Time zone: (Eastern Time US & Canada)
Day 1, Monday, 16th June, 2025
09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks
Session Chair: Vidya Devi Negi, IISER Mohali, India
09:10 – 09:40 John Brumell, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
Salmonella exploits membrane reservoirs for invasion of host cells
09:40 – 10:10 Adam Cunningham, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
How do inflammatory responses induced to Salmonella drive thrombosis?
10:10 – 10:40 Tobias Geiger, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), Munich, Germany
Intracellular behavioral differences between Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi: Distinct patterns of virulence factor expression
10:40 – 11:10 Ryan Charles Russell, University of Ottawa, Canada
Salmonella Typhimurium inhibits autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum to promote infection
11:10 – 11:30 Break
Session Chair: Ryan Charles Russell, University of Ottawa, Canada
11:30 – 12:00 Jeongmin Song, Cornell University, NY, United States
Salmonella Typhi virulence factors: Vi variants and Typhoid toxin
12:00 – 12:30 Basel Abuaita, Louisiana State University, LO, United States
Lipopolysaccharide compositions license Salmonella enterica serovars to evade innate immune defenses
12:30 – 13:00 Judith Behnsen, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, United States
Inter-kingdom interactions: How a gut commensal yeast promotes Salmonella virulence
13:00 – 13:30 Mariola J Ferraro, University of Florida, FL, United States
Messaging Immunity: How EVs from infected immune cells shape host memory
13:30 – 13:50 Break
Session Chair: TBD
13:50 – 14:20 Christopher Schubert, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
S. Typhimurium’s sweet tooth: A WISHful tale of context-dependent metabolism in Mice
14:20 – 14:50 Jean-Philippe Côté, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Investigation of the effects of microbe-microbe interactions on Salmonella physiology
14:50 – 15:20 Jennifer Ronholm, McGill University, Canada
Optimizing the chicken microbiome to prevent Salmonella colonization
15:20 Day 1 Closing Remarks
Day 2, Tuesday, 17th June, 2025
09:00 – 09:10 Day 2 Opening Remarks
Session Chair: TBD
09:10 – 09:40 Brian Coombes, McMaster University, Canada
Drug screening under infection-relevant conditions for antibiotic development against invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS)disease
09:40 – 10:10 Mikael Sellin, Uppsala University, Sweden
Salmonella infection dynamics resolved in human enteroids and colonoids
10:10 – 10:40 Corrie Detweiler, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
New approaches for combating bacterial infections
10:40 – 11:10 Kishore Alugupalli, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, TurboVax Inc., PA, United States
Turbo: the key for making a single shot “Pan-Salmonella” glycoconjugate vaccine
11:10 – 11:30 Break
Session Chair: TBD
11:30 – 12:00 Dipshikha Chakravortty, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
TBD…
12:00 – 12:30 Simran Kushwaha, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Comprehensive blueprint of Salmonella genomic plasticity identifies hotspots for pathogenicity genes
12:30 – 13:00 Casey Fowler, University of Alberta, Canada
Identification of a Salmonella-specific protein that enhances virulence gene expression in response to antimicrobial peptides
13:00 – 13:30 Elizabeth Nail, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, CO, United States
Impact of the ER stress response on Salmonella pathogenesis
13:30 – 13:50 Break
Session Chair: TBD
13:50 – 14:20 Arden Baylink, Washington State University, WA, United States
Visualizing Salmonella chemotaxis using real-time imaging
14:20 – 14:50 Yosra Helmy, University of Kentucky, KY, United States
Innovative approaches for Salmonella control: A One Health paradigm shift