{"id":9,"date":"2024-01-18T16:43:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:38:18","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_fullwidth_image et_pb_fullwidth_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/01\/rbm_banner_2024-min.png\" alt=\"rbm banner\" title=\"Rust Belt Microbiome Conference 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/01\/rbm_banner_2024-min.png 1400w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/01\/rbm_banner_2024-min-1280x640.png 1280w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/01\/rbm_banner_2024-min-980x490.png 980w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/01\/rbm_banner_2024-min-480x240.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1400px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-25\" \/>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you for visiting our site. The registration is now closed.<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: normal;font-size: medium\">The goal of the Pittsburgh Rust Belt Microbiome (RBM) Conference is to bring together the microbiome, microbial evolution, and pathogenesis research communities from academic institutions and medical centers in the Rust Belt Region.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Our program integrates basic and translational science researchers and physicians in clinical practice at all levels of their careers. Plenary session, keynote talks, poster sessions, lunches, and a banquet dinner will provide multiple opportunities for participants to present and discuss their work.<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><strong>Hosted 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title=\"university of pittsburgh school of medicine\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_gary-borisy4.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Borisy, Ph.D.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_gary-borisy4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_gary-borisy4-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-169\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Gary Borisy, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">The ADA Forsyth Institute<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">short bio<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\">Gary Borisy is a Senior Investigator at The ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, and former President and Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Dr. Borisy received his Ph.D in Biophysics from the University of Chicago and carried out postdoctoral studies at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He was Perlman-Bascom Professor and Chair of Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, then Arey Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at Northwestern University in Chicago where he also served as Associate Vice President for Research. He is a recipient of numerous awards including an NIH MERIT Award, the Carl Zeiss Award from the German Society for Cell Biology, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Chicago and the E.B. Wilson Award from the American Society of Cell Biology. Dr. Borisy is a past President of the American Society for Cell Biology, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He has authored or co-authored more than 260 publications with more than 50,000 total citations.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_1 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_jennifer-bomberger.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Bomberger, Ph.D.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_jennifer-bomberger.jpg 500w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_jennifer-bomberger-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-122\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Jennifer Bomberger, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_1 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">short bio<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\">Jennifer Bomberger, PhD is the Philip J. Hanlon Second Century Professor in Personalized Treatments for Cystic Fibrosis in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where she leads the Dartmouth Research and Development Program in Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Dr. Bomberger is an editor at mBio and PLoS Pathogens, is a member of the Medical Advisory Council and chairs the Infection Research Initiative at the CF Foundation and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Emily\u2019s Entourage research foundation. Bridging her interests in epithelial biology and microbiology, the Bomberger laboratory studies viral-bacterial and polymicrobial infections in the respiratory tract. Her team is interested in how the mucosal nutritional environment and microbial interactions shape the ecology and evolution of microbes in the upper and lower respiratory tract to ultimately develop new therapies to eradicate infections that plague chronic lung disease patients, like those with CF.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_2 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_iliyan-iliev2.jpg\" alt=\"Iliyan D. Iliev, Ph.D.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_iliyan-iliev2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_iliyan-iliev2-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-165\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Iliyan D. Iliev, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Joan &amp; Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_2 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">short bio<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\">Iliyan Iliev is an Immunologist, Laboratory Director and an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York.<\/p>\n<p>His pioneering research on the gut mycobiota defined the role of commensal fungi in innate mucosal and protective humoral immunity, and provided the first evidence for mycobiota involvement in the pathophysiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The laboratory develops and applies translational, experimental and computational approaches to study the role of immunity and mycobiota early and later in life, upon therapeutic interventions and during conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, allergy, immunodeficiencies and gastrointestinal cancers, where fungi contribute to pathologies. Current effort in the laboratory, focused on the gut-bran axis and cancer, explores the unique neuro-modulatory and cancer-immunity modulating properties of fungi.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Iliev earned his PhD from the European School of Molecular Medicine and the University of Milan and was previously associated with the Tohoku University in Japan, LB Bulgaricum Plc., Meiji Co., Ltd and the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Currently he is a Burroughs Wellcome Fund PATH Investigator, Irma T. Hirschl Scholar, Kenneth Rainin Foundation Innovator, Fellow at the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) and a Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old STAR Fellow.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\">SPEAKER SECTIONS<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_3 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Mother and Infant Communication<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><strong>Moderators:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Timothy Hand PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Mike Morowitz MD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Tim Hand PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Eldin Ja\u0161arevi\u0107 PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Stephanie Langel PhD, <em>Case Western Reserve<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Matt Olm PhD, <em>University of Colorado<\/em><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_4 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Multi-species Communities<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><strong>Moderators:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Tagbo Niepa PhD, <em>Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Vincent Young MD, PhD, <em>University of Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Chelsie Armbruster PhD, <em>University at Buffalo<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Miqdad Dhariwala PhD, <em>The Ohio State University<\/em><br \/>\nAlyssa Hamm MS, <em>Case Western Reserve University<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Yolanda