Join us for our Annual BSI Research Symposium 2021 - April 27-30, 2021

Register for the symposium

Organizing Co-Chairs

• Giri Narasimhan
• Prem Chapagain

Invited Speakers on Microbiome and Infectious Diseases (Affiliation and research area)

• Ziv Bar-Joseph (Carnegie Mellon University, SARS-Cov-2)
• Tal Korem (Columbia University, Microbiome, Systems Biology)
• Maria Abreu (U Miami, Gastroenterology, gut microbiome)
• Livia Hecke Morais (Cal Tech, Gut-brain microbiome over life-span, neurodegenerative diseases)
• Grant Hughes (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Mosquito microbiome)
• Robert V. Stahelin (Purdue University, Filoviruses)
• Noah Butler (University of Iowa, Immune response in malaria)
• Cindy Chiang (Cleveland Clinic FRIC, JC polyomavirus)
• Jun Li (FIU, Blocking malaria transmission)
• Laura Serbus (FIU, Wolbachia in insect-microbe interactions)
• Matthew DeGennaro (FIU, mosquito neurogenetics for vector control)

Agenda

• Microbiome Invited Talks - April 27, 9:30 am – 12:10 pm, 2-4 pm
• Infectious Diseases Invited Talks – April 28, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, 2-4 pm
• Talks by FIU TBBS Fellows – April 29, 10:00 – 11:50 am
• ePoster sessions – April 30
  • Session 1A, 1B: 9:30 - 10:30 am; Session 2A, 2B: 10:30 - 11:30 am
  • Session 3A, 3B: 1:00 - 2:00 pm; Session 4A, 4B: 2:00 - 3:00 pm