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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ting Wang
Dr. Ting Wang is the Head Professor of Genetics, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Sanford and Karen Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine. Dr. Wang is an internationally recognized geneticist for his research on genetic and epigenetic impact of transposable element (TE) on gene regulation.
Science Talks:
| October 10th | ||||
| 10:00-10:25 | Ting Zhang | Faculty | Zhang Lab | bacteria |
| 10:25-10:40 | Nicole Rivera-Espinal | Student | Lopez Lab | virus |
| 10:40-10:55 | Manon Janet-maitre | Post Doc | Feldman Lab | bacteria |
| 10:55-11:10 | Reed Trende | Student | Boon Lab | virus |
| 11:10-11:25 | Jully Sadadiwala | Student | Philips Lab | bacteria |
| Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:40-11:55 | Bria Dunlap | Student | Lenshow Lab | virus |
| 11:55-12:10 | Anna DeVeaux | Student | Dantas Lab | bacteria |
| 12:10-12:25 | Ritudhwaj Tiwari | Post Doc | Shan Lab | virus |
| 12:25-12:40 | Ananda Rankin | Student | Stallings Lab | bacteria |
| 4:30-5:30 | Ting Wang | Faculty | Keynote Speaker | |
| October 11th | ||||
| 9:00-9:25 | Aayushi Uberoi | Faculty | Uberoi Lab | bacteria |
| 9:25-9:40 | Jana Liese | Student | Whelan Lab | virus |
| 9:40-9:55 | Hunter Kuhn | Student | Hunstad Lab | bacteria |
| 9:55-10:10 | Chika Fujii | Student | Wang Lab | virus |
| 10:10-10:35 | Usheer Kanjee | Faculty | Kanjee Lab | parasite |
Poster Session:
| Mea | Akey | DBBS Grad Student | Sibley | Meet the Sibley Lab |
| Maggie | Bui | MSTP Student | Kau | Determining UTI89 fitness factors in different gut niches using a barcoded transposon library |
| Silu | Deng | Post Doc | Sibley | Mechanism of Membrane Potential Generation in the Cryptosporidium parvum Mitosome |
| Tamara | Doering | Faculty | Doering | The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans: Fundamental biology to pathogenic mechanisms |
| Neha | Dubey | Post Doc | Stallings | FIP200 promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis independent of its role in autophagy |
| Katherine | Floyd | DBBS Grad Student | Goldberg | Plasmodium Signal Peptide Peptidase in Protein Secretion and ER Stress |
| Kyle | Gibbs | Post Doc | LeRoux | Determining how lytic phage infections trigger the DarTG1 defense system of E. coli |
| Nathaniel | Gualberto | Staff | Hultgren | “Comprehensive Approaches to Understand Urinary Tract Pathogenesis and Develop New Therapeutics” |
| Wanyi | Huang | Post Doc | Sibley | Genetic analysis of virulence in Cryptosporidium parvum |
| Eva | Istvan | Staff | Goldberg | MAP1 is a novel malarial protein crucial for MDR1 localization |
| Biswanath | Jana | Post Doc | Feldman | OMV Biogenesis in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron: BT_3341 is Essential for OMV Production |
| Dong-gyu | Kim | DBBS Grad Student | Doering | Navigating the Intersection of Cryptococcal Sterol Transport Mechanisms in Host-Like Conditions |
| Cara | Kirby | Staff | Amarasinghe | Identification and characterization of a small-molecule cap-snatching inhibitor of Rift Valley fever virus |
| Abhishek | Kumar | Staff | Kutluay | ALLINI Sensitivity Genetically Maps to Residues within HIV-1 Integrase C-terminal Domain. |
| Sebla | Kutluay | Faculty | Kutluay | |
| Michele | LeRoux | Faculty | LeRoux | |
| Xiao | Li | Post Doc | Lopez | Indiscriminate activities of different Henipavirus polymerase complex proteins allow for efficient minigenome replication in hybrid systems |
| Alexis | McCalla | MSTP Student | Feldman | Modulation of Quorum Sensing by Large Conjugative Plasmids in Acinetobacter baumannii |
| Sumanta | Naik | Post Doc | Stallings | Determining the mechanistic basis for Irgm1 mediated control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. |
| Jesse | Pak | MSTP Student | Bubeck-Wardenburg | A novel B. fragilis toxin confers an advantage in interbacterial competition |
| Amanda | Pinski | DBBS Grad Student | Wang | Identifying the hosts of bacteriophages with single-cell RNA-sequencing |
| Xiwen | Qin | Post Doc | Shan | Essential Role of Fc Receptors in Macrophage-Mediated Elimination of HIV-Infected Cells |
| Nitin | Sharma | Post Doc | Amarasinghe | Ligands targeting the N-terminus of HSP90 act as pan-alphavirus inhibitors |
| Jessica | Tung | MSTP Student | Schwartz | Utilizing maternal vaccination to combat neonatal gut colonization by Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| Taher | Uddin | Staff | Sibley | Innovative Assay Development and Targeted Screening Unveil Compounds Against Toxoplasma gondii Bradyzoite and Tachyzoite Forms |
| Paula | Valiño | MSTP Student | Ratner | Single-cell transcriptomics of Kaposi Sarcoma reveal tumor cell composition & novel biomarkers |
| Daniela | Vidal | DBBS Grad Student | Lopez | A subset of nasal epithelial cells show persistent viral products in mice infected with Sendai virus, a murine parainfluenza virus |
| Kate | Wardenburg | MSTP Student | Stallings | Identifying the role of SPTLC2 in alveolar macrophage population maintenance during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection |
| Ming | Xia | DBBS Grad Student | Kutluay | Investigate the molecular mechanism by which the Spike-E484D substitution enables ACE2-independent SARS-CoV-2 entry |
Pictures from our 2022 Micro Retreat at Pere Marquette Lodge:
Photo credit to Michelle Gibbs.