Presenting Author

Abstract Title

Talk/Poster

Aaron, Phylicia A

The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans invades the human blood-brain barrier via the EphA2- tyrosine kinase receptor

talk

Abrams, Michael E

Interferon-mediated regulation of cholesterol metabolism limits intracellular bacterial infection

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Ali, Mohamed

Regulation of osteopontin production in airway epithelial cells

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Allgood, Samual C

Legionella pneumophila effector AnkX disrupts host cell endocytic recycling in a phosphocholination-dependent manner

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Almagro-Moreno, Salvador

Origins of pandemic Vibrio cholerae from environmental gene pools

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Ammar, Mufida A

A role for the Pdc-Ald pathway in virulence and survival of Cryptococcus neoformans

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Ante, Vanessa M

Borrelia burgdorferi adenylate cyclase, cyaB, alters regulation of virulence determinants and is required for murine infection

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Ashworth, Jason

The pentameric, but not the monomeric, isoform of C-reactive protein (CRP) enhances phagocytosis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - potential implications for treatment strategies

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Bai, Fangfang

Resistance to ROS is attenuated by the pore forming protein Perforin-2

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Banerjee, Rajdeep

The global role of ferric uptake regulator (Fur) in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

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Banerjee, Srijon K

Development of an ex vivo human tissue platform to study pneumonic plague

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Baral, Pankaj

Nociceptive sensory neuron critically regulates antibacterial pulmonary defense

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Bell, Samantha L

Galectin-8 recognizes Mycobacterium tuberculosis-containing phagosomes to control infection

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Ben-Shmuel, Amir

Pathology of wild-type and toxin-Independent Bacillus antracis meningitis in rabbits

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Bhalla, Manmeet

The human signaling proteins mTOR, PKC-α, and FlnA promote host exocytosis during InlB-mediated entry of Listeria monocytogenes

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Bjanes, Elisabet

A novel role for CARD19 in control of cell death and anti-bacterial host defense

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Blokesch, Melanie

Vibrio cholerae fights its battles in the environment

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Bratanis, Eleni

Analysis of off-target effects of the Streptococcus pyogenes IgG endoglycosidase EndoS in complex biological material

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Briken, Volker

Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits type I interferon signaling to increase intracellular survival.

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Brockman, Kenneth L

Rapid and reversible regulation of many genes by the NTHI phasevarion influences OM severity via altered immune response

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Brodsky, Igor

RIPK1 dependent apoptosis promotes effector-triggered immunity to overcome Yersinia blockade of innate signaling

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Bronner, Denise N

Short chain fatty acid utilization provides an evolutionary intestinal fitness for Salmonella

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Brown, Jessica C.

The regulated switch of polysaccharide from cell surface retention to secretion facilitates fungal dissemination during infection

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Brown, Lindsey R

Insight into an uncharacterized operon contributing to metal homeostasis in Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Burke, Thomas P.

Investigating bacterial exploitation of the inflammasome

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Byndloss, Mariana X

Microbiota-induced epithelial PPAR-γ-signaling thwarts dysbiotic pathogen expansion

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Cadwell, Ken

Autophagy and bacterial pathogenesis

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Caine, Jennifer

Neutrophil pattern recognition receptor hypersensitivity but not hyperactivity in pediatric nontuberculous mycobacterial infection

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Caston, Rhonda

Comparative studies of m1 and m2 forms of Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin

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Chau, Elizabeth

Regulatory evolution promotes niche adaptation in Salmonella enterica

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Chin, Chui Yoke

Francisella FlpR is a focal point of lipopolysaccharide modification and is required for pathogenesis and polymyxin resistance

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Choby, Jacob

An evolutionary arms race between human hemoglobin and the Staphylococcus aureus hemoglobin receptor

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Chong, Audrey

Deciphering the role of SipA in the bimodal lifestyle of Salmonella

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Chubiz, Lon M

Repression of Salmonella virulence genes by multidrug resistance regulators

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Coady, Alison M

The role of Tamm-Horsfall protein in protection against Candida urinary tract infections

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Cook, Laura C

Transcriptomic and physiological differences of group A Streptococcus in humans—Acute infection versus carriage

