Karie Robertson, B.S., PhD (candidate) School of Molecular Sciences Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery Arizona State University 2018 Poster Presentation Membrane-targeted expression of proteins from B. burgdorferi in E. coli for structural and functional studies Borrelia burgdorferi employs unique integral-membrane proteins and lipoproteins to masterfully manipulate and evade the host immune system. Additionally, […]
Liz Horn, PhD, MBI Poster Presentation Human Tissue Collection Program Principal Investigator Lyme Disease Biobank Portland, OR https://lymebiobank.org/ Liz Horn, PhD, MBI, Principal Investigator, Lyme Disease Biobank Liz has spent more than a decade building research initiatives and collaborations with non-profit organizations, with a focus on registries and biobanks. She has been working in Lyme […]
Kavin Patel, MD Internal Medicine Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence, RI kavin.patel@lifespan.org First Confirmed Case of Powassan Neuroinvasive Disease in Rhode Island (co-presenting with Dr. Reece) Dr. Kavin Patel is an internal medicine resident at Brown University and an aspiring infectious disease specialist. He works closely with Dr. Reece […]
Rebecca Reece, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical) Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence, RI rreece@lifespan.org First Confirmed Case of Powassan Neuroinvasive Disease in Rhode Island (co-presenting with Dr. Patel) Dr. Rebecca Reece completed her internal medicine residency at West Virginia University and infectious disease fellowship at Brown University, where she has remained […]
Shannon Delaney, MD, MA Instructor in Psychiatry Director, Child and Adolescent Research and Evaluation at the Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/profile/shannon-l-delaney-md Borrelia Miyamotoi Exposure in a Clinical Population Dr. Delaney is a neuropsychiatrist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center who is co-investigator with Dr. Fallon on […]
William Robinson, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine (Immunology and Rheumatology) Staff Physician, VA Palo Alto Stanford University Palo Alto, CA http://robinsonlab.stanford.edu Protective and Pathogenic B Cell Responses in Lyme Disease The Robinson laboratory works in the fields of B cell biology, autoimmunity and inflammation. Dr. Robinson pioneered development of protein arrays, lipid arrays, and high-throughput […]
Joanna Buchthal, PhD (candidate) Project Manager, Mice Against Ticks MIT Media Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA A scientist, entrepreneur, and designer, Joanna is currently pursuing her PhD in the Sculpting Evolution Group at the MIT Media Lab. Her research is focused on preventing Lyme and other tick-borne diseases by engineering heritably resistant white-footed […]
Jaroslav Flegr, PhD Professor of Ecology and Associate Professor of Parasitology National Institute of Mental Health Klecany, Czechia Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague, Czechia The Effect of Pet-Transmitted Diseases on the Mental and Physical Health of the General Population Jaroslav Flegr is an evolutionary biologist and evolutionary psychologist affiliated to Fac. of Science Charles […]
Jon T. Skare, PhD Professor and Associate Head Dept. of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Texas A&M University Bryan, TX https://medicine.tamhsc.edu/mpim/faculty/skare.html Pathogenesis-related features of Borrelia burgdorferi Jon Skare is Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology in the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University. His research program has been funded […]
Thomas A. Platts-Mills, PhD, FRS Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Chief, Division of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA https://med.virginia.edu/asthma-allergy-immunology/faculty-fellows/meet-the-chief/ Sensitization to Alpha-gal as a Consequence of Lone Star Tick Bites Thomas Platts-Mills is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at the UVA School of Medicine. The son of a […]