November 9-10, 2010

Albany Marriott Hotel 198 Wolf Road

Albany, New York

American Society for Microbiology 45th Annual Regional Meeting

Eastern New York, Connecticut Valley, New York City and Northeast Branches

Sponsoredby:EasternNewYorkBranch

http://www.asm.org/branch/breny/index.html

SponsorsTheEasternNewYorkBranchoftheASMwouldliketothank

thefollowingsponsorsfortheirgeneroussupport:

SymposiumandWorkshopSupport:

AmericanSocietyforMicrobiologyASMBranchLectureshipsProgram

WadsworthCenterAlbanyMedicalCenter

NewYorkCityBranchoftheASMNortheastBranchoftheASM

ConnecDcutValleyBranchoftheASM

Exhibitors:

LifeTechnologies/AppliedBiosystems/InvitrogenRocheDiagnosDcs

AbboLEraGenBiosciencesInc.

AlereInc.(InvernessMedicalInnovaDons,Inc.)Gen‐ProbeAdvanDx

bioMérieuxEpochBiosciences

QuidelCorporaDon/DiagnosDcHybridsBD(Becton,DickinsonandCompany)

CepheidWadsworthCenterREU(ResearchExperienceforUndergraduates)

ENYASMStudentChapterENYASMPostdocChapter

OfficersandProgramCommiLee‐EasternNewYorkBranch

Officers:

KathleenMcDonough,PhD‐PresidentTimothyJ.Sela[,PhD‐PresidentElectKimberleeA.Musser,PhD‐Secretary

NormaTavakoli,PhD‐TreasurerJimMcSharry,PhD‐Councilor

KarstenHazleL,PhD‐AlternateCouncilorBlancaBarquera,PhD‐PastPresident

Non‐ElectedMembers:DanielWulff,PhD‐EducaDonRepresentaDve

TanyaHalse,NewsleLerEditor

BrianSauders,PhD‐WebPageEditor

NellieDumas‐NaDonalASMRegion1ProgramCoordinator

AddiDonalProgramCommiLeeMembers:LauraKramer,PhD

ElizabethKauffman,PhDKathleenStellrecht,PhD

MaryFrankeRoxieFormoe

Alistofmee=nga?endeesandcontactinforma=onwillbemadeavailablefollowingtheconferenceontheENYASMBranchwebsite:

h?p://www.asm.org/branch/breny/index.html

RegistraDon 7:30‐8:30am FoyerConDnentalBreakfast 7:30‐8:30am FoyerExhibitors 9:00‐6:30pm Foyer

Workshop‐SelectAgentsandRiskAssessment 8:30‐12:00pm SalonFSessionconveners‐WadsworthCenterStaff

ThisworkshopwillalsoincludeabreakoutsessioninwhichparDcipantswillperformriskassessmentscenariosformicrobesthatmaybeencounteredintheclinicallaboratory.InformaDonwillbeprovidedtoenableparDcipantstorecognizeconveneragentsatthelabbench.

8:30‐8:45am WelcomeandIntroduc=on

8:45‐9:15am Mr.DavidHill‐Director,SafetyandSecurity‐ Theriskassessmentprocess

9:15‐9:45am Ms.NellieDumas‐AssociateDirector,BacteriologyLaboratory‐ Riskassessmentinthemicrobiologylaboratory

9:45‐10:15am Dr.StevenZink‐Supervisor,BiodefenseLaboratory‐ Selectagentsinthemicrobiologylaboratory

BREAK10:10‐10:40am

10:40‐11:10am Dr.Chris=naEgan‐Director,BiodefenseLaboratory‐ CasestudyoftheidenDficaDonofabiothreatagentintheclinicalmicrobiology laboratory

