Data blitz meetings of MIND: Microbiome, Immunology, Neuroscience Discussions

Are you interested to attend to our new multidisciplinary data blitz discussions? MIND meetings will be centered around the intersection of the gut microbiome, immunology, and the brain. The goal is to create an environment where new ideas and projects are shared in their early infancy to complement larger more established work-in-progress forums at WashU.

These monthly discussions center around short data blitz presentations (15 mins presentations of new proposals or new preliminary data).

Motivated graduate students, postdocs and faculty members are welcome to participate!

When: 2:00p, 3rd Wednesday of the month
Where: McDonnell Pediatric Research Building 8108, 8th Floor (Snacks provided!)
Organizers: Marta Celorrio-Navarro (WashU Pediatrics), Stuart Friess (WashU Pediatrics) and Jasmin Herz (WashU Pathology & Immunology)

Note individual events are listed on the ONR Calendar.

2024 Summer/Fall Schedule

June 19, 2024

Rajeev Aurora (Saint Louis University) “Estrogen loss activates a low grade inflammation that promotes anxiety and to postpartum depression in some individuals”

Daniel Lee (Randolph lab, WashU Pathology & Immunology) “Insights into MIND from a multi-scalar, modular imaging workflow, ADAPT-3D”

July 17, 2024

Yohei Komaru (Herrlich lab, WashU Medicine)
“Sterile kidney injury causes monocyte-induced intravascular neutrophilic capillaritis in the lung: Kidney-Lung crosstalk”

September 18, 2024

Tristan Li (WashU Neuroscience)

Meng Wu (WashU Molecular Microbiology)

October 16, 2024

Andrew Sauerbeck (Kummer lab, WashU Neurology)
“Synaptic alterations after traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration”

Michael Nichols (University of Missouri, St. Louis)
“Exploring neuroinflammatory pathways in Alzheimer’s disease”

November 20, 2024

Johan Aguilar (Pradhan lab, WashU Anesthesiology)
“A Model of headache disorders induces a decrease of perineuronal nets in the mesencephalic reticular formation”

Kevin Telfer (Randolph lab, WashU Pathology & Immunology) and Bernd Zinselmeyer (WashU Pathology & Immunology)

“Bringing Widefield Imaging into the 3D Elysian: An Accessible Approach to Contextualize Biology at Subnuclear Resolution”