Halmos College Faculty and Students Present at Microbiology Meeting
From October 11-13, 2019 several Halmos College students and faculty presented at the Florida Branch American Society for Microbiology (FLASM) Meeting in Clearwater Beach, FL. Halmos College faculty member Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D. is the Vice President of FL ASM and was a co-organizer for the meeting.
Along with co-organizing the meeting, Dr. Garcia also lead a workshop on science communication which included her presentation, “10 Tips for Giving a Great Scientific Talk”. Four Halmos College students presented at the conference.
MS in Marine Science Student Deepesh Tourani was awarded PAN-SGA and FLASM funding to attend the conference and presented his talk: “Functional Dynamics of Microbial Communities Characterized from the Northern Gulf of Mexico”. His research was conducted under the supervision of Jose Lopez, Ph.D. Two students from Dr. Garcia’s class presented individual research posters. Junior student/ Biology major Sukriti Prashar was awarded PAN SGA and FLASM funding to attend the conference and presented “Characterizing the Mechanism of Inhibition Exhibited by Dipropionate on Yersinia pestis Type III Secretion”. Junior biology and behavioral neuroscience major Jessica Hallett was awarded FLASM and Farquhar Honors College funding to attend the conference and presented, “The Race to Find Novel Antibiotics Produced by Soil Bacteria from Horse Stalls”. Sukriti won 1st place for Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation.
Senior biology major Sujad Younis was selected for the Biology Student Award which funded his travel to the conference where he presented the talk, “Investigating the antibacterial effectiveness of placental tissue components on antibiotic resistant bacteria”. Sujad conducted the research with Dr. Garcia and Dr. Wendy Weston’s Lab in NSU’s Cell Therapy Institute. Sujad won 1st place for Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation.
FLASM promotes microbiology education and research in Florida through meetings, discussions, and publications. Their members represent the many diverse areas of microbiology including virology, metagenomics, clinical, environmental, basic research, education, industrial, bioenergy, veterinary, and more.
For more information: https://www.flasm.org/
