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**
2024-2025 Schedule
| Date | Presenter 1 & Discussant | Presenter 2 & Discussant |
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| September 17th | Rachita Dash "Bioluminescence-Based Determination of Cytosolic Accumulation of Antibiotics in Escherichia coli” [Discussant: Samantha D'Spain] |
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| October 1st | 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 | 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 | Cami Westlake "Catecholamines enable Gonococcal resistance to nutritional immunity" [Discussant: Jashim Uddin] |
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| December 3rd | 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 | Rachel McMillan (Boone) [Discussant: David Delgado-Diaz] | Abigail Kelly "The role of TNF⍺ signaling in CNS control of Toxoplasma gondii infection" [Discussant: Cami Westlake] |
| February 4th | Dana Van Fossen [Discussant: Haley Adcox] |
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| February 18th | Amy Forehand [Discussant: Chris Pastore] | Claire Fleming [Discussant: TBD] |
| March 4th | David Lehman [Discussant: Isaura Rigo] | James Boehlke [Discussant: Dana Van Fossen] |
| March 18th | Evan Lamb [Discussant: Claire Fleming] | Chris Pastore [Discussant: Mary Broden] |
| April 1st | Addison Hicks [Discussant: Ben Fuller] | Leandro Fernández-García [Discussant: James Boehlke] |
| April 15th | Peter Oakes [Discussant: Tom Flynn] | Jashim Uddin [Discussant: Jasmine Cruz] |
| April 29th | Isaura Rigo [Discussant: Peter Oakes] | Haley Adcox [Discussant: John Miller] |
| May 6th | David Delgado Diaz [Discussant: Duncan Hart] | John Miller [Discussant: TBD] |
| May 20th | Daniel Bailey [Discussant: Idu Meadows] | Duncan Hart [Discussant: Abigail Kelly] |
| June 3rd | Idu Meadows [Discussant: Matthew Willis] | Anush Aryal [Discussant: Rachel McMillan] |
Past Years
| Date | Presenter 1 | Presenter 2 | Remote/In-Person |
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| September 19th | 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” | In-Person |
| October 17th | 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” | In-Person |
| December 5th | Evan Lamb | Peter Oakes | In-Person |
| January 30th | 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” | In-Person |
| February 6th | Amy Forehand “Ribosomal protein paralogs and zinc homeostasis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae" | In-Person | |
| February 20th | 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” | In-Person |
| March 5th | Rachel Boone “C. difficile and activation of EGFR” | In-Person | |
| March 19th | Yadeliz Serrano Matos “Colonization during a key developmental window reveals microbiota-dependent shifts in growth and immunity during undernutrition” | In-Person | |
| April 2nd | 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” | In-Person |
| April 16th | 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" | In-Person |
| April 30th | 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” | In-Person |
| May 7th | Addison Hicks | Ghassan Ilaiwy | In-Person |
| May 21st | Catherine Bielick | Duncan Hart | In-Person |
| June 4th | Nadia Holness | Deiziane Costa | In-Person |
| Date | Presenter 1 | Presenter 2 | Remote/In-Person |
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| September 20th | **Special Seminar** See the Seminar Series Schedule for more information |
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| October 4th | 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" | Hybrid |
| October 18th | 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” | Hybrid |
| November 1st | Abby Whitford “The restrictive role of ATRX in HSV-1 reactivation” | Hybrid | |
| December 6th | 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” | Hybrid |
| January 17th | 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” | Hybrid |
| January 31st | 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" | Hybrid |
| February 21st | 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" | Hybrid |
| March 7th | 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” | Hybrid |
| March 21st | Amy Forehand "Ribosomal protein paralogs and zinc homeostasis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae" | Jen Sasson "Type 2 immunity and COVID-19” | Hybrid |
| April 4th | Brian Grundy "Acute Febrile Illness and Sepsis in Sub-Saharan Africa” | Zichen Liu "Measurement of small molecule permeability into live mycobacteria via click chemistry” | Hybrid |
| April 18th | 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" | Hybrid |
| May 2nd | Emily Byrd "Archaea dependent regulation of colonic physiology" | Evan Lamb "The membrane attack complex potentiates antimicrobial activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae" | Hybrid |
| May 16th | 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 | Hybrid |
| May 30th | 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" | Hybrid |
| June 6th | 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” | Hybrid |
| Date | Speaker 1 | Speaker 2 |
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| Sept 7th | Erin Weddle | Aimee Potter |
| Sept 21st | Allie Alcott | |
| Oct 5th | Amaris Cardenas | Rachel Ende |
| Oct 19th | Lacie Werner | Clayton Bishop |
| Nov 16th | Tarina Parpia | Deb Powers |
| Nov 30th | Catherine Bielick | Eugenia Cortina |
| Dec 7th | Ghassan Ilaiwy | Chelsea Hall |
| Dec 21st | NO IDRIP-HOLIDAY | |
| Jan 4th | Dan Van Aartsen | |
| Jan 18th | Nick Natale | Ian Liyayi |
| Feb 1st | Maria Geba | Leti Beltran |
| Mar 1st | Evan Robinson | Sayo McCowin |
| Mar 15th | Abby Whitford | Samantha D'Spain |
| Mar 29th | Brian Grundy | Samantha D'Spain |
| Apr 5th | Jen Sasson | |
| Apr 19th | Nadia Holness | Brandon Thompson |
| May 3rd | Jackie Hodges | Sean Cuddy |
| May 17th | David Tyus | Chantel Bailey |
| May 31st | Esthermari Gonzalez Polanco | |
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| Jun 14th | Sara Dochnal | Deiziane Costa |