This symposium is designed to give an opportunity for UREKA students to present their studies to their fellow students and supervisors. Importantly, the symposium is to inform your colleagues and share your scientific findings and views, rather than being an examination of your progress. The objective is for you to experience the conditions of presentation within a scientific forum.

Speakers have been randomly selected for order of presentation by lot, rather than subject matter.

For organizational purposes, please send or deliver your presentations to Adrian Corcoran (Molecular Biochemistry Lab; adrian.corcoran@nuigalway.ie) by no later than 12 noon Thursday, August 25th.

Timetable:

Opening remarks with short introduction

Presentations (10 min presentation and 5 min discussion per presenatation):

• Wendy - Investigation of the Ability of the Pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus to Enter and Survive in Host Cells
  
• Ronan - Comparison of Phenotypic Methods for Determining Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter
  
• Nora - Study of the Secretion of Interleukin-8 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein by Host Cells in Response to Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  
• Adam - Characterization of Salmonella isolates received from Kenya
  
• Susan - Investigation of the molecular basis for salt tolerance in the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes
  
• Fiona - Polysaccharide Production by Campylobacter jejuni
  
• Ashley - Investigation of the link between acid tolerance and heavy metal tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes
  
• Izabela - Studies on the Lipopolysaccharides of Enterohepatic Helicobacters
  
• Roisin - Occurrence of CTX-M ß-lactamases
  
• Nina - Evaluation of the Effect of Sub-Inhibitory Concentrations of Ciprofloxacin on the Selection of Drug Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni