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Microbial Pathogenesis

Thursday, April 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
Location: 153AB

    Moderator(s)

  • BT

    Bolaji Thomas

    Director of Research, College of Health Sciences & Technology
    Rochester Institute of Technology

  • SN

    Som Nanjapp

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM US ET
    Mechanisms regulating ferritinophagy during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces ferroptosis and orchestrates TB pathogenesis

    Author: Kithiganahalli Balaji – Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore

  • 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM US ET
    An Immunological Wildfire: Trichomonas vaginalis sparks pyroptosis in ectocervical cells

    Author: Johann Tailor (he/him/his) – San Diego State University & UC San Diego

  • 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM US ET
    Host-Parasite Interactions of Intraerythrocytic Malaria Infections

    Author: Marissa Schroeter (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University-Newark

  • 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM US ET
    Effects of type 2 diabetes mellitus on fibrosis formation in post-tuberculosis lung disease

    Author: Alyssa Varghese – University of Texas Medical Branch

  • 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM US ET
    Characterizing the Alveolar Macrophage and Neutrophil Responses to Inhaled Coccidioides Spores using Ce3D-cleared Precision-Cut Lung Slices

    Author: Paul Brennan (he/him/his) – Rutgers New Jersey Med. Sch.

  • 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Clostridioides difficile-Driven Expansion of IL1B+ Monocytes Amplifies Neutrophil Recruitment in Ulcerative Colitis

    Author: Eun Hye Yoon (she/her/hers) – SNU Graduate School Department of Biomedical Sciences