MEETING AGENDA

NC-ASM 2026 Program & Abstract Booklet

MORNING PROGRAM

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast | Union 340

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Introduction & Welcome | Union 340

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Plenary I: Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center

• Topic: How E.coli establishes infection in the urinary tract: The ultimate bet-hedging?

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Morning Poster Break | Union 340

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

Concurrent Session A: Host-Microbe Interactions in Humans | Union 200

Concurrent Session B: Microbial Ecology and Environmental Microbiology | Union 262

Concurrent Session C: Omics-Driven Insights into Microbial Systems | Union 265

MIDDAY PROGRAM

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch Break | Union 340

NC-ASM Business Meeting | Union 262

AFTERNOON PROGRAM

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Plenary II: Bradley Tolar, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Wilmington | Union 340

• Topic: Seasonality of Archaea from North Carolina’s Coastal Estuaries and into the Gulf Stream

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Afternoon Poster Break | Union 340

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Concurrent Session D: Environmental Host-Microbe Interactions | Union 200

Concurrent Session E: Molecular Mechanism Discovery and Engineering | Union 262

Concurrent Session F: Therapeutic Development and Clinical Microbiology | Union 265

CLOSING PROGRAM

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Awards Ceremony & Recognitions | Union 340

5:00 PM – 

Optional Pay-Your-Own Social | Armored Cow Brewing