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Crispell, Emily K

Novel resistance inhibitor suppresses lipid A modifications and restores antibiotic efficacy in colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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Criss, Alison

Survival strategies used by Neisseria gonorrhoeae against human neutrophils

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Daskalov, Asen

NOD-like receptors and the fungal immune system

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David, Lawrence

Mammals both induce and attenuate microbial nitrogen limitation in the large intestine

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Deng, Liwen

Investigating the role of the LytR transcriptional regulator in Group B Streptococcal colonization and disease

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Di Venanzio, Gisela A

A novel pilus surface structure is robustly produced by statically grown  Acinetobacter baumannii AbCA1

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Dickinson, Mary S

Proximity–dependent proteomics of the Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion membrane reveals early interactions with endoplasmic reticulum exit sites

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Doran, Kelly S

Characterization of vaginal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus

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D'Orazio, Sarah

Listeria monocytogenes replicate in the cytosol of in vitro-cultured, bone marrow-derived CD11c⁺ cells, but not in dendritic cells isolated from the murine gastrointestinal tract

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Echenique Rivera, Hebert

A Tn-seq approach reveals the necessity for bacterial biotin biosynthesis during Neisseria meningitidis vascular colonization due to low local concentrations

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El Mohtadi, Mohamed

Estrogen enhances host-pathogen interactions in an in vitro model of age-related impaired healing

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Elde, Nels

Evolutionary innovations from microbial collisions with hosts

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Elfenbein, Johanna

Quantity, but not sequence, is a requirement for multicopy single-stranded DNA function in Salmonella Typhimurium

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Elhenawy, Wael

Understanding the adaptation of Crohn’s disease-associated Escherichia coli to the host environment

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Ellermann, Melissa

The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl glycerol inhibits Type III secretion system activity in enteric pathogens

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Ellis, Nicole A

Multiplexed CRISPRi allows for the identification of virulence-critical effectors in an intracellular pathogen

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Enrico, Elizabeth m

Prodding your inner demon—How hemolysin triggers the activation and relocalization of the host serine protease Trypsinogen 4

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Eshraghi, Aria

Investigating the role of Francisella pathogenicity island T6SS effectors in intramacrophage growth

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Eulalio, Ana

Systems biology approaches identify host microRNAs controlling infection by bacterial pathogens

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Fasciano, Alyssa C

Investigating host-pathogen interactions of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in the intestine using in vitro GI tract models

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Filler, Scott

Candida albicans Hyr1 binding to c-Met induces oral epithelial cell invasion while inhibiting neutrophil killing

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Finethy, Ryan H

Immunity related GTPases control caspase-11 activity to protect against septic shock

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Fleming, Brittany A

Balanced input from the tRNA prenyltransferase MiaA controls the stress resistance and virulence potential of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli

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Fozo, Elizabeth M

Induction of daptomycin tolerance by exogenous fatty acids in Enterococcus faecalis

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Frank, Kristi L

Cellular levels of (p)ppGpp differentially affect the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis in Enterococcus faecalis

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Fung, Connie

Spatiotemporal mapping of Helicobacter pylori infection reveals stable microniches in the gastric glands that confer fitness in colonization and competition

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Gaddy, Jennifer

Group B Streptococcus Induces Neutrophil Recruitment to Gestational Tissues and Elaboration of extracellular traps and nutritional immunity

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Garcia-Sherman, Melissa C

Dietary fatty acids modulate fungal-host interactions

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Gavin, Hannah E

Discrete bacterial toxin regions mediate Vibrio vulnificus virulence potential

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Gayle, Petoria

The function of Perforin-2 at the maternal-fetal interface

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Geddes-McAlister, Jennifer

Quantitative proteomics of the host-pathogen interplay during Salmonella Typhimurium infection

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Gilroy, Rachel A

Fecal transplantation in chickens- changing the host dynamic to control Campylobacter jejuni infection

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Golubeva, Yekaterina A

Regulation of the Salmonella SPI1 type three secretion system by inorganic phosphate

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Gonzales Siles, Lucia

Proteome analysis of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

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Guillotte, Mark L

Insight into the form and function of rickettsial Lipid A

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Helaine, Sophie

Salmonella forms intracellular persisters with TacT

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Horswill, Alexander R

Commensal warfare—A coagulase-negative Staphylococcal strain prevents Staphylococcus aureus colonization and skin infection

