Two separate seminars will be presented tomorrow.
Joe Mack (Dr. Caguiat’s lab) will present his work entitled "Selenium Resistance in Enterbacter sp. YSU and its Proteomic and Genomic Basis"
Background information for his presentation can be found here: http://proteomesci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1477-5956-7-30
The second seminar will be presented by James Lerakis, an Honors Student in Biol 3702. His presentation is entitled “Current Aspects of Zika Virus”.
See you there!
I will start off with the first speaker Joseph Mack and how he did a great job on his topic with selenium resistance. One thing that makes me extremely mad is the fact that dumping these wastes into a sight that isn't properly treated and protected makes me mad. Like Joseph said, there was no walls or roof to protect the waste so the waste was able to go into the ground and into the water systems which then entered into a river near the Oak Ridge laboratories. I did learn a lot from him and the two main bacteria that became resistant which were the Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia and the strain found by one of our professors Enterobacteria sp YSU. The question I have, does anyone know a better way other then the Klett colorimeter that he could have used to remove the colors in his experiment?
ReplyDeleteSecond speaker did a great job as well James terakis on the Zika Virus. He gave a good point that not everything the news says is 100% true. I learned a lot about the Zika virus with the fact that it originated from monkeys and how the world cup spread the Flavivirus and how we now know its a sexually transmitted disease. The question I have on this subject is how long does the Virus stay in your system where you can't spread it. a week is the symptoms he said but how long does it take for you to not spread it. second, why does Aspirin have bad side affects. A little note Aspirin is not an antibiotic its a Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory I'm sure he was just nervous!
I thought both presentations were pretty informative. I wouldn't mind seeing Joe's presentation again after more of the data is collected. As for the undergrad presentation it seemed like he did a pretty good job presenting to such a large group of people on such a hot topic in the news right now.
ReplyDeleteThe Zika virus and dengue have similar symptoms and are spread through the same mosquitoes. Aspirin and other NSAIDs shouldn’t be used until dengue can be ruled out because they can cause hemorrhaging. Once a patient tests positive for the Zika virus then NSAIDs can be used.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Joe's research shows a lot of promise, and I would be interesting in hearing the final results. I was especially intrigued by his project because of the information we did in some of Dr. Caguiat's other classes. As far as the Zika virus presentation, I think it was an excellent follow up to Dr. Woolverton's lecture, conveying the message that not every message regarding public health portrayed by the media is true. This is why it is so essential to have knowledgeable people in the growing epidemiology field!
ReplyDeleteEchoing everyone else, I would like to see Joe's results after further data collection. The presentation was well-organized though! As for the Zika virus presentation, I personally think it could have used a bit more research. I would have liked to have learned more specifics about the progression of the disease and how it is expected to spread geographically and chronologically. Its overall message was true though; the media are generally not to be trusted.
ReplyDeleteGoing off of what Jillian said, I'm interested in seeing the results from Joe's research after doing similar bench work in Dr. Caguiat's classes. The undergrad presenter did a great job in presenting the basic information on the Zika virus. I would have liked to hear him talk about the possible connection with Zika Virus infection and GBS.
ReplyDeleteI feel that both presentations were very well done. Joe's research truly illustrates the long-lasting harm that can be caused to our environment if the necessary precautions are not taken. It will be interesting to see more work from Joe on the levels and mechanisms of selenium resistance in Enterobacter sp. YSU.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Joe! I am also interested in future results. The Zika virus presentation could have used more results and explanations of specific claims, but I agree with Marshall about the overall message. Good job guys!
ReplyDeleteBoth presentation were good and especially Joe's reasearch. I personally have a phobia of handling bacteria,but I hope Joe is determined.Concerning the asprin on Zika Virus,I read somewhere that asprin on virus causing disease have side effects such as brain and liver damage, and I think it might apply the same on Zika.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see more of Joe Macks work once its further along!
ReplyDeleteOne thing I wish were different about the Zika presentation was when he stated that it has not be linked to microcephaly. Being a current virology student, we recently read an article where the virus does cross the placental barrier and causes attenuated growth of human neural progenitor cells. This paper was recently published, so I am not sure how recent he looked into things. Other than that, he did a great job explaining everything about the virus and its origin!