Schedule for Tuesday, February 4, 2025
| TIME | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast at Copper Mine Bistro | |
| Scientific Session 5: Microbial Virulence Strategies | Session Chair: Daniel Miller Virginia Commonwealth University |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Staphylococcus aureus superantigens target sebaceous gland maturation to promote skin pathogenesis | Nathan Archer Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| 8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Secreted Mycobacterial tuberculosis protein PE5 hijacks host ubiquitin machinery to modulate host trafficking pathways | Samantha Bell Rutgers New Jersey Medical School |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Clostridium hiranonis protects mice from C. difficile infection, while Clostridium scindens does not provide protection | Samantha Kisthardt North Carolina State University |
| 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Complement-dependent mechanisms governing Klebsiella pneumoniae gastrointestinal colonization and systemic dissemination | Juan Valencia Bacca Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | The rgs12b locus regulates macrophage epithelioid transformation during tuberculous granuloma formation | Jacob Lowy Duke University |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Keynote #5 Inflammation as a driver of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis |
Christina Stallings, PhD Washington University in St. Louis |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break & Check-Out | |
| Scientific Session 6: Therapeutic Approaches | Session Chair: Hannah Zierden University of Maryland |
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| 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Use of Novel Adjuvants to Identify Vaccine-Mediated Responses Required to Clear B. pertussis from the Airway | Yihui Wang US Food & Drug Administration |
| 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | From cryptic alligator peptide to potential antimicrobial therapeutic | Monique van Hoek George Mason University |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Complement C5b-C8 and C5b-C9 membrane attack complexes potentiate antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae | Evan Lamb University of Virginia |
| 12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Substance P augments chemokine production by Staphylococcus aureus infected murine osteoclasts | Sophie Sipprell UNC Charlotte |
| 12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks | Kimberly Davis, PhD Johns Hopkins University MAMPM 2027 Chair-Elect |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch at Copper Mine Bistro featuring "Dine with a Keynote Speaker" | |
| End of Meeting - Safe Travels! |