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Hovingh, Elise S

Acquisition of C1 inhibitor by Bordetella pertussis virulence associated gene 8 results in C2 and C4 consumption away from the bacterial surface

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Hryckowian, Andrew J

The diet-driven metabolic ecology of Clostridium difficile infection

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Hsieh, Lee-Yang

Bile salts augment binding of murine norovirus and its receptor CD300lf

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Hyde, Jenny A

Borrelia burgdorferi spatiotemporally regulates the expression of borrelial oxidative stress regulator, bosR, and decorin binding protein, dbp, during murine infection

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Imamura, Haruna

Salmonella-host interplay mediated by protein phosphorylation modifications

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Jacobson, Amanda R

The host intestinal microbiota limits Salmonella transmission

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Jensen, Grant

Imaging bacterial attachment and secretion systems in vivo through electron cryotomography

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Jimenez, Angel G

Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and virulence by ExuR in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

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Kaempfer, Raymond

Bacterial superantigen toxin induces a cytokine storm by promoting B7-2/CD28 costimulatory receptor engagement

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Kailasan Vanaja, Sivapriya

Bacterial modulation of noncanonical inflammasome

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Kalafatis, Marinos

H-NS mediated regulation of the hilD locus

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Kambara, Hiroto

Gasdermin D exerts anti-inflammatory effects by promoting neutrophil death

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Kang, Donghoon

High-throughput genetic screen in Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals that biofilm formation is necessary for siderophore production and virulence

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Kang, Donghoon

Pyoverdine translocates into C. elegans cells, removes iron, and activates a distinct host immune response

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Kim, Brandon J

Modeling group B Streptococcus—Blood-brain barrier interaction using human stem cell derived brain endothelial cells

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Kim, Jung-Eun

Human cytomegalovirus IE2 86kDa protein induces STING degradation and inhibits cGAMP-mediated IFN-β induction

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Kim, Kyungsub

The sRNA InvR regulates the SPI1 T3SS via a novel mechanism in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

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Kim, Yaeseul

Proteus vulgaris with an exceptionally high catalase activity is propagated during intestinal inflammation in a DSS-induced mouse colitis model

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Kirimanjeswara, Girish

Macrophage selenoproteins restrict intracellular replication of Francisella tularensis

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Knodler, Leigh

Controlled activity of the Salmonella invasion-associated injectisome reveals its intracellular role in defining the cytosolic population

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Ko, Dennis C

The Hi-HOST Phenome Project—An atlas of genetic variants connecting cellular host-pathogen traits to human disease

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Koestler, Benjamin J

Formate links Shigella metabolism and virulence

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Kolenda, Rafal

Different cell line infecting phenotypes in Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium (Tym), Enteritidis (Ent), Choleraesuis (Chol), Dublin (Du) and Gallinarum (Gall) isolates

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Kronstad, James

Nutritional regulation of capsule elaboration in Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Kumar, Aman

Indole signaling at the interface of host, pathogen, and microbiota

talk

Lafrance, Alexander E

Investigating the Interaction of V. parahaemolyticus Effector VopR and its Putative Chaperone VP1684

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Laughlin, Richard

Confirmation of systems biology predicted host:pathogen protein-protien interactions from an in vivo model of infection

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Le Breton, Yoann S.

Genome-wide discovery of novel M1T1 group A Streptococcal determinants important for fitness and virulence during soft-tissue infection

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Lee, Eric D

Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes isoprenoid precursor synthesis

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Lee, Pei-Chung

Legionella pneumophila targets the host cell Hippo pathway during infection

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Lehman, Stephanie

T4-dependent secretion of Rickettsia ankyrin repeat protein 2 during host cell infection

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Lenehan, Dearbhla

Characterizing Escherichia coli—Platelet interactions in sepsis

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Li, Jingtao

Discovery and assembly of highly polymorphic immunity-related loci in wild-derived and classical inbred mouse strains

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Lim, Chun Hwee

Thrombin-derived host defence peptide attenuates neutrophil rolling and migration through CD62L shedding and reduces neutrophil functional response in vivo

