**** SUNDAY MAY 18, 2003 ****

001 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) OPENING GENERAL SESSION: Mosquito-Borne Infections, & ASM Lecture: The Smallpox Saga - A Chapter not yet Written

**** MONDAY MAY 19, 2003 ****

002 $ 10.00 Practical Guidelines for Testing & Working Up of Respiratory, Stool, CSF, & Urine Cultures
003 $ 10.00 Reimbursement & Compliance Issues for the Clinical Lab
004 $ 10.00 Diagnosis of Respiratory Viruses: What's Best for your Lab?
005 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Using Genomics to Understand Bacterial Pathogenesis
006 $ 10.00 Quality Control of Defective RNA (*Doesn't Include R. Sauer Presentation)
007 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Towards More Representative Models for the Study of Infection
008 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Novel Organisms & Novel Metabolisms - What More Can We Expect to Find?
009 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Cell Biology of the Host-Pathogen Interactions
010 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Clinical Microbiology - Today & Tomorrow
011 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Polymorphisms within the Human Genome that Modulate Infectious Diseases Outcomes & Affect Response to Vaccine & Therapeutic Interventions (*Doesn't Include M. Y. Kotb Presentation)
012 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Fungal Immunology - Value of Animal Models versus Clinical Studies
013 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) What's New in the Study of Magnetotactic Bacteria
014 $ 10.00 Microbial Expropriation of the Actin Cytoskeleton (*Doesn't Include B. Kenny & S. B. Snapper Presentation)
015 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Sensing Envelope Stresses
016 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Getting More Info Out of Complex Systems - Mathematical Modeling of Community Interactions
017 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Metabolic Engineering of Industrially Significant Microbes (*Doesn't Include J. Nielsen Presentation)
018 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Probiotic & Prebiotic Modulation of the Intestinal & Vaginal Microflora - Impact on Pathogens, Host Response & Health
019 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) RNA Viruses as Therapeutic Vectors
020 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Salmonella - Where Does It Come From?
021 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Microbial Forensics: Reality & Potential
022 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Impact of Bioterrorism on Biomedical Research
052 $ 10.00 Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievements Award - The Second Lifetime - Genomes, Microarrays & Cancer
055 $ 10.00 USFCC/J. Roger Porter Award - Ribosomal RNA, Gene Transfer & the Meaning of a Tree of Life
056 $ 10.00 The Carski Foundation Award - Great Expectations
057 $ 10.00 History of Microbiology Lecture - Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
086 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Regulating with RNA
087 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Gas-Based Ecologies - Methane & Hydrogen
088 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) The West Nile Epidemic in the US - A Prelude of Things to Come?
089 $ 10.00 The Generation of Diversity by Microorganisms (*Doesn't Include M. Frosch Presentation)
090 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Attacking the Bacterial Armamentarium
091 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Microbial Specimen Transport - Overlooked & Under Appreciated
092 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Microbial Interactions with Polarized Epithelia (*Doesn't Include K. Mustov Presentation)
093 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Antifungal Drugs in Combination - From Test Tube to Patient
094 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Gram-Negative Type IV Secretion Systems - Conjugation & Beyond (*Doesn't Include J. P. Vogel Presentation)
095 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Rust Never Sleeps
096 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Molecular Basis of the Architecture of Bacterial Biofilms (*Doesn't Include G. A. O'Toole Presentation)
097 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Plant-Rhizosphere Interactions - Applications to Phytoremediation
098 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Lifestyles of Unusual DNA Viruses
099 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Advances in Leprosy - Research 2003 & Beyond: Following in Shepard's Foot Pads
100 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Learn About Submitting a Successful Application & Hear from Previous Participants
101 $ 10.00 President's Address - From Bioremediation to Bioterrorism

**** TUESDAY MAY 20, 2003 ****

102 $ 10.00 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests - Challenges to Report Results Effectively
103 $ 10.00 Practical Guidelines for Testing & Working Up of Blood Cultures, Catheter Tips, Genital & Wound Specimens
104 $ 10.00 Parasitology Update
105 $ 10.00 Fungal Biocontaminants in Indoor Environments (*Doesn't Include J. Craner & E. Johanning Presentation)
106 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Expanding the Genetic Code (*Doesn't Include S. Yokoyama Presentation)
107 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Global Analysis of Host Responses to Infection
108 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Leveraging Crystal Structures to Combat Bacterial Pathogens (*Doesn't Include M. Schmid Presentation)
109 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Topics in Bacillus anthracis Pathogenesis (*Doesn't Include G. Georgiou Presentation)
110 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Case Studies in Clinical Microbiology
111 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Novel Strategies for Vaccine Design & Delivery (*Doesn't Include J. A. Berzofsky Presentation)
112 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Microbial Causes of Chronic Arthritis
113 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Generating a Systems View of Microbial Lifestyles
114 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Still Growing After All These Years - A Tribute to "Physiology of the Bacterial Cell" (*Doesn't Include M. Cashel Presentation)
115 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Phages 201 - Cool Things You Can Do With Phages
116 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) What Are Those Bugs Doing? Advances in Studying Microbe-Microbe Interactions
117 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Astromicrobiology - Interplanetary Transfer of Microbes by Natural & Man-Made Processes
118 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) New Insights into Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence
119 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Emerging Infectious Diseases: 2002-2003 (*Doesn't Include W. I. Lipkin Presentation)
120 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Microbial Communities - Advantages of Multicellular Cooperation
121 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Curriculum Guidelines for Microbiology Majors - The Rationale Behind Them & How to Use Them
150 $ 10.00 Promega Biotechnology Research Award - Exploring Biology with DNA Microarrays
154 $ 10.00 Procter & Gamble Award - Nutritional Extremophily as a Way of Life, Bacterial Bleaching of Corals: Three Kingdoms in One Polyp
155 $ 10.00 Eli Lilly Award - Control of Chromosome Segregation in Yeast
191 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Combating Agents of Bioterrorism Through Novel Technologies, Vaccines & Therapeutic Approaches
192 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Molecular Biology for Clinical Microbiologists - Recent & Future Advances
193 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) The Winged Helix Family of Transcription Factors in Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
194 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Strategies & Technologies for Bringing Culture to the Uncultured
195 $ 10.00 Emerged Emerging Pathogens (*Doesn't Include E. Carniel & D. Hartl Presentation)
196 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Biological Responses to DNA Damage - From Bacteria to Human
197 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Laboratory Diagnosis of Infections in Long Term Care Facilities
198 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Strategies of Bacterial Pathogens
199 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Diagnostic Mycology - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
200 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Phototrophic Prokaryotes - The Genomic Perspective
201 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Genetic Analysis of Archaeal Metabolism & Physiology
202 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Biofilms & Biomaterial-Associated Infections
203 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Emerging Foodborne Pathogens - Enterobacter sakazakii
204 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Sustainable Approaches for Preventing Infectious Disease
205 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Laboratory Diagnosis of Vector Borne Infections
206 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Bacteriophages, Blackboards & Benchtops
208 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) How Are Antibiotic Selection & Use Decisions Made for Food Animals?
209 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) The Pervasive Role of Microbiology in Government
210 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) DNA, Microbiology & the Genetic Revolution

