*The October 22 research talks will be virtual via Zoom. Only
registrants will receive the Zoom link to join the conference.*
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8:45
Welcome: Keck Center and Conference Overview
Terri Koehler, PhD, and Sam Shelburne, MD, PhD
9:00-10:00
Peter Kasson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
and of Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia
“Insight into emerging virus infection from single-virus microscopy“
10:00-10:15
Eva Preisner, PhD
Microbial Therapeutic Laboratory
Baylor College of Medicine
Training Program in Antimicrobial Resistance
“Characterization of Simplified Microbial Communities that can Inhibit Clostridioides difficile Infection”
10:15-10:30
Pavel Govyadinov, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering/Scalable Tissue Imaging and Modeling Lab
University of Houston
NLM Training Program in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
“Bridging the Gap between Real Macro-Scale Vascular Networks and in vitro Biomimetic Models“
10:30-10:40
Break
10:40-11:40
Jonathan Livny, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
“Developing and leveraging improved RNA-Seq methodologies to explore the cellular functions and interactions that drive infectious disease”
11:40-11:55
Shelby Simar
Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences School of Public Health
UTHealth
Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases
“The Accessory Genome of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Its Role in Antimicrobial Resistance”
11:55-12:10
Cuauhtemoc Ulises Gonzalez
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
UTHealth
Training Interdisciplinary Pharmacology Scientists
“Mimicking neuronal synapse cell-cell contacts in HEK cells leads to ligand-induce activity in orphan Delta receptors”
12:10-12:40
Lunch Break
12:40-1:40
Deborah Hogan, PhD
Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
“Evolution in fungal infections-the only constant is change”
1:40-1:55
Seth Scott
Molecular Biophysics
UT Medical Branch at Galveston
Houston-Area Molecular Biophysics Program
“Hepatitis C Replication is Promoted by Competitive Binding between Host Factors miR-122 and PCBP2”
1:55-2:10
Nhung Nguyen, PhD
Center for Translational Cancer Research
Institute of Biosciences and Technology
Cancer Therapeutics Training Program
“Nano-optogenetic engineering of CAR T-cells for precision immunotherapy with enhanced safety”
2:10-2:20
Break
2:20-3:20
Elissa Hallem, PhD
Professor
Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles
“The neural basis of host seeking in skin-penetrating nematodes.“
3:20-3:35
Alyssa Alaniz Emig
Cancer and Cell Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Training in Precision Environmental Health Sciences
“The Role of Gene-Environment Interactions in Neural Tube Defect Risk”
3:35-3:50
Hu Chen, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Computational Cancer Biology Training Program
“DrBioRight, a natural language-oriented and artificial intelligence-driven analytics platform”
3:50-4:50
Gerald Keusch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases
Laboratory
Boston University
“Vaccine Development at Warp Speed: R&D Preparedness Research, Clinical Trials and Regulatory Review, and Vaccine Equity for Potentially Pandemic Pathogens”
4:50-5:00
Closing