Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection (D4)
May 4-7, 2026  | Village at Breckenridge, Breckenridge, CO, United States
Joseph P. Zackular, Kimberly Kline, Daria Van Tyne and Mariana X. Byndloss
Scholarship Deadline: Jan. 8, 2026 | Abstract Deadline: Apr. 14, 2026 | Early Registration Deadline: Mar. 6, 2026
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of August 23, 2025 4 AM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Monday, May 4, 2026
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address
  Dianne K. Newman, California Institute of Technology
Rethinking AMR: How Heterogeneity in Metabolism Shapes Drug Resistance
 
9:00–11:15 AM Phage Biology and Therapy: Basic
  Andrew Camilli, Tufts University
Phage Cocktails for the Control of Cholera
 
  Katrine L. Whiteson, University of California, Irvine
Experimental Evolution of Gram Positive-Targeting Phages
 
  Martha Clokie, University of Leicester
Getting Bacteriophages Closer to Clinical Development
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Phage Biology and Therapy: Applied
  Daria Van Tyne, University of Pittsburgh
Functional Genomics and Phage Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections
 
  Paul E. Turner, Yale University
Leveraging Evolution to Fight Antibiotic Resistance with Phage Therapy
 
  Susan M. Lehman, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
An in vitro Preclinical Model of Phage Dosing for Localized Infections
 
  Jennifer A. Schwartz †, INTRALYTIX, INC.
Phage Control of Pathogens in Food Processing, Medicine, and Environmental Settings
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 1
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Harnessing the Microbiome for Infection: Basic
  Mariana X. Byndloss, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Host-Microbiota Metabolic Interactions during Infectious Gastroenteritis
 
  Vanessa Sperandio, University of Wisconsin
Microbiota Control of EHEC Pathogenesis
 
  Bärbel Stecher, TUM School of Life Sciences
Using Defined Microbiota Communities to Reveal Novel Insights into Colonization Resistance Against Salmonella
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Harnessing the Microbiome for Infection: Applied
  Joseph P. Zackular, University of Pennsylvania
Leveraging Ecology to Design New Therapeutic Strategies Against Clostridioides Difficile
 
  Julie A. Segre, National Institutes of Health
Human Skin Microbiome: From Friends to Foes
 
  Greg Medlock, Vedanta Biosciences
Microbiome Therapeutics in the Age of Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogens
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 2
Thursday, May 7, 2026
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Leveraging Immunity to Combat Bacterial Infection: Basic
  Kimberly Kline, University of Geneva
Host-Pathogen Interactions in Mixed-Species Infections
 
  Victor Torres, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Impact of Nutrition on Host-Pathogen Interactions during ESKAPE Pathogen Infection
 
  Raphael Valdivia, Duke University
Akkermansia Mediated Control of Mucosal Immunity
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Leveraging Immunity to Combat Bacterial Infection: Applied
  Molly A Ingersoll, Institut Cochin & Institut Pasteur
Leveraging Mucosal Immunity in the Fight Against Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection
 
  Man-Wah Tan, Genentech, Inc.
Developing the Next-Generation of Therapeutics for Bacterial Infection
 
  Andreas Peschel, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine
Teichoic Acids at the Staphylococcus-Host Interface
 
  Ann Marie Stanley, AstraZeneca
Monoclonal Antibodies to Prevent and Treat Bacterial Infections
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–7:15 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:15–8:15 PM Social Hour with Dinner
8:00–11:00 PM Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM Entertainment
Friday, May 8, 2026
12:00–11:59 PM Departure