11:10‐12:00pm Breakoutsession

TuesdayNovember9,2010

SessionBMorningSymposium NewFronDersinGenomics 8:30‐12:00pm SalonG/H

Sessionconveners‐Dr.JosephWadeandDr.MarleneBelfort

8:30‐9:30am GenomeplasDcityandtheevoluDonofSalmonellahost‐specificity Dr.StanleyMaloy,SanDiegoStateUniversity ASMBranchLecturer

9:30‐10:10 Cultureindependentapproachesforthediscoveryofnewbacterialmetabolites Dr.SeanBrady,RockefellerUniversity

BREAK10:10‐10:40am

10:40‐11:20am Reconsideringthehost‐pathogenrelaDonshipinhumantuberculosisthrough bacterialgenomesequencing

Dr.JoelErnst,NewYorkUniversity

11:20‐12:00pm MappingdeterminantsofDNAtransferinmycobacteria Dr.KeithDerbyshire,WadsworthCenter

Lunch 12:00‐1:00pm SalonEBreak 2:20‐2:50pm Foyer

SessionA‐A2ernoonSymposiaEmergingInfecDons 1:00‐4:00pm SalonF

Sessionconveners‐Ms.NellieDumasandDr.KimberleeMusser 1:00‐1:40pm Challengesofnon‐O157STECtesDng

Ms.DiannaBopp,WadsworthCenter

1:40‐2:20pm DetecDonandsurveillanceofKPCs:Whattheclinicallaboratoryneedstoknow Dr.SusanHarrington,AlbanyMedicalCenter

BREAK2:20‐2:40pm

2:40‐3:20pm Tuberculosis:Re‐emergenceofanage‐oldkiller Dr.VincentEscuyer,WadsworthCenter

3:20‐4:00pm Update:2010LaboratoryReporDngandSpecimenSubmissionRequirementsof CommunicableDiseases Ms.NellieDumas,WadsworthCenter

TuesdayNovember9,2010

SessionB‐A2ernoonSymposiaThesRNARevoluDoninGeneRegulaDon 1:00‐4:00pm SalonG/HSessionconveners‐Dr.MarleneBelfortandDr.JosephWade

1:00‐1:40pm 5'‐terminalcontrolofbacterialRNAdegradaDon Dr.JoelG.Belasco,NewYorkUniversity

1:40‐2:20pm AcentralroleforsRNAinbacterialironhomeostasis Dr.JohnD.Helmann,CornellUniversity

BREAK2:20‐2:40pm

2:40‐3:20pm PervasivetranscripDoninEscherichiacoli Dr.JosephWade,WadsworthCenter

3:20‐4:00pm Fishinginthedeep:usinghigh‐throughputcDNAsequencingtoidenDfyand characterizeregulatoryRNAsindiversebacteria Dr.JonathanLivny,BroadIns=tute

PosterSession 4:30‐6:30pm FoyerWineandCheeseRecepDon 4:30‐6:30pm Foyer

SessionforTeachers 5:00‐6:00pm SalonF

5:00‐5:30pm FoodborneDiseaseOutbreaks TimothyRoot,Supervisor‐EntericBacteriology WadsworthCenterBacteriologyLaboratory

5:30‐6:00pm AnDbioDcResistance:History,CurrentIssues,andNewDiagnosDcTechnologies ElizabethNazarian,Supervisor‐MolecularBacteriology WadsworthCenterBacteriologyLaboratory

TuesdayNovember9,2010

Dinner7:00‐9:00pm

SalonE

75thAnniversaryTributetoEasternNewYorkBranch

Dr.LawrenceSturman,Director‐WadsworthCenter

(ENYASMBranchPresident1983‐1985)

AcerDinnerSpeaker:Dr.LauraKramer

Director‐WadsworthCenterArbovirusLaboratoryGlobalEmergenceofMosquito‐borneDiseases

(ENYASMBranchPresident2005‐2007)

PosterSession 4:30‐6:30pm Foyer

WineandCheeseRecepDon 4:30‐6:30pm Foyer

RegistraDon 7:30‐8:30am FoyerConDnentalBreakfast 7:30‐8:30am FoyerExhibitors 9:00‐4:00pm Foyer

Workshop‐ValidaDonofLaboratory‐developedTests 8:30‐12:00pm SalonFSessionconveners‐WadsworthCenterStaff

ThissessionwillalsoincludemockvalidaDondesignduringabreakoutworkgroupperiodanda`QuesDonandAnswer’periodinvolvingthepanelofpresenters.

