Schedule

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 “Harnessing Iron Acquisition Machinery to Target Enteric Pathogens”

Dr. Manuela Raffatellu
Professor
University of California, San Diego

9:50 – 10:00 AM Lightening Talk #1
Isabel Cannell, Blackwell Lab
10:00 – 11:00 AM Poster Session #1 (Odd Poster #s Present)

Refreshment Break

11:00 – 11:40 AM “Impact of Medications on Host-Microbiome-Pathogen Interaction”

Dr. Andrew Goodman
Chair, Microbial Pathogenesis
Yale University

11:40– 11:50 AM Lightning Talk #2
Quentin Perraud, Sperandio Lab
11:50 – 12:00 PM Lightning Talk # 3
Kate Stack, Alexander Lab
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch

Boxed lunches will be provided by University catering.

1:00 – 1:40 PM “Staphylococcus Hominis Bacteriocins Protect Against Skin Pathogens”

Dr. Alexander Horswill
Professor
University of Colorado

1:40 – 2:40 PM Poster Session #2 (Even Poster #s Present)

Refreshment Break

2:40-2:50 Lightning Talk #4
My Tran, Mo Lab
2:50 – 3:30 PM “Fighting Fire with Fire – Using Defective Viral Particles to Interfere with Influenza Virus Infection”

Dr. Andrew Mehle
Professor
UW-Madison

3:30 – 4:30 PM Reception

An afternoon reception will take place in the Ebling Atrium. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be available.