| Conference Date<\/th> | Speaker<\/th> | Affilliation<\/th> | Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09\/12\/2023<\/td> | Laszlo Nagy, MD, PhD<\/td> | Johns Hopkins Medicine<\/td> | Harnessing the healing power of macrophages: a journey aided by epigenomic and high dimensional biology approaches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 09\/19\/2023<\/td> | Ian Carroll, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | The intestinal microbiota and adiposity: influence of gut microbes on low and high BMIs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 09\/26\/2023<\/td> | Stanley Lemon, MD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Hepatocellular host factors and hepatitis A virus infection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/03\/2023<\/td> | Heather McCauley, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Enteroendocrine regulation of intestinal physiology and function<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/10\/2023<\/td> | Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, DACVS and Liara Gonzalez, DVM, PhD<\/td> | NCSU<\/td> | Large Animal Core Presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/10\/2023<\/td> | Scott Magness, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Advanced Analytics Core Presentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/17\/2023<\/td> | Jeremy Goettel, PhD<\/td> | Vanderbilt University<\/td> | New insights into cell-intrinsic roles of IL-23R and IL-10 in regulating intestinal immune homeostasis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/31\/2023<\/td> | Michael Cowley, PhD<\/td> | NCSU<\/td> | Imprinted genes as drivers of liver disease in response to early life environmental stress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/14\/2023<\/td> | Daniel Reker, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Identifying molecular mediators of microbiome-host interactions with machine learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/21\/2023<\/td> | Ichiro Misumi, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Immune responses to hepatitis A virus (HAV) in a mouse model<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/28\/2023<\/td> | Miranda C E Lomer, PhD<\/td> | King's College London<\/td> | Impact of dieticians working in inflammatory bowel disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12\/05\/2023<\/td> | Zhe Lyu, PhD<\/td> | NCSU<\/td> | A new microbiology platform to elucidate the roles of REM (redox-dependent microbes) in gut dysbiosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12\/12\/2023<\/td> | Rodger Little, MD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Parkinson\u2019s disease from the gut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 01\/09\/2024<\/td> | Kendall Lough, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Bridging the gap: the embryonic origins of gut-brain communication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 01\/16\/2024<\/td> | Nathan Crook, PhD<\/td> | NCSU<\/td> | Engineering probiotic yeast for controlled synthesis of drugs and vitamins in the gut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 01\/30\/2024<\/td> | Melinda Engevik, PhD<\/td> | MUSC<\/td> | Exploring bacterial synergy in enteric infection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/06\/2024<\/td> | Jenny Ting, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Innate immune receptors in the innate and adaptive immune systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/13\/2024<\/td> | Raaj Mehta, MD, MPH<\/td> | Vertex Pharmaceuticals<\/td> | The gut microbiome as a determinant of treatment response in IBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/20\/2024<\/td> | Jonathan Crabtree, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Research data management and sharing support for UNC investigators<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/27\/2024<\/td> | Calen Steiner, MD, MS<\/td> | University of Colorado Anschutz<\/td> | Studying intestinal fibrosis in the lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/12\/2024<\/td> | Kun Lu, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Use of metabolomics to interrogate signaling molecules of gut microbiome-host interaction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/19\/2024<\/td> | Tyler Culpepper, MD, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Saccharomyces boulardii reduces colitis-associated colorectal cancer burden in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/09\/2024<\/td> | Karen Corbin, PhD, RD<\/td> | AdventHealth<\/td> | Host-diet-gut microbiome interactions in human energy balance: implications for GI disorders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/16\/2024<\/td> | Andrew Chan, MD, MPH<\/td> | Harvard Medical School<\/td> | Diet, the gut microbiome, and colorectal cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/23\/2024<\/td> | Angela Wahl, PhD<\/td> | University of Alabama Birmingham<\/td> | Resident microbiota enhance HIV acquisition and replication in vivo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 05\/07\/2024<\/td> | Jessica Thaxton, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Endoplasmic reticulum dysfunction underlies T Cell inefficacy in solid cancers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 05\/14\/2024<\/td> | Andrew Moon, MD, MPH<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Addressing post-treatment symptoms and complications for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 09\/10\/2024<\/td> | Zhe Lyu, PhD<\/td> | NCSU<\/td> | Redox-sensitive microbes and dysbiosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/01\/2024<\/td> | Parambir Dulai, MD<\/td> | Northwestern University<\/td> | Spatial transcriptomics in IBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/08\/2024<\/td> | Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin, PhD<\/td> | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center<\/td> | Anti-microbiota adaptive immunity promotes pathologic dysbiosis in IBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/15\/2024<\/td> | Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Improving reproductive health for young women with inflammatory bowel disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/29\/2024<\/td> | Graciela Lorca, PhD<\/td> | University of Florida<\/td> | From the bench to the clinic: development of a microbiome-based preventive therapy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/12\/2024<\/td> | Victoria Weis, PhD<\/td> | Wake Forest University<\/td> | Novel approaches for necrotizing enterocolitis: from stem cell therapy to photoacoustic imaging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/19\/2024<\/td> | Justin Milner, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Molecular programming of T Cell activity in infection and cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/26\/2024<\/td> | Dorothy Superdock, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Investigating DNA as a biomarker of dietary intake in inflammatory bowel disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12\/17\/2024<\/td> | Meenakshi Rao, MD, PhD<\/td> | Harvard Children\u2019s<\/td> | Microbial interactions with the nervous system in digestive health and disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 01\/14\/2025<\/td> | Rita Tamayo, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Dynamic shifts in Clostridioides difficile virulence phenotypes during infection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 01\/21\/2025<\/td> | Jonathan Swan, PhD<\/td> | University of South Hampton<\/td> | Lessons learned from applying for foundation career development award<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/11\/2025<\/td> | Amanda