The annual meeting brings together leaders, trainees, and research teams of the NIDDK-funded U54 Urology O’Brien Centers, P20 Urology Centers, and the Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) and Urological Epidemiology (KEpi) Institutional Research Career Development Programs. Collectively, these Centers and Programs are part of the CAIRIBU umbrella – Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology.
All investigators and trainees affiliated with currently-funded CAIRIBU Community U54 Urology Centers, P20 Urology Centers, and K12 KURe and KUroEpi Programs are required to attend the meeting from start to end. Investigators and trainees from the broader urology research community are welcome and strongly encouraged to participate.
The annual meeting:
- Allows for the exchange of scientific knowledge about advances in non-malignant genitourinary research
- Provides a platform for building interactions across CAIRIBU Centers and Programs and between CAIRIBU investigators and investigators in the broader benign urologic research community.
- Promotes knowledge exchange and sharing of research resources
- Advances and early investigators in their development as future leaders
See below for highlights from the 2023 CAIRIBU Annual meeting.
Includes photos, lists of abstract and poster winners, meeting materials, and links to information about prior CAIRIBU meetings – 2018 to the present.
2023 MEETING ABSTRACTS:
- Congratulations to the 3 “Best Abstract” award winners;
- Michael Odom, PhD, CAIRIBU K12 Scholar, Duke University, Androgens Contribute More to the Development of Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetic Male Mice Than Hyperglycemia
- Ajinkya Limkar, CAIRIBU Dual MD/PhD Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Exploring the Mechanisms of Thalidomide’s Alleviation of Age-Related Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Mice: Highlighting Prostatic Fibrosis and Smooth Muscle Regulation
- Sara Stuedemann, CAIRIBU Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison, A-Delta Mechanoreceptors May Contribute to Bladder Function in a Sex Dependent Manner
POSTERS:
- Congratulations to the 6 “Best Poster” award winners in the following categories;
- Genetics: Lily Hiltebeitel, Student, Boston Children’s Hospital, Genetic Contributions to Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
- Hormones & Fibrosis: Ren Katz, CAIRIBU Undergraduate Researcher, University of Florida, Prior Summer Undergraduate Research Scholar at University of Wisconsin – Madison, Impact of testosterone therapy on urethral contractility and serotonin signaling in neuroendocrine cells through a cross-sex, transgender, and intersex lens
- Lower urinary tract dysfunction: Monica Ridlon, CAIRIBU Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Developmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Alters Bladder Contractility in Mice
- Structural, functional, and surgical topics: Qingsong Fan, PhD, Post-Doctoral Investigator, University of Chicago, PEDOT:PSS Nanofluid Enhances Efficiency of Laser Lithotripsy in Model Kidney Stone System
- Techniques, models & measures: Alexandra LaPat Polasko, PhD, CAIRIBU Post-Doctoral Investigator, Stanford University, Establishment and Characterization of a Patient-Derived Xenograft Model of Human Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Urobiome & infection: Kelly Weldon, Dual MD/PhD Student, CAIRIBU Urobiome Research Interest Group (U-RIG), University of California – Davis, Urinary Metabolome is Minimally Impacted by Common Storage Conditions and Additives
Prior CAIRIBU Meetings
2023 MEETING MATERIALS:
- Official 2023 Meeting Summary
- 2023 CAIRIBU Annual Meeting Program
- 2023 Annual CAIRIBU Trainee Pre-Meeting Program
- Opening Sessions – Slides from Kristina Penniston, PhD, PI, U24 CAIRIBU Interactions Core
- Opening Sessions – Slides from Chris Mullins, PhD, CAIRIBU Project Scientist
- Making your mark in Urology research – Slides from James Brooks, PhD, PI CAIRIBU U54 O’Brien Urology Center at Stanford University
- Setting yourself up as a collaborative independent investigator – Slides from Whitney Sweeney, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
- Integrating Team Science into Graduate, Postdoctoral, and Early Career Research Training – Slides from Whitney Sweeney, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
