{"id":523,"date":"2022-03-02T22:49:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T22:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/microbes\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:54:31","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/microbes\/program-info\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]<br \/>[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]<br \/>[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">2026 Conference Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday, July 19, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>3:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Main Lounge<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>5:30p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Welcome and Keynote Address<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><br>Colleen Cavanaugh<br><em>Harvard University<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>6:45p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Welcome Reception<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday, July 20, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>8:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Annex<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>9:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session I &#8211; Host Microbe Interactions at the Ecological Scale I<\/strong><br><em>Session Chair: Chris Lane<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00a<\/td><td><em><em>Beneficial? Commensal? Dependent? Opportunistic? A derived apicomplexan that is host, symbiont and completely dependent on friends.<\/em><\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Chris Lane<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30a<\/td><td><em>Microbial contribution to essential amino acid synthesis in large African herbivores revealed by amino acid isotopes<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Anejelique J. Martinez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:45a<\/td><td><em><em>Discovery of Novel Receptor-like Kinases as Genetic Regulators of Root Microbiome Structure in Arabidopsis thaliana<\/em><\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Aditi Bhat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>10:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Refreshment Break<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:30a<\/td><td><em>Ecological Features of Resilience in an Anemone-Microbe Network<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Daniela Pierro<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:45a<\/td><td><em>Host-Mycobiome Crosstalk Reveals Shared and Site-Specific Patterning Across the Intestinal Mucosa<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Emily Davenport<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00a<\/td><td><em>Heat-producing bacteria influence the activity and life history of D. melanogaster at low temperatures<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Eliza M. Beales<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>11:15a<\/strong><\/td><td><em><strong>Flash Talks I<\/strong><\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:15a<\/td><td><em>Microbial alliances in traditional Hawaiian fishponds: Identifying algal-bacterial symbioses that support ecosystem restoration<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Alejandra Jacquez<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:20a<\/td><td><em><em>Permethrin selection enriches pyrethroid degrading bacteria in the mosquito microbiome by 3 to 11 folds and induces resistance despite host\u2019s limited standing genetic variation<\/em><\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Nsa Dada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>11:30a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lunch<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Poster Session<\/strong> <strong>A<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Great Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2:30p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session II &#8211; Host Microbe Interactions on the Molecular Scale I<\/strong><br><em>Session Chair: John Rawls<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:30p<\/td><td><em>Title TBD<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>John Rawls<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:00p<\/td><td><em>Aphid microRNAs translocated to an obligate endosymbiont<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Honglin Feng<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:15p<\/td><td><em>Parabacteroides species encode a lipid biosynthetic gene cluster that confers tolerance to bile acids<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Allison Hanna<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:30p<\/td><td><em>Bacterial symbionts reside intracellularly in newt toxin-storing glands<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Samantha Westcott<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:45p<\/td><td><em>Gut Turicibacters uptake and metabolize exogenous lipids<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Jonathan Lynch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>4:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Break<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:30p<\/td><td><em>The Circadian Clock Inhibits Dissemination of the Opportunistic Pathogen Enterococcus faecalis<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Urbashi Basu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:45p<\/td><td><em>Gut microbial amino acid metabolism modulates fatty liver disease in mice<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Kazuyuki Kasahara<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:00p<\/td><td><em>Identification and characterization of the surface layer protein AvsA in bacterial extracellular vesicles, biofilm formation, and host colonization in Aeromonas veronii<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Caroline Vieira Da Silva<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>6:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Dinner<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday, July 21, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>8:00a<\/td><td>Registration<\/td><td><\/td><td>Annex<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>9:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session III &#8211; Host-Microbe Interactions at the Evolutionary Scale I<\/strong><br><em>Session Chair: <\/em>Maggie Sogin<\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00a<\/td><td><em><em>How do eco-evolutionary processes shape host-microbiome interactions in the Exaiptasia diaphana metaorganism?