Muir, MD, MTR<\/td> | Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital<\/td> | Eosinophilic esophagitis: looking beyond Eosinophils<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/25\/2025<\/td> | Nicholas Zachos, PhD<\/td> | Vanderbilt University<\/td> | Modeling complex interactions between gut microbes, innate immune cells, and M cells in human enteroids<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/04\/2025<\/td> | Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH<\/td> | Mass Gen Harvard<\/td> | Emerging concepts in Microscopic Colitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/11\/2025<\/td> | Laura Rupprecht, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | A gut cell for food reward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/18\/2025<\/td> | Anna Salvador, RD, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Oxalate induced mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/18\/2025<\/td> | Valerie Gartner, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Molecular signatures of perianal fistulizing Crohn\u2019s Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/25\/2025<\/td> | Adam Gracz, PhD<\/td> | Emory University<\/td> | Building an advanced toolbox to study biliary physiology and regeneration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/01\/2025<\/td> | Ankit Malik, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Novel triggers and functions of Interferons in gut immunity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/08\/2025<\/td> | Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Anaerobic antibiotics, the gut microbiome, and cellular therapy outcomes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/15\/2025<\/td> | Shuo Han, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Deciphering the chemical language of gut bacteria in host longevity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/22\/2025<\/td> | Laurianne Van Landeghem, PhD<\/td> | NCSU<\/td> | Enteric glia in colon cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 04\/29\/2025<\/td> | Michael Helmrath, MD<\/td> | Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital<\/td> | Translating intestinal HIO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 05\/13\/2025<\/td> | Saurabh Mehandru, MD<\/td> | Icahn School of Medicine<\/td> | B cell dysfunction in IBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 05\/20\/2025<\/td> | Courtney Rivet-Noor, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Transcription factor HNF4A suppresses antiviral signaling and facilitates enteroviral infection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 05\/20\/2025<\/td> | Jihad Aljabban, MD, MMSc<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Decrease FAO in myofibroblasts is associated with fibrostenotic Crohn\u2019s Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 08\/26\/2025<\/td> | Meira Epplein, MD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Delineating the underlying reasons for the population differences in gastric cancer incidence in the United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 09\/09\/2025<\/td> | Daniel Sprocket, PhD, MSc<\/td> | Wake Forest University<\/td> | The assembly, evolution and clinical implications of the gut microbiota in early life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 09\/16\/2025<\/td> | Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP<\/td> | UVA Health<\/td> | Towards personalized therapy for Hirschsprung Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 09\/23\/2025<\/td> | Simon Gray, MD, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Human-IBD microbiota experimental colitis: A model to study immune and microbial mechanisms of IBD therapy failure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 09\/30\/2025<\/td> | David Katzka, MD<\/td> | Columbia University<\/td> | GERD: a spectrum of disease or distinct diseases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/07\/2025<\/td> | Melissa Ellermann, PhD<\/td> | University of South Carolina<\/td> | Endocannabinoids as conduits of host-microbial interactions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/14\/2025<\/td> | Aaron Hecht, MD, PhD<\/td> | Mayo Clinic<\/td> | Evolving the gut microbiome: Dietary impact on colonization and systematic infection by probiotics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/21\/2025<\/td> | Gregory Peck, DO, MPH, FACS<\/td> | Rutgers University<\/td> | Use of multi-omics and pharmacoepidemiology to determine the association between the 7-alpha-dehydroxylation microbiome and clinical gallstone disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10\/28\/2025<\/td> | Deepika Sharma, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Neuro-immune interactions in tissue immunity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/11\/2025<\/td> | Neil McCarthy, PhD<\/td> | North Carolina State University<\/td> | The intestinal stem cell niche in health and disease: A shifting BMP gradient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11\/18\/2025<\/td> | Shengmin Sang, PhD<\/td> | North Carolina A&T State University<\/td> | Food as medicine for gut health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12\/02\/2025<\/td> | Abigail Gancz, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Successful fecal microbiota transplants in recurrent Clostridioides difficile patients are associated with lipidomic shifts in Acylcarnitines and Sphingolipids with concurrent shifts in Enterobacteriaceae<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12\/02\/2025<\/td> | Kylie Reed, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Using residual dietary DNA in stool to evaluate food intake in anorexia nervosa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12\/16\/2025<\/td> | Corbin Jones, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Applying DNA nanoballs to spatial genomics with application to microscopic colitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 01\/20\/2026<\/td> | Ophelia Venturelli, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | The programmable microbiome: engineering diet and probiotics to enhance gut resilience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/10\/2026<\/td> | Martha Johnson, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | When cells pause: visualizing quiescence in the gut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/17\/2026<\/td> | Jia Wen, MD, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Dietary protein absorption in the ileum is regulated by local metabolism of circulating lipoproteins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 02\/24\/2026<\/td> | Raphael Valdivia, PhD<\/td> | Duke University<\/td> | Adaptation of the beneficial commensal microbe Akkermansia muciniphila to gastrointestinal mucins and its effects on host physiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/10\/2026<\/td> | Caroline McKinney, DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVIM (LA)<\/td> | NCSU<\/td> | Expanding translational models to explore the stem cell microenvironment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/17\/2026<\/td> | Juhyun Ahn, PhD<\/td> | UNC Chapel Hill<\/td> | Gut E. coli-derived metabolites drive macrophage-fibroblast crosstalk to promote intestinal fibrosis in Crohn\u2019s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/24\/2026<\/td> | Wendy McKimpson, PhD<\/td> | Emory University<\/td> | Gastric endocrine cells: a potential target for treating diabetes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 03\/31\/2026<\/td> | Terrence Barrett, MD, FACP, AGAF<\/td> | University of Kentucky<\/td> | Role of mitochondria in ulcer healing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
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