8:30‐8:40am Dr.RonLimberger,Director,DivisionofInfec=ousDiseases‐ WelcomeandIntroducDon

8:40‐9:00am Dr.MichaelRyan,Director,DivisionofLaboratoryQualityCer=fica=on‐ RegulaDonoflaboratory‐developedtests(LDTs)

9:00‐9:20am Dr.Chris=naEgan,Director,BiodefenseLaboratory‐ NucleicacidamplificaDontestsubmissionguidelines

9:20‐9:45am Dr.KimberleeMusser,Chief,LaboratoryofBacterialDiseases‐ ValidaDonofmolecularassaysforbacteria

9:45‐10:10am Dr.AmyDean,DirectorMolecularMethodDevelopment‐ViralDiseases‐ ValidaDonofmolecularassaysforviruses

BREAK10:10‐10:40am

10:40‐11:00am Q&A

11:20‐12:00pm BreakoutSession

WednesdayNovember10,2010

SessionB‐MorningSymposiaHostPathogenInteracDons 8:30‐12:00pm SalonG/HSessionconveners‐Dr.TimothySellaDandDr.KathleenMcDonough

8:30‐9:30am SecreDonandFuncDonofBordetellaFilamentoushemagluDnin Dr.PeggyCo?er,Univ.ofN.Carolina,ChapelHill ASMBranchLecturer

9:30‐10:10am RoleofYersiniaYopsinanimalinfecDons Dr.JoanMecsas,TucsUniversity

BREAK10:10‐10:40am

10:40‐11:20am RelevancetohumanhealthofthebalancebetweenhostprotecDon andinflammaDonindifferentspecies' Dr.H.ShawWarren,Mass.GeneralHospital

11:20‐12:00pm EffectsofhostadaptaDononinnatedefenseagainstFrancisellatularensis Dr.TimothySella=,AlbanyMedicalCollege

Lunch 12:00‐1:00pm SalonEBreak 2:20‐2:50pm Foyer

SessionA‐A2ernoonSymposiaVaccineDevelopment

SponsoredbyConnecDcutValleyBranchofASM 1:00‐4:00pm SalonFSessionconvener‐Dr.BarbaraJ.Kamicker 1:00‐1:40pm ApproachesfordesigningaS.aureusvaccine

Dr.AnnaliesaS.Anderson,Pfizer‐PearlRiver,NY

1:40‐2:20pm AnDgenselecDonforabeta‐hemolyDcstreptococcalvaccine Dr.IngridDodge,Pfizer‐PearlRiver,NY

BREAK2:20‐2:40pm

2:40‐3:20pm FootandMouthDiseaseandClassicalSwineFevervaccines Dr.ElizabethRieder,PlumIslandAnimalDiseaseCenter,Greenport,NY

3:20‐4:00pm Computer‐aidedraDonaldesignofliveaLenuatedviralvaccines Dr.SteffenMueller,StonyBrookUniv.

