**** SUNDAY MAY 19, 2002 ****
001 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) ASM Lecture - A Global Passport for Microbiology 002 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Bioterrorism - The Latest Perspective
**** MONDAY MAY 20, 2002 ****
003 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Reimbursement & Compliance Issues for the Clinical Laboratory 004 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Rapid Viral Diagnosis 005 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 006 $ 20.00 Developmentally Regulated Gene Expression in Eukaryotic Pathogens 007 $ 20.00 Arthropod Vector-Pathogen Interactions: The Flip-Side of Human Disease 008 $ 20.00 Mars, Meteorites & Magnetite: The Controversy Continues 009 $ 20.00 Genome Plasticity 010 $ 20.00 The Ribosome as an Antibacterial Target 011 $ 20.00 Virulence Gene Regulation 012 $ 20.00 Indwelling Medical Devices (IMDs) & Diagnostic Microbiology - An Oxymoron 013 $ 20.00 Dendritic Cells: Immunobiology & Role in Infection & Immunity 014 $ 20.00 Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation by Activators & Repressors 015 $ 20.00 Bacterial Flagella: Assembly & Regulation 016 $ 20.00 Proteomic & DNA Array Approaches to Physiology 017 $ 20.00 Growth & Mortality Among Aquatic Microbial Populations 018 $ 20.00 Genomic Diversity of Archaea 019 $ 20.00 Clinical Mycobacteriology: Clinical & Laboratory Aspects of the Nontuberculous Mycobacteria 020 $ 20.00 Genomics in the Undergraduate Curriculum - Rocket Science or Basic Science? 021 $ 20.00 Environmental Influence on Mutability & Expression of Mutant Phenotypes 022 $ 20.00 One Medicine - Animal & Human Health 023 $ 20.00 Career Development Forum 048 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Procter & Gamble Award in Applied & Environmental Microbiology Presentation 051 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) USFCC/J. Porter Award Presentation 076 $ 20.00 Marine Microbes/Drugs from the Sea 077 $ 20.00 Microbial Metabolic Compartmentalization & Substrate Channeling 078 $ 20.00 Experimental Genomics of Pathogens 079 $ 20.00 "Open Platform" Systems for Developing Molecular Diagnostic Assays 080 $ 20.00 Evolutionary Biology & Ecology of Bacterial Pathogens 081 $ 20.00 Conserved & Overlapping Strategies of Human & Plant Fungal Pathogens 082 $ 20.00 Pathogenesis & Treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Respiratory Disease 083 $ 20.00 Somes: Complex Nucleoprotein Machines 084 $ 20.00 Contrasts in Prokaryotic Motility 085 $ 20.00 Staphylococcus aureus Infections - An Update 086 $ 20.00 101 Ways to Use Phage 087 $ 20.00 Real Time Detection of Pathogens in the Food Supply 088 $ 20.00 Recent Developments in Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation 089 $ 20.00 Eradication of Infectious Disease 090 $ 20.00 Striking a Balance Among Teaching, Learning & Research in Microbiology 091 $ 20.00 The Global Burden of Enteric Infectious Diseases: Knowledge as an Approach to the Control Enteric Pathogens in the Environment 092 $ 20.00 Foreign Animal Diseases - Threats & Preparedness 093 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) President's Address: The State of the Society - A Year of Challenges & Opportunities
**** TUESDAY MAY 21, 2002 ****
094 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Competency in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 095 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Parasitology Update 096 $ 20.00 The Promise of Genomics, Proteomics & Biotechnology for Strategies in Diagnostic Microbiology 097 $ 20.00 Macromolecular Machines of DNA Replication 098 $ 20.00 Marvin P Bryant Memorial Symposium on Ecology, hysiology & Molecular Biology of Anaerobes 099 $ 20.00 Mechanism of Action of Type III Effectors in Eucaryotic Cells 100 $ 20.00 Clinical Microbiology Informatics - It's Not Just for Geeks & Nerds 101 $ 20.00 Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Genetic Susceptibility to Infection 103 $ 20.00 Comparative Genomics & the Evolution of Tailed Phages 104 $ 20.00 Genomics of Ecologically Important Prokaryotes 105 $ 20.00 Cells in Microgravity - Problems & Prospects 106 $ 20.00 The Microbiology of Drinking Water - Minimizing Human Risk 107 $ 20.00 Providing Meaningful Mycobacteriology Laboratory Services 108 $ 20.00 Immunotherapy of HIV Infection 109 $ 20.00 DNA Damage Recognition for Checkpoint Arrest 110 $ 20.00 Antimicrobial Resistance - New Developments & Their Implications 111 $ 20.00 Animal Agroterrorism in the 21st Century 112 $ 20.00 Aspects of Graduate Education that Enhance Employabillity 136 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Eli Lilly & Company Research Award Presentation 140 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award 168 $ 20.00 Novel Properties & Applications of Bacterial Toxins 169 $ 20.00 Behavioral Ecology & Evolution of Microorganisms 170 $ 20.00 Swift & Slow Adaptations in Bacterial Membrane