Ohio Branch ASM

University Student Awards

The winners of OBASM Awards for presentations at the 2008 OBASM Meeting were:

• Donald C. Cox Award for Best Podium Presentation:
  • Jennifer Gaddy, Miami University, "Acinetobacter baumannii outer membrane protein A is involved in attachment to and killing of Candida albicans Tup1 filaments"
• J. Robie Vestal Award for Best Environmental or Evolution Poster:
  • Patrick Feasel, Miami University, "Minimum temperature and light requirements to support growth of the model psychrophilic green alga, Chlamydomonas raudensis"
• N. Paul Hudson Award for Research Excellence:
  • Christin McQueary, Miami University, "Role of chaperone-usher pili assembly operons in Acinetobacter baumannii"
• Ohio Branch ASM Award for Research Excellence:
  • Karthik Krishnan, Miami University, "Interactions between 70S ribosome and leaderless/short-leadered mRNA leading to highly variable in vivo expression in Escherichia coli"
• Allan A. Ichida Undergraduate Research Award:
  • Mary See, University of Cincinnati, "RNA Extraction Methods for Reverse Transcriptase Real-time PCR and Microarray Analyses of Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts"

Descriptions of OBASM Graduate and Undergraduate Student Awards

Previous Years' Student Award Recipients

High School Student Awards

The winners of Ohio Microbiology Awards at 2008 State Science Day were:

• First Place Winner:
  • Sarat Tallamraju, Grad 10, Solon High School, "Can pond scum be the future of alternative energy? Extracting oil from algae: a study of variables affecting biofuel production"
• Second Place Winners:
  • Wilson D. Lo, Grade 10, Upper Arlington High School, "The isolation and characterization of cellulolytic bacteria"
  • Saaket M. Pradhan, Grade 8, Henry Karrer Middle School, Dublin, "Marinades: It’s not just about flavor"
• Honorable Mention:
• Marie Caligiuri-deJesus, Grade 12, Upper Arlington High School, "Immunogenicity of the Epstein-Barr virus BZLF protein"
• Rachel Yoho, Grade 12, Big Walnut High School, Sunbury, "The feasibility of Sus domesticus manure in a novel microbial fuel cell design for volatage production and bacterial load reduction"

We thank our sponsors for giving us the opportunity to reward individuals with excellent microbiology research projects with the Ohio Microbiology Award at the State Science Day.