WednesdayNovember10,2010

SessionB‐A2ernoonSymposiaEnvironmentalSensingandGeneRegulaDon 1:00‐4:00pm SalonG/HSessionconveners‐Dr.KarstenHazleLandDr.KathleenMcDonough

1:00‐1:40pm Host‐adaptaDonofFrancisellatularensis Dr.KarstenHazle?,AlbanyMedicalCollege

1:40‐2:20pm EnvironmentalregulaDonofPseudomonasLPSstructure Dr.RobertKErnst,UniversityofMaryland

BREAK2:20‐2:40pm

2:40‐3:20pm ContribuDonoftwo‐componentsystemsduringtheLymediseasespirochete's enzooDccycle Dr.MelissaCaimano,UniversityofConnec=cut

3:20‐4:00pm SignaltransducDonacrosstheM.tuberculosiscellenvelopeviaregulated intramembraneproteolysis Dr.MichaelGlickman,Sloan‐Ke?eringIns=tute

45thREGIONALASMMEETING:LISTOFPOSTERPRESENTERS

1.  MicrobialSurveysandAnalysisofDisinfecDonProtocolsinaComplimentaryHealthCareSe[ngRobArciuoloandCarolineDuVernoy.BiologyDepartment,TheCollegeofSaintRose432WesternAve.Albany,NY12203

2.  CharacterizaDonofviolaceinhyperproducingJanthinobacteriumsp.isolatedfromtheHudsonRiverValleyAlexandraM.BeinaandBrookeA.Jude.BardCollege,BiologyProgram,Annandale‐on‐Hudson,NY12504

3.  TheRoleofGlycerolMetabolismandHydrogenPeroxideProducDonintheVirulenceofMycoplasmagallisep<cumBoccaccioM,SzczepanekSM,LiaoX,FrascaJr.S,andGearySJ.1CenterofExcellenceforVaccineResearch,UniversityofConnec=cut,Storrs,CT06269

4.  RegulaDonofChaperone/EffectorComplexSynthesisinaTypeIIISecreDonSystemJulieE.Bu?onandJorgeE.Galán.Sec=onofMicrobialPathogenesis,YaleUniversitySchoolofMedicine,NewHaven,CT06511

5.  EngineeringtheTypeIIISecreDonMachineryinaNon‐ReplicaDngVehicleforAnDgenDelivery.HeatherA.CarletonandJorgeE.Galán.Sec=onofMicrobialPathogenesis,YaleUniversitySchoolofMedicine,NewHaven,CT06511

6.  HeterologousRabiesVirusInfecDoninNewYorkStateBatsAprilD.Davis,RobertJ.Rudd,CarmenM.Fagnani,andCharlesV.Trimarchi.WadsworthCenter,NewYorkStateDepartmentofHealth,Albany12208

7.  LossofNADHOxidaseResultsinIncreasedResistancetoEnvironmentalStressinStreptococcusmutansA.M.Derr,R.C.FaustoferriandR.G.Quivey,Jr.Dept.ofMicrobiologyandImmunology,UniversityofRochester,Rochester,NY14627

8.  AnDbacterialandAnDfungalEffectsoftheSaucefromCassavaBrahmadeoDewprashad1;MalikZulqarnain2,OwenMeyers1,NilankC.Shah2,MonigueBreeland1,SheuliZakia2,andRichardHendrix1.1Dept.ofScience,BoroughofManha?anCommunityCollege,NewYork,NY1007,2DepartmentofBiology,NewYorkCityCollegeofTechnology,Brooklyn,NY11201

9.  MulDplesmallRNAsidenDfiedinMycobacteriumbovisBCG,M.tuberculosis,andM.smegma<sJeanneM.DiChiara1,LydiaM.Contreras‐Mar=nez1,JonathanLivny2,3,DorieSmith1,KathleenA.McDonough4,andMarleneBelfort1,4.1DivisionofGene=csand4DivisionofInfec=ousDiseases,WadsworthCenter,Albany,NY12208,2BroadIns=tuteofMITandHarvard,Cambridge,MA02142,3ChanningLaboratory,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,MA02115

10.  PreparaDonandAnDbacterialEvaluaDonofNewDecarboxylatedFluoroquinolonesXiaoyuanDing,SonT.Nguyen,MichelleM.Butler,NortonP.Peet,andTerryL.Bowlin.Microbio=x,Inc.,OneInnova=onDrive,Worcester,MA01605