Huang PhD, <em>University of Buffalo<\/em><br \/>\nDr. Joseph Zackular MD, <em>University of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_5 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Translation &amp; Clinical Applications<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><strong>Moderators:<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Alison Morris MD, MS, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>Dr. Georgios Kitsios MD, PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>Dr. Daria van Tyne PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Paul Carlson PhD, <em>United States Food and Drug Administration<\/em><br \/>Dr. Ghady Haidar MD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>Dr. Rasha Hammamieh PhD, <em>Walter Reed Army Institute of Research<\/em><br \/>Dr. Michael Woodworth MD, <em>Emory University School of Medicine<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_6 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Microbiome Metabolites and their Functions<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><strong>Moderators:<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Vaughn Cooper PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>Dr. William de Pas PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Jan Claesen PhD, <em>Cleveland Clinic<\/em><br \/>Dr. Ryan Hunter PhD, <em>University of Buffalo<\/em><br \/>Kala Mahen, <em>Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute<\/em><br \/>Dr. Lauren Palmer PhD, <em>University of Illinois<\/em><br \/>Dr. Apollo Stacy PhD, <em>Cleveland Clinic<\/em><br \/>Dr. Jianglin Zhang PhD, <em>Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_16  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_7 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Microbial-host Interactions<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><strong>Moderators:<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Luisa Hiller PhD, <em>Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><br \/>Dr. Drew Bridges PhD, <em>Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><br \/>Dr. Catherine Armbruster PhD, <em>Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Drew Bridges PhD, <em>Carnegie Mellon University<\/em><br \/>Dr. Laty Cahoon PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh<\/em><br \/>Dr. Laura Cook PhD, <em>Binghamton University<\/em><br \/>Dr. Patricia Grace PhD, <em>University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine<\/em><br \/>Dr. Mark Mandel PhD, <em>University of Wisconsin<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_17  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 et_pb_with_background et_pb_section_parallax  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_18  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/call-for-abstracts\/\">Abstract submissions for posters are now closed.<\/a><\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div id=\"location\" class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 et_pb_with_background et_pb_section_parallax  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_19  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_20  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>The 3rd Pittsburgh Rust Belt Microbiome Conference<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>November 7 \u2013 8, 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>University Club at the University of Pittsburgh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please direct any questions to:\u00a0Luisa Hiller at <a href=\"mailto:lhiller@andrew.cmu.edu\">lhiller@andrew.cmu.edu<\/a> <strong>or Cindy Vinkovich at <a href=\"mailto:vinkovichc@upmc.edu\">vinkovichc@upmc.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_21  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/vzYZbNLFKSx8mrFW7\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-13-at-11.43.21-PM.png\" alt=\"university club map\" title=\"university club map\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_22  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Statement of commitment to provide a safe environment<\/strong><br \/>The RBM 2024 conference is dedicated to fostering a safe and respectful environment for all attendees, free from discrimination and harassment. This commitment is backed by the University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, which provides an Anti-Harassment Policy, inclusive of a Nondiscrimination Policy and Sexual Misconduct Policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expectations of behavior<\/strong><br \/>Conference attendees will be expected to behave respectfully and collegially, free from discrimination and harassment in all meeting interactions. This includes sexual, racial, ethnic, disability, age, religious, LGBTQ+, and any other type of discrimination, harassment, or intimidation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How individuals can notify NIH<\/strong><br \/>Individuals can contact the NIH to file complaints or provide information via <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/policy\/harassment\/find-help.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a> and by calling: (301) 480-6701.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_13  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_23  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center\">HOSTS<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_14  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_24  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_3 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/kitsios_georgios.jpg\" alt=\"Georgios Kitsios, M.D., Ph.D.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/kitsios_georgios.jpg 500w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/kitsios_georgios-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-81\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Georgios Kitsios, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_25  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_4 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_luisa-hiller.jpg\" alt=\"Luisa Hiller, Ph.D.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_luisa-hiller.jpg 500w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/img_luisa-hiller-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-126\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Luisa Hiller, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_26  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_5 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/barbara_methe.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Meth\u00e9, Ph.D.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/barbara_methe.jpg 500w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/barbara_methe-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-82\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Barbara Meth\u00e9, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_27  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_6 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/morris_alison.jpg\" alt=\"Alison Morris, M.D., M.S.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/morris_alison.jpg 500w, https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/03\/morris_alison-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-83\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Alison Morris, M.D., M.S.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_9 et_pb_with_background et_pb_section_parallax  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_15  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_28  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong><em>Definitions:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Rust Belt<\/strong>:\u00a0 An area of the north United States historically known for heavy industry and steel production.<br \/>\n<strong>Rust Belt\u00a0<em>Microbiome<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0 A cutting-edge conference named to commemorate the rise of Science and Medicine as emerging economic drivers in the Rust Belt region. The outstanding programs in microbiome or host-pathogen research highlight new forces in our region to improve human health, advance novel technology, and develop entrepreneurship. Our conference is designed to celebrate the past and the future of our thriving and vital area.<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":90,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.mcs.cmu.edu\/rbm2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}