ID Research-In-Progress (IDRIP)
Day: Every other Tuesdays (with some variations – see schedule)
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Place: Pinn Hall, Room 1014
**Zoom only available upon request**
2025-2026 Schedule
| Date | Presenter 1 & Discussant | Presenter 2 & Discussant |
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| October 7th, 2025 | Amy Forehand [Discussant: Samantha D'Spain] | TBD [Discussant: Katie Harris] |
| October 21st, 2025 | Caitlin Wiafe-Kwakye [Discussant: Jasmine Cruz] | Katie Harris [Discussant: Rachel Krueger] |
| November 18th, 2025 | Abigail Glenn [Discussant: Sarah Acevedo] | Audrey Brown [Discussant: Erin Wettstone] |
| December 2nd, 2025 | Samantha D'Spain [Discussant: Amy Forehand] | Mary Broden [Discussant: Caitlin Wiafe-Kwakye] |
| December 16th, 2025 | Alex Say [Discussant: Daniel Bailey] | Erin Wettstone [Discussant: Audrey Brown] |
| January 6th, 2026 | Sarah Acevedo [Discussant: Peter Oakes] | Cami Westlake [Discussant: Mahta Gooya] |
| January 20th, 2026 | Claire Fleming [Discussant: Ben Fuller] | Mahta Gooya [Discussant: Cami Westlake] |
| February 3rd, 2026 | Dana Van Fossen [Discussant: Abigail Glenn] | Duncan Hart [Discussant: Mary Broden] |
| February 17th, 2026 | Deiziane Costa [Discussant: Idu Meadows] | Robert Casper [Discussant: Duncan Hart] |
| March 3rd, 2026 | Farha Naz [Discussant: Maria Luana Morais] | Hannah Rendulich [Discussant: Audrey Neymond] |
| March 17th, 2026 | Daniel Bailey [Discussant: Alex Say] | Rachel Krueger [Discussant: Claire Fleming] |
| March 31st, 2026 | Addison Hicks [Discussant: TBD] | Alexandra Torres-Maisonet [Discussant: Dana Van Fossen] |
| April 7th, 2026 | Ben Fuller [Discussant: Hannah Rendulich] | TBD |
| April 21st, 2026 | Idu Meadows [Discussant: TBD] | Audrey Neymond [Discussant: Alexandra Torres-Maisonet] |
| May 5th, 2026 | Peter Oakes [Discussant: Addison Hicks] | Jasmine Cruz [Discussant: David Delgado Diaz] |
| May 19th, 2026 | Maria Luana Morais [Discussant: TBD] | David Delgado Diaz [Discussant: Robert Casper] |
Past Years
| Date | Presenter 1 & Discussant | Presenter 2 & Discussant |
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| September 17th, 2024 | Rachita Dash "Bioluminescence-Based Determination of Cytosolic Accumulation of Antibiotics in Escherichia coli” [Discussant: Samantha D'Spain] |
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| October 1st, 2024 | Mary Broden “Opacity protein variation and serum resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae” [Discussant: Audrey Brown] | Sapna Sehrawat "Investigating the Role of LSM14B in the Ebola Virus Life Cycle” [Discussant: Amy Forehand] |
| October 15th, 2024 | Samantha D'Spain "The inclusions membrane protein IncD is essential for Chlamydia infection” [Discussant: Anush Aryal] | Audrey Brown "The CREM Transcription Factor Regulates Susceptibility to Malnutrition and Infection" [Discussant: Evan Lamb] |
| October 29th, 2024 | Cami Westlake "Catecholamines enable Gonococcal resistance to nutritional immunity" [Discussant: Jashim Uddin] |
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| December 3rd, 2024 | Benjamin Fuller "Priority Pathogen Surveillance in Uganda " [Discussant: Addison Hicks] | Jasmine Cruz "Identifying the role of PDZD8 in Chlamydia trachomatis infection” [Discussant: TBD] |
| January 21st, 2025 | Abigail Kelly "The role of TNF⍺ signaling in CNS control of Toxoplasma gondii infection" [Discussant: Cami Westlake] |
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| February 4th, 2025 | Dana Van Fossen “The influence of environmental exposures on T Follicular Helper cells and implications on immunity” [Discussant: Haley Adcox] | Rachel McMillan (Boone) “A machine learning approach to understanding the role of the microbiome in birth outcomes” [Discussant: David Delgado-Diaz] |
| February 18th, 2025 | Amy Forehand [Discussant: Chris Pastore] | Claire Fleming [Discussant: TBD] |
| March 4th, 2025 | David Lehman “Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella quasipneumoniae Colonizing the Hospital Environment Demonstrates Increased Tolerance to Chlorhexidine Compared to Similar Species” [Discussant: Isaura Rigo] | James Boehlke "The Role of hnRNPK in HSV-1 Latency Establishment" [Discussant: Dana Van Fossen] |
| March 18th, 2025 | Evan Lamb "High-dimensional spectral flow cytometric analysis of neutrophils challenged with Neisseria gonorrhoeae ” [Discussant: Claire Fleming] | Chris Pastore "IL-5 acts as a pleiotropic cytokine to protect from Acute Lung Injury" [Discussant: Mary Broden] |
