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PRESENTATIONS AND EXTERNAL LECTURES

(i) Conference presentations (presenter listed first)

• Werner, JJ; S Zhang, and RE Richardson. (2007) MDLC/MS/MS shotgun and MRM analysis of protein biomarkers indicative of dehalorespiration in contaminated groundwater. 24th Montreux Symposium on LC/MS and Related Techniques, Hilton Head Island, SC. October 10-12, 2007. (Poster presentation)
• Richardson, RE. (2007) Using molecular targets as bioindicators of chloroethene bioremediation rates. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Education and Research Conference, Blacksburg, VA. July, 2007. (Poster presentation)
• Richardson, RE, RM Morris, BG Rahm, and SH Zinder. (2007) RNA and Protein Bioindicators of Chloroethene-Bioremediation by Dehalococcoides 'Populations. 9^th International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland. May 7, 2007. (Platform presentation)
• Richardson, RE. (2007) Bioelectricity production from organic waste streams. New York Renewable Energy Summit. Cornell University. June, 2007. (Invited platform presentation)
• Richardson, RE. (2007) RNA and Protein Bioindicators of Chloroethene-Bioremediation by Dehalococcoides 'Populations, The Second International Conference on Challenges in Site Remediation: Site Characterization & Performance Monitoring, Niagara Falls, NY, September 24-27, 2007. (Invited platform presentation)
• Richardson, RE. (2007) Combining transcriptomic and proteomic methods to develop bioindicators of chlorinated solvent bioremediation 23rd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 16, 2007. (Invited platform presentation)
• Richardson, RE (2006) Development of a suite of molecular bioindicators for contaminated groundwater bioremediation by Dehalococcoides populations, 14th International Conference on Environmental Bioindicators, Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. April, 2006. (Platform presentation)
• Morris, RM, BG Rahm, J Fung, SH Zinder, and RE Richardson. (2005) Dehalococcoides ethenogenes' hydrogenase and dehalogenase gene regulation in pure and mixed cultures gown on chlorinated compounds. International Union of Microbiological Scientists (IUMS) Microbes in a Changing World, San Francisco, CA. July, 2005. (Poster presentation)
• Rahm, BG, RM Morris, J Fung, SH Zinder, and RE Richardson. (2005) Variability in expression of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes' respiratory genes. International Conference on Microbial Genomes, Halifax, NS. April, 2005. (Poster presentation)
• Richardson, RE. (2004) Using DNA Finger Printing to Determine Sources of Bacteria in Surface Waters.  Conference on New Tools, Techniques and Approaches in Watershed Management, Sponsored by: The Finger Lakes - Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance and United States Geological Survey, Geneva, NY. November, 2004. (Platform presentation)
• Richardson, RE. (2002). There's no "I" in dehalogenate: mixed microbial communities that respire TCE. Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. September, 2002. (Platform presentation)
• Richardson, RE, V Bhupathiraju, D Song, T Goulet, and L Alvarez-Cohen. (2000) Microbial Characterization of Mixed Cultures Performing Partial and Full Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes. Abstracts of the 100^th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May, 2000. (Platform presentation)

(ii) Invited Seminars/ Guest Lectures

• "Environmental Proteomics" (2008) University of Toronto Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. seminar set for April 25, 2008.
• "Documenting Chloroethene-Bioremediation using Molecular Bioindicators of Dehalorespiration Activity" (2007) Virginia Tech. December 4, 2007.
• "Environmental Proteomics" (2007) Guest lecturer (2 lectures) for CSS674 - Environmental Genomics instructed by Dan Buckley, Crop & Soil Sciences, November, 2007.
• "Molecular Bioindicators" (2007)  Guest lecturer in NatRes 494/694 - Biological-Physical Interactions in Aquatic Ecosystems organized by Todd Cowen, Lars Rudstrom & Gideon Gal, April, 2007.
• "Cheese: there's a reason that Limburger smells like feet" (2007) American Society of Civil Engineers' Cornell Student Chapter meeting, April, 2007
• "Development of Molecular Bioindicators of Chloroethene-Bioremediation by Dehalococcoides Populations." (2007) Stanford University. March 23, 2007
• "Tracking specific microbial activities in the environment: RNA and protein bioindicators to aid groundwater remediation efforts." (2006) Civil & Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, Cornell University, October 12, 2006.
• "Putting RNA and protein to work as molecular bioindicators of chlorinated solvent bioremediation." (2006) Chemical Engineering Seminar Series, Syracuse University, October 13, 2006.
• "Quantitatively relating specific Dehalococcoides mRNAs to dehalogenation rates and capacities" (2006) DOE/WSRC MNA/EA for Chlorinated Solvents Project Research Review Meeting, Atlanta, GA, May, 2006.
• "Suite dreams: the hunt for multiple molecular bioindicators of PCE and TCE bioremediation." (2006) Biological & Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, Cornell University, April, 2006.
• "Putting molecular biology to work at contaminated field sites: bioindicators of PCE bioremediation by Dehalococcoides." (2005) Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, Carnegie-Mellon University, November 18, 2005.
• "Finding biomolecular markers of PCE bioremediation: putting molecular biology to work at contaminated field sites." (2005) Toxicology Seminar Series, Cornell University, September, 2005.
• "Microbial communities that respire diverse chlorinated contaminants: The big work of small microbes." (2005) Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, January 17, 2005.
• "Harnessing microbial metabolism for environmental protection." (2005) Bioengineering Seminar Series (BioEng501), Cornell University, March 2, 2005.
• "Phylogenetic & functional investigations of microbial communities respiring diverse chlorinated contaminants: the big work of small microbes." (2004)  Seminar Series in Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Cornell University. November, 2004.
• "Monitoring Ecology at the Microbial Scale: Problems and Solutions." (2003) Seminar series on: The Science and Engineering Challenges to the Development of Sustainable Biobased Industries, Cornell University. September, 2003.
• "Characterizing TCE-Dechlorinating Microbial Communities Using a Suite of Molecular Techniques." (2003) Clarkson University, April, 2003.
• "Microbial Ecology of Chloroethene Dehalorespiration." (2003) Department of Microbiology Seminar Series, Cornell University. May, 2003.
• "Bioengineering and the Environment: Tapping Microbial Capabilities to Minimize Human Impacts." (2003) Bioengineering EXPO (EXPO organized by Cornell Undergraduates interested in Bioengineering), Cornell University. April, 2003.
• "Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH)" (2002) Guest lecturer (one lecture one lab) in BioMI796 - Fluorescence Microscopy Short Course. Organized by Bill Ghiorse, Microbiology. April, 2002.