MGfC Digestive Disease Summer Research Symposium
The MIBRC Digestive Disease Summer Research Program culminates in the annual research symposium, at which the students present their work.
Agenda for the 2023 Summer Research Symposium
Friday, August 11th 2023
Building 114 - 1st Floor Conference Room D
8:30 – 8:35 am
Bryan P. Hurley PhD: Introduction & Opening Remarks
Director - MGfC Digestive Disease Summer Research Program
8:35 – 8:50 am
Emily Casteen, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Mentor: Alessio Fasano MD
“The GEMMA Study and Recruiting for Clinical Research"
8:50 – 9:05 am
Julianna Martinez, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Mentor: Enid Martinez MD
“Zonulin and Gastrointestinal Function under Acute Inflammatory Conditions"
9:05 – 9:20 am
Ryan Lukas, College of the Holy Cross
Mentor: Madhusmita Misra MD MPH
“Tackling Severe Obesity In Neuro-Atypical Adolescents with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy - Unique Challenges and Caregiver Perspectives".
9:20 – 9:35 am
Sarah Lee, Boston University
Mentor: Christina Faherty PhD
“Tuning the host range of the Shigella flexneri-specific bacteriophage Φ2457T”
9:35 – 9:50 am
Katherine Ward, Davidson College
Mentor: Smriti Verma PhD
“Effect of anti-OSP antibody on Vibrio Cholerae - epithelial cell interaction using organoid derived infection model”
9:50 – 10:05 am
Elizabeth Davis, DePauw University
Mentor: Jason B. Harris MD MPH
“Constructing Capsule Deficient Mutants of Klebsiella pneumoniae"
10:05 – 10:20 am
London Cannon-Eckerle, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mentor: Bobby J. Cherayil MD
“The Role of the rpoS Gene in Salmonella Adhesion"
10:20 – 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 – 10:50 am
Kayla Durand, University of Portland
Mentor: Evan Bordt PhD
“The Impact of Maternal TLR7 and TLR8 Activation on Fetal Intestine"
10:50 – 11:05 am
Anna Jee, Boston College
Mentor: James Moon PhD
“Exploring the effects of prior enteric infection on colitis-induced immune responses”
11:05 – 11:20 am
Luke Kishna, Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Daniel Irimia MD PhD
“Insights into Neutrophil Swarming from Agent-based Simulations”
11:20 – 12:25 pm
2023 Keynote Lecture
Introduction of Keynote Speaker – Evan Bordt, PhD
“The Role of Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurons in Autism-associated gastrointestinal Dysfunction”Lauren Orefice PhD
Assistant Professor in Genetics
Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Investigator
12:25 – 12:30 pm
Bryan P. Hurley PhD Concluding Remarks & Acknowledgements
12:30 pm
Lunch