I hope that you have a great beginning to 2011 Spring semester.

Warm regards,

James