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Lokken, Kristen L

Transcriptional profiling of age-related murine mucosal responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization

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Lopez Jimenez, Ana Teresa

The “Dicty Jail”—A new microfluidic tool for long-term single-cell imaging of mycobacteria infection

talk

Lopez, Juvenal

Novel Insights into Acinetobacter virulence—CpaA and type II secretion

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Louie, Alexander

Listeria monocytogenes-induced enterocolitis model reveals a role for STING

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Lubkin, Ashira L

Staphylococcus aureus leukocidins target the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines in the vasculature to mediate lethality in mice

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Miller, Kelly A

Identification of a complex of host and bacterial proteins and evaluation of its role early during Shigella flexneri infection

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Mishra, Archita

Identification of selective metabolic inhibitor of M. tuberculosis—Implications towards novel combinatorial therapy

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Molina, Roberto C

CRP-cAMP is a regulator of persister cell generation through the regulation of oxidative stress response and DNA repair in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

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Monge-Arias, Heber

Role of the two component system BvrR/BvrS in the intracellular replication of Brucella canis

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Moore, Chris

Investigating three way interactions between host, pathogen and predatory bacteria using a zebrafish model system

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Mostowy, Serge

Use of the cytoskeleton to control Shigella infection

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Moura Alves, Pedro

PAMPing AhR—The role(s) of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in immunity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

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Mukherjee, Shaeri

Bacterial manipulation of the unfolded protein response pathway

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Munoz, Vanessa L

Kingella kingae extracellular polysaccharides promote both resistance to human serum and virulence in a rat infection model

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Munro, Carol A

Candida albicans cell wall—Roles in virulence, host interactions and drug susceptibility

talk

Naegeli, Andreas

Immune evasion through antibody modification—IgG glycan hydrolysis during streptococcal infection

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Nair, Nisha

Response of adult C3H/HeJ mice to lethal leptospirosis

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Nelson, Eric J

Development and deployment of a next-generation pipeline for diarrheal disease outbreak response and translational research

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Nelson, Samantha J

Hypoxic survival in Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires a cAMP-mediated metabolic switch.

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Nicastro, Lauren K

Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by bacterial amyloid Curli

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Nilsson, Olof R

Role of phagocytic cells in Salmonella meningitis

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Nordenfelt, Pontus

Biological role of antibody orientation at the bacterial surface—A quantitative model for streptococcal M and M-like proteins

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Oliveira, Rita

Enhancing bacterial signaling to mediate recovery of gut microbiota

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Oosthuysen, Wilhelm F.

Characterization of a Corynebacterium accolens strain that attenuates MRSA colonization

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Palmer, Alexander D

PhoP-mediated regulation of the SPI1 type three secretion system in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

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Palmer, Lauren D

The impact of dietary zinc restriction on the host-pathogen interaction during Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia

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Parashar, Kaustubh

Increased resistance to intradermal Francisella tularensis LVS infection by inactivation of the Sts phosphatases

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Park, Jason M

Identifying the genetic determinants of the Legionella host range

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Pedra, Joao

Eicosanoid activation of the NLRC4 inflammasome during Rickettsial infection

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Peng, Congyue

Chronic oxidative stress and downregulation of metallothionein link to fluconazole-induced DNA damage in Cryptococcus neoformans

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Pennini, Meghan

Immune stealth as a driver for the striking increase in O2 serotype prevalence in multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Pensinger, Dan

Regulation of UDP-GlcNAc synthesis by a highly conserved operon of unknown function contributes to cell wall homeostasis and virulence in L. monocytogenes

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Petersson, Frida I

Acquisition of complement components on platelets activated by streptococcal M1 protein

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Pha, Khavong

Decoding the interaction of Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion membrane protein IncE with host syntaxins

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Pokhrel, Astha

The role of stringent response in Clostridium difficile virulence and survival

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Popugailo, Andrey

Staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigen toxins enhance the interaction of costimulatory receptor CD28 with both of its coligands, B7-2 and B7-1

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Puyskens, Andreas

Deciphering the role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in tuberculosis drug therapy

