MBID Retreat

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POSTER AWARD WINNERS

2025 Postdoctoral Fellow Winners (10 posters)

 1st Place      Ngan Fung Li    Estes Lab – Baylor College of Medicine

2nd Place      Bibek GC             Wu Lab – McGovern Medical School

2025 Graduate Student Winners (18 posters)

1st Place      Jieze “Jesse” Zhang          Tao Lab – Rice University

2nd Place      Luqiong Wang        Crawford/Blutt/Estes Lab – Baylor College of Medicine

Honorable Mention      Teresa Sullivan      Konovalova Lab – MDAnderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School

 

 

 

2025 MBID Organizing Committee

Michael Lorenz, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Heidi B. Kaplan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Holly Branthoover, MBID Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine/Immunology & Microbiology

Shane Cristy, MBID Fellow, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Samantha Hitt, MBID Fellow, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Larissa Tavizón, MBID Fellow, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

 

 

The Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases (MBID) Annual Research Retreat was instituted in 2008 and is sponsored by The Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at UTHealth McGovern Medical School – UTHealth Houston, and The Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases (MBID) Training Program. With an average attendance of 150 scientists, the retreat serves the MBID faculty and students as well as investigators and students in the Greater Houston area, including: UTHealth Houston, University of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, UT Medical Branch at Galveston, Houston Methodist Research Institute, University of Houston – Downtown, Houston Community College, and others. The day begins with a Career Development Panel, often featuring graduates of participating institutions, and keynote speakers who are locally- and nationally-recognized experts in infectious diseases. Oral and poster presentations are selected from submitted abstracts, and awards are given for exceptional graduate student and postdoctoral fellow presentations. Selected abstracts are made available to registrants prior to the retreat so they can select the posters they would most like to visit during the event’s poster session.