The CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group Summer Meeting will convene in Madison, WI on July 30-31. 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 the nascent field. Highlights include a keynote lecture by Alan Wolfe, PhD (Loyola University Chicago) and Linda Brubaker, MD (UC San Diego), a clinical keynote lecture by Nazema Siddiqui, MD, MHSc (Duke University), breakout sessions, trainee lightning talks, and a poster session.

The Interactions Core awarded CAIRIBU travel awards to 21 abstract presenters to support their attendance at the meeting. Congratulations to the following awardees:

• Ujjaini Basu, University of Texas at Dallas
• Zoe Berge, Loyola University Chicago
• Monique Bittencourt Dias, Lewis & Clark College
• Nathan Boyer, Oregon Health and Science University
• Megan Cline, Washington University in St. Louis
• Audra Crouch, PhD, Ohio State University
• Hillary Dapsauski, Loyola University Chicago
• Stella Davis, Lewis & Clark College
• Keisha Harrison, PhD, MS, Oregon Health and Science University
• Juliette Kudrick, Oregon Health and Science University
• Ama Kwabia, Duke University
• Megan Marie Martinez, Loyola University Chicago
• Lila Nelson, MS, Loyola University Chicago
• Sanjana Nekkanti, Loyola University Chicago
• Ceejay Saenz, MS, University of Texas at Dallas
• Dasvit Shetty, PhD, Boston Children’s/Harvard Medical School
• Maria Steiling, Loyola University Chicago
• Dhriti Tattari, Cleveland Clinic
• Julia Tri, Lewis & Clark College
• Sonia Whang, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
• Rena Yang, MS, University of California Los Angeles

Interested in attending the meeting and learning more about urobiome research? Registration is free to all CAIRIBU Urobiome RIG investigators and trainees!