| April 1st, 2025 | Addison Hicks [Discussant: Ben Fuller] | Leandro Fernández-García “Noncanonical Translation Initiation and Translation Control of Dengue Virus RNA” [Discussant: James Boehlke] |
| April 15th, 2025 | Peter Oakes “Less is more: Optimizing antimicrobial prophylaxis in urological surgery” [Discussant: Tom Flynn] | Jashim Uddin “T Activation of CXCL9/10/11-CXCR3 pathway protects mice from SARS-CoV-2 infection [Discussant: Jasmine Cruz] |
| April 29th, 2025 | Isaura Rigo [Discussant: Peter Oakes] | Haley Adcox "Chlamydia trachomatis IncS binds STIM1 to impair SOCE response” [Discussant: John Miller] |
| May 6th, 2025 | David Delgado Diaz “A three-dimensional biomimetic model of the human endocervix to study Chlamydia trachomatis infection” [Discussant: Duncan Hart] | John Miller "Membrane contact site alterations during infection with Chlamydia trachomatis” [Discussant: Duncan Hart] |
| May 20th, 2025 | Daniel Bailey [Discussant: Idu Meadows] |
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| June 3rd, 2025 | Idu Meadows [Discussant: Daniel Bailey] | Anush Aryal “Investigation of link between nutrient limitation and latency in Plasmodium falciparum” [Discussant: Rachel McMillan] |
| Date | Speaker 1 | Speaker 2 |
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| September 7th, 2021 | Erin Weddle | Aimee Potter |
| September 21st, 2021 | Allie Alcott | |
| October 5th, 2021 | Amaris Cardenas | Rachel Ende |
| October 9th, 2021 | Lacie Werner | Clayton Bishop |
| November 16th, 2021 | Tarina Parpia | Deb Powers |
| November 30th, 2021 | Catherine Bielick | Eugenia Cortina |
| December 7th, 2021 | Ghassan Ilaiwy | Chelsea Hall |
| January 4th, 2022 | Dan Van Aartsen |
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| January 8th, 2022 | Nick Natale | Ian Liyayi |
| February 1st, 2022 | Maria Geba | Leti Beltran |
| March 1st, 2022 | Evan Robinson | Sayo McCowin |
| March 15, 2022 | Abby Whitford | Samantha D'Spain |
| March 29th, 2022 | Brian Grundy | Samantha D'Spain |
| April 5th, 2022 | Jen Sasson |
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| April 19th, 2022 | Nadia Holness | Brandon Thompson |
| May 3rd, 2022 | Jackie Hodges | Sean Cuddy |
| May 17th, 2022 | David Tyus | Chantel Bailey |
| May 31st, 2022 | Esthermari Gonzalez Polanco | |
| June 14th, 2022 | Sara Dochnal | Deiziane Costa |
| September 20th, 2022 | **Special Seminar** See the Seminar Series Schedule for more information |
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| October 4th, 2022 | Leti Beltran "Archael conjugation share a common ancestor with the bacterial conjugation system" | Holly Torsilieri "Salmonella-Induced Cholesterol Accumulation Promotes Activation of mTORC1 within Infected Cells" |
| October 18th, 2022 | Lacie Werner “C4b-binding protein in human serum suppresses neutrophil antigonococcal activity in a complement-independent manner” | Maria Geba “Shared Decision Making: Gathering Patient and Provider Perspectives on Anal Cancer Screening to Improve Engagement in Services” |
| November 1st, 2022 | Abby Whitford “The restrictive role of ATRX in HSV-1 reactivation” |
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| December 6th, 2022 | Ghassan Ilaiwy “Enhancing Case Finding for Tuberculosis: Finding the Ones We Missed" | Sean Cuddy “Activation of Nucleic Acid Sensing Pathways in Reactivation of Herpes Simplex Virus-1” |
| January 17th, 2023 | David Lehman “Paradoxical Consequences of Wastewater Interventions Targeting Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales" | Steven Rolland “The host protein PIK3C3 promotes Shigella flexneri spread from cell to cell” |
| January 31st, 2023 | Ian Liyayi "Uncovering the role of Ngo1049 during immune-mediated nutrient starvation in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae" | Isaura Rigo "Humoral Immunity against Toxin B in acute and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections" |
| February 21st, 2023 | Catherine Bielick "National Hospitalization Rates and In-Hospital Mortality Rates of HIV-related Opportunistic Infections in the United States, 2011-2018" | Samantha D'Spain "Exploring IncD-mediated Non-vesicular Trafficking at ER-Chlamydia Inclusion Membrane Contact Sites" |
| March 7th, 2023 | Nadia Holness "Understanding the Spatial Regulators of Intracellular Parasite Restriction” | Yadeliz Serranos Matos “Murine Model of Intergenerational Undernutrition Shows Microbiota Dependent Shifts in Immune Responses” |
| March 21st, 2023 | Amy Forehand "Ribosomal protein paralogs and zinc homeostasis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae" | Jen Sasson "Type 2 immunity and COVID-19” |