11.  IntrahostDynamicsofWestNileVirusDylanJ.Ehrbar1,AlexanderT.Ciota1,2,GrahamG.Willsey1,GretaV.S.Jerzak1,AnneF.Payne1,andLauraD.Kramer1,3.1TheArbovirusLaboratories,WadsworthCenter,NewYorkStateDepartmentofHealth.Slingerlands,NY12159,2DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,Albany,NY12222,3SchoolofPublicHealth,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,Albany,NY12222

12.  CharacterizaDonofAnDbioDcResistancePaLernsin250StaphylococcusaureusIsolatesObtainedfromaHealthyPopulaDonJillianGiguere,JoelleJacobsen,andLisaCuchara1.BiomedicalSciences,QuinnipiacUniversity,275MountCarmelAve.HamdenCT06518

13.  CharacterizaDonofArginineDeiminaseSysteminPathogenesisofPneumococcalODDsMediaRadhaGupta,JunYang,HuaiqingChen,Jing‐RenZhang,DennisMetzger,andGuangchunBai.CenterforImmunologyandMicrobialDisease,AlbanyMedicalCollege,Albany,NY12208

14.  ComparisonofDryandHydratedSkin’sAbilitytoShedEscherichiacoliThomasJ.Hafner.BiologyDepartment,TheCollegeofSaintRose432WesternAve.Albany,NY12203

15.  DevelopmentofaSubunitVaccineagainstRespiratoryTularemiaAnthonyJ.Hickey,andDennisW.Metzger.CenterforImmunologyandMicrobialDisease,AlbanyMedicalCollege,AlbanyNY12208

16.  TheUseOfRealTimeRT‐PCRToConfirmAModifiedProtocolforRabiesDirectFluorescentanDbodyDiagnosDcsJodieJarvis,MichelleDupuis,andRobertRuddWadsworthCenter,Albany,NY12208

17. MicroarrayAanalysisof∆clpPand∆clpXStrainsProvidesInsightsintoMechanismsofStressTolerance,Survival,andVirulenceinStreptococcusmutansJessicaK.Kajfasz,IsamarRivera‐Ramos,andJoséA.Lemos.UniversityofRochesterSchoolofMedicineandDen=stry,Rochester,NY14642

18.  TheRoleofCRPMTinRegulaDngtheSuccinatetoFumarateStepoftheTCACycleinMycobacteriumtuberculosisGwendowlynS.Knapp1,GuangchunBai1,andKathleenA.McDonough1,2.1DivisionofInfec=ousDiseases,WadsworthCenter,Albany,NY12208,2DepartmentofBiomedicalSciences,SchoolofPublicHealth,UniversityatAlbany12222

19. Mycoplasmagallisep<cumInfecDonCausesUp‐RegulaDonofInflammatoryMediators,CytolyDcMoleculesandPro‐ApoptoDcgenesinChickensMajumderS.1,2,+,MohammedJ.1,2,5+,RoodD.2,3,SzczepanekS.M.2,3,GearyS.J.2,4,FrascaJrS.Jr.2,4,andSilbartL.K.1,2,3.1DepartmentofAnimalScience,2CenterofExcellenceforVaccineResearch,3DepartmentofAlliedHealthSciences,4DepartmentofPathobiologyandVeterinaryScience.TheUniversityofConnec=cut,Storrs,CT,06268;DepartmentofVeterinaryandBiomedicalSciences,ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity,UniversityPark,PA16802

20.  ImmunofocusingVaccinesforBiodefense:LessonsfromRicinToxinJoanneM.O’Hara1,2,LoriM.Neal2,ElizabethA.McCarthy2,JaneA.Kasten‐Jolly2,RobertN.Brey3,andNicholasJ.Man=s1,2.1DepartmentofBiomedicalScience,SchoolofPublicHealth,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,Albany,NY12222,2WadsworthCenter,NewYorkStateDepartmentofHealth,Albany,NY12208,3Soligenix,Inc,Princeton,NJ08540

