The Bug Club is a journal club within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology organized for the discussion of bacteriology related topics. The club format provides an informal setting for interested students and faculty to discuss and to critically evaluate papers from the current literature. Bug Club discussions may deal with any aspect of bacteriology. Historically, these have included a broad range of topics including bacterial physiology, metabolism, genetics, molecular biology, antibiotic resistance, or pathogenesis.

Spring 2012

January 13, 2012:  "BpsR Modulates Bordetella Biofilm Formation by Negatively Regulating the Expression of the Bps Polysaccharide"
Aaron Yerke, Masters Student, Microbiology & Immunology 

January 27, 2012:  "Arginine catabolic mobile element encoded speG abrogates the unique hypersensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus to exogenous polyamines"
Clay Caswell, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

February 10, 2012:  "RNA-guided complex from a bacterial immune system enhances target recognition throughseed sequence interactions"
Kyle Tipton, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

February 24, 2012:  "Oligomerization of the Response Regulator ComE from Streptococcus mutans is Affected by Phosphorylation" 
Michael Betteken, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology 
 
March 9, 2012:  "Lag Phase is a Distinct Growth Phase that Prepares Bacteria for Exponential Growth and Involves Transient Metal Accumulation"
John Baumgartner, Research Specialist, Microbiology & Immunology 

March 23, 2012:  "Recognition and Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Two Human Gut Symbionts"
Ivan Ndamukong, Research Instructor, Microbiology & Immunology
 
May 11, 2012:  "RelA protein stimulates the activity of RyhB small RNA by acting on RNA-binding protein Hfq"
Ahmed Elhassanny, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

May 18, 2012:  "CsrA-FliW interaction governs flagellin homeostasis and a checkpoint on flagellar morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis" 
Syed Sultan, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology 

June 8, 2012:  "Bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric GMP-linked quorum sensing controls swarming in Vibrio parahaemolyticus"
John Farrow, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

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Fall 2011

September 16, 2011: "TLR Signaling is Required for Salmonella typhimurium Virulence"
Matthew Ellison, Ph.D., Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology 

September 23, 2011: "Lipooligosaccharide is required for the generation of infectious elementary bodies in Chlamydia trachomatis"
Claire Knoten, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

October 14, 2011:  "Acceleration of Emergence of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance in Connected Microenvironments"
Morgan Harrell, Research Specialist, Microbiology & Immunology

October 28, 2011:  "Discovery and Characterization of a Unique Mycobacterial Heme Acquisition System" 
Akarsh Manne, Research Specialist, Microbiology & Immunology  

November 11, 2011:  "Engineering Microbes to Sense and Eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Human Pathogen"
Ivan Ndamukong, Ph.D., Research Instructor, Microbiology & Immunology 

December 9, 2011:  "D-amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly"
Yanlu Cao, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

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Spring 2011

January 14, 2011:"A novel copper-responsive regulon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
Eric Anderson, Ph.D., Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology 

January 28, 2011: "CANCELED" "Role of a Zn-independent DksA in Zn homeostasis and stringent response"
Marty Roop, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

February 3, 2011:  Note: Thursday - "Role of a Zn-independent DksA in Zn homeostasis and stringent response"
Marty Roop, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

February 11, 2011:  "Lipoprotein Cofactors Located in the Outer Membrane Activate Bacterial Cell Wall Polymerases" 
Anna Krykunivsky, Bristol Student, Microbiology & Immunology 

February 25, 2011:  "Signal integration by DegS and RseB governs the σ^Ε mediated envelope stress response in Escherichia coli"
Yanlu Cao, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology 

March 11, 2011:  "The Opportunistic Human Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii Senses and Responds to Light"
Kyle Tipton, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

March 25, 2011:  "Functional Analysis of VopF Activity Required for Colonization in Vibrio cholerae"
Syed Sultan, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

April 8, 2011:  "Iron enzyme ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase in Escherichia coli is rapidly damaged by hydrogen peroxide but can be protected by manganese"
Michael Betteken, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

April 29, 2011:  "Targeting botulinum neurotoxin persistence by the ubiquitinproteasome system"
Tristan Boquoi,  Bristol Student, Microbiology & Immunology

May 27, 2011:  "Expression hierarchy in the Yersinia type III secretion system established through YopD recognition of RNAmmi"
Dave Martinson, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

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Fall 2010

August 27, 2010 -  "Ciprofloxacin Causes Persister Formation by Inducing the TisB toxin in Escherichia coli"
Matthew Ellison, Ph.D., Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology 

September 10, 2010- "Functional microdomains in bacterial Membranes"
Clay Caswell, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

September 24, 2010 - "Vp1659 Is a Vibrio parahaemolyticus Type III Secretion System 1 Protein That Contributes to Translocation of Effector Proteins Needed To Induce Cytolysis, Autophagy, and Disruption ofActin Structure in HeLa Cells" 
Jen Ojeda, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology
 

October 8, 2010 - "The PhyR (EcfG) signaling cascade is involved in stress response and symbiotic efficiency in Bradyrhizobium japonicum”

Ivan Ndamukong, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

October 22, 2010 - "Bacterial charity work leads to population-wide resistance"
John Farrow, Doctoral Student, Microbiology & Immunology

November 12, 2010 - "A Trojan horse mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis against nematodes"
Claire Knoten, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

December 10, 2010 - "Role of Porins in Iron Uptake by Mycobacterium smegmatis"
Mike Reott, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology

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