| April 4th, 2023 | Brian Grundy "Acute Febrile Illness and Sepsis in Sub-Saharan Africa” | Zichen Liu "Measurement of small molecule permeability into live mycobacteria via click chemistry” |
| April 18th, 2023 | Rachel Boone “C. difficile infection outcomes and the balance of the immune response” | Amaris Cardenas "Investigating the role of lipooligosaccharide sialylation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae-neutrophil interactions" |
| May 2nd, 2023 | Emily Byrd "Archaea dependent regulation of colonic physiology" | Evan Lamb "The membrane attack complex potentiates antimicrobial activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae" |
| May 16th, 2023 | Aimee Potter "Transcriptome-guided metabolic network analysis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae during neutrophil co-culture" | Volkan Koseoglu “Niche specific roles of Shigella IcsA protein during bacillary dysentery |
| May 30th, 2023 | Duncan Hart "Hyaluronan as a driver of COVID-19 severity" | Dana May "Evaluating Toxoplasma gondii Colonization in the Murine Brain Using a Cellular Barcoding Approach" |
| June 6th, 2023 | Jackie Hodges “Pre-implementation evaluation of a proposed smartphone intervention to improve the quality of TB treatment in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania” | Brandon Thompson “Secondary bile acids function through the Vitamin D Receptor in myeloid progenitors to promote myelopoiesis” |
| September 19th, 2023 | Tom Flynn "Exploring Acute Febrile Illness in the Peruvian Amazon" | Araceli Santiago “Identification and Characterization of Microbial Metabolites that Control the Expression of AraC/XylS-regulated virulence factors” |
| October 17th, 2023 | Audrey Brown The Role of cAMP Responsive Element Modulator (CREM) in Amebiasis Disease Susceptibility" | Tania Strilets “Unravelling the role of YBX1 in Dengue Virus virion assembly” |
| December 5th, 2023 | Evan Lamb “How the membrane attack complex pore kills Neisseria gonorrhoeae and potentiates antimicrobial activity” | Peter Oakes "Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Stewardship" |
| January 30th, 2024 | Idu Meadows “N-acetylcysteine to reduce treatment-related adverse events associated with drug-resistant Tuberculosis treatment” | Abby Whitford “Epigenetic Memory in Neurons: Long-term Innate Immune Silencing of HSV-1 Latency via ATRX” |
| February 6th, 2024 | Amy Forehand “Ribosomal protein paralogs and zinc homeostasis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae" |
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| February 20th, 2024 | Claire Fleming “The Pathogenic Role of IL-33 in Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection” | Maria Geba “Patient and provider perspectives on anal cancer screening among people with HIV” |
| March 5th, 2024 | Rachel Boone “C. difficile and activation of EGFR” |
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| March 19th, 2024 | Yadeliz Serrano Matos “Colonization during a key developmental window reveals microbiota-dependent shifts in growth and immunity during undernutrition” |
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| April 2nd, 2024 | Mary Wakim Broden "Investigating the contributions of C4b-binding protein to Neisseria gonorrhoeae interactions with human neutrophils" | Dana Van Fossen “Characterizing the functional dynamics of Bangladeshi children’s T follicular helper cells in the context of cryptosporidiosis” |
| April 16th, 2024 | Samantha D'Spain "IncD-mediated non-vesicular trafficking of ceramide at ER-inclusion membrane contact sites" | Isaura Rigo "Measuring pre-existing IgG levels against Toxin B in acute Clostridioides difficile infections to predict recurrence" |
| April 30th, 2024 | Haley Adcox "Chlamydia trachomatis IncS binds STIM1 and prevents NFAT nuclear localization" | David Lehman “Investigating the Variable Susceptibility of Environmentally Colonizing Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales to Chlorhexidine” |
| May 7th, 2024 | Addison Hicks "Early Initiation of Ceftaroline-Based Combination Therapy for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia" + "Limb Preservation" | Ghassan Ilaiwy "Tuberculosis Screening, Treatment and Prevention Experience in Rural Tanzania: Follow up Data from the Active Case Finding Pilot Study" |
| May 21st, 2024 | Catherine Bielick "National Hospitalization Rates and In-Hospital Mortality Rates of HIV-related Opportunistic Infections in the United States, 2011-2018" | Duncan Hart "The role of the hyaluronan receptor CD44 during severe COVID-19." |