Events Category: Urobiome

Maliha Batool, PhD, Keisha Harrison, PhD
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific)
February 20, 2026 @ 3:00 pm EST
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The Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG) includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators are clinicians and scientists from a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. The CAIRIBU U-RIG Knowledge Exchange spurs collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent fields. This month's Knowledge Exchange will feature Maliha Batool, PhD (UT Dallas), who will present "Investigating the role of defensins in vaginal epithelial defense against bacterial vaginosis," and Keisha Harrison, PhD (Oregon Health and Science University), who will present "Considerations of techniques and methods required for studying the urobiome."

La Jolla, CA
March 11, 2026
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The Center for Microbiome Innovation International Microbiome Meeting will occur on March 11th, 2026 in La Jolla, California. Register HERE

(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific)
March 20, 2026 @ 3:00 pm EDT
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The Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG) includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators are clinicians and scientists from a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. CAIRIBU U-RIG Knowledge Exchanges aim to facilitate knowledge exchange and spur collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent fields. At this session, investigators will review top research priorities in the urobiome field as articulated by this group and assemble work group teams to collaborate on grant applications. 

Xintong Dong, PhD
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific)
April 17, 2026 @ 3:00 pm EDT
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The Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG) includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators are clinicians and scientists from a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. The CAIRIBU U-RIG Knowledge Exchange spurs collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent fields. This month's Knowledge Exchange will feature a talk from Xintong Dong, PhD (UT Dallas).

(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific)
May 15, 2026 @ 3:00 pm EDT
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The Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG) includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators are clinicians and scientists from a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. The CAIRIBU U-RIG Knowledge Exchange spurs collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent fields. 

Washington, D.C.
June 4, 2026 - June 8, 2026
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American Society for Microbiology is hosting its annual meeting from June 4-June 8, 2026 in Washington, D.C.