Erwin Neter Award

Congratulations to the WNY ASM
2025 Erwin Neter Award Winners

Presented at the 35th Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis May 28, 2025

Alexsandra Lenhard,
Erwin Neter Award Winner

Bou Ghanem Lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

“The role of CD73 during Influenza A Virus/
Streptococcus pneumoniae co-infection”

Namrata Deka,
Erwin Neter Award Runner-up

Armbruster Lab, Department of Microbiology
and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

“Longitudinal metagenomic analysis of urine
collected from nursing home residents
with long-term indwelling urinary catheters”

WNY ASM 2024 Erwin Neter Award Winners

1st Place: Lucas Simpson,
Munger Lab,
University of Rochester Medical Center.

Presentation title:
High throughput screening identifies EGLN family prolyl hydroxylases as important determinants of HCMV infection.

2nd Place: L. Beryl Guterman, Armbruster Lab,
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

Presentation title:
Harnessing microbially derived
metabolites in the urinary tract to prevent infectioninduced catheter important determinants of HCMV infection.