Jeffrey M. Boyd, PhD
Rutgers University, NJ, USA
Talk Title: Regulating Fe ion homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus
Hanne Ingmer, PhD
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Talk Title: Modulators of phage susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus
Shafiul Azam, PhD
University of Chicago, IL, USA
Talk Title: EzrA, a spectrin-like protein, coordinates cell division and envelope biogenesis in Staphylococcus aureus
David A. Rosen, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine, MO, USA
Talk Title: Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis: murine modeling and therapeutic testing
Jeffrey Freiberg, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN, USA
Talk Title: Understanding antibiotic treatment failure and the response to salvage therapy in MRSA bacteremia
Shaun R. Brinsmade, PhD
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
Talk Title (Tentative): Staphylococcus aureus methylbutyryl-CoA synthetase MbcS mediates Enterococcus faecalis metabolite salvaging and supports membrane biogenesis during polymicrobial interaction
Philippe Bouloc, PhD
Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, France
Talk Title (Tentative): Staphylococcal post-transcriptional regulation in response to metals, ROS, and antibiotics
Stefano MARZI, PhD
IBMC/CNRS, France
Talk Title (Tentative): Translational control of virulence and adaptation in Staphylococcus aureus: roles of uORFs, RNA chaperones and RNA modifications
Wenqi Yu, PhD
University of South Florida, FL, USA
Talk Title: Coordination of cell envelope assembly during Staphylococcus aureus cell cycle
Lionel Rigottier-Gois, PhD
INRAE, France
Talk Title: Harnessing the gut microbiome recovery to outcompete vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
Silva Holtfreter, PhD
University of Greifswald, Germany
Talk Title: Of Mice and Microbes: Employing mouse-adapted S. aureus strains for murine infection models
Karine Dufresne, PhD
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Talk Title: The many faces of vaginal Staphylococcus aureus: navigating the continuum from carriage to disease
Choon Kim, PhD
University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
Talk Title: Restoring susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Wilmara Salgado-Pabón, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Talk Title: Beyond superantigenicity: Novel pathogenic mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus super antigens
Bettina Löffler, PhD
University Hospital Jena, Germany
Talk Title: Staphylococci are important pathogens to cause periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) – the underlying pathomechanisms
Jerome Josse, PhD
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France
Talk Title: Intraosteoblastic Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic tolerance
Mariya Goncheva, PhD
University of Victoria, Canada
Talk Title: Partners in Pathogenesis:
Interactions Between Respiratory Viruses and Staphylococcus aureus in Lung Infections
Jennifer N. Walker, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX, USA
Talk Title (Tentative): S. aureus adaptation during long-term colonization of urinary catheters impacts pathogenic potential
Jose A Lemos, PhD
University of Florida, FL, USA
Talk Title: Trace metal warfare in enterococcal pathogenesis
Isabelle Caldelari, PhD
University of Strasbourg, France
Talk Title (Tentative): Role of sRNAs and their machineries in virulence of Staphylococcus aureus
Rebecca Corrigan, PhD
University College Dublin, Ireland
Talk Title: The stringent response promotes Staphylococcus aureus survival in the nares by controlling GTP homeostasis and carbon metabolism
Jeffrey L. Bose, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center, KS, USA
Talk Title: The Staphylococcus aureus YjbH/Spx system contributes to virulence
Jonathan Batchelder, PhD
UConn Health, CT, USA
Talk Title (Tentative): Nutrient availability and DNA repair after fluoroquinolone treatment influence S. aureus survival
M. Brittany Johnson, PhD
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA
Talk Title: Enhancing protective antibacterial responses of bone cells during staphylococcal osteomyelitis
Yinduo Ji, PhD
University of Minnesota, MN, USA
Talk Title: New insights into the role of the putative CbiO transporter in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus
Heather B. Miller, PhD
High Point University, NC, USA
Talk Title (Tentative): Comparative transcriptomic analysis among MRSA strains reveals a brominated carbazole disrupts translation and biosynthesis of cell walls, amino acids, and nucleotides to potentiate oxacillin
Seána Duggan, PhD
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Talk Title (Tentative): S. aureus mixed biofilms: the microbiology of cooperation
Tania Wong, PhD
Rutgers NJ Medical School, NJ, USA
Talk Title: Ketogenic diet promotes neutrophil-mediated clearance of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Haris Antypas, PhD
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Talk Title: At the host-biofilm interface: Defining persistence and immune evasion strategies of Enterococcus faecalis biofilms
