2025 Schedule

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

8:00–8:50 AM
Event Check-In & Coffee | MSB 1st Floor Atrium

8:55 AM
Welcome | Ebling Symposium Center

9:00–9:30 AM
Dr. Snehal Chaudhari | Department of Biochemistry | “The role of microbial folates on metabolism and disease”

9:30–10:00 AM
Dr. Marc Chevrette | Department of Plant Pathology | TBD

10:00–10:30 AM
Dr. Cody Wenthur | School of Pharmacy | “Psychedelic Tryptamines and CNS Drug Development”

10:30–11:00 AM
Dr. Dominique Brossard | Life Sciences Communication | TBD

 

11:00 AM
Poster Session Opens

11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Even Posters “Live”

12:00–12:30 PM Lunch

12:30–1:30 PM
Odd Posters “Live”

1:30–2:00 PM
Dr. Briana Burton | Department of Bacteriology | “Transforming views of natural transformation”

2:00–2:30 PM
Dr. Suzana Salcedo | School of Veterinary Medicine | “Deciphering the role of bacterial secreted effectors: why is Brucella going nuclear?”

2:30–3:00 PM
Dr. Gustavo Caballero-Flores | Medical Microbiology & Immunology | “Deciphering the virulence repertoire of an enteric pathogen in its host”

3:00 PM–3:15 PM
Break

3:15–4:15 PM
Dr. Eric Green | Past Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute | “From the Human Genome Project to the Realization of Genomic Medicine: A Badger’s Journey”

4:15 PM
Nancy Gouker Award Presentation & Closing

4:30 PM
Informal Reception | MSB 2nd Floor Atrium