Professional Memberships:

• American Dental Education Association (2023–present)
• American Society for Microbiology (2017–present)
• Society for Leukocyte Biology (2014–present)
• International Association for Dental Research (2013–present)
• American Association for Dental Research (2013–present)
• American Society for Cell Biology (2008–present)

Presentations:

• "Cell Biology and Immunology in Oral Biology" (2022)
• "Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics Under Inflammatory Activation." International Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting; International Association for Dental Research (2019)
• "IL-34 Alters Macrophage Killing Ability" Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis; Witebsky Center, University at Buffalo (2019)
• "Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics Under Inflammatory Activation." Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis; Witebsky Center, University at Buffalo (2019)
• "Candida albicans Pathogenic Phenotypes are Modified by Bacterial Interactions." SDM annual Research Day; School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019)
• "Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics During Inflammation." SDM annual Research Day; School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo (2019)
• "Inflammatory Activation Alters Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics." Society for Leukocyte Biology Annual Meeting; Society for Leukocyte Biology (2018)
• "An Investigation of Commensal-Immune Interactions Altered by Oral Pathogens." SUNY Genesco undergraduate research day; SUNY Genesco (2018)
• "Inflammatory Activation Alters Macrophage-Commensal Dynamics" Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis,; University at Buffalo; Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2018)
• "Candida albicans RAS1 modulates survival within human neutrophils" American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting; American Association for Dental Research (2018)
• "Imaging phagosomal survival of commensal oral microbes." 20th Annual Upstate New York Immunology Conference; Upstate New York Immunology (2017)
• "Ratiometric Imaging to Measure Phagosome Escape of Oral Microbes" 29th Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis; ; The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2017)
• "Candida albicans stress response MAPKinases protect from Phagocytic Killing" American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting; American Association for Dental Research (2017)
• "Determining the Fate of Phagocytosed Porphyromonas gingivalis" American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting; American Association for Dental Research (2017)
• "Changing landscapes: oral commensal survival within phagocytes" Mark Wilson Conference; ; Oral Immunology/Microbiology Research group (2017)
• "When good bugs go bad: Oral Microbes Resisting phagocytic Destruction" Seminar series; University at Buffalo; Microbiology and Immunology (2017)
• "Determining the Fate of Phagocytosed Porphyromonas gingivalis" Annual Research Day; University at Buffalo; School of Dental Medicine (2017)
• "Determining the Fate of Phagocytosed Porphyromonas gingivalis." American Association of Women Dentists Annual Meeting; American Association of Women Dentists (2017)
• "Effects of IL-34 vs M-CSF maturation on macrophage interactions with Porphyromonas gingivalis" Annual Research Day; University at Buffalo; School of Dental Medicine (2017)
• "Ratiometric Imaging to Measure Phagosome Escape of Oral Microbes" 2nd Annual Immune Imaging Symposium; University of Rochester; Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging (2016)
• "Avoidance of Phagocytic Destruction by Strptococcus gordonii" 28th Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis; University at Buffalo; The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2016)
• "Sorting Nexins in Phagosomal Maturation" 2015-16 Biology honors program presentations; University at Buffalo; Department of Biology (2016)
• "Avoidance of Phagocytic Destruction by Streptococcus gordonii" 2016 General Session; American Association for Dental Research (2016)
• "Factors Affecting Candida albicans Phagocytosis and Killing by Phagocytic Cells" 2016 General Session; American Association for Dental Research (2016)
• "AbpA may protect Streptococcus gordonii from oxidative stress" Student Research Day; University at Buffalo; School of Dental Medicine (2016)
• "Determining the Fate of Internalized Porphyromonas gingivalis within Phagocytic Cells" Student Research Day; University at Buffalo; School of Dental Medicine (2016)
• "Understanding the relationship between Rab 5 GTPase and protein Sorting Nexin 8 in phagocytosis" Annual poster session; University at Buffalo; CLIMB UP for Summer Research at University at Buffalo (2015)
• "Determining the Fate of Internalized Porphyromonas gingivalis within Phagocytic Cells" 2015 Summer Biomedical Student Research Day; University at Buffalo (2015)
• "Sorting Nexin Proteins Involvement in Phagocytosis and Effects on Phagosome Maturation" 2014-15 Biology honors program presentations; University at Buffalo; Department of Biology (2015)
• "Evasion of Phagosomal Destruction by S. gordonii" 2015 Buffalo Immunology Conference; The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (2015)
• "Cholesterol dictates the subcellular distribution of phosphatidylserine" Lysosomes and Endocytosis; Gordon Research Conferences (2014)
• "mTOR is Required for Lysosome Tubulation and MHCII Trafficking in Macrophages and Dendritic Cells" Lysosomes and Endocytosis; Gordon Research Conferences (2014)
• "Recruitment of Sorting Nexin to the Maturing Phagosome" 2013-14 Biology honors program presentations; University at Buffalo; Department of Biology (2014)
• "Role of lipids and lysosomes in innate immunity; insights from advanced live imaging of macrophages" Invited Speaker; University of Louiseville; Center for Oral Health and Systemic Disease (2013)
• "Role of lipids and lysosomes in innate immunity; insights from advanced live imaging of macrophages" Invited speaker; University of Alberta; School of Dentistry (2012)
• "Role of lipids and lysosomes in innate immunity; insights from advanced live imaging of macrophages" Invited speaker; University at Buffalo; Department of Oral Biology (2012)
• "Characterization of Phosphatidylserine Dynamics in Membranes of Live Cells" Gordon Research Conference - Lysosomes and Endocytosis; Gordon Research Conferences; Lysosomes and Endocytosis (2012)
• "The Role of Arl8b and Rab7 GTPases in Lysosome Tubulation" American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting (2011)
• "Phosphatidylserine Dynamics in Cellular Membranes" Gordon Research Conference - Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids; ; Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids (2011)
• "A Diffusional Barrier in the Phagocytic Cup" American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting; American Society for Cell Biology (2009)
• "Dual Roles for the Recycling Endosome in Phagocytosis" Gordon Research Conference - Lysosomes and Endocytosis; ; Lysosomes and Endocytosis (2008)
• "Imaging Cytokine Secretion in Macrophages: Imaging to demonstrate subdomains of the recycling endosome" Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting (2008)
• "Protein Kinase A in the Regulation of Macrophage Apolipotprotein E Trafficking and Secretion" Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting (2008)
• "Modification of the Phagocytic Cup by Lipid Rafts" Keystone Macrophage conference (2007)
• "Differential Requirement for Recycling Endosome in Phagocytosis and Cytokine Secretion" Australasian Society for Immunology 37th Annual Scientific Meeting (2007)
• "Cytokine Secretion, Phagocytosis and Cholesterol" Queensland Premier Awards for Health and Medical Research (2006)
• "Lipid Raft Dependence of Cytokine Secretion and Phagocytosis in Macrophages" Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ComBio (2006)
• "Caveolin in the Hippocampus and its Interaction with SNAREs" Society for Neuroscience 32nd Annual Meeting; Society for Neuroscience (2002)
• "Distinct modes of action by the J domain and the cysteine string domain of CSP modulate G protein function" Society for Neuroscience 32nd annual Meeting (2002)
• "Molecular basis of the modulation of calcium channel function by cysteine string protein" Society for Neuroscience 32nd annual Meeting (2002)
• "Caveolin in the Hippocampus and its Interaction with SNAREs" Alberta Neuroscience Conference (2002)
• "Biodegradation of C5+ Hydrocarbon Compounds by Aerobic and Anaerobic Communities Enriched from Pyrolysis Plant Soils" Canadian Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting (2000)
• "Soil Microbial Community Responses to Incubation in C5+ Followed by DCPD" Canadian Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting (2000)
• "Characterisation of C5+ Degrading Microbial Communities from Soil" Canadian Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting (1999)

