# Monthly Animal AWG Meeting: Wednesday, May 27th, 2026: 12 noon to 1 pm EST

**URL:** <https://awg.osdr.space/t/monthly-animal-awg-meeting-wednesday-may-27th-2026-12-noon-to-1-pm-est/4169>\
**Category:** AWG Discussions\
**Tags:** animalawg, microbesawg, animal\
**Created:** [May 26, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/monthly-animal-awg-meeting-wednesday-may-27th-2026-12-noon-to-1-pm-est/4169 "2026-05-26T22:11:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![paula6](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/paula6/32/115_2.png) [@paula6](https://awg.osdr.space/u/paula6)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/monthly-animal-awg-meeting-wednesday-may-27th-2026-12-noon-to-1-pm-est/4169/1 "2026-05-26T22:11:58Z")

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🚀 **Friendly monthly Animal AWG meeting reminder - Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 27th from 12 to 1 pm EST**

**From Microbes to Mars: Building the Foundations of Precision Gut Health and Infection in Space.** Dr. Jennifer Barrila will discuss her team’s previous and ongoing efforts to investigate how spaceflight and Low Shear Modeled Microgravity (LSMMG) culture modulate bacterial virulence, gene expression and host-pathogen interactions.

Dr. Barrila is an Assistant Research Professor in the Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics at Arizona State University and is the current president-elect for ASGSR. Her research applies integrated functional and multi-omics profiling across humans, animals (rodents and invertebrates), and bacteria to understand how spaceflight and spaceflight analog environments alter microbial virulence and host-pathogen interactions to inform the development of countermeasures that support astronaut health and mission success. She has been an investigator on multiple scientific ISS payloads with notable scientific contributions including the first dual RNA-seq analysis and remote real-time virulence monitoring of a host-pathogen interaction during spaceflight.

See you there!

-Amber

[@AnimalAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/animalawg) [@MicrobesAWG](https://awg.osdr.space/groups/microbesawg)

Calendar invite here: [https://awg.osdr.space/t/animal-awg-meeting/921](https://awg.osdr.space/t/animal-awg-meeting/921)

OR Ping @rtscott2001 to join this meeting!

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**Author:** ![rtscott2001](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/rtscott2001/32/5_2.png) [@rtscott2001](https://awg.osdr.space/u/rtscott2001)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/monthly-animal-awg-meeting-wednesday-may-27th-2026-12-noon-to-1-pm-est/4169/2 "2026-05-27T02:21:20Z")

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FYI @paula6 - will not be able to join Animal AWG tomorrow, have an immovable in-person event conflicting

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**Author:** ![paula6](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/awg.osdr.space/paula6/32/115_2.png) [@paula6](https://awg.osdr.space/u/paula6)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://awg.osdr.space/t/monthly-animal-awg-meeting-wednesday-may-27th-2026-12-noon-to-1-pm-est/4169/3 "2026-05-27T03:41:08Z")

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Thanks for the heads up @rtscott2001