MMG/MID Retreat Schedule
SCHEDULE
Thursday, May 5th
Registration
9:30 – 10:15 am, Conference Center Lobby
Welcome
15 - 10:30,会议室
Jennifer Walker, PhD – Retreat Director, Opening Remarks
Michael Lorenz, PhD – MID Program Director
Theresa Koehler, PhD – Chair, MMG
Session 1: Eukaryotic Physiology and Homeostasis
10:30 – 11:50 pm, Conference Room
Chair:Jennifer Hurtig
Jellisa伊万
“Investigating the uncharted functions of the yeast decapping enzyme (Dcp2)”
Long Duy Duong, PhD
“Investigating the role of G4 DNA in transcription control in budding yeast”
Yasuhiro Kurasawa, PhD
“A tale of two kinesins: regulators of cytokinesis initiation and completion”
Lee-Ann Notice
“Non-coding RNAs RN’T the only targets: Clear-cut messages revealed through comPARE”
Break
11:50 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 pm, Dining Hall
Session 2: Bacterial Physiology and Homeostasis
1:00 – 2:20 pm, Conference Room
Chair: Susana Rodriguez, PhD
圣tosh Kumar, PhD
“Dissecting the molecular function of BamE in the essential Bam complex”
Todd Cameron, PhD
“ZipA directly targets the FtsZ polymer interface as part of a two-pronged binding interaction”
Sarah Lach
“Conformational rearrangement of the RcsF/OMP complex mediates signal transduction across the bacterial cell envelope”
Pratick Khara, PhD
“Structures of a Type IV Secretion System required for dissemination of multi-drug resistance F plasmids”
Coffee Break/Snacks
2:20 – 2:35 pm
Session 3: Pathogen Interaction in the Host Environment
2:35 – 3:55 pm, Conference Room
Chair: Sabona Simbassa
Hannah Wilson
“Investigating the regulation of Candida albicans hyphal induction and the dynamics of pH changes inside of host macrophages”
Taylor Halsey
“Differential bacterial taxa abundances associated with immune checkpoint Inhibitor-mediated colitis risk”
Diana Rodriguez, PhD
“RFX family of transcriptional regulators inCandida albicans”
Arindam Naha, PhD
“Expanding the genetic toolkit forFusobacterium nucleatumto study conditional mutants of essential genes by a riboswitch-facilitated genetic complementation system”
Group Photo
3:55 – 4:30 pm, Outdoors
Afternoon Mixers
4:30 – 6:00 pm, Various Locations
Free activities
Dinner
6:00 – 7:00 pm, Dining Hall
Keynote Address
7:30 – 8:30 pm, Conference Room
Chair: Jennifer Walker, PhD
Tamara Doering, PhD
“The fungal pathogenCryptococcus neoformans: something old, something new”
Fun time by the 1st year MID students
8:30 – 9:30 pm, Outside Dining Hall
Evening Social by the 2nd year MID students
9:30 – 11:30 pm, Richardson Hotel Wing (TV Lounge)
Friday, May 6th
Breakfast/Check Out by 9 AM
8:00 – 9:15 am, Dining Hall
Poster Session
9:30 – 10:30 am, Conference Room
Session 4: Mechanism and Targets of Microbial Inhibition
10:40 am – 12:00 pm, Conference Room
Chair: Hannah Wilson
Giuseppe Buda De Cesare, PhD
“Characterization of activity and mechanism of action of theEnterococcus faecalisbacteriocin EntV on Candida albicans”
Grace Li, PhD
“Targeted Bacterial Killing by a Type IV Secretion-Mediated CRISPR-Cas9 System”
Shantanu Guha, PhD
“Development of Novel Antifungal against Candida Based on an Antifungal Peptide Produced byE. faecalis”
Kohei Kishida, PhD
“F plasmid-encoded TrbB mediates production of F pili through a putative disulfide bond isomerase activity, but also contributes to plasmid transfer through a noncatalytic mechanism”
Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 pm, Dining Hall
Activity – “Pick-a-Side”
1:00 – 1:30 pm, Conference Room
Closing Remarks and Talk/Poster Awards
1:30 – 2:00 pm, Conference Room