**** WEDNESDAY MAY 21, 2003 ****

211 $ 10.00 Competency Testing for the Microbiology Laboratory
212 $ 10.00 Communicating Laboratory Results to Clinicians
213 $ 10.00 Bioterrorism - Surge Capacity & the Role of Level A Laboratories
214 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Biology of Selected "Select Agents"
215 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Systems Microbiology - Beyond Genome Sequencing (*Doesn't Include R. D. Smith Presentation)
216 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Metagenomics
217 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Is There Sensitivity to Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST)? The Importance of Verifying Results & Communicating Them
218 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Microbial Infection & Cholesterol-Rich Rafts
219 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Advances in Host Innate Immunity & Effect on Pathogens
220 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Fungal Mating & Virulence (*Doesn't Include B. Dujon Presentation)
221 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Novel Regulators of Transcription
222 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Protein Trafficking & Secretion
223 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Big Fleas Have Little Fleas: Pathogen-Phage Interactions 
224 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Nutritional Aspects of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Nutraceuticals & Intestinal Delivery
225 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Genome Diversification & Evolution in Food-Borne Microorganisms
226 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Environmental Restoration Microbiology - Bridging the Gap from Laboratory to the Field
227 $ 10.00 The Challenge of Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Diseases - Case Studies
228 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Microbiologists as Educational Researchers - Going from "Knowing That it Works" to "Showing That it Works"
229 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) The Metastable Genome (*Doesn't Include D. A. Gordenin Presentation)
230 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Career Development Forum
260 $ 10.00 Microbiology - From Ecosystem Science to Sustainable Development
293 $ 20.00(2 Tapes) (Re)Emerging Biothreats & Protection of Public Health - State of the Art Sampling Detection & Remediation of Pathogens in the Environment
294 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) The Interplay between Replication & Recombination in Prokaryotes
295 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Protein Secretion Across the Bacterial Outer Membrane
296 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Evolving Infections in Immunocompromised Patients - Challenges for the Microbiology Laboratory
297 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) From Outside to Inside - Ways Environmental Bacteria Become Pathogens
298 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Chronic Mycoplasma Disease & Persistence of Infection
299 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Metal Ion Homeostasis & Its Regulation
300 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Soil - A Reservoir of Prokaryotic Diversity
301 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) The Physiology of Bacterial Biofilms
302 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Antimicrobial & Antiseptic Resistance
303 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Assemblages for Assembly in the dsDNA Viruses
304 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Using Whole Genome Sequences to Understand Phylogenetic Relationships
305 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Vaccines & Public Health - Real World Issues
306 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) So You Thought Uncultivated Microorganisms Were Uncultivatable...
307 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Alternative Careers in Microbiology
308 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) President's Forum - Communicating Microbiology to the Public - Fact, Fiction, & Uncertainty

**** THURSDAY MAY 22, 2003 ****

309 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Colonization of Mucosal Surfaces
310 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Life Is Redox Chemistry - The Sulfate-Reducer Paradigm
311 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Omics & Pathogens - Genes, Proteins & Metabolites
312 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Immunopathogenesis of Infectious Diseases: Organ-Specific Aspects
313 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Nutrition & Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases - A Genomics Approach
314 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) DNA Uptake in Bacteria
315 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Spores of Bacillus anthracis & B. subtillis - Formation & Pathogenesis
316 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Surf & Turf Phages - Environmental & Genetic Processes in Bacterial-Bacteriophage Interactions
317 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) New Insights into Microbial Toxin Production
318 $ 10.00 Microbial Proteomics - Environmental & Evolutionary Perspectives (*Doesn't Include R. D. Smith & N. Kelleher Presentation)
319 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Differences Between Clinical M. tuberculosis Strains & Their Relevance To Virulence
320 $ 20.00 (2 Tapes) Bioterrorism Against Plants, Animals & Foods