The presentations below were given by Dr. Josh Brokaw over the paper that we published together.  I was not able to attend the conferences because I had a newborn baby at the time.

Brokaw, J. M., Huddleston, J. R., Zak, J. C., & Jeter, R. M. (2014). The evolution of natural transformation as a mechanism of horizontal gene transfer among environmental Aeromonas species. Oral presentation presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX.

Brokaw, J. M., Huddleston, J. R., Zak, J. C., & Jeter, R. M. (2013). The evolution of horizontal gene transfer in Aeromonas. Oral presentation presented at the Annual Meetings of Society for the Study of Evolution, Snowbird, UT.

The presentations below are divided by research topic and in reverse chronological order.  All of these poster presentations were given with ACU undergraduate students as the presenter.  In some instances, posters were presented multiple times in the span of a couple of weeks at different conferences.

Cave microbiology:

Wooliscroft, J. T. and Huddleston, J. R. (2016, April 9). Antibiotic resistance and biosynthetic potential of microbes isolated from Sorcerer’s Cave, Texas. Oral presentation at Alpha Chi National Convention. Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Alexandria, VA.

Honor: Recipient of regional scholarship award partially based on this research presentation

Wooliscroft, J. T. and Huddleston, J. R. (2016, April 5). Antibiotic resistance and biosynthetic potential of microbes isolated from Sorcerer’s Cave, Texas. Poster presentation at ACU Undergraduate Research Festival. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.

Honor: Recipient of one of three awards for Outstanding Poster Presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Sanderson, D. & Huddleston, J. R. (2015, March 31). Microbial Diversity and Antibiotic Production in Sorcerer’s Cave. Oral presentation presented at the 2015 Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

Honor: Recipient of one of three awards for Outstanding Oral Presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Sanderson, D. & Huddleston, J. R. (2015, March 27). Microbial Diversity and Antibiotic Production in Sorcerer’s Cave. Poster presentation presented at the Spring 2015 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

Combined clp and recA presentation:

Davis, K., Peterson, M., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014, April 1). Determining genes necessary for natural transformation in Aeromonas salmonicida. Oral presentation presented at the Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

recA:

Woods, J., McNair, G., & Huddleston J.R. (2015). The role of recA in the natural transformation of Aeromonas salmonicida. Poster presentation presented at:

• Spring 2015 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.
• Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.
• Alpha Chi National Convention, Chicago, IL.

Peterson, M., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014, April 4). Confirming the necessity of recA for natural transformation in Aeromonas salmonicida. Poster presentation presented at the Spring 2014 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

Morgan, Z., & Huddleston, J. R. (2013, April 4). Establishing recA as a gene Involved in natural transformation in aeromonads. Poster presentation presented at the Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

Honor: Recipient of one of three awards for Outstanding Poster Presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

tapY1:

Lee, C., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014). The tapY1 gene and natural transformation in Aeromonas. Poster presentation presented at:

• Spring 2014 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

• Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

Honor: Recipient of one of three awards for Outstanding Poster Presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Goodwin, K., & Huddleston, J. R. (2013, April 4). Natural transformation of the tapY1 gene sequence in Aeromonas salmonicida. Poster presentation presented at the Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

clpA/clpS:

Clemons, K., Huddleston, J.R. (2015, June 1). Determining the roles of clp genes in the natural transformation ability of Aeromonas salmonicida. Poster presentation presented at the American Society for Microbiology 2015 Conference. New Orleans, LA.

Clemons, K. N. & Huddleston, J. R. (2015, March 31). Determining the effect of clpA in the natural transformation ability of Aeromonas salmonicida. Oral presentation presented at the 2015 Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

Honor: Recipient of one of three awards for Outstanding Oral Presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Clemons, K. N. & Huddleston, J. R. (2015, March 27). Determining the effect of clpA in the natural transformation ability of Aeromonas salmonicida. Poster presentation presented at the Spring 2015 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

Clemons, K., Huddleston, J.R. (2014, October 17). Investigating the effect of clpA in the natural transformation ability of Aeromonas salmonicida. Oral presentation presented at Florida International University McNairs Conference, Miami, FL.

Clemons, K., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014, July). Determining the effects of ClpA on the natural transformation ability of Aeromonas salmonicida. Oral presentation presented at Summer McNair Scholars Presentations, Abilene, TX.

Davis, K., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014, April 4). clpA/clpS genes and natural transformation in Aeromonas. Poster presentation presented at the Spring 2014 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

Davis, K., & Huddleston, J. R. (2013, April 4). clpA/clpS genes and natural transformation in Aeromonas. Poster presentation presented at the Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

Woods, J., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014). Creating a differential medium for an Aeromonas salmonicida clp mutant that is deficient in transformation. Poster presentation presented at:

• Alpha Chi National College Honor Society National Convention, St. Louis, MO.

Honor: Recipient of $1000 regional scholarship (competitive within the region and based primarily on his presentation at the conference.)

• Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

• Spring 2014 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

Aerobiology and Aeromonas

Preston, K. & Huddleston, J. R. (2015, March 31). Isolating Aeromonas from rainwater and the atmosphere. Oral presentation presented at the 2015 Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

Preston, K. & Huddleston, J. R. (2015, March 27). Isolating Aeromonas from rainwater and the atmosphere. Poster presentation presented at the Spring 2015 Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

Preston, K., & Huddleston J.R. (2014, October 17). Isolating Aeromonas from rainwater and the atmosphere.. Oral presentation presented at Florida International University McNairs Conference, Miami, FL.

Preston, K., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014, July). Isolating Aeromonas from rainwater and the atmosphere.. Oral presentation presented at Summer McNair Scholars Presentations, Abilene, TX.

Hays, S., & Huddleston, J. R. (2014). Isolating Aeromonas from rainwater. Poster presentation presented at:

• Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Research Festival, Abilene, TX.

• Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, New Braunfels, TX.

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