Speaker: Dr. Vaughn Cooper, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, and 2026-2027 President of the American Society for Microbiology

Topic: Bacterial Adaptations When Antibiotic - Immunity Collaborations Fail

Venue: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), in the Skylight Room of The Commons Building

Speaker: Dr. Joao H.F. Pedra, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Topic: Tick-Borne Disease Across Biological Scales: From the Tick to the Patient

Venue: University of Maryland Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), Baltimore, MD

Speaker: ASM Distinguished Lecturer TBD 

Topic: TBD

Venue: Towson University, Towson, MD

Event: Annual ASM Maryland Branch Poster Session

Speakers: 1st- and 2nd-Place Winners of the J. Howard Brown Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards 

Venue: Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF) Atrium, 1st Floor; University of Maryland-Baltimore, 685 W. Baltimore Street (entry from Health Sciences Facility I, HSFI), Baltimore, MD 21201