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Qayyum, Shariq

Protein translation machinery holds a key for transition of planktonic cells to biofilm state in Enterococcus faecalis—A proteomic approach

poster

Qiu, Cunjia

Availability of loop region in different PAMs disrupting the coiled-coil structure is responsible for group A Streptococcus virulence influenced by PAM expression level in different serotypes

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Ramsey, Meghan E

BB0017 is required for virulence and resistance to reactive oxygen species in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

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Rasti, Elnaz S

Vibrio cholerae outer membrane vesicles exhibit a GM1-independent cellular uptake mechanism

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Rey, Camille

Mechanisms of Shigella entry and spread in a novel in vitro infection model of intestinal M cells

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Reynolds, Todd

The Kennedy pathway acts as a dose-dependent regulator of virulence in Candida albicans

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Richardson, Anthony

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma is essential for the resolution of Staphylococcus aureus skin infections

talk

Ristow, Laura C

Identification of host factors required for the cytolytic activity of hemolysin from uropathogenic Escherichia coli

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Ritzert, Jeremy T

Sensing and consumption of airway glucose activates bacterial gene expression during pneumonia

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Roggensack, Sara E

Utilizing Tn-seq to identify immune defects of aging

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Rosowski, Emily E

Live imaging in larval zebrafish reveals differential innate immune cell behaviors upon infection with distinct strains of Aspergillus fumigatus

talk

Rossi, Rachael M

Understanding the role of Cardiolipin in Shigella flexneri pathogensis

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Roth, Cullen J

Virulence QTLs and genome-wide recombination rates in Cryptococcus

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Round, June

Defective immune control of microbial diversity enhances lipid bioavailability to promote metabolic syndrome

talk

Ruhland, Brittany

A link between redox sensing and virulence in Listeria monocytogenes

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Russell, Regan M

Small molecule inhibitors of QseC as potential therapeutics to treat bacterial infections

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Russo, Brian C

Topology of the Shigella type 3 secretion system translocon pore protein IpaC following native delivery into host cell membranes

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Saeij, Jeroen

Toxoplasma gondii gene products involved in the activation of the rat NLRP1 inflammasome

talk

Salje, Jeanne

Peptidoglycan in obligate intracellular bacteria

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Sana, Thibault

T6SS: The bacterial "Fight Club" in the host gut

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Schesser Bartra, Sara C

Leucine-rich repeat proteins—New type III secretion substrates encoded in the chromosome of Yersinia pestis

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Schulz, Anette

Deciphering the neutrophil response to Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to human skin in vivo

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Schwarz, Sandra

Interaction between the Burkholderia type VI secretion system and innate immune defenses

talk

Selkrig, Joel P

Spatiotemporal proteome profiling reveals a novel role for cathepsins during Salmonella-induced host cell death

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Shaffer, Carrie L

Molecular structure of the Helicobacter pylori cag type IV secretion system and novel bacterial nanotubes assembled in response to the host cell

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Shames, Stephanie R

INSeq analysis of targeted mutant libraries reveals novel Legionella pneumophila effector phenotypes

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Sharma, Kunal

Bladder-on-a-chip model for studying host-pathogen interactions in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

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SHARMA, NIHARIKA

Tailoring targeted immuno-therapies for treating secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae disease during acute influenza A virus infection

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Shaw, Dana K

A novel mode of immune induction impacts vector competence for tick-transmitted pathogens

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Sheng, Chunjie

Cyclophilin J disrupts lysine 63-linked polyubiquitin chain sensing and attenuates nuclear factor-kappa B signal pathway

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Shiloh, Michael

Role of M cells in mucosal immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

talk

Sil, Anita

Regulation of cell shape and virulence by temperature in Histoplasma capsulatum

talk

Silva, Cecilia

Growth arrest and a persister state enable resistance to osmotic shock and facilitate dissemination of Vibrio cholerae

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Silver, Rebecca

Essential amino acid synthesis pathways are necessary for Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence in lung infections and present good therapeutic targets

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Skaar, Eric

The intersection of nutrition and infection at the host-pathogen interface

talk

Skoog, Emma C

Functional plasticity in the Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system is mediated by alterations in integrin binding

