Schedule at a Glance

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3:00 Registration

3:45 Welcome to SEBASM 2025

4:00 Session I: Host-Pathogen Interactions-I

5:00 Keynote Lecture: Dr. Naola Ferguson-Noel, University of Georgia

Mycoplasma Genome Plasticity - Adapt and Expand or Perish

6:00 Welcome reception

7:00 Lab Olympics: hosted by UGA Microbiology Graduate Student Association

Halloween costumes welcome!

8:30 Session II: Environmental Microbiology and Ecology-I

9:30 Coffee break

10:00 Session IIIa: Agricultural Microbiology

Session IIIb: Host Pathogen Interactions-II

11:00 Poster Session I

12:15 Lunch, including career panels and branch business meeting

1:30 Poster Session II

2:45 Session IVa: Environmental Microbiology and Ecology-II

Session IVb: Microbial Physiology-I

3:45 Coffee break

4:15 Session V: Microbial Communities

5:00 Branch Awards

5:15 ASM Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Vanderbilt University

Intra- and Inter-strain Heterogeneity and How It Shapes Division of Labor in a Microbial Community

6:30 SEB-ASM Banquet Dinner (at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education)

8:30 Session VIa: Medical Microbiology

Session VIb: Antimicrobials and AMR

9:30 Coffee Break

10:00 Session VII: Microbial Physiology-II

11:00 Guest Lecture: Dr. Erin Lipp, University of Georgia

Wastewater Informatics: Insights, Applications, and Opportunities for Tracking Infectious Disease

11:45 Student Awards and Intro for SEBASM 2026

12:15 Boxed lunches for departures