2015

Modalities for biological tagging and tracking of infected humans

2^nd DARPA Biology is Technology Conference, New York, NY

2014

Discovery of novel phosphorylation based molecular rheostat regulating virulence in Vibrio cholerae

Microbial Stress Response Gordon Research Seminar, South Hadley, MA

2014

Tyrosine phosphorylation of bacterial response regulator and cholera disease

114^th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, San Antonio, TX

2012

A phosphorylation dependent molecular “rheostat” regulates virulence expression in Vibrio cholerae during infection versus metabolism in the environment

Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity Gordon Research Conference, Waterville valley, NH

2011

Regulation of Vibrio cholerae virulence gene expression and pathogenesis in response to novel host signals

7^th Harvard Medical School New England Regional Center Excellence Annual Retreat, Newport, RI

2009

Polyamine biosynthesis and transport mechanisms are crucial for fitness and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae

109^th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

2008

Mucosal immunization with Polyamine Transport Protein D (PotD) protects mice against nasopharyngeal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae

108^th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Boston, MA

2008

Polyamines and pneumococcus: partners in crime

NIH National Graduate Student Research Conference, Bethesda, MD

2007

Role of polyamine transport in Streptococcus pneumoniae response to physiological stress and murine septicemia

107^th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Toronto, Canada

2006

Immunization with Polyamine Transport Protein PotD protects mice against systemic infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae

106^th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Orlando, FL