MGHfC Digestive Disease Summer Research Symposium
The MIBRC Digestive Disease Summer Research Program culminates in the annual research symposium, at which the students present their work.
Agenda for the 2021 Summer Research Symposium
Friday, August 13, 2021
Time |
Presenter |
Title |
---|---|---|
8:30 – 8:35 am |
Bryan P. Hurley, PhD |
Introduction & Opening Remarks |
8:35 – 8:50 am |
Michael Albdewi |
“Antigen-Specific T Cell Responses to Citrobacter rodentium" |
8:50 – 9:05 am |
Diana Wall |
“Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes involved in bile salt-induced polymyxin resistance" |
9:05 – 9:20 am |
Shawn Morris |
“Methods to detect Klebsiella pneumoniae and molecular O-antigen typing in frozen stool" |
9:20 – 9:35 am |
Pooja Prasad |
“Growing Pains: Influence of Lipopolysaccharide Mutations on Shigella Growth and Survival” |
9:35 – 9:50 am |
Emily Grew |
“Surfactant Protein A enhances innate immune response to Mycobacterium bovis infection in alveolar macrophages" |
9:50 – 10:05 am |
Kate Cowger |
“The screening of neurotransmitters on T Helper 17 cell differentiation" |
10:05 – 10:15 am |
Coffee Break | |
10:15 – 10:30 am |
Madison Hansen |
“Gastrointestinal Mucosal Alterations in Celiac Disease Progression" |
10:30 – 10:45 am |
Analeigha Colarusso |
“Metagenome-scale species-resolved functional profiling of the gut microbiota in infants at risk of celiac disease” |
10:45 – 11:00 am |
Jennifer Wen |
“Temperature dependence of NETs release measured using microfluidic assays" |
11:00 – 12:00 pm |
2021 Keynote Lecture “Immunoresolvents Resolving Inflammation: Introducing a New Resolvin” Professor Charles N. Serhan, PhD, DSc |
2021 Keynote Lecture |
12:00 – 12:05 pm |
Bryan P. Hurley, PhD |
Concluding Remarks & Acknowledgements |
Presented on 8/5 |
Kimberly Gardner |
“The crosstalk of innate immune protein Toll like receptor 4 and early life microbiota Bifidobacterium longum sub infantis in human intestinal development” |
Presented on 8/5 |
Ellen Chinchilli |
“The Stress of Birth: Examining the Effects on the Developing Brain and Gastrointestinal System” |