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June
15, 2004
Summary of Division U activities 104th ASM
general meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Recipients
of Student travel grants 2004:
Jeffrey Chen,
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
“Mycobacterium bovis
BCG Vaccines Exhibit Dysregulation of Glutamine Synthetase in Response to
Nitrogen Availability”
Anthony
Flores, University of
Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.
“Novel Screening Method for
the Detection of Mycobacterial Mutants Affected in Cell Envelope Biosynthesis”
Linoj Samuel,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
“The eis Gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a Putative
Acetyltransferase that Enhances Intracellular Survival of Mycobacterium
smegmatis”
Jenifer
Vincent, University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
“An in vivo Chamber
Model for Analysis of
Persistence-Associated M. tuberculosis Gene Expression”
Titles of Symposia sponsored by Division U 2004:
- Immune
Evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Physiology
and Ecology of the Environmental Mycobacteria Mycobacterium
avium subspecies paratuberculosis:
an emerging danger
- Genotyping
of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: New methods and applications
- Mycobacteriology
2004: What Laboratories are doing now and where they are headed
(co- sponsored with division C)
The Division U lecture was presented by Peter Barnes, M.D. University of Texas Health
Sciences Center, Tyler, Texas. The presentation was titled "Molecular
Epidemiology and its relevance to disease pathogenesis" and initiated the
TB genotyping symposium.
Division U poster sessions 2004:
050/U Cellular
Immunity of Mycobacterial Infections/Antigens-Vaccines
159/U
Antimycobacterial Drugs: Detection of Susceptibility/Resistance
160/U
Mycobacterial Virulence and Pathogenesis
Mycobacterial
Epidemiology and Identification Methods
338/U Genetics
and Biochemistry of Mycobacteria
Division U business session 2004:
The Division U business meeting was held on May 26, 2004.
The officers were introduced.
Certificates were presented to travel award recipients.
A request will be made for suggestions for symposia to be presented at
the 105th annual meeting.
The importance of increasing division membership to maintain the number
of symposia allotted at the annual meeting (currently 4) was discussed.
The formation of a nominating committee for division U chair-elect 2005
was announced.
Division U Mixer 2004:
The Division U mixer was held at 5:30, May 25, at the Sheraton Hotel in
New Orleans.
Division U thanks Becton Dickinson Diagnostics and GenProbe for their
generous support that provided refreshments for the Mixer.
May
10, 2003
Summary of Division U
activity 103rd general meeting
Recipients of Student
travel grants 2003:
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Ernesto
J. Munoz-Elias, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
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James
A. Megehee, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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B.K.W.
Cheung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of China
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Shubhada
Shenai, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and MRC, Mumbai, India
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Estaban
A. Roberts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Marina
N. Torrero, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Titles
of Symposia sponsored by Division U 2003:
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New
Insights into Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence
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The
Challenge of Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Diseases: Case Studies
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Differences
Between Clinical M. tuberculosis Strains and Their Relevance to Virulence
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Advances
in Leprosy Research 2003 and Beyond: Following in Shepard's Foot Pads
The
Division U lecture was presented by Warwick Britton, University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia. The presentation
was titled "On the Vaccine Trail: From Leprosy to Tuberculosis."
Division
U poster sessions 2003:
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Mycobacterial
virulence and pathogenesis
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Detection
and Molecular epidemiology of mycobacteria
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Genetics
and biochemistry of mycobacteria
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Cellular
Immunity of mycobacterial infections/Antigens-vaccines
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Antimycobacterial
drugs: detection of susceptibility/resistance
The
Division U business meeting was held on May 19, 1:00 – 2:00 PM.
The
officers were introduced.
Certificates
were presented to travel award recipients.
A
request was made for suggestions for symposia to be presented at the 104th
annual meeting.
104th General Meeting Information. Call
for Abstracts. Additional information here.
April 07, 2003
Election Results. Luiz
Bermudez has been elected as Chair-Elect for 2003. Carolyn
M. Black of CDC has been elected as Divisional
Group I Representative for a 2-year term. For a complete listing of elected
ASM officers, click here
.April
04, 2003
104th General Meeting. This year's General Meeting will be
at New Orleans, LA, on May 23-27, 2003. The Preliminary Program can be
found here.