<\/em><\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Maggie Sogin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30a<\/td><td><em>Evolutionary Dynamics Within The Honey Bee Gut Microbiome Via Longitudinal Metagenomics<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Chris Robinson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:45a <\/td><td><em>Host-microbial co-diversification in wild rodents<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Gabriele Schiro<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>10:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Refreshment Break<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:30a <\/td><td><em>The effect of flavonoids on cyanobacterial motilitiy and their role in symbiotic relationship with land plants<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Deren B\u00fcy\u00fcktas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:45a <\/td><td><em>Parallel Evolution of Endosymbiont Regulation: Recruitment of the GLNT1 Transporter at the Mealybug Symbiotic Interface<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Alex C. Wilson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00a<\/td><td><em>Beyond distance-decay: The Mississippi River shapes gut microbiome communities in the Peromyscus maniculatus species complex<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Danielle Blumstein<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>11:15a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Flash Talks II<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:15a <\/td><td>Measuring genotypic variation in fruit flies from different loci within a single orchard using phenotypic parameters<\/td><td><\/td><td>Emma Kunz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:20a <\/td><td><em>Evolutionary divergence of mutualistic and pathogenic lineages within the oyster symbiont V. mediterranei<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Steph Smith<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:25a <\/td><td><em>A Conserved Genetic Basis for Commensal\u2013Host Specificity in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Karina Gutierrez Garcia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>11:30a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lunch<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Microbiologists Meeting the Moment<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Refreshment Break<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2:30p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session IV &#8211; One Health and Beneficial Microbes<\/strong><br><em>Session Chair: Jack Gilbert<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:30p<\/td><td><em>The Living Soil: healthy soils for healthy people<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Jack Gilbert<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:00p<\/td><td><em>Dynamics of Maternal Gut Microbiome Across Pregnancy Predict Energetic Status and Reproductive Speed in Phayre&#8217;s Leaf Monkeys<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Ting-Shuo Nien<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:15p<\/td><td><em>Integrating Gut Microbiome Function and Metabolomic Profiles in Healthy Individuals from the Milieu Int\u00e9rieur Cohort<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Jayanth Jawahar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:30p<\/td><td><em>Microbial Community and Functional Succession During Simulated Sargassum Strandings<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Shrinivas Nandi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:45p<\/td><td><em>Glycoside hydrolase-mediated polysaccharide catabolism in Segatella copri, a target of microbiota-directed foods for malnourished children<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Matthew Hibberd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:00p<\/td><td><em>A malaria-suppressing mosquito symbiont spreads through vector populations via both vertical and horizontal transmission<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Thomas Onchuru<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:15p<\/td><td><em>Divergent Effects of HIV Treatment on Cardiometabolic Risk are Linked to Immune Reconstitution, Depletion of the Gut Protist Blastocystis, and Altered Microbial Metabolism<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Catherine Lozupone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Free Evening<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, July 22, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>8:00a<\/td><td>Registration<\/td><td><\/td><td>Annex<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>9:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session V &#8211; Host-Microbe Interactions on the Molecular Scale II<\/strong><br><em>Session Chair: Amelia Lindsey<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00a<\/td><td><strong><em>Title TBD<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td>Amelia Lindsey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30a<\/td><td><em>Developmental Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Results in Persistent Sex-Specific Functional Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiome without Sustained Host Inflammatory Response in Adult Mice<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Oluwatosin Shittu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:45a<\/td><td><em>Dietary Nitrate Drives Oral Commensals to Inhibit Periodontal Pathogens<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Ashley Toney<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>10:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Refreshment Break<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:30a<\/td><td><em>Anaerobic Riboflavin Degradation by Human Gut Lachnospiraceae<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Patrick Bradley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:45a<\/td><td><em>A Bacterial Mutualism Factor Counteracts Nutritional Immunity and Mitigates Virulence of Co-resident Microbes&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Catherine D. Robinson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00a<\/td><td><em>Outer Membrane Vesicles Deliver Proteins to Expand Glycan Utilization in Gut Bacteria<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Jennifer Lausch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>11:15a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Flask Talks II<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:15a<\/td><td><em>Shared Host Signals Shape Microbial Communities to Suppress a Multi-Host Pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Martin Alcantar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:20a<\/td><td><em>The Microbiota Metabolite-Dependent Protective Effect of a Ketogenic Diet in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Gillian Hughes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:25a<\/td><td><em>Identification of genetic and environmental drivers for bacterial anaerobic purine utilization<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Heather