Presenter: Rafael Ramos-Jimenez, MD (advisor: Michael J. Morowitz, MD, FACS)
In this session, Dr. Ramos-Jimenez will discuss the lab's experiments involving plant-based enteral nutrition and illuminate us as to its effects on monocyte-macrophage populations and antibiotics dysbiosis.
Presenter: Stephen Badylak, DVM, PhD, MD
Presenter: Hēth Turnquist, PhD
Presenter: Samer T. Tohme, MD
Dr. Tohme's research focuses on the role of neutrophil nets in cancer progression and metastasis, and he will discuss his recent work that has just been published in the paper "Exercise training decreases hepatic injury via changes in immune response to liver ischemia/reperfusion in mice."
Presenter: Jurgis Alvikas, MD (Advisor: Matthew D. Neal, MD, FACS)
Discussion of the paper: CXCR1 and CXCR2 Chemokine Receptor Agonists Produced by Tumors Induce Neutrophil Extracellular Traps that Interfere with Immune Cytotoxicity. Immunity. 2020 May 19;52(5):856-871.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.03.001. Epub 2020 Apr 13. PMID: 32289253
Presenter: Christof Kaltenmeier, MD
Presenter: Andrew-Paul Deeb, MD (Advisor: Joshua B. Brown, MD, MSc)
Presenter: Elizabeth Pace, MD (Advisor: Michael J. Morowitz, MD, FACS)
Dr. Pace will be discussing her current interests regarding the use of antibiotics in our preterm infant population, the ongoing NICU Antibiotics and Outcomes (NANO) trial, and a potential clinical trial involving the surgical NEC infant population and post-operative antibiotics.
Presenter: Dr. Ulka Sachdev-Ost, Department of Surgery
Dr. Sachdev's research focuses on peripheral artery disease and the modelcular mechanisms leading to muscle ischemia and damage because of defects in peripheral blood supply.