Speaker: Dr. Virginia L. Miller, PhD, Professor of Genetics and of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and 2023-2024 President of the American Society for Microbiology

Topic: The ADCs of Hypermucoviscosity in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Venue: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Skylight Room of The Commons Building

Event: Falling for Research Student Conference

Sponsors: ASM Maryland Branch, Maryland-ACS, NSIP, and ASBMB

Venue: Towson University Science Complex Commons

Speaker:    Dr. Allison Tracy, PhD, Assistant Professor at IMET, University of Maryland Baltimore, and University of Maryland Baltimore County 

Topic:        The bacterial microbiome in oyster health and disease

Venue:        University of Maryland Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology  (IMET), Baltimore

Speaker:    Dr. Brenda Anne Wilson, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and ASM Distinguished Lecturer 

Topic:        Toxins, Toxins, Everywhere: Turning Foe into Friend

Venue:       Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel, Towson

Event:        Annual ASM Maryland Branch Poster Session

Speakers:    1st- and 2nd-Place Winners of the J. Howard Brown Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards

Venue:   Health Sciences Facility III (HSF III), University of Maryland School of 
Medicine, 670 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201