
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (tentative)
Thursday, November 3 |
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7:30am – 8:20am | Registration and Breakfast | |
8:20am – 8:30am | Opening Remarks | |
Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Luisa Hiller, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University Barbara Methe, PhD, University of Pittsburgh |
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8:30am – 9:10am | Keynote | |
Thad Stappenbeck, MD, PhD, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic | ||
9:10am – 9:30am | Rapid Fire Abstract Presentations | |
9:30am – 9:50am | Break | |
9:50am -12:15pm | Session 1: Synthetic Biology and Microbial Engineering | |
Moderators: Warren Ruder, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Huaiying Zhang, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University |
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9:50am – 10:10am | Seth Chiders, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | |
10:10am – 10:30am | Huaiying Zhang, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University | |
10:30am – 10:50am | Tagbo Niepa, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | |
10:50am – 11:10am | Saumya Saurabh, PhD, Stanford University | |
11:10am – 11:30am | TBD | |
11:45am – 1:00pm | Lunch & Reception for Undergraduate Communication Workshop | |
1:00pm – 1:40pm | Keynote | |
Seth Bordenstein, PhD, Microbiome Center at Pennsylvania State University | ||
1:40pm – 2:10pm | Break and Poster Viewing | |
2:10pm – 3:20pm | Moderated Poster Discussion with Interactive Groups | |
3:20pm – 3:30pm | Break | |
3:30pm – 5:30pm | Session 2: Microbiome and Pathogen Evolution | |
Moderators: Vaughn Cooper, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Wook Kim, PhD, Duquesne University |
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3:30pm – 3:50pm | Kevin Mason, PhD, The Ohio State University | |
3:50pm – 4:10pm | Catherine Armbruster, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | |
4:10pm – 4:30pm | Joao Xavier, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering | |
4:30pm – 4:50pm | Michelle Scribner, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | |
4:50pm – 5:20pm | TBD | |
5:30pm – 6:00pm | Break and Transportation to Reception Location | |
6:00pm – 8:00pm | Evening Reception, Phipps Botanical Gardens | |
Friday, November 4 |
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7.30am – 8.20am | Registration and Breakfast | |
8:20am – 8:40am | Rapid Fire Abstract Presentations | |
8:40am – 9:55am | Session 3: Tumor Immunotherapy and the Microbiome | |
Moderators: Timothy Hand, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Marlies Meisel, PhD, University of Pittsburgh |
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8:40am – 9:00am | Grace Chen, MD, University of Michigan | |
9:00am – 9:20am | Daniel Spakowicz, PhD, The Ohio State University | |
9:20am – 9:40am | Chengcheng Jin, PhD, University of Pennsylvania | |
9:40am – 10:20am | Marlies Meisel, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | |
10:20am – 10:40am | Break | |
10:40am – 12:10pm | Session 4: Host-Pathogen Interactions | |
Moderators: Luisa Hiller, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University Jennifer Bomberger, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Vincent Young, MD, University of Michigan |
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10:40am – 11:00am | Zheng Kuang, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University | |
11:00am – 11:20am | Christine Bassis, PhD, University of Michigan TBD | |
11:20am – 11:40am | Gina Lewin, PhD, Case Western Reserve | |
11:40am – 12:00pm | Eldin Jašarević, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Womens Research Institute | |
12:00pm – 12:20pm | Chelsie Armbrusher, PhD, University of Buffalo | |
12:30pm – 1:10pm | Lunch and Keynote: Evolution of pathogens in chronic lung infections | |
Deborah Hogan, PhD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College | ||
1:20pm – 3:00pm | Session 5: Viral Infections and the Microbiome | |
Moderators: Alison Morris, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh John Alcorn, PhD, University of Pittsburgh |
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1:20pm – 1:40pm | Seema Lakdawala, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | |
1:40pm – 2:00pm | Georgios Kitsios, MD, University of Pittsburgh | |
2:00pm – 2:20pm | Elodie Ghedin, PhD, NIAID | |
2:20pm – 2:40pm | Daria van Tyne, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | |
2:40pm – 3:00pm | ||
3:00pm – 3:10pm | Break | |
3:10pm – 3:30pm | Abstract Awards and Closing Remarks | |
Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Luisa Hiller, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University Barbara Methe, PhD, University of Pittsburgh |