John H. Brumell, PhD

Pitblado Chair in Cell Biology, Senior Scientist, Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, Molecular Genetics & Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Canada

Talk Title: Salmonella exploits membrane reservoirs for invasion of host cells

Dipshikha Chakravortty, PhD

Professor and Associate Dean UG, TATA Innovation Fellow, ASTRA Chair Professorship, DAE SRC Fellow, Humboldt Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Talk Title: will be updated soon…

Brian K. Coombes, PhD

Professor and Chair, Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Talk Title: Drug screening under infection-relevant conditions for antibiotic development against invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease

Basel Abuaita, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Talk Title: Lipopolysaccharide compositions license Salmonella enterica serovars to evade innate immune defenses

Jeongmin Song, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Veterinary Medical Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Talk Title: Salmonella Typhi virulence factors: Vi variants and Typhoid toxin

Ryan Russell, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

Talk Title: Salmonella Typhimurium inhibits autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum to promote infection

Simran Kushwaha, PhD

Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Talk Title: Comprehensive blueprint of Salmonella genomic plasticity identifies hotspots for pathogenicity genes

Corrie Detweiler, PhD

Professor at Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, CO, USA

Talk Title: New approaches for combating bacterial infections

Judith Behnsen, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Talk Title: Inter-kingdom interactions: How a gut commensal yeast promotes Salmonella virulence

Adam Cunningham, PhD

Professor of Functional Immunity, Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Co-Director of the BactiVac Network, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Talk Title: How do inflammatory responses induced to Salmonella drive thrombosis?

Yosra A. Helmy, DVM, MVSc, PhD

Associate Professor of One Health & Infectious Diseases, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, KY, USA

Talk Title: Innovative approaches for Salmonella control: A One Health paradigm shift

Tobias Geiger, PhD

Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, Chair for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), Munich, Germany

Talk Title: Intracellular behavioral differences between Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi: Distinct patterns of virulence factor expression

Arden Baylink, PhD

Assistant Professor, Esch LEAD Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, WA, USA
Talk Title: Visualizing Salmonella chemotaxis using real-time imaging

Mikael Sellin, PhD

Professor of Molecular Medicine, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden

Talk Title: Salmonella infection dynamics resolved in human enteroids and colonoids

Kishore R. Alugupalli, PhD

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
TurboVax Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Talk Title: Turbo: the key for making a single shot “Pan-Salmonella” glycoconjugate vaccine

Christopher Schubert, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Talk Title: S. Typhimurium’s sweet tooth: A WISHful tale of context-dependent metabolism in Mice

Jennifer Ronholm, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

Talk Title: Optimizing the chicken microbiome to prevent Salmonella colonization

Casey Fowler, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

Talk Title: Identification of a Salmonella-specific protein that enhances virulence gene expression in response to antimicrobial peptides

Jean-Philippe Côté, PhD

Assistance Professor, Department of Biology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Talk Title: Investigation of the effects of microbe-microbe interactions on Salmonella physiology

Jorge J. Canas, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate, Dr. Mariola Ferraro Laboratory
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Talk Title: Messaging Immunity: How EVs from infected immune cells shape host memory

Elizabeth Nail

Microbiology Doctoral Candidate, Keestra-Gounder Lab
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, CO, USA

Talk Title: Impact of the ER stress response on Salmonella pathogenesis