Special Topics 1A

Microbiome
10:30AM – 11:50AM
Trent Semans Center for Health Education – Great Hall
Session Chair: Liza Rassadkina

Mary Kimmel, MD – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Components of Metal Distress During Pregnancy in Relation to the Microbiome: Data from US and Swedish Cohorts

Hannah McMillan – Duke University
Microbiome Colonization Leads to Emergent Plant Phenotypes at Elevated Temperatures

Shanice Webster – Duke University
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Plant-Microbiome-Pathogen Triangular Interactions in the Leaf Phyllosphere

Ayesha Awan – North Carolina State University
Intestinal Microbiota Consumes Specific Dietary Proteins that Evade Host Digestion

Elise Paietta – Duke University
Identifying Novel, Diverse Viruses in Captive Lemurs using Metagenomics