July 2026
Hosted By: Laura mike, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pittsburgh
Monday July 20 1:30 PM New York Time (5:30 PM UTC)
Catherine forster, MD
Understanding Diagnostic Complexity in Urinary Tract Infections
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Scott Bray, PhD
Investigating the impact of the diabetic urinary environment on group B Streptococcus virulence and host response
Postdoctoral Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine
Kyle Buchan, PhD
Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae lineage CG307 displays urinary tract tropism
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD
Co-opting of host-derived fatty acids by an unconventional uropathogen
Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
February 2026
Topic: The Gut-Bladder axis
Hosted By: Henry Schreiber, PhD
Instructor of Molecular Microbiology
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research
Washington University in St. Louis
Mark Schembri, PhD
Uropathogenic E. coli colonisation dynamics of infection and reservoir niches
Professor
University of Queensland
Ben Olson, PhD
Microbiota influences gut-bladder axis to alter susceptibility to urinary tract infection
Postdoctoral Fellow
Washington University in St. Louis
Manita Guragain, PhD
Foodborne Potential of Extraintestinal Pathogenic E. coli: Comparative Characterization of Human Clinical and Poultry Isolates
Research Microbiologist
Eastern Regional Research Center
UC Department of Agriculture