21.  Stercomata:Micro‐mudballsasevidenceofancientrhizarianproDsts?SandraPatrucco.BiologyDepartment,TheCollegeofSaintRose432WesternAve.Albany,NY12203

22.  CharacterizingDifferentRolesoftheGeneralTranscripDonMachineryatABF1ANDRAP1TargetsinBuddingYeastEmilyL.Paul1andRandallH.Morse1,2.1DepartmentofBiomedicalSciences,SchoolofPublicHealth,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,NY12222,2WadsworthCenter,NewYorkStateDepartmentofHealth,Albany,NY12208

23.  EffectsofSurfactantsandFaLyAcidsonBacillusanthracisSporeGerminaDonV.Rivera,L.Yoon,A.Swartz,M.A.Butkus,andM.P.Labare.DepartmentofChemistryandLifeScience,USMilitaryAcademy,WestPoint,NY10996

24.  Structure‐FuncDonAnalysisofCandidaalbicansEss1ProteinD.P.Samaranayake1,P.Ren2,P.VanRoey2,S.Chaturvedi1,2,V.Chaturvedi1,2,andS.D.Hanes1,2.1StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,WadsworthCenter,2DivisionofInfec=ousDiseases,WadsworthCenter,NewYorkStateDepartmentofHealth,Albany,NY12208

25.  DirectedEvoluDonofQuorum‐SensingRepressorsforIncreasedSignalSensiDvityJasmineShongandCynthiaH.Collins.DepartmentofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,CenterforBiotechnologyandInterdisciplinaryStudies,RensselaerPolytechnicIns=tute,Troy,NY12180

26. MMP‐9mediatedneutrophilmigraDon–BroadspectrumimmunebasedtherapeuDctargetinrespiratorytularemiaAnjuSinghandTimothyJ.Sella=.CenterforImmunologyandMicrobialDisease,AlbanyMedicalCollege,AlbanyNY12208‐3479

27.  TheYersiniapes<sRNAChaperoneHfqIsanEssenDalComponentforSurvivingChangingEnvironmentalCondiDons.KrisE.Spaeth,GuangchunBai,EricSmith,andKathleenA.McDonough*.DivisionofInfec=ousDiseases,WadsworthCenter,Albany,NY12208

28.  AnDbioDcResistantBacteriainChickenFecesS.Szabo,M.Labare,L.Takacs,H.Butler,E.Yess,C.Butler,D.Riegner,andM.P.Labare.DepartmentofChemistryandLifeScience,USMilitaryAcademy,WestPoint,NY10996

29.  Xeno‐epitopesIncorporatedintoFMDVVP1G‐HLoop‐basedPepDdeVaccinesInduceHumoralImmuneRefocusingR.W.Barre?e1,*S.M.Szczepanek2,3,D.Rood2,L.K.Silbart21ForeignAnimalDiseaseDiagnos=cLaboratory,Na=onalVeterinaryServicesLaboratories,AnimalandPlantHealthInspec=onServices,UnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculture,PlumIslandAnimalDiseaseCenter,Greenport,NY11944,2CenterofExcellenceforVaccineResearch,DepartmentofAlliedHealthSciences,UniversityofConnec=cut,Storrs,CT06269,3AgriculturalResearchServices,UnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculture,PlumIslandAnimalDiseaseCenter,Greenport,NY11944

30.  GravitaDonalEffectsonBiofilmFormaDonDuringSpaceflightWooSeongKim,FarahK.Tengra,ZacharyYoung,JasmineShong,RavindraPangule,JoelL.Plawsky,JonathanS.Dordick,andCynthiaH.Collins.DepartmentofChemicalandBiologicalEngineering,CenterforBiotechnologyandInterdisciplinaryStudies,RensselaerPolytechnicIns=tute,Troy,NY12180

31.  BacterialBiodiversityofLassenVolcanicNaDonalParkYvonneVisnickandSarmadSaman.MassBayCommunityCollege,Wellesley,MA.02481.

