MNID Agenda

11:00 – 12:55

11:30 – 12:55

1:00 – 1:10

Registration and poster setup

Lunch

Opening remarks and Keynote introduction

1:10 – 1:55       

Anita Sil, UCSF – “Cell shape and virulence in dimorphic fungal pathogens”

Plenary session 1(12-min, 3 min Q & A)

2:00 – 2:15

2:15 - 2:30

2:30 - 2:45

2:45 - 3:00

3:00 - 3:15

3:15 - 3:30

Maisha Nima, University of Notre Dame – “Assessment of Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance independent of kelch13 polymorphisms and with escalating malaria, in Bangladesh”

Teresa O'Meara, University of Michigan Medical School – “Analysis of commensal Candida albicans strains reveals genomic variability but conserved pathogenic potential”
 

Michael Kimber, Iowa State University – “Filarial nematode extracellular vesicles contain host immunomodulatory cargo”

Stephanie Ray, The Ohio State University – “Feeding the Yeast: The search for Histoplasma’s intracellular carbon source”

Danielle Pessôa-Pereira, University of Iowa – “Impact of tick-borne pathogen and Leishmania infantum coinfection on macrophage function”

Coffee break

Plenary session 2 (6-min minitalks, no Q & A)

3:35 – 3:41

3:41 – 3:47

3:47 – 3:53

3:53 – 3:59

3:59 – 4:05

4:05 – 4:11

4:11 – 4:17

4:17 – 4:23

Elizabeth A. Gaylord, Washington University School of Medicine – “The phosphatase Sac1 mediates capsule secretion in Cryptococcus neoformans”

Rafael B. Polidoro, Indiana University School of Medicine – “Shifted dynamic equilibrium between gut microbiota and local immune system influences systemic Plasmodium infection and adaptive immunity”

Alyssa LaBella, University of Notre Dame – “Candida albicans colonizes and persists in the bladder via Efg1 and its downstream effector, Als1, to cause CAUTI”

Clair R. Henthorn, University of Wisconsin-Madison – “Single-cell approaches for bridging Brugia malayi host-parasite-drug interaction knowledge gaps”

Darian Santana, University of Michigan – “Genetic determinants of Candida auris colonization of abiotic surfaces”

John Beck, Iowa State University – “Functional dissection of the Plasmodium protein export machinery by a precision conditional mutagenesis approach”

Peter Stuckey, University of Notre Dame – “Interferon-γ influences the outcome of fungal intracellular infection by promoting maturation of the cryptococcal-containing phagosome”

Einar Olafsson, University of Michigan – “Identifying Toxoplasma genetic determinants of host-parasite spatial phenotypes with computer vision and CRISPR/Cas-9 mutagenesis”

Poster session with beverage/cash bar

4:25 – 5:15

5:15 – 6:05

6:10 – 7:40

Posters – odd numbers

Posters – even numbers

Dinner

Plenary session 3: Rising Stars in Neglected Infectious Diseases (20-min, 5 min Q & A)

7:45 – 8:10

8:10 – 8:35

8:35 – 9:00

Stella Sun, University of Pittsburgh – “More Than Meets the Eye: Cryo-ET of Toxoplasma parasites gives subnanometer insight into tubulin-based structures”

Matt Anderson, Ohio State University – “An alternative mating system in Candida albicans generates greater genetic diversity than meiosis”

Mostafa Zamanian, University of Wisconsin – “Leveraging advanced transcriptomics and heterologous systems for anthelmintic discovery”

Poster mixer

Poster mixer with beverage/cash bar

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Plenary session 4 (12-min, 3 min Q & A)

8:50 – 9:05

9:05 – 9:20

9:20 – 9:35

9:35 – 9:50

9:50 – 10:05

10:05 – 10:20

Jintao Xu, University of Michigan – “Brain regulatory T cells suppress pathological inflammation and potentiate neurological repair during Cryptococcus neoformans meningoencephalitis”

Maria Nava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – “Defining the role of a Cryptosporidium signaling kinase in male gametogenesis and virulence”

Dibya Datta, Indiana University School of Medicine – “Brain Injury Biomarkers and Risk Factors associated with Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction & Persistent Neurodisability in Pediatric Cerebral Malaria”

Tamara Doering, Washington University School of Medicine – “Unbiased discovery of natural sequence variants that influence cryptococcal virulence”

James Blauwkamp, Indiana University School of Medicine – “Using ultrastructure expansion microscopy to explore microtubule spatiotemporal organization in Plasmodium falciparum replication”

Vern Carruthers, University of Michigan – “Toxoplasma secretory effector proteins exploit host ESCRT for protein ingestion”

10:25 – 10:45

Coffee break and poster dismount/poster Prize Awards

Plenary session 5 (12-min, 3 min Q & A)

10:50 – 11:05

11:05 – 11:20

11:20 – 11:35

11:35 – 11:50

11:50 – 12:05

12:05 – 12:20

Christopher Winski, University of Notre Dame – “Role of atypical PDR-type transporters in antifungal resistance and host interactions in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans”

Melissa Rosenthal, University of Nebraska Medical Center – “The importance of the Unfolded Protein Response and Ubiquitin Proteasome System in P. falciparum artemisinin response”

Abhishek Mishra, The Ohio State University – “Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) analysis to determine pathogenic factors in Candida albicans”

Angana Mukherjee, University of Notre Dame – “A Plasmodium falciparum Phosphoinositide-Binding Protein in the Trafficking of Hemoglobin and Artemisinin Resistance”

Josh Beck, Iowa State University – “PTEX component EXP2 is important for intrahepatic development during the Plasmodium liver stage”

Michal Olszewski, University of Michigan Medical School – “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: role of inflammatory cells in cryptococcal meningoencephalitis”

Closing remarks and farewell