June 2022–May 2025 Cooperativity of Oral Microbes in Evading Neutrophil-Mediated Killing NIH/NIDCR Role: Co-Investigator $97,365
December 2019–November 2024 A role for immune cell plasticity in commensal survival and escalation of inflammation NIH/NIDCR Role: Principal Investigator $1,952,242
September 2019–September 2022 Mechanisms of Oral Streptococcus Macrophage Activation NIH/NIDCR Role: Co-Investigator $93,568
August 2019–July 2020 Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope NIH/OD Role: Principal Investigator $487,743
July 2016–June 2018 Mechanisms of Streptococcus gordonii survival within phagocytes. NIH/NIDCR Role: Principal Investigator $239,250
American Association for Dental Research (2013–present)
International Association for Dental Research (2013–present)
American Society for Cell Biology (2008–present)
Presentations:
"Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics Under Inflammatory Activation." International Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, International Association for Dental Research (2019)
"IL-34 Alters Macrophage Killing Ability" Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis, Witebsky Center, University at Buffalo (2019)
"Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics Under Inflammatory Activation." Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis, Witebsky Center, University at Buffalo (2019)
"Candida albicans Pathogenic Phenotypes are Modified by Bacterial Interactions." SDM annual Research Day, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019)
"Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics During Inflammation." SDM annual Research Day, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019)
"Inflammatory Activation Alters Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics." Society for Leukocyte Biology Annual Meeting, Society for Leukocyte Biology (2018)
"An Investigation of Commensal-Immune Interactions Altered by Oral Pathogens." SUNY Genesco undergraduate research day, SUNY Genesco (2018)
"Inflammatory Activation Alters Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics" Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis,, University at Buffalo, Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2018)
"Candida albicans RAS1 modulates survival within human neutrophils" American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, American Association for Dental Research (2018)
"Imaging phagosomal survival of commensal oral microbes." 20th Annual Upstate New York Immunology Conference, Upstate New York Immunology (2017)
"Ratiometric Imaging to Measure Phagosome Escape of Oral Microbes" 29th Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis, The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2017)
"Candida albicans stress response MAPKinases protect from Phagocytic Killing" American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, American Association for Dental Research (2017)
"Determining the Fate of Phagocytosed Porphyromonas gingivalis" American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, American Association for Dental Research (2017)
"Changing landscapes: oral commensal survival within phagocytes" Mark Wilson Conference, Oral Immunology/Microbiology Research group (2017)
"When good bugs go bad: Oral Microbes Resisting phagocytic Destruction" Seminar series, University at Buffalo, Microbiology and Immunology (2017)
"Determining the Fate of Phagocytosed Porphyromonas gingivalis" Annual Research Day, University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine (2017)
"Determining the Fate of Phagocytosed Porphyromonas gingivalis." American Association of Women Dentists Annual Meeting, American Association of Women Dentists (2017)
"Effects of IL-34 vs M-CSF maturation on macrophage interactions with Porphyromonas gingivalis" Annual Research Day, University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine (2017)
"Ratiometric Imaging to Measure Phagosome Escape of Oral Microbes" 2nd Annual Immune Imaging Symposium, University of Rochester, Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging (2016)
"Avoidance of Phagocytic Destruction by Strptococcus gordonii" 28th Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis, University at Buffalo, The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2016)
"Sorting Nexins in Phagosomal Maturation" 2015-16 Biology honors program presentations, University at Buffalo, Department of Biology (2016)
"Avoidance of Phagocytic Destruction by Streptococcus gordonii" 2016 General Session, American Association for Dental Research (2016)
"Factors Affecting Candida albicans Phagocytosis and Killing by Phagocytic Cells" 2016 General Session, American Association for Dental Research (2016)
