Microbial Metabolic Function and Its Impact on Host Physiology (Poster Theater Flash Session 14)

Chair(s)

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  Anthony Juritsch, PHD, RD (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  University of Nebraska Medical Center
  Omaha, Nebraska, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Co-Chair(s)

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  Taylor Judkins, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Florida
  Piedmont, South Carolina, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Presenting Author(s)

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  Sumudu Rajakaruna, PhD

  Postdoctoral Scholar
  The Pennsylvania State University
  Howard, Pennsylvania, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Manal Alhawsawi, MS, PhD candidate

  PhD candidate
  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  savoy, Illinois, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Holly Childs, MS

  PhD Candidate
  University of Maryland
  College Park, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Cheng Wang, PhD student

  Teaching Assistant and PhD Student
  University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Savita Sastry, B.Sc. (she/her/hers)

  PhD Candidate
  Division of Nutritional Sciences
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Poster Theater Flash Sessions will feature flash talks followed by discussion time by a poster board. Each speaker will have up to 4 minutes (and up to 3 slides) to highlight major findings and other noteworthy or interesting details. After the flash talks, presenters will stand by their poster for dialogue with NUTRITION 2026 attendees. Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2026 will be available on July 24.

Presentations:

• 11:00 AM - 11:04 AM ET

  Microbial Complexity Shapes the Host Colonic Transcriptome in Response to Processed Diet Feeding
  

  Presenting Author: Sumudu Rajakaruna, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Sangshan Tian, MS (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Umesh K. Goand, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Gopi Yalavarthi, PhD (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Fuhua Hao – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Andrew D. Patterson, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jordan E. Bisanz, PhD (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Vishal Singh, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University
• 11:04 AM - 11:08 AM ET

  Polysaccharide Utilization Loci Link Dietary Fiber Degradation to Metabolite Profiles in Human Gut Bacteroides
  

  Presenting Author: Manal Alhawsawi, MS, PhD candidate – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Ahmed Hetta – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Gabriel V. Pereira – Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Miyako Shiraishi – Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois

  Co-Author: David Bianchi – University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign

  Co-Author: Roderick Mackie, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Christina Fliege – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Janaina Cavalcante – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Isaac Cann, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• 11:08 AM - 11:12 AM ET

  Soy Isoflavone Metabotype Distinguishes Urine but Not Serum Metabolome in a Biobanked Cohort
  

  Presenting Author: Holly Childs, MS – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Cara Frankenfeld, PhD – MaineHealth Institute for Research

  Co-Author: Robin Couch, PhD – George Mason University

  Co-Author: Allyson Dailey, PhD – George Mason University

  Co-Author: Margaret Slavin, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
• 11:12 AM - 11:16 AM ET

  Early-Life High-Fat Diet-Driven Mammary microRNA Remodeling Bridges Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis and Breast Microenvironment Alterations
  

  Presenting Author: Cheng Wang, PhD student – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Co-Author: Frank Paccione – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Co-Author: Yingxue Guan, PhD candidate – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Co-Author: Zhenhua Liu, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 11:16 AM - 11:20 AM ET

  Multiomics Approach to Regionally Profile Zinc-Driven Host-Gut Microbiome Interactions in the Intestinal Tract
  

  Presenting Author: Savita C. Sastry, B.Sc. (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Samuel Blake Mitchell, PhD – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Abigail A. Glick, BSc – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Trista L. Thorn, M.S. – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Alexander Lu – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Tolunay B. Aydemir, PhD – Cornell University