Nicholas Steers, PhD (Opportunity Pool Awardee, Columbia University U54 O’Brien Center) discusses resident and recruited macrophages in bladder health and disease; Miguel Verbitsky, PhD (Columbia University U54 O’Brien Center) discusses urine microbiota analysis and mGWAS in children with UTIs and vesicoureteral reflux; Seth Reasoner, graduate student (Vanderbilt University P20 Center) discusses the infant urobiome; Maria Hadjifrangiskou, PhD (PI, Vanderbilt University P20 Center) discusses how UPEC subverts mitochondrial metabolism to enable intracellular bacterial pathogenesis in UTI; Tanya Sysoeva, PhD (University of Alabama at Huntsville; prior K12 Scholar, Duke KURe) discusses virulence factor TraT ubiquitous in drug-resistant uropathogenic E. coli; and Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD (Co-PI, Columbia University U54 O’Brien Center) discusses hematuria, heme metabolism, and UTI at the 2022 Annual CAIRIBU* Meeting.
*Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) is an umbrella organization that brings together NIDDK-funded investigators devoted exclusively to investigating benign genitourinary diseases and disorders. A primary objective of CAIRIBU is to encourage interdisciplinary interactions and build effective research collaborations that can tackle the most critical questions related to benign prostatic hyperplasia, urolithiasis, bladder disorders, urinary tract infection, pelvic pain, and genitourinary developmental disorders. Visit the CAIRIBU Community website here: https://cairibu.urology.wisc.edu/.
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