Join colleagues and participate in this event for infectious disease research efforts at Mizzou.
Friday, November 3, 2023
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Bond Life Sciences Center
University of Missouri
1201 Rollins Street
For questions, email us or call 573-882-7957.
Schedule
All sessions in Monsanto Auditorium unless otherwise indicated.
| 8-8:30 a.m. | Registration Light breakfast and coffee (basement atrium) |
| Session 1 | Virology and related |
| 8:40 a.m. | Maggie Lange — What can RNA teach us about the host-virus interface? |
| 9 a.m. | Henry Wan — Neu5Gc binding loss of influenza A virus facilitates adaptation to gallinaceous poultry following transmission from waterbirds but restricts spillback. |
| 9:20 a.m. | Wenjun Ma — Understanding and developing countermeasures for emerging virus infections. |
| Brief Q/A | |
| Break | |
| Session 2 | Microbiomes, plant pathogens and viruses |
| 10 a.m. | Aaron Ericsson — Mucosal pathobionts in the gut microbiome. |
| 10:20 a.m. | Marc Johnson — Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens circulating beneath the surface. |
| 10:40 a.m. | Walter Gassmann — Pattern and effector recognition: the logic of the plant innate immune system. |
| Brief Q/A | |
| 11:15 a.m.-12:40 p.m. | Lunch (first floor atrium) |
| Session 3 | Biochemistry and proteins |
| 12:40 p.m. | Kamal Singh — Basic and applied research on viral infections. |
| 1 p.m. | Clarissa Durie — Structure and function of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm type IV secretions system. |
| 1:20 p.m. | Michael Baldwin — pH-triggered refolding and membrane insertion of the tetanus toxin translocation domain. |
| Brief Q/A | |
| Break | |
| Session 4 | Bacteriology |
| 1:50 p.m. | Roman Ganta — Tick and other vector-borne infections. |
| 2:10 p.m. | Quingming Qin (for Paul de Figueiredo) — Host control of intracellular parasitism by viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens. |
| 2:30 p.m. | Caroline Grunenwald — Staphylococcus aureus persistence and sensing of the host environment. |
| Brief Q/A |