Schedule
All sessions in Monsanto Auditorium unless otherwise indicated.
MU Infectious Disease Symposium schedule
| 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 |
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| Break |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Break |
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| 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 |
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