Lipids 171 $ 20.00 Microbial Activities on a Global Scale 172 $ 20.00 The Importance of Clonality in the Global Spread of Antimicrobail Resistance 173 $ 20.00 Case Studies in Clinical Microbiology 174 $ 20.00 Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infection in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 175 $ 20.00 Bacterial Enterotoxins as Mucosal Immunomodulators 176 $ 20.00 Functional Genomic Approaches for Tracking Fungal Pathogenesis 177 $ 20.00 Genetic Adaptation to Variable Stresses 178 $ 20.00 The Prokaryotic Signal Recognition Particle 180 $ 20.00 Development & Application of Methods to Identify Sources of Fecal Pollution in Water 181 $ 20.00 Regulation of DNA Virus Gene Expression 182 $ 20.00 Tuberculosis Dormancy & the Schrodinger's Cat 183 $ 20.00 The Carski Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award - The William A. Hinton Research Training Award - The Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award Presentations 184 $ 20.00 A Framework for Future Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance in Agriculture 185 $ 20.00 Bioterrorism - Estimating Risks & Designing Countermeasures
**** WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 2002 ****
SL $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Special Lecture on the NIH Bioterrorism Related Research Agenda 186 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Screening Tests for Agents of Biologic Warfare 187 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Practice Guidelines for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory 188 $ 20.00 Molecular Mimicry in Bacterial Infections 189 $ 20.00 Tracking Sources & Sinks of Microorganisms 190 $ 20.00 RNA Polymerase - Structure & Mechanism 191 $ 20.00 The Integration of Outcomes Research in Day- to-Day Clinical Microbiology: What the Future Could Become 192 $ 20.00 Diverse Host Models for Studying Host Pathogen Interactions 193 $ 20.00 New Concepts in Physiology & Biochemistry of Pathogenic Fungi 194 $ 20.00 Definitions of Prokaryotic Species 195 $ 20.00 Polarity in Bacteria 196 $ 20.00 Metals & Microbes 197 $ 20.00 The Hospital Microbiologist & the Hospital Epidemiologist - Working Together 198 $ 20.00 Probiotics as Antimicrobials & Health Promoting Agents 199 $ 20.00 Degradation of Contaminants in Extremely Cold Environments 200 $ 20.00 Tuberculosis Vaccine Development 201 $ 20.00 Bacterial & Viral STDs at the Millennium 202 $ 20.00 The Forest & the Trees - Microbial Population Genomics & Ecology 203 $ 20.00 Microbes that Have Changed the World for the Better - *Doesn't Include R. J. Cano Presentation 204 $ 20.00 How to Become a Successful Microbiologist 205 $ 20.00 The Breadth of Employment Opportunities Available to Microbiologists: How Microbiologists Make Their Living 231 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) History of Microbiology Lecture - Rene Dubos & the Ecological Importance of Microbes 232 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) Biotechnology: Development & Globalization 250 $ 20.00 Different Faces of Cell Death in Bacterial Infection 252 $ 20.00 Oxygenases in Biodegradation & Biocatalysis 253 $ 20.00 Ribosome 254 $ 20.00 Biofilms: Tolerance & Resistance at the Site of Infection 255 $ 20.00 Recognition of Bacteria by the Innate Immune System 256 $ 20.00 Should We Do More? Significance, Detection & Reporting of ESBLs & Other Newer B-Lactamases 257 $ 20.00 Linkage of Innate & Adaptive Immunity to Fungi 258 $ 20.00 Comparative Genomics: Mycoplasmas as Models 259 $ 20.00 Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression & Pathogenesis by DNA Methylases 260 $ 20.00 Transposable Phage & Other Mobile Elements 261 $ 20.00 Fungal Secondary Metabolism - Ecological & Evolutionary Perspectives 262 $ 20.00 Extraterrestrial Microbiology 263 $ 20.00 Mycobacterial Cell Wall Proteins - Key Players for Nutrient Transport, Virulence & Antigenicity? 264 $ 20.00 Emerging Infections - 2002 265 $ 20.00 Role of Science Professionals in K-12 Education 266 $ 10.00 (1 Tape) President's Forum
**** THURSDAY MAY 23, 2002 ****
267 $ 20.00 Transformation of Clinical Microbiology - Challenges of New Technology 268 $ 20.00 New Determinants of Resistance & Virulence in Pneumococci 269 $ 20.00 Autotransporter Proteins - Structure & Function 270 $ 20.00 Interaction of Sexually Transmitted Disease Agents with Host Cells 271 $ 20.00 Regulating with Small RNAs 272 $ 20.00 Getting in Shape & Staying in Shape - Molecular Basis for Bacterial Cell Morphology 273 $ 20.00 Analyzing Functional Genes from Natural Environments 274 $ 20.00 Exploring Secondary Metabolism Using Emerging Technologies 275 $ 20.00 Molecular Mechanisms of Listeria monocytogenes Tolerance to Food Processing & Preservation Techniques 276 $ 20.00 DNA Replication in Bacteriophage & Viruses
$20.00 / 2 Tape Session - MOST Sessions are 2 Tape Sessions or Convention Special 6 Sessions (12 Tapes) & FREE Binder for $ 100.00