Mario Feldman at the 2026 Richard J. Meyer Lecture

Dr. Mario Feldman from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis will present the Fourth Annual Meyer Lecture on Sept. 22, 2026. Dr, Feldman is a Professor of Molecular Microbiology in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine, in St Louis.  He graduated with a B.S. in Biotechnology from the National University of Rosario, Argentina and received a Ph.D. from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He then held postdoctoral positions at the University of Basel and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. Before joining Washington University, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada, where he cofounded VaxAlta, a spin-off company dedicated to livestock vaccines. Dr.  Feldman’s current research focuses on the pathogenesis of the multi-drug resistant bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii. He is recognized for his work characterizing secretion systems, microbial glycans, and outer membrane vesicles. He has coauthored over 110 publications in prestigious journals and he has been awarded with multiple NIH grants.

Dr.  Feldman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He was awarded the 2025 Rachael Schneerson – John Robbins Award for his significant contributions to bioconjugate vaccine glycoengineering. He had previously received the Canadian Institute of Health New Investigator Award.

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