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