Schedule

June 2, 2023 | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM | Ebling Auditorium

Please note that the 2023 Perlman Symposium schedule is subject to change.

8:30 – 9:00 AM Check-in/Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 AM Opening Remarks

Vanessa Sperandio
Department Chair
Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology

9:10 – 9:50 AM “A Novel Antibiotic Discovery and Development Platform – Progress and Lessons Learned”

David Andes
Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
UW-Madison

9:50 – 10:00 AM Lightening Talk #1

Dante Calise, Keller Lab

10:00 – 10:50 AM Poster Session and Refreshment Break
10:50 – 11:30 AM “Metabolic Interactions in Microbial Communities”

Elizabeth Shank
Associate Professor of Systems Biology
University of Massachusetts

11:30 – 11:40 AM Lightening Talk #2

Erin Conley, Thomas Lab

11:40 – 12:20 PM “Function-driven Discovery of Microbe-Derived Natural Products”

John MacMillan
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Cruz

12:20-12:30 PM Lightening Talk #3

Kijeong Lee, Sauer Lab

12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 – 1:40 PM Lightening Talk #4

Troy Vulpis, Blackwell Lab

1:40 – 2:20 PM “Rethinking Microbial Virulence”

Arturo Casadevall
Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University

2:30 – 4:00 PM Poster Awards & Reception