Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Microbe-Microbe Interactions During Infection
Discussion Leader: Zachery Lonergan (California Institute of Technology, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Kara Eichelberger (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States)
"Candida Albicans Regulates Staphylococcus Aureus Virulence Through Cross-Kingdom Interactions"
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Jason Pizzini (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
"Microbial Therapeutics to Prevent ExPEC Colonization and Disease"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Principles of Immunity During Infection
Discussion Leader: Stefan Peterson (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Frederick Reinhart Tanoto (Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Singapore)
"Investigating the Role of Enterococcus Faecalis Gelatinase During Intramacrophage Replication"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Liwen Deng (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"S. aureus Interactions With Sensory Neurons in Itch and Skin Inflammation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Samuel Becker (University of Minnesota, United States)
"CD4+ T Cells Elicit Macrophages That Restrict Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an MHCII-Dependent Manner"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Preethi Thattai Ragunathan (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Remodeling Listeria Monocytogenes Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Leads to Massive Stimulation of Human Gamma Delta T-Cells"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Metabolic Adaptations in Infection
Discussion Leader: Andrea Anaya-Sanchez (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Katerina Jones (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States)
"Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhimurium Metabolizes Bacteroides -Derived Propionate to Modulate Intestinal Invasion and Overcome Colonization Resistance"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Robert Mason Clark (University of Illinois Chicago, United States)
"Ornithine Catabolism Supports Acinetobacter Baumannii Competition With the Microbiota for Persistent Gut Colonization"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Cydney Johnson (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States)
"Mucin Inhibits Pneumococcal Stationary Phase Autolysis"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Megan Liou (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Inhibition of Microbial Dysbiosis Ameliorates Lethal Enterocolitis in Hirschsprung Disease Mice"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Regulation and Activity of Bacterial Virulence Factors
Discussion Leader: Rebecca Keogh (CU Anschutz, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Hoi Ching Cheung (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Switching Between Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Eukaryotic Type VI Secretion Systems of Burkholderia Thailandensis "
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
Mohini Bhattacharya (University of Colorado , United States)
"Staphylococcus Aureus Binds to Collagen to Suppress Immune Function and Cause Prolonged Inflammation During Skin Infections"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Bethany Mwaura (Dartmouth College, United States)
"Biochemical Characterization of the Yersinia Effector YopM and Interaction With Host Protein Pyrin"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes