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CBE News Update
July, 2006
Volume 9, Issue 7
Technical Advisory Conference
June 20–22, 2006
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"It was the best meeting ever!" was the
enthusiastic endorsement of one industrial member. The CBE makes
every effort to provide industrially relevant conferences with
topics of interest to our members. Invited CBE researchers and outside
experts present their work and all contribute to the wealth of
information presented. Sessions take place in an enjoyable scientific
atmosphere of learning and discovery.
This summer's meeting attracted 71
attendees total. Of these, 58 attendees were from 34 businesses,
8 from colleges/universities, and 5 from government agencies/entities. Thirteen Industrial Associate companies
and nineteen visiting companies were represented.
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Session Topics
Antimicrobial Surfaces
Biofilms in Food and Food
Processing
Biofilm Methods
Industrial Water Treatment
Microscopy
Environmental Biofilms
See Agenda (pdf)
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Invited Speakers
Each speaker was invited to share special expertise relating to
session topics (see above). Professionals came from a variety of
affiliations (industry, university and government) and contributed to
the applied theme of the conference.
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Dave Worley, Professor & Interim Chair, Dept. of Chemistry,
Auburn University, Alabama |
Mark Fornalik, Specialties Materials Group, Kodak Research
Labs, Rochester, New York |
Mike Doyle, Director, Center for Food Safety, University of
Georgia, Griffin, Georgia |
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Amy Wong, Professor of Food Microbiology, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin |
Mike Dorsey, Senior Materials Corrosion Technologist, DuPont
Engineering Technology, Orange, Texas |
Stephen Tomasino, Senior Scientist, US EPA-OPP Microbiology
Laboratory, Environmental Science Center, Fort Meade, Maryland |
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Ron Crawford, Professor of Microbiology, University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho |
Andrew Neal, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South
Carolina |
Jeffrey McLean, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington |
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| WORKSHOPS
Every conference begins with a one-day workshop. This
workshop was divided into Basic and Advanced simultaneous
sessions to accommodate industry needs.
Workshops are crafted each time to present new methods and
techniques developed at the Center. Some members have
attended the workshops multiple times because there is always
something new to learn and it's a great refresher course, too.
Pictured left to right: Heather Ramler, ChemTreat, Inc.;
Shari Wallace, Thiele Kaolin Co.; Jackie Whitaker (CBE
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PRESENTATIONS
The CBE works hard to make every moment of the conference
worthwhile and enjoyable, too. We want it to be a retreat
where you can "take your title off" and enjoy learning from
students and scientists across the board.
Open exchanges of questions and discussion are encouraged.
Pictured: Wes Bauman, M.S. Candidate, Civil Engineering
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TAC BUSINESS MEETING
The Industrial Associate members business meeting took place
in a beautiful informal, outdoor pavilion nestled against the
Bridger mountain range. Several topics with applied themes were
proposed for the next TAC, so stay tuned!
The new chair persons of the 2007 meetings will be Chair Ruth Cutright, W.L. Gore and
Vice Chair Bill Schwingel, Masco, Inc. We thank Mel
Czechowski, Church & Dwight for his Chair term.
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INFORMAL BBQ DINNER
Everyone was welcomed to the tasty BBQ dinner that followed
the business meeting, and it was a pleasant atmosphere to meet
new attendees and relax in the Montana sunshine and beautiful
surroundings.
Pictured in foreground: Rick Strittmatter, Dow Chemical
Co; Paul Sturman, CBE; Mark Fornalik, Eastman Kodak Co.
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2006 ANNUAL REPORT
The CBE disseminates an annual report at the summer TAC. This
year's theme is "CBE Faces and Biofilm Surfaces." Superb and
spectacular are a couple descriptive responses we've received
from readers.
It was hot off the press at this conference and as you can
see even CBEr's couldn't wait to read the final version.
Pictured: CBE undergraduates Shannon Goeres and Mike Sutton
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▪ American Air Liquide ▪
Masco ▪ Yale University ▪
Novozymes ▪ Church & Dwight ▪
Eastman Kodak ▪ Tyco Healthcare
▪ Southwest Regional Wound Care Center
▪ Interface Biologics ▪ Okayama University Hospital ▪ BD Medical
▪ University of Wisconsin-Madison ▪ US-EPA-OPP ▪
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories ▪ Florida State
University
▪ Molecular Probes - Invitrogen ▪ University of
Auburn ▪ Sterilox Technologies ▪ ChemTreat ▪ Smith &
Nephew
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MEMBERS AND GUESTS
Your walk does the talking for us. Thank you for your commitment
and investment to learn more about biofilms by attending the Technical
Advisory Conference at Montana
State University, Bozeman.
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▪ Dow Chemical Co. ▪ W.L. Gore ▪
NovaCal Pharmaceuticals ▪
NASA ▪ Colgate-Palmolive ▪ DuPont ▪ Microbian
▪ BioScience Laboratories ▪
MediFlex ▪ BioSurface Technologies ▪ MoInlycke Health Care, AB ▪
Ecolab ▪ Hydromer
▪ USC School of Dentistry ▪ Medtronic ▪ Diosynth Biotechnology ▪
University of Georgia ▪ University of Washington
▪ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory ▪ Kay Chemical Co. ▪
Whirlpool Corp. ▪ Dalburn International ▪ Thiele Kaolin
Co.
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Next Conference
Winter Conference:
February 8-9, 2007
Winter Workshop:
February 7, 2007
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Contact Paul Sturman at 406 994-2102, for information
about the Industrial Associate Program or the Technical
Advisory Conferences and Workshops.
We look forward to seeing you again in 2007!
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