Tuesday, October 29th, 2024

This is a HYBRID Event (Attendance LIVE and ONLINE via ZOOM)

Active Learning Center, University at Buffalo
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Downtown Buffalo Campus

Program

L. Beryl Guterman, M.D. & Ph.D. Candidate
Erwin Neter Award Winner 2024
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Armbruster Laboratory
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
“Harnessing Microbially Derived Metabolites in the
Urinary Tract to Prevent Infection Induced Catheter Encrustation”


Ryan Hunter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
“When Good Bugs Go Wild. How Commensal Microbiota
Shape Chronic Airway Disease Trajectory”


Crista Wadsworth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology,
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
“A Bubbling Cauldron of Antibiotic Resistance:
Commensal Neisseria, a Persistent Threat for
DNA Donation to Important Human Pathogens”


Samuel P. Brown, Ph.D.
ASM Distinguished and Waksman Foundation Lecturer
Professor, School of Biological Sciences,
Georgia Institute of Technology
“Challenges and Opportunities in the Treatment of
Chronic Polymicrobial Infections”


Vendor Exhibits, Registration, Refreshments: 4:15-5:00 PM
Presentations 5:00- 7:15 PM
Dinner Buffet with Cash Bar 7:15 PM

  • Dinner fee for WNY ASM Regular Members who paid 2024 Dues*: $15
  • Dinner and Membership fee for WNY ASM Regular Members: $40
  • ZOOM Attendance and Membership fee for WNY ASM Regular Members: $30
  • Dinner fee for WNY ASM Student Members who paid 2024 Dues*: $5
  • Dinner and Membership fee for WNY ASM Student Members: $15
  • ZOOM Attendance and Membership fee for WNY ASM Student Members: $15

*You are a CURRENT 2024 member if you paid dues AFTER Sept 1, 2024. If you are unsure of your dues status email Lynn Connors at

Attendance Certificates Available

Registration Deadline is Monday, October 21, 2024