Caleb Buerger
BS ’21, Biochemistry, University of Vermont
MS ’22, Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo
Thesis Title
Investigating the role of peripheral nerve damage in chronic Toxoplasma infection
Publications
- Shihab R, Alfaro-Chacon A, Humby M, Buerger C, and Wohlfert EA (2026) Endogenous Amphiregulin promotes muscle repair and function through expansion of fibro-adipogenic progenitors during chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice. Front. Microbiol. 17:1854938. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1854938
Professional/Educational Meetings/Abstracts
- Buerger, C., Andriyevsky, A., Humby, H., Alfaro-Chacon, A., Simmons, S., Personius, K., and Wohlfert, E. (2026). Insights into Toxoplasma gondii tropism: Parasite burden differs significantly between glycolytic and oxidative skeletal muscles. The 36th Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis. Buffalo, NY. (Oral Presentation and Poster).
- Buerger, C., Humby, H., Alfaro-Chacon, A., Shihab, R., Simmons, S., Personius, K., and Wohlfert, E. (2026). Neuromuscular Junction: How’s your motor function? Investigating the relationship between peripheral neuritis and NMJ pathology during T. gondii infection. 18th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Oral Presentation).
- Buerger, C., Shihab, R., Humby, H., Alfaro-Chacon, A., Simmons, S., Personius, K., and Wohlfert, E. (2025). Mouse Strain-Dependent Motor Function Loss During T. gondii Infection is Associated with Heightened Peripheral Neuritis and Greater Neuromuscular Junction Pathology. Society for Leukocyte Biology. East Lansing, MI. (Poster).
- Buerger, C.M., Shihab, R. Humby, M., Personius, K., Wohlfert, E. Peripheral neuritis accompanies denervation during chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection. Society for Leukocyte Biology Meeting. Lansing, MI. 2024. Poster.
- Buerger, C.M., Shihab, R. Humby, M., Personius, K., Wohlfert, E. Peripheral neuritis accompanies neuromuscular junction pathology during chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting. Woods Holem MA. 2025. Flash talk.