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.

Fall 2007

September 21, 2007:  "The Hotdog Thioesterase EntH (YbdB) Plays a Role In Vivo in Optimal Enterobactin Biosynthesis by Interacting with the ArCP Domain of EntB"
Eric S. Anderson, Ph.D., Research Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

September 28, 2007:  "Mutations of the Quorum Sensing-Dependent Regulator VjbR Lead to Drastic Surface Modifications in Brucella melitensis
R. Martin Roop, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

November 16, 2007:  "A Legionella pneumophila-translocated substrate that is required for growth within macrophages and protecition from host cell death"
Daniel Martin, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

December 14, 2007: "Phototrophic purple sulfur bacteria as heat engines in the South Andros Black Hole"
J Clay Fox, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Student 
 

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Spring 2008

January 25, 2008-  "Legionella pneumophila proteins that regulate Rab1 membrane cycling"
Leandro Lobo, Ph.D., Research Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology 

February 8, 2008-  "Quantitative PCR for Detection and Enumeration of Genetic Markers of Bovine Fecal Pollution”
Lindsay Peed, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Candidate

March 14, 2008-"A Review of Articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)"
Kendra Hitz, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Candidate

March 14, 2008-"DivS, a novel SOS-inducible cell-division suppressor in Corynebacterium glutamicum”
Jennifer Gaines, Research Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

March 28, 2008-"Biofilms in the large bowel suggest an apparent function of the human vermiform appendix"
Jenifer Ojeda, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Student

April 11, 2008-"Space flight alters bacterial gene expression and virulence and reveals a role for global regulator Hfq”

Claire Lindsey, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Student

April 25, 2008-"Purported nanobacteria in human blood as calcium carbonate nanoparticles”
Matt Ellison, Ph.D., Research Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

May 9, 2008-"Micro-organism-Triggered Release of Silver Nanoparticles from Biodegradable Oxide Carriers Allows Preparation of Self-Sterilizing Polymer Surfaces”

Mike Reott, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Candidate 


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Fall 2008

September 12, 2008: "Coral pathogens Identified for White Syndrome (WS) Epizootic's in the Indo-Pacific"
Eric Anderson, Ph.D., Research Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

September 12, 2008:  "Relationship between Vancomycin MIC and Failure among Patients with Methicillin-Resistant"

Matt Ellison, Ph.D., Research Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

October 24, 2008:"Federal Air Travel Restrictions for Public Health Purposes AND Surveillance for Lyme Disease"
Kendra Hitz, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Candidate

November 14, 2008:"A Eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr Kinase Signals Bacteria to Exit Dormancy in Response to Peptidoglycan Fragments”
Leandro Lobo, Research Associate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology

November 25, 2008: (Tuesday)"Mucosal penetration primes Vibrio cholerae for host colonization by repressing quorum sensing”
Claire Lindsey, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Student

December 12, 2008:"A Genetically Enhanced Anaerobic Bacterium for Oncopathic Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer"
Mike Reott, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Candidate

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Spring 2009

January 16, 2009:  "Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilms containing free mycolic acids and harbouring drug-tolerant bacteria"
Marty Roop, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology & Immunology 

January 30, 2009:  "Identification of a novel protein promoting the colonization and survival of Finegoldia magna, a bacterial commensal and opportunistic pathogen"
Jenifer Ojeda, Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology & Immunology 

February 13, 2009: "Comparison of Responses to Double-Strand Breaks between Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis Reveals Different Requirements for SOS Induction"
Eric Anderson, Ph.D., Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology  

February 27, 2009: "Treponema denticola TroR is a manganese- and iron-dependent transcriptional repressor”
Evan Menscher, Graduate Assistant, Microbiology & Immunology  

March 13, 2009: "Anthrax lethal toxin and Salmonella elicit the common cell death pathway of caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis via distinct mechanisms”
Leandro Lobo, Ph.D., Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology

March 27, 2009:  "Serendipitous Discovery of an Immunoglobulin-Binding Autotransporter in Bordetella Species"
Jennifer Gains, Ph.D.,Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology

April 24, 2009: "Long-Distance Delivery of Bacterial Virulence Factors by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outer Membrane Vesicles"
Clay Caswell, Ph.D.,Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology & Immunology

May 8, 2009: "CANCELLED"
Daniel Martin, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

May 22, 2009: "Covalently Linked Trimer of the AcrB Multidrug Efflux Pump Provides Support for the Functional Rotating Mechanism"
Matt Ellison, Ph.D.,Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology

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