The Department of Microbiology and Immunology hosted the American Society for Microbiology South Central Branch Meeting at the Statehouse Convention Center last November 10-11. Close to 200 scientists and trainees from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi participated in the two-day event and shared their work in the plenary and poster sessions.
This include several trainees from the Department who presented their projects:
Oral Presentation
Brandon Hogland (Blevins Lab). Brandon received the runner-up prize for the McClesky Award for Best Oral Presentation by a Ph.D. Student.
LeKivia Cobb (Boehme Lab)
Het Adhvaryu (Voth Lab)
Alison Gouch (Stumhofer Lab)
Steven Murdock (Forrest Lab)
Tucker Andrews (Huang Lab)
Gyan Sahukal, Ph.D. (Elasri Lab)
Poster Presentation
Meghan Jones (Stumhofer Lab)
Madeleine Scott (Pechous Lab)
Emily Robbs (Jorgenson Lab)
Kathleen Pierce (Voth Lab)
Ananya Ranaraja (Huang Lab)
Wanfeng Guo (Blevins Lab)
Marena Guzman, Ph.D. (Voth Lab). Marena received the Best Poster Presentation (Postdoc Category).
Miguel Mercado, Ph.D. (Li Lab)
Gopi Venugopal, Ph.D. (Pechous Lab)
Our students and postdocs also had the opportunity to be session moderators for the oral presentations:
Madeleine Scott (Pechous Lab)
Naiha Ahmad (Liu Lab)
Steven Murdock (Forrest Lab)
LeKivia Cobb (Boehme Lab)
Brandon Hogland (Blevins Lab)
Miguel Mercado, Ph.D. (Li Lab)
Gopi Venugopal, Ph.D. (Pechous Lab)
Marena Guzman, Ph.D. (Voth Lab)
Changhoon Oh, Ph.D. (Aachoui Lab)
Gyan Sahukal, Ph.D. (Elasri Lab)
In addition to the scientific sessions, the UAMS Student and Postdoc ASM South Central Branch Chapter hosted a Career Development Luncheon for trainees who are considering careers in STEM. The invited panelists have expertise in undergraduate education, government research, and basic science research at a medical school.
Finally, we would like to thank our organizing team led by Dr. Karl Boehme and our sponsors (UAMS COM, UAMS MBIM, UAMS CMPHIR, Arkansas INBRE and IDeA NRQP.
ASMSCB 2023