"AbpA may protect Streptococcus gordonii from oxidative stress" Student Research Day, University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine (2016)
"Determining the Fate of Internalized Porphyromonas gingivalis within Phagocytic Cells" Student Research Day, University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine (2016)
"Understanding the relationship between Rab 5 GTPase and protein Sorting Nexin 8 in phagocytosis" Annual poster session, University at Buffalo, CLIMB UP for Summer Research at University at Buffalo (2015)
"Determining the Fate of Internalized Porphyromonas gingivalis within Phagocytic Cells" 2015 Summer Biomedical Student Research Day, University at Buffalo (2015)
"Sorting Nexin Proteins Involvement in Phagocytosis and Effects on Phagosome Maturation" 2014-15 Biology honors program presentations, University at Buffalo, Department of Biology (2015)
"Evasion of Phagosomal Destruction by S. gordonii" 2015 Buffalo Immunology Conference, The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2015)
"Cholesterol dictates the subcellular distribution of phosphatidylserine" Lysosomes and Endocytosis, Gordon Research Conferences (2014)
"mTOR is Required for Lysosome Tubulation and MHCII Trafficking in Macrophages and Dendritic Cells" Lysosomes and Endocytosis, Gordon Research Conferences (2014)
"Recruitment of Sorting Nexin to the Maturing Phagosome" 2013-14 Biology honors program presentations, University at Buffalo, Department of Biology (2014)
"Role of lipids and lysosomes in innate immunity; insights from advanced live imaging of macrophages" Invited Speaker, University of Louiseville, Center for Oral Health and Systemic Disease (2013)
"Role of lipids and lysosomes in innate immunity; insights from advanced live imaging of macrophages" Invited speaker, University of Alberta, School of Dentistry (2012)
"Role of lipids and lysosomes in innate immunity; insights from advanced live imaging of macrophages" Invited speaker, University at Buffalo, Department of Oral Biology (2012)
"Characterization of Phosphatidylserine Dynamics in Membranes of Live Cells" Gordon Research Conference - Lysosomes and Endocytosis, Gordon Research Conferences, Lysosomes and Endocytosis (2012)
"The Role of Arl8b and Rab7 GTPases in Lysosome Tubulation" American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting (2011)
"Phosphatidylserine Dynamics in Cellular Membranes" Gordon Research Conference - Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids, Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids (2011)
"A Diffusional Barrier in the Phagocytic Cup" American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, American Society for Cell Biology (2009)
"Dual Roles for the Recycling Endosome in Phagocytosis" Gordon Research Conference - Lysosomes and Endocytosis, Lysosomes and Endocytosis (2008)
"Imaging Cytokine Secretion in Macrophages: Imaging to demonstrate subdomains of the recycling endosome" Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting (2008)
"Protein Kinase A in the Regulation of Macrophage Apolipotprotein E Trafficking and Secretion" Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting (2008)
"Modification of the Phagocytic Cup by Lipid Rafts" Keystone Macrophage conference (2007)
"Differential Requirement for Recycling Endosome in Phagocytosis and Cytokine Secretion" Australasian Society for Immunology 37th Annual Scientific Meeting (2007)
"Cytokine Secretion, Phagocytosis and Cholesterol" Queensland Premier Awards for Health and Medical Research (2006)
"Lipid Raft Dependence of Cytokine Secretion and Phagocytosis in Macrophages" Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ComBio (2006)
"Caveolin in the Hippocampus and its Interaction with SNAREs" Society for Neuroscience 32nd Annual Meeting, Society for Neuroscience (2002)
"Distinct modes of action by the J domain and the cysteine string domain of CSP modulate G protein function" Society for Neuroscience 32nd annual Meeting (2002)
"Molecular basis of the modulation of calcium channel function by cysteine string protein" Society for Neuroscience 32nd annual Meeting (2002)
"Caveolin in the Hippocampus and its Interaction with SNAREs" Alberta Neuroscience Conference (2002)
"Biodegradation of C5+ Hydrocarbon Compounds by Aerobic and Anaerobic Communities Enriched from Pyrolysis Plant Soils" Canadian Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting (2000)
"Soil Microbial Community Responses to Incubation in C5+ Followed by DCPD" Canadian Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting (2000)
"Characterisation of C5+ Degrading Microbial Communities from Soil" Canadian Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting (1999)