Special Topics 2A

Host-Microbe Interactions
3:45PM – 5:05PM
Great Hall
Session Chair: Cara Fiore

Matthew Higgs – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Innate immune effectors modulate antibiotic efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ryan Garrigues – East Carolina University
New insights into an ancient immune regulator: A structural basis for complement C1 esterase inhibitor function and implications on bacterial immune evasion

Morgan Carter – University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Diversity in DNA-binding effectors across endofungal Mycetohabitans spp. supports variable functionality

Gopinath Viswanathan – Duke University
Neutrophil-Mycobacteria Tango Gone Awry: Decoding Host-Harming Dynamics in the Zebrafish Granuloma

Haiyan Jia – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
A G-Protein Coupled TCP14-JAZ3 Circuit Mediates Broad Disease Resistance by Repressing JA Signaling