2025 Microbiology, Virology, & Parasitology Program Retreat

Welcome to our annual gathering!

Preview the talks and posters via the Abstract Book (PennKey protected)

Agenda

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

9:30-10:00 AM

Registration and Poster Setup

BRB Lobby

10:00 AM

Sunny Shin, PhD - MVP Chair

Welcome remarks, BRB Auditorium

Session 1 - moderated by Erin DeNardo & Suzana Hossain

10:10 AM

Taylor Miller-Ensminger, 5th year - Jurado lab

Paternal Immune Activation Protects Offspring from Severe Disease During Viral Infection

10:25 AM

Stephen Carro, 7th year - Eisenlohr lab

The inhibition of NK cell-mediated control by the ectromelia virulence factor C15 enhances the magnitude and functionality of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses to infection

10:40 AM

Jamie Pan, 5th year - Grice lab

Commensal-Derived Butyrate Promotes Dermal Collagen Production Through Epidermal-Dermal Crosstalk

10:55 AM

Co-Directors of the CHOP Center for Microbial Medicine

Poster Blitz

11:00 AM

Carl Bannerman - Jurado lab

Poster #6

11:03 AM

Jiayi Duan - Bushman lab

Poster #14

11:06 AM

Jack Dowling - Weitzman lab

Poster #13

11:09 AM

Eva Agostino - St. Geme lab

Poster #4

11:12 AM

Sonresa Molina-Vidales - Gordon lab

Poster #24

Poster Session I

11:15 AM

Poster #s 1-20

BRB Lobby - Poster presentations and coffee

Lunch

12:15 PM

BRB Lobby

Session 2 - moderated by Clara Malekshahi & Nelida Robles

1:15 PM

Sarah Dysinger, 6th year - Bates lab

Distinct replication kinetics of Jamestown Canyon virus in insect cells reveal genetic determinants of fitness

1:30 PM

Orlaith Keenan, 6th year - Zackular lab

Pharmacological suppression of granulopoiesis reduces Clostridioides difficile infection severity

1:45 PM

Taylor Senay, 5th year - You lab

A short intrinsically disordered domain of MCPyV ALTO regulates host TBK1 signaling and MCPyV latency

2:00 PM

Grace Li, 6th year - Hensley lab

Childhood immunological imprinting of cross-subtype antibodies targeting the hemagglutinin head domain of influenza viruses

Poster Session II

2:15 PM

Poster #s 21-37