May 18, 2001
Recipients of the 2001 ASM Student Travel
Grant for Division U.
April 09, 2001
Election Results. Linda
B Adams of LSU has been elected as Chair-Elect for 2001. J.
Michael Miller of CDC has been elected as Divisional
Group I Representative for 2-year terms. For a complete listing of elected
ASM officers, click here.
April 02, 2001
101st General Meeting. This year's General Meeting will be
at Orlando, Florida on May 20-24, 2001. Pre-registration closes on April 17, 2001.
September 21, 2000
101st General Meeting Information. Call
for Abstracts.
Novel species. A few novel species of has been noted in recent publications of International Journal of Systematic and
Evolutionary Microbiology.
- Mycobacterium kubicae
- Mycobacterium elephantis
March 21, 2000
General Meeting Information.
Novel species. A few novel species of has been noted in recent publications of International Journal of Systematic and
Evolutionary Microbiology.
October 8, 1999
Robert-A. Ollar of St. Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York wrote:
I would like to inform the members of Division of a
new textbook entitled, "Molecular Mycobacteriology: Techniques and Clinical
Applications". This tome is published by Marcel Dekker Publishing House of New York.
The work encompases diverse topics involving both Mycobacterial and Nocardial Molecular
Biology. The book is edited by Robert-A. Ollar and Nancy D. Connell. We are proud of the
fact that many of the contributing authors are members of Division U.
July 21, 1999
Book Review. Division U has received some books for review.
Volunteers are needed to read and summarize the books. The review will be posted
here on this website for public access. If you are interested, please contact the chairperson.
July 2, 1999
Website Additions. Two additional sections for the website have been
proposed. We need your help in designing and completing these sections. One
section will be dealing with membership issues, and the other will be dealing with
regional activities. If you have any announcements, upcoming events, or archive
materials for various regional ASM Division U activities, please submit them to Kilen Chiu.
Summary of Division U activity from 99th General
Meeting:
Division Meeting was held on Tuesday June
1, 1999 12:00 -1:00p.m.
- Awards were presented to the students for their outstanding
abstracts.
- Kilen Chiu was recognized for his contribution to the
website for the division.
- Utility of the website and the listserv was discussed.
- Members were asked to verify their current division
association.
- Chair-Elect and Alternate Councilor nominees were
announced. See Election section for more detail.
Division Lecture/Symposium was on Tuesday
June1, 1999 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Title of the session was 100 Years of Tuberculosis
Research. The lecturer was Stewart T. Cole of Institut of Pasteur of Paris,
France. The Title of the talk was Comparative Mycobacterial Genomics.
Additional Symposiums of Division U:
- June 1, 1999 Biochemistry and Physiology of
Mycobacteria in the Post Genomic Era
- June 2, 1999 Hot Topics in Clinical Mycobacteriology
- June 2, 1999 Biology of the Mycobacterium / Host Cell
Interface
Poster Sessions of Division U:
- May 31, 1999 Molecular Basis and Detection of Drug
Resistance in Mycobacteria
- May 31, 1999 Clinical Mycobacteriology II
- June 1, 1999 Molecular Epidemiology of Bacterial
Mycobacterial Pathogens
- June 1, 1999 Susceptibility Testing of the Pathogenic
Mycobacteria
- June 2, 1999 Genetic and Biochemistry of the
Mycobacteria
- June 2, 1999 Immunity, Vaccinology and Virulence of
the Mycobacteria
May 17, 1999
Candidates for new positions. For additional information go to the Upcoming Election section.
May 4, 1999
Annual Divisional Meeting at ASM in Chicago. The annual Division U meeting will be
held at 12 noon on Tuesday June 1 in Rm E351 of McCormack place. As advertised, a box
lunch with drinks will be provided thanks to the generosity of three sponsors:
Pathogenesis, Gen-Probe, and Becton-Dickinson. If all goes well this will be the same room
where this years divisional lecture will follow at 2:00 P.M.
