Snyder Institute Research Day 2024: Emerging Technologies in Infectious Disease
Join us on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, for our annual Research Day.
We are pleased to hold the Snyder Institute’s 2024 Research Day on Wednesday, October 9.
Our Research Day 2024 will highlight emerging technologies in infectious diseases. Here is snapshot of some of the talks and presentations:
- Dr. Simon Hirota: New applications for organoids – beyond pretty pictures
- Dr. Mark Gillrie: Tissue engineering organs on chips to study human infections
- Dr. Tim Shutt: Mitochondria and Inflammation
- Dr. Bryan Yipp: Understanding lung-pathogen interactions via chemogenetics and behavioromics
- Dr. Ian Lewis: Why do people die? Separating host-versus-microbial contributors to mortality from 38,000 bloodstream infections
- Dr. Kathy McCoy: From Germ-free to Wild: Emerging technologies in microbiome research
- Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta: The gut mycobiome in immune and metabolic development
- Dr. Braedon McDonald: Bringing the lab to the clinic: point-of-care metagenomics for translational microbiome research
This not-to-be-missed day of insights and revelations about the science and medicine we study and practice will be an excellent opportunity for Snyder members to connect with colleagues, trainees and staff. Attendees are invited to join us for a reception in the HRIC Atrium at the close of the talks.
Registration is required. Lunch and reception will be provided to all registered attendees. Please register soon, and no later than Wednesday, October 2, 2024.
I look forward to seeing you at Snyder’s Research Day on October 9!
Kris Chadee, Ph.D.
Research Portfolio Lead, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
kchadee@ucalgary.ca