Sunday, October 13
07:30 AM - 08:25 AM
Breakfast
08:25 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks - Eleftherios Mylonakis
Session I - What if Fungi Win?
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
1
Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesisJoseph Heitman
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
2
Can we infer host adaptation from pathogen genomes? Cryptic specialization in the ‘generalist’ pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosaSam Brown and Eli Mehlferber
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
3
Travel, colonization resistance, and acquisition of AMR pathogensAshlee Earl
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
4
The genetic basis of divergence in immune defense between speciesRobert L Unckless
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
5
Evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of fungal phagosome biogenesis: from Drosophila to humansGeorgios Chamilos
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
6
Engineering E. coli for an efficient protein secretion via the T3 secretion system.Antonia Areali
10:25 AM - 10:40 AM
7
Dissecting a novel regulatory role of Toll signaling pathway on cellular immunity in Drosophila melanogaster
Electra Nenedaki1, Georgios Chamilos1, Zoe Veneti1, Agostinho Carvalho3, and Pantelis Hatzis2
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Session II - Of Mice and Worms
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
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Mechanisms of Vaginal Colonization by Group B Streptococcus: Impact of Commensal Fungi on Bacterial Virulence PotentialShirli Cohen1, Michael C Lorenz2, Kyla S Ost1, and Kelly S Doran1
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
9
Metabolic exchanges between pathogens and the intestinal microbiotaVanessa Sperandio
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
10
Maternal-embryonic molecular interactions during pathogen attackLaura Bahr1, Francis RG Amrit1, Danny Bui1, Bella Wayhs1, Carissa Perez Olsen2, and Arjumand Ghazi1
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
11
The impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipids and siderophores on host cell death and inflammationNatalia V Kirienko
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
12
Impact of fluid flow and quorum sensing on biofilm formation and antibiotic tolerance in enterococcal infective endocarditisKimberly Ann Kline
12:40 PM - 01:00 PM
13
TBAMary O'Riordan
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
14
Stenotrophomonas indicatrix promotes innate immune response against obligate intracellular pathogens in Caenorhabditis elegansJordan D West, Samuel Li, and Vladimir Lažetić
01:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
02:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)
