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2026 Conference Schedule<\/h1>\n

*Tentative Schedule \u2013 Details Subject to Change*<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monday<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 3<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nRegistration<\/strong><\/td>\nAnnex Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:45pm<\/strong><\/td>\nOpening Reception<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:15pm<\/strong><\/td>\nIntroductions and Sternberg Announcement<\/strong><\/td>\nShannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nKeynote Address: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Camilli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genetic Analysis of the Arms Race Between Vibrio cholerae<\/em> and Phages<\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30pm-9:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession I: Surface Sensing, Motility, and Biofilms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: David Hershey<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30pm<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nDavid Hershey<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8:00pm<\/td>\nA branching cell-fate decision in biofilm dispersal enables long-term surface persistence<\/td>\nSandhya Kasivisweswaran<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:15pm<\/td>\nSpontaneous phenotypic bimodality drives pattern formation and fitness advantages in biofilm-forming bacteria<\/td>\nJung-Shen Benny Tai<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30pm<\/td>\nPerturbation of Essential Fatty Acids Promotes Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/em><\/td>\nBill Heelan<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45pm<\/td>\nPterin-Dependent Control of Surface Attachment and Biofilm Formation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens<\/em><\/td>\nClay Fuqua<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00pm<\/td>\nShear force counterintuitively enhances surface colonization of Pseudomonas<\/em> aeruginosa<\/em><\/td>\nPiyush Sharma<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15pm<\/td>\nDetermining the relationship between 3-D texture and microbial colonization physiology<\/td>\nShawna Pratt<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLate Night Drinks<\/strong><\/td>\nSunset Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Tuesday<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 4<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00am<\/strong><\/td>\nRegistration<\/strong><\/td>\nAnnex Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am-10:20am<\/strong><\/td>\nSession II: Stress Responses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Sam Yadavalli<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nSam Yadavalli<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15am<\/td>\nSternberg Awardee:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:35am<\/td>\nControl of the stringent response under iron limitation in E. coli<\/em><\/td>\nAna\u00efs Bern\u00e9<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:50am<\/td>\nThe Effects of Stress Conditions on PPK and polyP Abundance<\/td>\nAshley Grothaus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:05am<\/td>\nA Lon protease adaptor influences desiccation tolerance in Acinetobacter<\/em> baumannii<\/em><\/td>\nErin Green<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:20am<\/strong><\/td>\nBreak<\/strong><\/td>\nSunset Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am-12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession II Continued: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: <\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am<\/td>\nInvestigating polyphosphate-mediated protection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa against antibiotic-induced membrane stress<\/td>\nJulius Narh<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00am<\/td>\nRibosome hibernation promotes functional protein output in starving bacteria<\/td>\nNandini Shukla<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15am<\/td>\nMapping CsrA-RNA interactome in Acinetobacter<\/em> baumannii<\/em> reveals regulation of amino acid utilization<\/td>\nRosa Sava<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30am<\/td>\nDisrupting the balance: metal homeostasis as a target of tryglysin-mediated inhibition<\/td>\nSristi Dey<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45am<\/td>\nDefining motifs in EspE required for preventing toxicity to Mycobacterium<\/em> marinum<\/em><\/td>\nYuwei Yang<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLunch and Mentoring Tables: <\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Tripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nTBD<\/strong><\/td>\nOld Madison<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nPoster Session \u2013 Even Numbers<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/sup> & 4th<\/sup> Floors<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nDinner<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00pm-9:15pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession III: Microbial