32.  BiodiversityofMicroorganismsatDifferentOceanDepthsYvonneVisnickandSarmadSaman.MassBayCommunityCollege,Wellesley,MA02481

33. MutaDonoftheWNVRdRpGeneAffectsViralGrowthInVitroandInVivoG.G.Willsey1,G.V.S.Jerzak1,A.T.Ciota1,J.Jaeger1,2,andL.D.Kramer1,2.1TheArbovirusLaboratories,WadsworthCenter,NewYorkStateDepartmentofHealth.Slingerlands,NY12159,2SchoolofPublicHealth,StateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany,Albany,NY12222

34. WhenFuncDonMeetsHomology:AComparaDveAnalysisofABCTransporterFamilyinMyxococcusxanthusJinyuanYan,MichaelBradley,andRoyD.Welch.SyracuseUniverisity,Syracuse,NY13244

35.  IdenDficaDonandCharacterizaDonofanRTB‐SpecificMonoclonalAnDbodythatProtectsMiceAgainstRicinIntoxicaDonAnastasiyaYermakova1andNicholasJ.Man=s1,2.1DepartmentofBiomedicalSciences,UniversityatAlbanySchoolofPublicHealth,and2DivisionofInfec=ousDiseases,WadsworthCenter,NewYorkStateDepartmentofHealth,Albany,NY12208

36.  P38InhibiDonofB.burgdorferi‐sDmulatedHumanU937MacrophagesAltersPro‐inflammatoryCytokineProducDonKathleenBashant1andTimothyJ.Sella=2.1BurntHillsBallstonLakeHighSchool,BurntHills,NY12027,2CenterforImmunologyandMicrobialDisease,AlbanyMedicalCenter,Albany,NY12208

37.  TheeffectofacDvatedproteinkinaseCaMKIIonEndothelialCellMigraDonMariamGawdat1,2,HaroldS.Singer2,3,ZhenWang2,1ShakerHighSchool,Latham,NY12110,2AlbanyMedicalCollege,CenterofCardiovascularSciences,Albany,NY12208,3UniversityofVirginiaDepartmentofPharmacology,Charlo?esville,VA22904

38.  Kinesin‐LikeProteinsinSpindleAssemblyLauraPatrick1,2,3,JanetL.Paluh2,3,LeilaniCruz2,andLonnieSeo2.1ColumbiaHighSchool,EastGreenbush,NY12061,2RensselaerPolytechnicIns=tute,Troy,NY12180,3CollegeofNanoscaleScienceandEngineeringUniversityatAlbany‐SUNY,Albany,NY12222

39.  AnalysisoftheBacterialHeatShockResponsetoPhotodynamicTherapy‐MediatedOxidaDveStressTylerG.St.Denis1,2,LiyiHuang2,3,TianhongDai2,3,4,andMichaelR.Hamblin2,3,4.1JohnJayHighSchool,CrossRiver,NY10518,2TheWellmanCenterforPhotomedicine,Massachuse?sGeneralHospital,Boston,MA02114,3HarvardDepartmentofDermatology,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,MA,02115,4Harvard‐MITDivisionofHealthSciencesandTechnology,Cambridge,MA02139

40.  TheEffectofthePresenceofNormalMouseSerumontheAbilityofFrancisellatularensistoElicitaCytokineResponsefromB57/BL6BMDMs.KayleeTraver1andTimothyJ.Sella=2.1BurntHillsBallstonLakeHighSchool,BurntHills,NY12027,2CenterforImmunologyandMicrobialDisease,AlbanyMedicalCenter,Albany,NY12208

FullabstractsareavailableontheENYBranchwebsite:http://www.asm.org/branch/breny/index.html