The Carabeo Lab

Members of the Carabeo lab will be giving poster and oral presentations at the upcoming CBRS meeting in Seattle. Postdoctoral fellow, Amanda Brinkworth has been selected to give a talk on her project using fast fluorescent timers to monitor transcriptional activity at select promoters during normal and stressed develoment of Chlamydia trachomatis. Korinn Murphy, a 3rd-year graduate student will present her findings on how Chlamydia trachomatis stabilizes focal adhesions of epithelial cells. 4th-year graduate student, Nick Pokorzynski will give a poster presentation and a lightning talk on how the YtgR transcriptional repressor regulates the transcription of the trp operon at the levels of transcriptional initiation and termination. Liam Caven, a 4th-year graduate student will present a poster describing how Chlamydia overrides the signaling mechanism that keeps the host transcription factor YAP inhibited in high-density growth of epithelial cells. 2nd-year graduate student Matt Romero will present his data that elucidate the functional relationship between two actin nucleators during Chlamydia invasion. Finally, three undergraduate researchers, Terran Galbreath, Deshae McNeil, and Katrina Nielsen will present a poster describing their work with fast fluorescent timers and their utility in monitoring transcriptional activities throughout the chlamydial developmental cycle.