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Smith, Clare M

Parallel systems genetics—Combining TnSeq and genetically diverse mice to understand tuberculosis susceptibility

talk

Son, Myoungsun

Vagus nerve mediated immune suppression in sepsis survivors

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Song, Jeongmin

In vivo tropism of Salmonella Typhi toxin to cells expressing a multiantennal glycan receptor

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Spencer, Brady L

Contribution of Cas9 to the pathogenesis of Group B Streptococcal colonization and disease

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Spiga, Luisella

An oxidative central metabolism enables Salmonella to utilize microbiota-derived succinate

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Srivastava, Disha

A novel proteolytic complex in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa cell envelope targets a peptidoglycan hydrolase to impact systems associated with acute and chronic virulence

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Stevens, Jacqueline

Neutrophilic inflammation initiated by gonococcal-endocervical cell interactions

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SUN, XINGMIN

The critical of TPL2 in Clostridium difficile-caused inflammation

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Surve, Manalee V

Heterogeneity in pneumolysin expression governs the tug-of war between intracellular killing and survival of pneumococcus during passage across Blood-Brain barrier

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Sweere, Johanna M

Filamentous bacteriophage suppress immune clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infection

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Tambassi, Martina

hilD allelic variants explain Salmonella Derby different replication efficiency in human cells

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Tan, Xi

Vascular dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi

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Tay, Wei Hong

Inside-out—Insights into the intracellular lifestyle of E. faecalis

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Terrazzini, Nadia

Candida albicans sustains the cross-talk between skin and resident T cells

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Thacker, Vivek V

Lung-on-a-chip microtechnologies for single-cell studies of host-pathogen interactions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Thaden, Joshua T

Sequence type 393 associated with increased mortality in Escherichia coli bloodstream infections

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Tischler, Anna D

Regulation of ESX-5 secretion by the phosphate sensing Pst/SenX3-RegX3 system is required for persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

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Tsai, Jun Yuh

Induction of the unfolded protein response by Brucella abortus VceC

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Tukel, Cagla

Biofilm-associated infections and autoimmunity

talk

Tursi, Sarah A

STAT2 induced Type I interferon response promotes susceptibility to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium induced inflammation in the gut

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Valeri, MARIA

CXCR2-dependent B cell migration contributes to Peyer’s patches organization and confers protection to Salmonella infection

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Valleau, Dylan A

The discovery of ubiquitin deamidases in the pathogenic arsenal of Legionella pneumophila

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Walker, Gregory T

Malaria induces changes to the murine intestinal environment that reduce colonization resistance to non-typhoidal Salmonella

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Watson, Robert O.

Global yeast genetic profiling uncovers conserved eukaryotic targets of bacterial virulence factors

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Weight, Caroline

Innate responses of the human airway epithelium are determined by initial interactions with Streptococcus pneumoniae during colonization

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Weindel, Chi G

LRRK2 is required for the control of type I IFN and macrophage homeostasis

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White, Dylan W

Assessing regulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane vesicle production by the phosphate-responsive Pst/SenX3-RegX3 system

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Whiteley, Aaron T.

Nucleotide signaling in the Vibrio cholerae seventh pandemic

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Whiteside, Sarah K

Bystander T cell activation drives persistent Lyme arthritis

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Williamson, David R

A novel gene required by Francisella tularensis for growth at the mammalian host niche pH

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Winter, Maria G

Microbial respiration and formate oxidation as metabolic signatures of inflammation-associated dysbiosis

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Winter, Sebastian E

Precision editing of the gut microbiota ameliorates colitis

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Wong, Chris Koon Ho

Candida glabrata Xbp1 represses early transcription response during interaction with host macrophages

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Woods, Emily

Discovery of an LL-37 response mechanism in Clostridium difficile

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Wu, Katherine

Functional characterization of HtrA-LppZ, a novel periplasmic chaperone complex in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Zackular, Joseph P

The impact of dietary zinc on Clostridium difficile infection and pathogen-microbiota interactions

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Zafar, Ammar

Identification and characterization of pneumococcal factors involved in host-to-host transmission

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Zhang, Xue-Xian

Towards a molecular mechanism of bacterial recognition of eukaryotic hosts

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Zhang, Zhenrun J

Fatty acid control of Salmonella virulence

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