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Speakers
Listen from world-leading investigators!

John H. Brumell, PhD
The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
Talk Title: Proximity labelling reveals VPS13C as a regulator of Salmonella-containing vacuole fission

Mariola Ferraro, PhD
University of Florida, FL, USA
Talk Title: Cannabinoid signaling in host defense: Lessons from Salmonella infection

Brian Coombes, PhD
McMaster University, Canada
Talk Title: Overcoming immune evasion and antibiotic tolerance in iNTS using bacterial and host-directed strategies

Basel H. Abuaita, PhD
Louisiana State University, LA, USA
Talk Title: Fatty acids augment Salmonella enterica susceptibility to host defenses by targeting the lipopolysaccharide composition

Amit Awasthi, PhD
Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, India
Talk Title: Fangchinoline drives NOS2-dependent host immunity to restrict intracellular enteric pathogens


Pedro Escoll, PhD
Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Talk Title: Decoding the bioenergetic logic of infection using mitochondrial signals and single-cell AI

Kishore R. Alugupalli, PhD
TurboVax Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Talk Title: Preclinical model systems to identify effective typhoid vaccines

Jennifer Ronholm, PhD
McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Talk Title: Interactions between Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium and the Microbiome

Damian Gatica Mizala, PhD
University of Chile, Chile
Talk Title: The ERphagy receptor FAM134B/RETREG1 is targeted by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to promote infection

Casey Fowler, PhD
University of Alberta, Canada
Talk Title: The evolution and diversity of AB-type toxins in Salmonella

Yosra A. Helmy, PhD
University of Kentucky, KY, USA
Talk Title: Tracking human clinical Salmonella in Kentucky: genomic diversity, lineage dynamics, and antimicrobial resistance trends

Christopher Schubert, PhD
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Talk Title: Metabolic strategies of Enterobactericeae in gut colonization

Jorge J. Canas, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Dr. Ferraro Lab, University of Florida, FL, USA
Talk Title: Antigen presenting cell responses to macrophage-derived extracellular vesicle intra-nasal immunization against murine typhoid fever

Kanchan Jaswal, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine, IL, USA
Talk Title: The yeast cell wall modulates macrophage response to Salmonella

Siena Glenn
Prof. Baylink Lab, Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, WA, USA
Talk Title: The impact of disrupted chemotaxis on Salmonella virulence

Jeongmin Song, PhD
Cornell University, NY, USA
Talk Title: Glycan-mediated molecular interactions in bacterial pathogenesis

Neha Dhiman
IISER, Mohali, India
Talk Title: Salmonella modulates the lysosomal biogenesis pathway for building its replicative vacuolar niche
