2025 Annual Meeting

Below are the three best abstracts as selected by the CAIRIBU abstract review committee.

Neurokinin A Increases Bladder Mechanical Compliance And Augments Transient Pressure Events – Ashika Goel, Sara Roccabianca, Nathan R. Tykocki

Estrogen-dependent Mechanisms Elevate Urothelial C-fiber Density And Drive To Overactive Bladder Pathogenesis In Female Type 1 Diabetic Akita Mice – Ananya Pinnamaneni, Francis Hughes Jr. PhD, J. Todd Purves MD/PhD, Michael Odom PhD

Angiotensin Ii Type 2 Receptor Agonism Elicits Sex Differences In Murine Bladder Contractile Responses Ex Vivo – Hannah A Anderson, Firoj Alom, Bhavana Talluri, Aaron D Mickle

The top-rated posters in twelve categories were awarded the title of Best Poster:

• Bladder physiology: Jennifer Hammel, PhD, K12 scholar, Duke KURe (Hon mention: Jason Rengo, PhD, Univ Vermont)
• BPH – lower urinary tract symptoms: Mariah Jensen-Wachspress, grad student, Popovics Lab, Virginia Health Sci/Old Dominion and Endeavor Health System P20 Center (Hon mention: Han Zhang, grad student, Ricke Lab and UW-Madison O’Brien Center)
• BPH – molecular mechanisms: Kaitlyn Forsythe, grad student, Strand Lab, UTSW and UWMadison O’Brien Center
• Clinical – diagnostics, imaging, therapy, devices: Maureen Pelissero, grad student, Chang lab, Mayo Clinic (Hon mention: Om Patel, HS student, CHOP P20)
• Clinical – patients and practice patterns: Haley Lange, post-bac/gap year/research intern for Vinaya Bhatia, MD, K12 Scholar, UW-Mad KURe (Hon mention: Alexandra Bicki, MD, K12 Scholar, UCSF KUroEpi)
• Environmental exposures, injury, sex differences: Sumiran Kasturi, Baylor College, Mysorekar Lab and CAIRIBU Uro-Aging RIG (Hon mention: Julia Tlapa, grad student, Stietz Lab and UWMadison O’Brien Center)
• Experimental techniques and approaches: Acacia White, PhD, postdoc, Hannan Lab, UWMadison
• Hormonal mechanisms: Shreya Nair, grad student, Vezina Lab, UW-Madison O’Brien Center (Hon mention: Gabi Robilotto, grad student, Mickle Lab, Medical College of Wisconsin)
• Neuro-urology: Natasha Wilkins, PhD, K12 scholar, Duke KURe (Hon mention: Ajinkya Limkar, MD-PhD candidate, Ricke lab and UW-Madison O’Brien Center)
• Renal physiology: Felipe Rodriguez-Tirado, PhD, Nationwide Childrens, Jackson Lab (Hon mention: Boxing Su, PhD, postdoc, Mayo Clinic P20 Center)
• Urobiome – basic science: Ibrahim Salaudeen, grad student, De Nisco Lab, UT Dallas and CAIRIBU Urobiome RIG
• Urobiome – clinical and translational: Michael Neugent, PhD, postdoc, De Nisco Lab and CAIRIBU Urobiome RIG (Hon mention: Alex Polasko, PhD, K12 Scholar, Stanford KURe and Stanford O’Brien Center)

Congratulations to the following awardees for the CAIRIBU 2025 Awards:

• Outstanding Abstract Reviewer Award
  • Muthuvel Jayachandran
  • Nathan Tykocki
• Collaboration Catalyst Award
  • Indira Mysorekar
• Outstanding Community Builder Award
  • Cindy Amundsen
• Engagement Award
  • Jashkaran Gadhvi
  • Alexandra Polasko
• Distinguished Speaker Award
  • Aruna Sarma
• Mentorship Award
  • LaTasha Crawford
• Outstanding Leadership Award
  • Jonathan Pollack

Congratulations to the winners of the CAIRIBU Games during the 2025 Annual Meeting:

• CAIRIBU Cornhole 2025 Champions – Kaitlin Forsythe & Jashkaran Gadhvi
• Lab Family Feud – Ricke Lab