American Society for Rickettsiology upcoming events

Spotlight on Rickettsia webinar (April 22, 2026)

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Sammuel Shahzad (30min)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology

Identification and validation of the Dermacentor andersoni surface proteins used for entry of Anaplasma marginale, a tick-borne pathogen of cattle

Tarka Bhatta (15min)

Post Doctoral Research Scientist

Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory (ARRL)

Unraveling the Genomic Diversity of Coxiella burnetii using Whole Genome Sequencing

Spotlight on Rickettsia webinar (May 20, 2026)

Wed, 20 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Anya O’Neal (15min)

Assistant Professor

Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute

Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Cellular and Metabolic Functions of Tick Immune Cells

Cameron Coyle (15min)

PhD Candidate

Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology

Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine

Establishing a model of tick trained immunity to advance our understanding of the tick-pathogen interface

Mythlili Tadepalli (15min)

Scientist and Quality Assurance Manager

Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory

Molecular Evidence of Rickettsial Pathogens in Bhutan: Rickettsia spp. in Ticks and Orientia tsutsugamushi in Humans

Spotlight on Rickettsia webinar (August 19, 2026)

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Leslie Wolf Parrish (30min)

Clinical Associate Professor/Laboratory Director

University of Louisville Dept of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

The Need for Translating Basic Science Research to Rickettsial Diagnostic Methods

Swetha Madesh (15min)

Graduate student

University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic sciences

Decoding the Ehrlichia canis Transcriptome During Macrophage Infection

Spotlight on Rickettsia webinar (September 16, 2026)

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Brandon Sit (60min)

Postdoctoral Associate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Biology

Functional genetic dissection of spotted fever group rickettsial infection