CAIRIBU Urobiome RIG In-Person Summer Meeting

We are excited to announce the CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Summer Meeting taking place on July 30-31  in Madison, Wisconsin. The meeting is supported by the CAIRIBU U24 Interactions Core. This in person meeting will bring together investigators and trainees from within the CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group (U-RIG) community to share research, nurture collaboration, and innovate solutions to the major challenges faced within our nascent field. The meeting will span one and a half days and will feature: 

• Keynote lecture by  Alan Wolfe, PhD (Loyola University Chicago) and Linda Brubaker, MD (UC San Diego)
• Clinical keynote lecture by Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHsc (Duke University)
• Additional invited talks from leaders in urobiome research: Vanessa Hale, DVM, PhD (The Ohio State University), Jean-Philippe Gourdine, PhD, MS (Lewis & Clark College), and Tanya Sysoeva, PhD (University of Alabama at Huntsville)
• Multiple CAIRIBU U-RIG working group breakout sessions 
• Lightning talks from trainees 
• Trainee/early-stage investigator poster session 

Registration and abstract submission deadline: June 19^th

Meeting registration is free! Trainees and early-stage investigators who submit abstracts by the  June 19^th deadline will be considered for travel awards.   As a valued member of the CAIRIBU U-RIG Community, we can’t wait to see you in Madison this July and are excited to continue working together to advance the urobiome field!