2011
Quave, C.L. Medicinal plants as modulators of microbial pathogenesis. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. 7/6-13/2011. St. Louis, MO, USA.
Quave, C.L., C. Compadre, H. Hendrickson, K. Beenken, and M.S. Smeltzer. Staphylococcus aureus biofilm inhibition by a phenolic glycoside-rich extract of Rubus ulmifolius. (poster). 10th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB). 4/11-14/2011. Oxford, MS, USA.
Ordoñez, P., C.L. Quave, W.F. Reynolds, K.I. Varughese, B.B. Malagon, M.S. Smeltzer, and C.M. Compadre. Sesquiterpene lactones of Gnoxys verrucosa and their anti-MRSA activity. poster). 10th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB). 4/11-14/2011. Oxford, MS, USA..
Hobby, G., C.L. Quave, C. Compadre, H. Hendrickson, K. Beenken, and M.S. Smeltzer. Inhibition of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus by Quercus cerris extracts. (poster). 10th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB). 4/11-14/2011. Oxford, MS, USA..
2010
Quave, C.L., C. Compadre, H. Hendrickson, K. Beenken, and M.S. Smeltzer. Staphylococcus aureus biofilm inhibitors from an elmleaf blackberry extract (oral presentation). International Conference on Gram Positive Pathogens. Omaha, NE, USA. 10/10-13/2010.
Quave, C.L., J. Rose, and B.C. Bennett. Anti-biofilm activity of Rosa canina galls: a Turkish traditional medicine (oral presentation). 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Xalapa, Mexico. 6/ 6-10/2010.
Quave, C.L. Integration and management of plants as functional foods and medicines in home gardens and vineyards of southern Italy (poster). 12th International Society of Ethnobiology Conference. Tofino, BC, Canada. 5/9-14/2010.
Quave, C.L. Mal ‘vjnt: ritual healing of “wind illness” in southern Italy. (oral presentation). 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Ethnobiology. Victoria, BC, Canada. 5/5-8/2010.
Quave, C.L. Inhibiting pathogenic S. aureus biofilm formation with Mediterranean medicinal plants. UAMS College of Pharmacy Seminar Lecture Series. 4/2/2010.
2009
Ordóñez, P., C.L. Quave, O. Malagón, K.I. Varughese, S. Gonzalez, M.S. Smeltzer, and C.M. Compadre. The structural basis for the potent antimicrobial activity of Dehydroleucodine against MRSA and MRSE. (poster). 4th BioNanoTox and Applications Research Conference. Little Rock, AR. 10/21-22/2009.
Quave, C.L. 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Antibiofilm activity of Rubus ulmifolius, an Italian medicinal plant for skin infection (oral presentation). Charleston, SC. 5/31- 6/4/2009.
Ordóñez, P., C.L. Quave, O. Malagón, K.I. Varughese, S. Gonzalez, M.S. Smeltzer, and C.M. Compadre. Antimicrobial activity against MRSA and MRSE and molecular structure of dehydroleucodine isolated from the Ecuadorian plant Gynoxys verrucosa, Wedd. (poster) 36th MALTO meeting. Memphis, TN. 5/2009.
Quave, C.L. and M. Smeltzer. Anti-biofilm activity of Rubus ulmifolius Schott. (Rosaceae) on MRSA. (poster) 8th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals. Oxford, MS, USA. 4/6-9/2009.
Quave, C.L. Liakra: Wild edible plants integral to the cuisine of ethnic Albanians (Arbëreshë) in southern Italy. (oral presentation) Society of Ethnobiology 32nd Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA, USA. 4/1-4/2009.
2008
Quave, C.L., L.W.R. Plano, & B.C. Bennett. Quorum sensing inhibitors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Italian medicinal plants. (oral presentation). The 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Durham, NC. 6/1-5/2008.
Quave, C.L. Zootherapeutic remedies in the traditional pharmacopoeia of southern Italy. (oral presentation) Society of Ethnobiology 31st Annual Conference. Fayetteville, AR, USA. 4/16-19/2008.
Quave, C.L., L.R.W. Plano and B.C. Bennett. Quorum sensing inhibiting activity of Schinus terebinthifolius Radii (Anacardiaceae) extracts against MRSA. (poster) 7th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals and American Society of Pharmacognosy 4th Interim Meeting. University, MS, USA. 4/12-16/2008.
Quave, C.L. Anti-biofilm activity of white horehound extract on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (oral presentation). Florida International University Graduate Student Association Scholarly Forum. Miami, FL, USA. 4/9/2008.
Quave, C.L. An ethnopharmacological approach to multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Evaluation of Italian plants used in the traditional healing of skin disease (oral presentation). Doctoral Dissertation Defense at Florida International University. Miami, FL , USA. 3/12/2008.
