Franck Barrat, Ph.D. Cornell University "TLRs and plasmacytoid DCs in Inflammation and Autoimmunity."

Lisa Hensley, Ph.D. NIH "Ebola Virus Disease: From Outbreak Response to Clinical Trials and Beyond."

Margaret Kielian, Ph.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine "Making and breaking nucleocapsids: New approaches to study alphavirus assembly and RNA packaging." Co-sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Kjersti Marie Aagaard, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine "Feeding Babies and Bugs." Co-sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Jay Lennon, Ph.D. Indiana University "Microbial seed banks: ecological and evolutionary implications of dormancy."

Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D. University of Texas "Transkingdom interactions that influence infection." Co-sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund