2026 Keynote Speakers:
Colleen M. Cavanaugh, Harvard University
Jonathan A. Eisen, University of California, Davis
2026 Session Chairs:
Jack Gilbert, University of California-San Diego
Amelia Lindsey, University of Minnesota
Laura Katz, Smith College
Laura Knoll, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Julia Oh, Duke University
John Rawls, Duke University
Maggie Sogin, University of California Merced
2026 Conference Co-Chairs:
Federico Rey, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rosanna A. Alegado, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa
2026 Scientific Topics:
One Health and Beneficial Microbes
Microbe-Host Interaction at the Molecular Scale I
Microbe-Host Interactions at the Molecular Scale II
Microbe-host interactions at the Ecological Scale
Microbe-Host Interactions at the Ecological Scale II
Microbe-host interactions at the Evolutionary Scale
New Approaches to Study Microbe-Host Crosstalk
2026 Planning Committee:
Kevin Kohl, University of Hawaii
Katherine Lemon, Baylor College of Medicine
Kat Milligan-McClellan, University of Connecticut
David Clarke, University of Cork
Elizabeth Johnson, Cornell University
Irene Newton, Indiana University (ISS)
Buck Samuel, Baylor College of Medicine
Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Michigan State University (ISS)