Quave, C.L. and B.C. Bennett. Cytotoxicity and the creation of a therapeutic index for ranking plant extracts with antibacterial potential. Comparative Immunology Symposium. Florida International University. Miami, FL, USA, 3/6-7/2008.
Quave, C.L. and B.C. Bennett. Effects of extracts of Ballota nigra on biofilm formation and adherence in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (oral presentation) Biology Research Symposium of Florida International University. Kampong Botanical Garden. Miami, FL, USA. 2/16/2008.
Quave, C.L. Going green: New plant medicines for treating the “superbug” MRSA. (oral presentation). Botany in Action Symposium. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Pittsburg, PA, USA 1/11-12/2008.
2007
Quave, C.L. Natural products from Italian medicinal plants: Potential anti-biofilm agents for MRSA. (poster) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Graduate Student Research Festival (NGSRF). Bethesda, MD 10/10-12/2007.
Quave, C.L. & B.C. Bennett. The search for new anti-staphylococcal leads: comparing the antibacterial efficiency of Italian plants based on ethnobotanical use categories. (oral presentation). The 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Chicago, IL. 6/4-7/2007.
Mendez, S., C.L. Quave, J. Graham, J. Gaskin, and B.C. Bennett. Anti-Pseudomonas activity of selected plants used in traditional ethnoveterinary practices. (oral presentation). The 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Chicago, IL. 6/4-7/2007.
Quave, C.L. Zootherapy: Some unusual cases from south Italy. (oral presentation). Biology Research Symposium of Florida International University. Miami, FL, USA. 1/27/2007.
Quave, C.L. Botanical remedies for the skin: A south Italian pharmacopoeia. (oral presentation). Botany in Action Symposium. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Pittsburg, PA, USA. 1/6/2007.
2006
Quave, C.L. Integration and management of plants as functional foods and medicines in home gardens and vineyards of southern Italy. (poster and oral presentation). USDA Agroecology Symposium at Florida International University. Miami, FL, USA. 10/23/2006.
Quave, C.L. Ethnobotanical applications of Arundo donax L. [Poaceae] in south Italy. (oral presentation), Florida International University Plant Talk Series. Miami, FL, USA. 6/9/2006.
Quave, C.L., A. Pieroni, and B.C. Bennett. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants for the treatment of skin disease in southern Italy, (oral presentation), 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Chiang Mai, Thailand. 6/5-8/2006.
Quave, C.L.,J.Graham, S.Mendez, L.R.W. Plano, and B.C. Bennett. A comparative assessment of microbiological methods for natural product antibacterial screening, (oral presentation), 4th International Congress on Natural Products. Leysin, Switzerland. 5/28-31/2006.
Quave, C.L., A. Pieroni, & B.C. Bennett. Ethnomedical practices of ethnic Albanians in Lucania, S. Italy: A glance at botanical remedies, (oral presentation), Biology Research Symposium of Florida International University. Miami, FL, USA. 1/28/2006.
2005
Quave, C.L., J. Graham, S. Mendez, L. Plano, K. Downum, and B.C. Bennett. Activity of Florida plants against clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), (oral presentation), 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Fort Worth, Texas, USA. 6/5-9/2005.
Quave, C.L., J. Graham, L. Plano, and B.C. Bennett. Natural products activity against clinical isolates of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus (oral presentation), Florida International University Biomedical and Comparative Immunology Symposium. Miami, Florida, USA, 3/3-4/2005.
2004
Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni. Crossing ethnic borders: Ethnopharmacy of the Arbëreshë in Southern Italy (oral presentation), Joint Congress of the: 9th International Congress of the International Society for Ethnobiology; 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany; and the 8th International Congress of the International Society of Ethnopharmacology: Ethnobiology, Social Change and Displacement. Canterbury, England, 6/13-17/2004.
2002
Pieroni, A., C. Quave, H. Münz, S. Nebel and M. Heinrich. Food ethnobotanicals and linguistic diversity in Lucania, southern Italy (paper), 8th International Congress of the International Society for Ethnobiology: People and Biodiversity. Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 9/16-20/2002.
2001
Quave, C. and A. Pieroni. Healing with sacred and medicinal plants of three Arbëreshë communities of southern Italy (oral presentation), 3rd International Congress of Ethnobotany. Naples, Italy, 9/22-30/2001.
Quave, C. and A. Pieroni. Ritual medical practices and traditional plant remedies used in three Arbëreshë communities of southern Italy (oral presentation), 7th International Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore: Time, Places, Passages. Budapest, Hungary, 4/23-29/2001.
2000
Quave, C.L. Plants and pills: Health consequences of Western medicine in the Peruvian Amazon (oral presentation) International Society for Ethnobiology: Earth Congress. Athens, Georgia, USA 10/23-27/2000.
