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Back (left to right): Ratul Saha, James Wee, Katy Houlmont, Michelle Riccio, Dr. Bagley, Pengfei Song, Jen Klinkner, Joe Quello
Front: Corey Young and Heather Herrild
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News:
The Michigan Tech
Microbiology Club attended the Michigan Branch of the American Society
for Microbiology Conference at The Crystal Mountain Resort, October 8,
9, & 10, 2004
A total of 11 people
traveled to the Crystal Mountain resort (just south of Traverse City)
to represent Michigan Tech. The Michigan Tech club was the group that
traveled the farthest and had the most representation at the meeting.
Other schools that
participated:
MSU U of M- Dearborn
EMU U of M- Flint
WMU Delta College
Wayne State
The conference/meeting
consisted of 3 speakers:
- Dr. David Mills
(ASM Waksman Foundation speaker) (from UC Davis)"Dinner conversation
for Biotechnologists: The Genomics of Wine and Cheese"
- Dr. Kevin Short
(from Pfizer) "Microbial Sterol Bioconversions"
- Dr. Simon Silver
(From U of Illinois)"Microbial Arsenic: From Genes and Enzymes
to Geocycles”
Students were also
given the opportunity to present posters of their research. Two students
from MTU, Pengfei Song and Nicholas Ballor, had their posters judged.
At the conclusion
of the meeting awards were presented. Pengfei took top honor with his
research on: Identification of the Pyrene Degrading Dioxygenase in Pseudomonas
putida Strain KBM-1. Pengfei was awarded a reference book along with other
prizes donated by Sigma Aldrich.
MTU’s own
Microbiology Club was also recognized and awarded a reference book for
being the largest group in attendance and for travel the farthest distance.
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