March 26-28, 2015
Location: T Bar M Resort and Conference Center (tbarm.com)
2549 Highway 46 West, New Braunfels, Texas 78132

Registration has begun!  Click here to register now for the 2015 Spring Meeting.

Please mark your calendars to attend the 2015 Texas Branch Spring Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. This meeting will be held at the T Bar M Resort and Conference Center in New Braunfels, Texas on March 26^th to 28^th. The conference will include both Faculty and Student oral presentations, in topics that range from Environmental to Clinical Microbiology. We will also have an afternoon dedicated to undergraduate and graduate student poster presentations, and will award prizes to the best talks and posters in each category. The highlight of our meeting will be the 2015 Goldschmidt lecture, held on Friday evening. We will close the meeting on Saturday morning, with a session dedicated to Educational topics.

This Conference is geared toward undergraduate students and first- and second-year graduate students. It is a great opportunity for students to develop their presentation skills and interact with faculty from all around Texas in a very friendly and relaxed environment.

Registration has begun!  Click here to register now for the 2015 Spring Meeting.

Registration

We try to keep registration fees low, to encourage Faculty members to bring as many students as possible. We will accept early registrations until March 13th; below is a list of our Registration fees to help you organize your budget.

The registration fee includes housing in the cabins (bunk beds), Thursday dinner, all meals on Friday and breakfast on Saturday. Please bring your own bedding, towels and toiletries. If you are interested in hotel accommodations, TBarM offers private hotel rooms and condos. Please contact TBarM (www.tbarm.com) for current rates and reservations. Other hotels in the New Braunfels area can also be found on the www.hotels.com website.

Please Note: A late fee of $25 will be assessed for all registrations after March 13th, 2015.

2015 Spring Meeting Pricing

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Please Note: A late fee of $25 will be assessed for all registrations after March 13th, 2015.

Student Competition

There will be four categories of student competition and awards.  The categories will be at the Undergraduate and Graduate level, both for Posters and Oral Presentations.  If you or your students submit an abstract, please be sure to indicate on the form if you are an undergraduate or graduate student and if you would like to present your work as a poster or a 15-min talk.  We will accept Abstract submissions until March 13^th.

Upload a one-page abstract to our website here. PLEASE name your abstract file as follows:

u (undergraduate) or g (graduate) or p (post-doc) followed by last name and first name initial.

For example: John Smith undergraduate student will save his abstract file as: usmithj ; Mary Jones graduate student will save her abstract file as: gjonesm

Please indicate whether you are interested in a poster or an oral presentation. Student oral presentations will be limited to 15 minutes in length. Posters should not be larger than 48 inches wide.

Your picture may be used on our website.

Abstract Submission Form

DEADLINE: March 13^th, 2015

Cancellations and Refunds

If a cancellation is received before or on March 13th, a registration refund will be processed. If cancellations are received after March 13^th, full payment will be expected, and refunds will not be processed.

More information regarding Registration, Abstract submission and Student Speaker presentations will be posted on our website (txasm.org).

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me:  M. Gabriela Bowden, email: bowdenm@uhd.edu

Please distribute this announcement to anyone else you think might be interested in attending the conference.

Thank you, and I hope you’ll join us in New Braunfels!

DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 15, 2015!!

The Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology announces the 2015-16 Eugene and Millicent Goldschmidt Graduate Student Award for female graduate students studying microorganisms in their thesis research. There will be one award of $20,000 or two awards of $10,000 given during the 2015-2016 academic year.

Scholarship applicants must be:

1. Female, and not a previous recipient of the award
2. Member of the American Society for Microbiology and Texas Branch – American Society for Microbiology (Applicants can join both the national ASM and Texas Branch ASM via a link at: http://www.asm.org/index.php/membership/join-asm.html)
3. Show potential for a career in microbiology
4. Currently enrolled in an MS or PhD program and not defended their thesis at the time of award announcement in May 2015.
5. Per ASM definitions, the term “microorganisms” includes bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi

Application Process:

Applications must be sent electronically as *pdf files to the Past-President Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology.

(Dr. Todd Primm, Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University, PO Box 2116, Huntsville, TX 77341, email: tprimm@shsu.edu)

Application package must include:

• Letter of application, electronic reprints of publications (if applicable), and CV from the candidate
• Description of current thesis research, career plans, and plans for use of the award funds to enhance your research and career
• At least two letters of support must be sent separately from the application directly to Dr. Primm via email. One of these letters must be from the applicant’s current thesis advisor
• Deadline for receipt of all materials is Monday, March 2, 2015.
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Selection Committee will consist of the current and/or a former President of the Texas Branch ASM and 1-2 others appointed by the Texas Branch ASM Executive Committee. At least one of the committee members must be female.

Award Conditions: The recipient will receive her award in two installments and will be required to submit a six-month progress report and final report to the Texas Branch ASM President. Receipt of the second installment is contingent upon receipt of a satisfactory progress report. In addition, the recipient will be required to make a scientific presentation of her work at one of the Texas Branch ASM Meetings within a year of receiving the award.

The Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology announces the 2015-2016 Faculty Education and Mentoring Awards. One award of $1,000 in the area of excellence in education and one award of $1,000 in the area of excellence in mentoring will be given during the 2015-2016 academic year.

Application Process:

Applications must be sent electronically as *pdf files to the President of the Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology- Dr. Kendra Rumbaugh, Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4^th St. MS 8312, Lubbock, TX 79430, email: Kendra.rumbaugh@ttuhsc.edu

Application package must include the following:

Mentoring Award:

1. Letter of nomination, plus at least one (but no more than 3) letters of support from previous or current mentees.
2. CV of nominee, including statement describing mentoring activities and listing information about previous mentees (e.g. degrees earned, current location, etc…)- 5 pg limit

Teaching Award:

1. Letter of nomination
2. CV and letter from nominee, including description of teaching experiences and statement of teaching philosophy
3. Examples of professional development materials (e.g. syllabi, assignments, etc…), limit 3

* All nominees should be a faculty member of a Texas Institution for Higher Learning and involved in Microbiology research or teaching.  National ASM and branch membership also required.

* Deadline for receipt of all materials is Friday May 1, 2015.
Selection Committee will consist of the current or a former President of the Texas Branch ASM and 1-2 others appointed by the Texas Branch ASM Executive Committee.