PASI WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Workshop Coordinators:
 

Dr. Richard Veeh
Senior Research Associate
Center for Biofilm Engineering
Montana State University—Bozeman

Dr. Homero Urrutia Briones
Associate Professor
Facultad de Cs. Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiología
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Presentations and Presenters:

Biofilms in nature and disease
Cell to cell signaling in biofilms

by Dr. William Costerton

Anaerobic processes

by Dr. Homero Urrutia

Anaerobic methods

by Dr. Robin Gerlach

Biofilm growth reactors: An overview
Analysis of a laboratory biofilm from three growth reactors
Basic biofilm techniques: Laboratory instruction
Four stages of biofilm study
Hands-on reactor sampling and analysis

by Linda Loetterle

Drip flow reactor protocols and laboratory demonstration

by Lee Richards

Flow cells
Reporter genes

by Dr. Davie Davies (guest instructor, Univ. of New York – Binghamton)

Biocorrosion
Use of microelectrodes to monitor biofilm

by Dr. Zbigniew Lewandowski

Drinking water biofilm modules I-IV

by Dr. Anne Camper

Proteomics, 2D gels

by Dr. Karin Sauer (guest instructor, Univ. of New York – Binghamton)

Confocal microscopy principles and methods; gfp imaging; image analysis
Confocal laboratory

by Ben Klayman, Betsey Pitts, Patrick Norris

General methodologies for biofilm study; FISH; PCR/DGGE
Dr. Richard Veeh

Biofilm statistics

by Dr. Marty Hamilton

Biofilm modeling

by Jason Chambless

Antibiotic resistance

by Dr. Phil Stewart

Biofilms in wastewater treatment

by Dr. Warren Jones
 

DNA chips/arrays
by Dr. Pomposiello (guest instructor, Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst, MA)

Flow cytometry

by Jennifer Sestrich

Biofilms in wetlands

by Dr. Otto Stein

Medical biofilms

by Dr. Christoph Fux