ASM Annual Meeting Divisional Lecture. As most of
you probably know this years Divisional Lecturer for Div U is Stewart Cole of the Unite de
Genetique Moleculaire of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. As molecular biology
expanded out knowledge of the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by quantum
leaps, Stewart was at the forefront and his work includes studies of the mechanisms of
resistance in isoniazid, and the genome project of M. tuberculosis which culminated in the
publication of the complete genomic sequence of H37Rv in Nature in June of last year .
Stewarts title for his lecture is "Comparative Mycobacterial Genomics."
Student Awardees for ASM Annual Meeting. As
previously noted, a number of students received travel awards to present at this years ASM
annual meeting. The 12 winners are Mark Fisher, Mathew Florczyk, Leoned Gines, James
Gomez, Robert Jovell, Barbara Miller, Leopoldo Portillo-Gomez, Claudia Romero, Mark
Schulbach, Dedire Schwartz, Jun Wei, and Wenming Zhu. Their work is outstanding, and the
Division will give each of them an award at the annual meeting so we ask that those who
read their names here to be sure and attend !!
April 6, 1999
There has been more updates to the Links and the FAQ sections. Also, a correction has been
made on the amount of the student award noted below.
March 15, 1999
There has been substantial update to the Links section. Also, the instruction of
subscribing to the listserv has been changed. Please visit the ListServ page for the
latest instruction. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.
February 10, 1999
Plans for 1999 annual meeting in Chicago. Plans are well underway for the upcoming
annual meeting in Chicago, May 30 - June 3. The meeting will be held at McCormick Place,
which is one of the largest convention centers in the U.S. so space will not be a problem.
It is just off historic Michigan avenue, and convenient to almost all hotels.
This is a special meeting because it is the 100th anniversary of the ASM. Much emphasis of
the meeting will be on the historical evolution of the clinical and basic sciences,
especially tuberculosis, as evidenced by the multiple old photographic prints used to make
the cover of your preliminary meeting program.
At the program meeting in Washington, DC on February 5-6 abstract sessions were added to
the already formalized symposia. We have four scheduled symposia which include:
1) Biochemistry and Physiology of Mycobacteria in the Post Genomic Era
2) 100 years of Tuberculosis research
3) Hot topics in Clinic Mycobacteriology
4) Biology of the Mycobacterium/Host Cell Interface
These symposia are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
There are 6 poster sessions which include:
1) Clinical Mycobacteriology
2) Molecular Basis and Detection of Drug Resistance
3) Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterial/Bacterial Pathogens
4) Susceptibility testing of the Pathogenic Mycobacteria
5) Immunity, Vaccinology, and Virulence of Mycobacteria
6) Genetics and Biochemistry of Mycobacteria
These are tentatively scheduled for Monday through Wednesday, but final timing has not
been established.
Things have gone smoothly and we look forward to an exciting meeting. Many thanks to
Chairman-Elect Ken Stover and Past Chairwoman Kathy Eisenach who greatly helped your
current chairman to organize these sessions.
New Chair-Elect. The votes are in and Larry Schlesinger of Iowa has been elected
the new Chairman-Elect. Congratulations. The term of office is one year with a year of
trying to learn the ropes while chair-elect. Larry will assume his position as
Chairman-Elect after the 1999 annual meeting (July 1). The new Divisional Group
Representative (we are in Group I) is J. Michael Miller (CDC) whose office begins on the
same day, and will serve for 2 years.
Annual Division Meeting. The annual division meeting is tentatively scheduled for
Tuesday at 12:30 at the annual meeting to immediately precede the division lecture. A
lunch will be provided as it was last year. We encourage everyone to attend, if only to be
sure the lunches do not go to waste.
Student Awards. Students who submit abstracts to the annual meeting which are
accepted and are of high quality are eligible for student travel awards. This year 12
students from Division U were chosen for these awards, and will receive special
recognition at our division meeting as well as receiving a travel stipend to the meeting
of $400 (not $750 as previously noted - apologies from the chairperson who was in error
about the amount). Congratulations to all these individuals!!
Many thanks to our webmaster who has made your first ever Division U web page a reality.
If you have things/topics/ideas you think the membership would be interested in, please
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