Service Activities:

• Member, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and EDI search committee; Member (2023–2024)
• Voting Faculty committee; Chair (2023–2024)
• NIH Study Section ZRG1 CB-J (30) (High-End and Shared Instrumentation Grants); Member (2022)
• NIH Study Section ZRG1 CB-J (90) (High-End and Shared Instrumentation Grants); Member (2022)
• Faculty search committee, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Member (2022–2023)
• UUP Buffalo HSC Bylaws committee; Member (2021–2022)
• Voting faculty committee; Vice-Chair (2021–2023)
• Voting Faculty committee; Secretary (2020–2021)
• Molecular Oral Microbiology editorial board; Member (2020–present)
• School of Dental Medicine, Student Research and Honors Committee; Vice chair (2019–2021)
• Faculty search committee; Member (2019)
• Graduate School Health Sciences Divisional Committee; Chair (2018–present)
• Core Director Search committee Search committee to find core director for new SDM-managed Confocal microscopy core; Chair (2018)
• Environment and Microbiome (GEM) Community of Excellence pilot proposals; Member, review committee (2017)
• Ad hoc reviewer for following journals: Microbiology, Oral Diseases, PLoS ONE, Traffic, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Journal of Periodontology, BBA – Biomembranes.; Reviewer (2016–present)
• Faculty search committee; Member (2016–2017)
• AADR Buffalo Section; President (2016–2017)
• School of Dental Medicine, Admissions Committee; Member (2015–present)
• School of Dental Medicine, Graduate Committee, D.D.S./Ph.D.; Member (2015–present)
• Society for Leukocyte Biology - Membership committee; Member (2015–2020)
• AADR Buffalo Section; Treasurer (2015–2016)
• School of Dental Medicine, Graduate Committee, Preliminary Exams; Member (2015)
• External Thesis Examiner Thesis examiner for Xiaying Qi, University of Queensland; Examiner (2015)
• School of Dental Medicine, Graduate Committee, Preliminary Exams; Member (2015)
• Student Research and Honors Committee; Member (2014–present)
• Oral Biology Seminar Series; Coordinator (2014–2019)
• School of Dental Medicine, Graduate Committee, D.D.S./Ph.D.; Member (2014–present)
• AADR Buffalo Section; Secretary (2014–2015)
• SDM Dental Medicine research day; Poster Judge (2014–present)
• School of Dental Medicine, Graduate Committee, Preliminary Exams; Member (2013–2014)