Interactions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Albert Siryaporn<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00pm<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nAlbert<\/em> Siryaporn<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:15pm<\/td>\nCRISPR-like arrays are used to process and package Mu-like prophage<\/td>\nRunhang Shu<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30pm<\/td>\nQuorum sensing inhibition reshapes the transcriptome of the human pathogen Vibrio<\/em> vulnificus<\/em><\/td>\nLogan Geyman<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:45pm<\/td>\nSignaling input from the flagellum uncouples quorum sensing from cell-density regulation in Vibrio<\/em> species<\/td>\nWai-Leung Ng<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00pm<\/td>\nProteolytic degradation influences quorum sensing in Pseudomonas<\/em> aeruginosa<\/em><\/td>\nCaleb Mallery<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:15pm<\/td>\nModulation of interbacterial interactions by Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing<\/td>\nAndrew Frando<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30pm<\/td>\nContact-dependent Transcriptional Regulation of ESX Secretion Systems by EspM Through WhiB6 in Mycobacterium<\/em> smegmatis<\/em><\/td>\nKass Sjostrom<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45pm<\/td>\nA conserved two-component system controls bacterial behaviors important for honey bee symbiosis<\/td>\nJoselyn Molinar<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00pm<\/td>\nMapping Microbes: Spatial Structure in Microbial Communities<\/td>\nRachel Porter<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLate Night Drinks<\/strong><\/td>\nSunset Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Wednesday<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 5<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00am<\/strong><\/td>\nRegistration<\/strong><\/td>\nAnnex Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am-10:15am<\/strong><\/td>\nSession IV: Phages and CRISPR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Joe Pogliano<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nJoe Pogliano<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15am<\/td>\nThe Quorum-Sensing Responsive Vibriophage VP882 Has Three Lifestyle Options: Lysogeny, Lysis, and Host Growth Arrest<\/td>\nGrace Beggs<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30am<\/td>\nUnwinding phage defense: helicases play essential roles in unexplored DarTG antiphage systems<\/td>\nTrevor Griesman<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:45am<\/td>\nAn antisense RNA regulates activity of a Bacillus<\/em> subtilis<\/em> anti-phage defense protein<\/td>\nArielle Weinstein<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00am<\/td>\nIdentifying and characterizing secreted peptides with anti-phage activity<\/td>\nLindsey Grady<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15am<\/strong><\/td>\nBreak<\/strong><\/td>\nSunset Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am-12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession IV Continued: Phages and CRISPR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Joe Pogliano<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am<\/td>\nBacteriophages of the Lyme Disease Spirochete: Domesticated Killers<\/td>\nBrian Stevenson<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:00am<\/td>\nPlasmid-encoded prophage capsid protein induces cell death in Bacillus<\/em> subtilis<\/em><\/td>\nEmily Joyner<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15am<\/td>\nWhen a BANDIT strikes: An anti-phage nuclease mimics a phage protein to provide defense<\/td>\nDaniel Saxton<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30am<\/td>\nPhage remodeling of post-entry replication niches: T7 counteracts bacterial stress-program barriers<\/td>\nYong Zhang<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45am<\/td>\nPhage-encoded CasPRs Transcriptionally Silence Diverse CRISPR-Cas Systems<\/td>\nEdith Sanderson<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLunch: <\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nBioCyc Tutorial<\/strong><\/td>\nOld Madison<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nPoster Session \u2013 Odd Numbers<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/sup> & 4th<\/sup> Floors<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nDinner<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00pm-9:20pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession V: Systems, Synthetic, and Applied Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Gemma Reguera<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00pm<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nGemma Reguera<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30pm<\/td>\nMicrobiome-based therapy \u2013 bacterial secretion of gluten-degrading enzymes for celiac disease<\/td>\nNeta Sal-Man<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:45pm<\/td>\nMassively parallel lineage tracking reveals population dynamics of phage-bacteria coevolution<\/td>\nSarshad Koderivalappil<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00pm<\/td>\nHigh-throughput transposon mutagenesis defines the essential genome of diverse phages<\/td>\nManuela Fuchs<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:15pm<\/td>\nWatching transposon-driven genome evolution in action in Acinetobacter<\/em> baylyi<\/em> ADP1-ISx<\/td>\nIsaac Gifford<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30pm<\/td>\nEngineered phage-based molecular cargo for controlling toxin-producing Microcystis<\/em> aeruginosa<\/em> blooms.