The Theobald Smith Society Spring 2026 Symposium will be held on Friday, 8 May 2026 in Douglass Student Center, Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 

Events will include:​

• 73rd Waksman Honorary Lecturer, Marty Blaser, Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome, Rutgers University

• Yongguan Zhu, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• The 2026 Young Investigator Award Presentation

• Lightning talks from 6 students/postdocs

• Microbiology Poster Presentations from labs throughout New Jersey and beyond

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The best poster abstracts will be selected for 10-minute lightning talks. To be considered, abstracts must be submitted by the early deadline: Friday, April 24, 2026.  Abstracts submitted after this date will still be accepted until the late deadline of Monday, May 4, 2026, but they will not be eligible for invited speaker selection.

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