Past Meetings
Brenda Anne Wilson, Ph.D.- ASM Distinguished Lecturer,
Keynote: “Toxins, toxins, everywhere: Turning foe into friend”.
Spotlight Presentation: “Taking the Wheel: How to Navigate Difficult Conversations”
Drs. Sarah J. Swerdlow and Oliva Long
2023- Lycoming College
Dr. Jeff Newman
Dan Buckley, Ph.D. - Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease,- School of Integrated Plant Science, Cornell University.
The Secret Life of Soil Microbes: Microbial Ecology of the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Dr. Jonathan Busada
Back to in-person meeting, Keynote presentation: Dr. Timothy Cover, Vanderbilt University; “Helicobacter
pylori genetic diversity and gastric cancer risk”– Fukushima auditorium
2021 - Thiel College
Online Meeting
Dr. Sarah Swerdlow
First ever Online ABASM meeting,
Keynote: Dr. Megan Freeman
Dr. Kristen Butela
ASM Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Edward Dudley, Penn State Dept. of Food Science
“Disrupting Food Safety Trace-Back Using Whole Genome Sequencing”
Dr. Amanda Martino
2018- Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA
Implemented novel Microbiology-focused pedagogy for undergraduates
Dr. Nikki Shariat
2017- Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA,
Awesome meeting!
Dr. Regina Lamendella
2016 -Â Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA
Awesome meeting!
Dr. Beth Ann Potter
ASM Branch Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Briana Burton Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Hempfield
"Genes without Borders"
Dr. Olivia Long
ASM Distinguished Branch Lecturer
Dr. John F. Stolz, Director, Center for Environmental Research and Education, Duquesne University
"Life in the Frac Pit" The Microbiology of Unconventional Shale Gas Extraction.
Dr. Jeff Newman
2013 - Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA
Dr. Joseph Petrosino, Director of Alkek Center of Metagenomics and Microbiome Research at Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Elizabeth Emmert from Salisbury University - Biosafety Workshop.
Dr. James Kotcon from West Virginia University-Â organic gardening and biological pest management.
Dr. Jennifer Koehl