Alexsandra P. Lenhard, Ph.D. Candidate
Erwin Neter Award Winner 2025
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Bou Ghanem Laboratory
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
“The role of CD73 during Influenza A Virus/Streptococcus pneumoniae co-infection.”

Sebastian Lourido, Ph.D.
ASM Distinguished and Waksman Foundation Lecturer Member, Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research
Assistant Professor in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Stress and Persistence: How one parasite adapts to survive”

Susan Madison-Antenucci, PhD
Chief of Bloodborne and Parasitic Diseases Director of Parasitology, New York State Department of Health
Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY
“Clinical Parasitology in the age of Multiplex PCR and Targeted Next Generation Sequencing”

Elizabeth A. Wohlfert, Ph.D.
Vice Chair of Education and Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
“Nerve-wracking Parasites: Toxoplasma’s inflammatory footprint”