The 1st Annual Eukaryotic Pathogenesis Investigators Colloquia Symposium was held May 26 at Duke University Medical Center.
The event welcomed triangle-based and external investigators to discuss research into the pathogenesis of human disease caused by fungi and parasites.
Fungal Keynote speaker Mairi Noverr PhD of LSU Health Science Center presented interactions between pathogenic fungi and bacteria as causes of sepsis, while Parasitology Keynote speaker Rick Fairhurst MD PhD of NIAID presented recent progress defining the clinical and molecular correlates of antimalarial drug resistance in Cambodia.
Additional speakers included:
- Maitreya Dunham PhD, University of Washington
- Teresa O’Meara PhD, University of Toronto
- Jon Juliano MD MSPH, University of North Carolina
- Emily Derbyshire PhD, Duke University
The EPIC Symposium was supported by the Dean’s Office through the EPIC and Duke Malaria Investigators Group interdisciplinary colloquia and by the Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program.
