An international society of clinicians, researchers, and biomedical professionals dedicated to improve the lives of patients that suffer from UTIs
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17 Nov 2025
Registration for our 6th conference on clinical & scientific advances in UTI is OPEN!
📅WHEN: 4/9/26 - 4/11/26
🌎WHERE: Nashville, TN
‼️APPLICATION DEADLINES‼️
✈️💰TRAVEL AWARD: 1/12/26
🗣️ABSTRACT: 2/16/26
🗓️EARLY REGISTRATION: 2/26/26
UTIGA.ORG/2026-6TH-CSAUTI
#UTICONF26
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UTI Global Alliance retweeted
Apr 10
What a great start to #UTICONF26 @globaluti with an amazing keynote on the role of the immune response in #UTI susceptibility in females and males by Dr Ingersoll and a stimulating discussion about the hurdles in UTI management
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Dr. Aniruddh (Ani) Deshpande sent us a visual sneak peek of their upcoming #UTICONF26 presentation. He's coming all the way up from Sydney 🇦🇺 to discuss an integrated pediatric chronic #UTI clinic!
He also spoke at our July '25 #UTIhour, see quoted thread below.
9 Jul 2025
(1/2) The second speaker of our 7/11, 9am EDT/1pm UCT #UTIhour (link, & later recording, on utiga.org/upcoming) is Dr. Aniruddh Deshpande!
Dr. Deshpande is a pediatric urologist and surgeon practicing medicine at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, down under 🇦🇺🦘
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Oluwagbenro Adesunloro from the @AShea_Lab sent in one of the most intriguing presentation sneak peeks we've seen yet! We are so excited to catch up with them at #UTICONF26, and learn more!
Here's what they have to say below, in emojis: 🧠 🦠 🧫 🏥
👇 For more
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"Amyloid-β (Aβ) is a protein best known for its link to Alzheimer’s disease, but growing evidence suggests it may be produced in response to infection. I examined whether urinary UTI trigger Aβ production and whether this response affects infection severity and patient outcomes."
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When we asked our #UTICONF26 presenters to give us a sneak peek, Dr. Alan Wolfe, PhD, who leads the @urobiome lab at @LoyolaChicago was the first to answer!
Here's what he had to say 👇
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"We report the first-of-its-kind, fully defined, artificial urine medium that resembles actual urine in composition & physicochemical properties. It supports the growth of many urinary bacteria, including many fastidious species."
We're so excited to learn all about it soon!
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#UTICONF26 is just a few short weeks away! This year we asked our presenters to send us some sneak previews, and they delivered!
Dr. @malcolm_starkey of @MonashSTM @MonashImmunol sent us this gorgeous picture. Read what he had to say 👇
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"We found that an immune signal, IL‑33, is highly activated during severe UTI and increases the risk of kidney damage. Because medicines that block IL‑33 already exist, our findings suggest a new way to protect kidney health after serious UTIs, especially in children"
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Our third #UTIhour speaker is Dr. Manita Guragain!
As a Research Microbiologist at the USDA, she studies food safety with a focus on meat safety & emerging foodborne pathogens including E. Coli 🍖 🦠
What better way to get to the #GutBladderAxis, than through our food?
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(2/3) Her talk, “Foodborne Potential of Extraintestinal Pathogenic E. coli: Comparative Characterization of Human Clinical and Poultry Isolates,” dives into whether E. coli strains from 🐔 🍗 could become foodborne threats
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(3/3) When she’s not in the lab, Dr. Guragain enjoys spending time in nature with friends and family.
Tune in live on 2/17, 4pm New York Time at UTIGA.org/upcoming , or catch it after at UTIGA.org/past!!
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Our second #UTIhour speaker is @Ben__Olson, a trainee in @HultgrenLab at @washumedicine 🇺🇸
His talk is "Microbiota influences gut-bladder axis to alter susceptibility to UTI." He sent us a sneak peek with this beautiful, infected bladder!
Watch him 2/17 4pm New York Time
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Don't let the excitement of #UTIhour make you forget that abstract submissions for #UTIConf26 are due THIS UPCOMING MONDAY, 2/16, 11:59PM New York Time!
utiga.org/2026-6th-csauti
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Our first #UTIhour speaker is Prof @markschembri7
🦠 PI, @UQMedicine 🇦🇺
🦠 Director, @IMBatUQ
🦠 Director, Centre for Superbug Solutions
🦠 Deputy Director, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre
🦠 Founding director & current board member of #UTIGA
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Dr. Schembri will give a talk titled, "Uropathogenic E. Coli colonisation dynamics of infection and reservoir niches."
Catch him live on 2/17, 4PM New York Time, at UTIGA.org/upcoming
Watch a recording afterwards at UTIGA.org/past
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Our next #UTIhour is in 8 DAYS!
Join us at UTIGA.org/upcoming on 2/17, 4PM New York Time, to hear about the connection between our guts & bladders 🦠
Our panel was hand-picked by host Dr. Henry Schreiber, of @HultgrenLab. See his work below:
youtube.com/watch?v=J6X_LLq5…
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🔬We are rethinking UTIs through the #gutbladderaxis
The gut serves as a reservoir for uropathogens and influences bladder immunity too! Join us for #UTIHour.
📆 Feb 17th
🕐 4 PM EST
👤 Dr. Henry Schreiber
🗣️ Drs. Mark Schembri, Manita Guragain, and Ben Olson
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Our next #UTIHour is 2/17, 4pm EST / 2100 UTC
(That's just one day after abstracts are due for #UTICONF26 👀)
Come learn about how the health of our guts and bladders are connected!
UTIGA.org/upcoming
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Our next #UTIHour is just under a month away! Join our panel of experts on 2/17 at 4pm EST / 9PM UTC - ONE DAY AFTER #UTICONF26 ABSTRACTS ARE DUE.
We'll discuss the gut-bladder axis, and how disruptions in our intestines influence bladder health, infection risk & recurrence!
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If you still haven't submitted travel award applications, you have until MONDAY, 1/12, 11:59pm Pacific time! Get your applications in this weekend!
Attention postdocs, medical fellows, and residents!
Abstract submission for travel awards to our April UTI conference, #UTICONF26, are due on January 12.
The general abstract submission deadline is February 16.
Submit your applications at utiga.org!
ALT Blue poster announcing travel award applications due Jan 12, 2026, with overlapping colorful circular UTI-themed medallions and conference details for April in Nashville.
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