L. Emery<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>11:30a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lunch<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Poster Session B<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Great Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2:30p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session VI &#8211; Host-Microbe Interactions on the Ecological Scale II<\/strong><br><em>Session Chair: Julia Oh<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:30p<\/td><td><em>Title TBD<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Julia Oh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:00p<\/td><td><em>Strain-resolved analyses provide evidence for human-to-animal bacterial transmission in captivity<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Katherine M. Lagerstrom<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:15p<\/td><td><em>Social Feeding Drives Active Filtering And Maintenance Of The Honey Bee Queen Microbiome<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Lilian Caesar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:30p<\/td><td><em>Co-infecting Wolbachia strains in a parasitoid wasp demonstrate strain-specific differences in spatial distribution throughout oogenesis<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Megan W. Jones<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:45p<\/td><td><em>Predicting how competitive strategies of a beneficial bacterium shape rhizosphere microbiome structure<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Yana Beizman Magen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>4:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Break<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:30p<\/td><td><em>Microbiomes of Caribbean stony corals: partners in coral resilience<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Nikea J. Ulrich<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:45p<\/td><td><em>Dietary Carbohydrates Alter Antimicrobial Sensitivity of the Gut Symbiont Limosilactobacillus reuteri<\/em>,<\/td><td><\/td><td>Morgan N. Smith<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>5:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Free Evening \/ Dinner on your own<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, July 23, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>8:00a<\/td><td>Registration<\/td><td><\/td><td>                    Annex<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>9:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session VII &#8211; New Approaches to Study Microbe-Host Crosstalk<\/strong><br><em>Session Chair: Laura Knoll<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>                   <strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00a<\/td><td><em><em>Side-effects of organoid media components on microbial development in microphysiological systems<\/em><\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Laura Knoll<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30a<\/td><td><em>An Under-Oil Gut Model to Study Host-Microbe-Oxygen Interactions<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Julie DuClos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:45a<\/td><td><em>Three-dimensional images reveal the impact of the endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii on the host mitochondria<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Zerrin Uzum<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>10:00a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Refreshment Break<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall Lobby<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:30a<\/td><td><em>CONTENTO: CONTrast ExploratioN Toolkit for Omics<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Isabel Fernandez Escapa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:45a<\/td><td><em>Human Virome Program<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Mukesh Verma<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00a<\/td><td><em>Microbial synthesis of essential amino acids from glycolytic versus TCA cycle derived precursors impacts host protein metabolism<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Conner Mertz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:15a<\/td><td><em>Visualizing Mechanisms of Vertical Transmission in an Obligate, Intracellular Symbiosis<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Derrick Kamp<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:30a<\/td><td><em>RIVET: An Experimental Platform for Tracking Agrobacterium-Plant Interactions<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Ian Reynolds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>11:45a<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lunch<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td>                   <strong>Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1:00p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Poster Session C<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td>                   <strong>Great Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2:30p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Session VIII &#8211; Emerging Concepts in Microbe-Host Dynamics<br><\/strong><em>Session Chair: Shai Be<\/em>l<\/td><td><\/td><td>                   <strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:30p<\/td><td><em><em>Candida albicans metabolically reprograms intestinal epithelial immunity to promote commensalism<\/em><\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Shai Bel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:00p<\/td><td><em>Gut bacterial metabolite imidazole propionate exacerbates neurodegeneration<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Vaibhav Vemguanti<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:15p<\/td><td><em>Profiling RNA Modifications in the Oral Microbiome: Insights into Microbial Gene Regulation<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Shikha Sharma<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:30p<\/td><td><em>Local Complement C3 Is Induced During Cryptosporidium Infection and Associates with Intestinal Immune Responses<\/em><\/td><td><\/td><td>Lan Zhang<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>3:45p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Keynote<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Shannon Hall<br><\/strong>Eugene Chang<br>University of Chicago<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>4:45p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Awards &amp; Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td>                   <strong>Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>5:30p<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Banquet<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex 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