<\/td>\nLahiru Jayakody<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45pm<\/td>\nBacterial assimilation of nitrous oxide coupled to value-added product generation<\/td>\nMadelynn Spencer<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00pm<\/td>\nOvercoming restriction-modification barriers to enable genetic manipulation in Burkholderia<\/em> cepacia<\/em><\/td>\nShivvrart Jha<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLate Night Drinks<\/strong><\/td>\nSunset Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Thursday<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 6<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00am<\/strong><\/td>\nRegistration<\/strong><\/td>\nAnnex Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am-10:15am<\/strong><\/td>\nSession VI: Signaling and Gene Expression<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Heather Feaga<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nHeather Feaga<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00am<\/td>\nCollided ribosomes with occupied E-sites are rescued by the endonuclease Rae1 and trans-translation<\/td>\nDaniel Tetreault<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15am<\/td>\nBacterial ribosome rescue as a mechanism to resolve blocked transcription-translation complexes<\/td>\nStephanie Leedom<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30am<\/td>\nA direct role for Escherichia coli<\/em> translation initiation factor IF2 in overcoming transcriptional impediments to homologous recombination<\/td>\nHimanshi Maheshwari<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:45am<\/td>\nUse your SCULL! Short ORFs deliver ribosomes to downstream genes in mycobacteria<\/td>\nKerry Brown<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00am<\/td>\nMechanism of PA5471.1 leader peptide in the control of
\nPA5471 and MexXY expression<\/td>\n		Megan Hinrichsen<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15am<\/strong><\/td>\nBreak<\/strong><\/td>\nSunset Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am-12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession VI Continued: Signaling and Gene Expression<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Heather Feaga<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am<\/td>\nA light-induced microprotein triggers regulated intramembrane proteolysis to promote photo-sensing in a pathogenic bacterium<\/td>\nDimitrios Manias<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:00am<\/td>\nThe defining features of intrinsic transcription terminators<\/td>\nRobert Battaglia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15am<\/td>\nThe RNA Chaperone Protein ProQ is a Pleiotropic Regulator in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli<\/em><\/td>\nAbby Robinson<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30am<\/td>\nThe E. coli<\/em> DEAD box ATPase CsdA, is a NAD+ capped RNA binding protein<\/td>\nJeremy Bird<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45am<\/td>\nInvestigating the complex signaling architecture of NtrYX in Caulobacter<\/em> crescentus<\/em><\/td>\nBenjamin Stein<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLunch<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:00pm-4:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession VII: Cell Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Kumaran Ramamurthi<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:00pm<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nKumaran Ramamurthi<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:15pm<\/td>\n16S ribosomal RNA modification drives transcript-specific translation efficiency<\/td>\nZachory Park<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2:30pm<\/td>\nSternberg Awardee:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:50pm<\/td>\nA targeted cell lysis mechanism facilitates toxin release in Clostridioides<\/em> difficile<\/em><\/td>\nShannon Kordus<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:05pm<\/td>\nObelisks: Mechanisms and impacts of circular RNA replication in bacteria<\/td>\nMaedeh Aghahosseini<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:20pm<\/td>\nFrom the pole to the septum: evolutionary repurposing of the SPOR domain protein DamX<\/td>\nElijah Jones<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:35pm<\/td>\nExpanded LysM architecture of MltD in peptidoglycan organization and divisome function in Acinetobacter<\/em> baumannii<\/em><\/td>\nWoojun Park<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:50pm<\/td>\nEthylene signaling represses nitrogen fixation in Azospirillum<\/em> brasilense\u202f<\/em><\/td>\nIshita Banerjee<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\n5K Run<\/strong><\/td>\nMeet at Memorial Union Terrace<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nPoster