Presentations

Sessions at American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe


  1. Workshop: RNA-seq analysis in R: quality control, differential expression, and gene set enrichment.

  2. Symposium: Incorporating data science into undergraduate microbiology education.

  3. Symposium: Integrating microbial ecology into the management of threatened wildlife

  4. Symposium: Conserving wild microbiomes: microbial contributions to the survival of endangered species.

Select invited talks


Dill-McFarland KA, Hawn TR. 2021. Epigenetic programming contributes to resistance to M. tuberculosis. Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (CERID), U. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Hallam SJ. 2019. Incorporating data science into undergraduate microbiology education. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe. San Francisco, CA, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Rey FE, Herd P. 2017. Early- vs. late-life determinants of the human gut microbiota. U. of Wisconsin System’s postdoctoral seminar series through NSF ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers. Oshkosh, WI, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Herd P, Rey FE. 2016. Early- vs. late-life contributions to the human gut microbiota. Biological Sciences at U. of California, San Diego. La Jolla, CA, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Pauli JN, Peery MZ, Suen G. 2016. Microbe-cycling between tree sloths and their symbiotic moths. San Diego Zoo: Institute for Conservation Research Seminar Series. Escondido, CA, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Weimer PJ, Pauli JN, Peery MZ, Suen G. 2016. Gut microflora of two- and three-toed sloths. Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) Frontiers in Life Sciences. Madison, WI, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Suen G. 2015. Impact of the ruminal microbiota on development of the pre-ruminant calf. V Simleite (milk) at Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil

Dill-McFarland KA, Pauli JN, Peery MZ, Suen G. (2015) Using mixed amplicon sequencing to investigate tree sloths and their multi-kingdom symbionts. Illumina webinar. Online

Dill-McFarland KA, Pauli JN, Peery MZ, Weimer PJ, Suen G. 2015. Microbe-cycling in tree sloths facilitated by pyralid moths. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting. New Orleans, LA, USA

Select poster presentations


Dill-McFarland KA, Beni JW, Hallam SJ. 2018. Flexible and progressive undergraduate data science education. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe Meeting. Atlanta, GA, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Herd P, Rey FE. 2017. Relationships and social interactions shape the human gut microbiota. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe Meeting. New Orleans, LA, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Kehoe SI, Weimer PJ, Suen G. 2016. Impact of diet on development of the gastrointestinal tract and its associated microbiota in dairy calves. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME). Montreal, QC, Canada

Dill-McFarland KA, Kehoe SI, Weimer PJ, Suen G. 2016. Impact of diet on development of the gastrointestinal tract and its associated microbiota in dairy calves. INRA-Rowett Symposium on Gut Microbiology. Clermont-Ferrand, France

Dill-McFarland KA, Pauli JN, Peery MZ, Weimer PJ, Suen G. 2014. Wild two- and three-toed sloths possess unique gut microbiotas characterized by low diversity and a highly abundant Neisseria. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME). Seoul, South Korea

Dill-McFarland KA, Kehoe SI, Suen G. 2014. Diet effects on the dairy cow gut bacterial community from birth to lactation. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting. Boston, MA, USA

Dill-McFarland KA, Speich A, Suen G. 2013. Correlating dairy calf health and development to their gut microbial communities while on differing diets. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting. Denver, CO, USA