Session \u2013 All Posters<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/sup> & 4th<\/sup> Floors<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Friday<\/strong><\/td>\nAugust 7<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00am<\/strong><\/td>\nRegistration<\/strong><\/td>\nAnnex Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am-10:15am<\/strong><\/td>\nSession VIII: Chromosomes, Replication, and Repair<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Xindan Wang<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:45am<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nXindan Wang<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:15am<\/td>\nCharacterizing the Bacillus<\/em> subtilis<\/em> PriA-DnaD interaction that regulates DNA replication restart<\/td>\nMolly Dolan<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30am<\/td>\nRevisiting Dps\u2013DNA binding: a topology-dependent mechanism for nucleoid condensation<\/td>\nZlatas Serebnitskiy<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:45am<\/td>\nRethinking bacterial “chromatin”: What can it do? What can’t it do? And how do we tell?<\/td>\nLydia Freddolino<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00am<\/td>\nStructural and mechanistic insights into replicative helicase loading and translocation by bacterial DnaB helicases<\/td>\nDavid Jeruzalmi<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15am<\/strong><\/td>\nBreak<\/strong><\/td>\nSunset Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am-12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession VIII Continued: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: <\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45am<\/td>\nIdentifying strand-specific DNA repair mechanisms when replication encounters strand breaks<\/td>\nKayla Terlecki<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00am<\/td>\nThree unique activities of the nucleoid-associated protein GapR may independently influence transcription in bacteria and phage<\/td>\nLucy Kwiatkowski<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15am<\/td>\nAn anti-plasmid system targeting conjugation machinery may restrict spread of antibiotic resistance plasmids in Acinetobacter<\/em> baumannii<\/em><\/td>\nAlexis McCalla<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30am<\/td>\nNucleoid-associated protein HU constrains transcription elongation to influence cellular functions, virulence, and drug tolerance in Mycobacterium<\/em> tuberculosis<\/em><\/td>\nMeghna Santoshi<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:<\/strong>45am<\/td>\nrDNA proximity promotes dynamic gene-duplication-amplification of a multidrug efflux pump for rapid evolution of delafloxacin resistance in Staphylococcus<\/em> aureus<\/em><\/td>\nMegan Behrmann<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLunch <\/strong>and Mentoring Tables:<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30-5:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nSession IX: Cell Structure and Cell Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session Chair: Steven Rutherford<\/em><\/td>\n

Shannon Hall<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30pm<\/td>\nIntroduction to Session<\/td>\nSteven Rutherford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:45pm<\/td>\nExtension motor eviction regulates type IV pilus dynamic activity<\/td>\nAbby Teipen<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:00pm<\/td>\nType VII secretion system assembly across the cell wall of Staphylococcus<\/em> aureus<\/em><\/td>\nMaksym Bobrovskyy<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:15pm<\/td>\nRapid activation of dormant type IV pili enables a dispersal-infection tradeoff in environments with fluctuating nutrients<\/td>\nAhmed Yusuf<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:30pm<\/td>\nA role for FtsN in coordinating cell wall synthesis and remodeling at the division site of Escherichia<\/em> coli<\/em><\/td>\nTien Nguyen<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:45pm<\/td>\nFlipping the switch: how GpsB phosphorylation controls antibiotic resistance in S. aureus<\/em><\/td>\nLily McKnight<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:00pm<\/td>\nAcidic pH alters beta-lactam efficacy by changing activity of Penicillin-Binding Proteins in E. coli<\/em><\/td>\nKyra Raines<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:15pm<\/td>\nA feast of peril: dietary LCFAs suppress MSHA pili to foster Vibrio<\/em> cholerae<\/em> environment-host transitions<\/td>\nKyle Floyd<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30pm<\/td>\nDefining the role of candidate zinc metallochaperones in Acinetobacter<\/em> baumannii<\/em> antibiotic resistance<\/td>\nD. Annie Doyle<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:45pm<\/td>\nArchitecture and Dynamics of the Prepilin Peptidase\/Methyltransferase PilD<\/td>\nKatina Forest<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:00pm<\/td>\nClosing Remarks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nClosing Dinner<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\nLate Night Drinks & Dance Party<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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