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| − | == Session I | + | * 08:15 - 08:30 – Welcome remarks, [[Jim Hoch]], [[Marta Perego]] |
| − | CHAIR: [[ | + | * 08:30 - 09:15 - Keynote lecture: Andrew Camilli, Boston, USA |
| − | * 9: | + | ** The ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'' cell wall controls pneumolysin release and contributes to virulence. |
| − | ** | + | == Session I Signal transduction I== |
| + | CHAIR: [[Marta Perego]] | ||
| + | * 9:15 - 9:30 – [[Kevin Devine]], Dublin, Ireland | ||
| + | ** The activities of the [[WalR]]-[[WalK]] and [[PhoP]]-[[PhoR]] [[two-component systems|two-component signal transduction systems]] are determined by signals that emanate from [[cell wall metabolism]] in ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ||
* 9:30 - 9:45 – Kambiz Morabbi Heravi, Stuttgart, DE | * 9:30 - 9:45 – Kambiz Morabbi Heravi, Stuttgart, DE | ||
** Activation of the ''[[glcR]]-[[ywpJ]]'' operon by phosphosugar stress in ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ** Activation of the ''[[glcR]]-[[ywpJ]]'' operon by phosphosugar stress in ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ||
Revision as of 08:53, 20 May 2015
Monday June 22, 2015
- 08:15 - 08:30 – Welcome remarks, Jim Hoch, Marta Perego
- 08:30 - 09:15 - Keynote lecture: Andrew Camilli, Boston, USA
- The Streptococcus pneumoniae cell wall controls pneumolysin release and contributes to virulence.
Session I Signal transduction I
CHAIR: Marta Perego
- 9:15 - 9:30 – Kevin Devine, Dublin, Ireland
- The activities of the WalR-WalK and PhoP-PhoR two-component signal transduction systems are determined by signals that emanate from cell wall metabolism in Bacillus subtilis
- 9:30 - 9:45 – Kambiz Morabbi Heravi, Stuttgart, DE
- 9:50 - 10:05 – Iolanda Ferro, Potsdam,DE
- Regulation of tRNA charging in Bacillus licheniformis and tRNA abundance
- 10:10 - 10:25 – Ole Økstad, Oslo, NO
- Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) regulation in the Bacillus cereus group - mapping and analysis of putative c-di-GMP effectors
- 10:30 - 10:45 – Paola Randazzo, Jouy-en-Josas, FR
- Transcriptome and proteome analysis of the pulcherrimin-overproducing yvmB Bacillus subtilis mutant
- 10:50 – 11:15 – COFFEE BREAK
Session II Responses to osmotic stress
CHAIR: Ole Økstad
- 11:20 - 11:35 – Sofia Arnaouteli, Heraklion, GR
- Two putative polysaccharide deacetylases are required for osmotic stability and cell shape maintenance in Bacillus anthracis
- 11:40 - 11:55 – S. Löbach, Marburg, DE
- 12:00 - 12:15 – Ulrike Mäder, Greifswald, DE
- 12:20 - 12:35 – Katja Nagler, Cologne, DE
- Towards the identification of mechanisms of high-salinity effects on Bacillus subtilis spore germination and outgrowth
- 12:40 – 14:00 LUNCH (+ BACIP MEETING)
Session III: Focus topic: Towards a minimal cell
CHAIR: Jörg Stülke
- 14:00 - 14:35 – Josef Altenbuchner, Stuttgart, DE
- Towards a Bacillus subtilis minimal genome
- 14:40 - 14:55 – Christopher Sauer, Newcastle, UK
- Influence of chromosomal location on the expression of genes in Bacillus subtilis
- 15:00 - 15:15 –Terrens N. V. Saaki, Amsterdam, NL
- Constructing the Bacillus minimal divisome: what regulatory genes are really required for cell division?
- 15:20 - 15:35 – Etienne Dervyn, Jouy-en-Josas, FR
- From knowledge on gene essentiality and transcription to cell factories
- 15:40 - 16:00 - COFFEE BREAK
Session IV: Stress & sporulation
CHAIR: Imrich Barak
- 16:00 - 16:15 – Declan Gray, Newcastle, UK
- Starvation survival of Bacillus subtilis without sporulation
- 16:20 - 16:35 – Erwin M. Berendsen, Wageningen, NL
- A mobile genetic element is responsible for substantially increased heat resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores
- 16:40 - 16:55 – Kürsad Turgay, Hannover, DE
- Thermotolerance development in Bacillus subtilis
- 17:00 - 17:15– Marina Raguse, Cologne, DE
- Plasma sterilization as an innovative tool to inactive Bacillus subtilis endospores
- 17:20 - 17:35 – Alexander Reder, Greifswald, DE
- Issues of competence – the general stress sigma factor SigB silences competence development in Bacillus subtilis
- 17.40 - 17.55—Jan Maarten van Dijl, Groningen, NL
- 18.00 - 18.15—Sylvie Nessler, University Paris-Sud, FR
- Bacillus subtilis serine/threonine protein kinase YabT
18.20 - 19.00 BACELL STEERING GROUP MEETING
Wednesday April 15th 2015
Session V: Tools et al.
CHAIR: Stephane Aymerich
- 9:00 - 9:15 – Jara Radeck, Munich, DE
- The Bacillus BioBrick Box 2.0: Generation and Evaluation of New Essential Genetic Building Blocks for Standardized Work with Bacillus subtilis
- 9:20 - 9:35 – Wilfried J. J. Meijer, Madrid, ES
- Studying Bacillus subtilis plasmid conjugation and its use as a tool for modifying other relevant Gram positive bacteria
- 9:40 - 9:55 – Trupti Sharma, Bath, UK
- Microbiologically induced calcium carbonate precipitation by extremophilic Bacillus species – A potential application as microbial agents for the development of self-healing concrete
- 10:00 - 10:35 - COFFEE BREAK
Session VI: Cell wall and cell biology
CHAIR: Uwe Völker
- 10:40 - 10:55 – Mike van Nieuwenhze, Bloomington/ Newcastle, USA/ UK
- Novel chemical tools for probing the dynamics of peptidoglycan biosynthesis
- 11:00 - 11:15 – Henrik Strahl, Newcastle, UK
- Polar localization of bacterial chemoreceptors by recruitment to highly curved septal membrane
- 11:20 - 11:35 – David Noone, Trinity College Dublin, IE
- The WalK sensor kinase detects several signals during the growth cycle of Bacillus subtilis
- 11:40 - 11:55 – Karzan R. Sidiq, Newcastle, UK
- A D-alanine transporter in Bacillus subtilis
- 12:00 - 12:15 – Peter Graumann, Marburg, DE
- MreB forms curved sheets of filaments that nucleate on membranes in vitro
- 12:20 - 12:35 – Jeanine Rismondo, Wernigerode, DE
- Discrete and overlapping roles of the five high molecular weight penicillin binding proteins in cell division, growth and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes
- 12:40 - 13:40 – LUNCH
Session VII: Toxins & antibiotics/ Protection & Resistance
CHAIR: Sandrine Auger
- 13:40 - 13:55 – N. Jahn, Jena, DE
- Against the mainstream: The type I toxin BsrG from Bacillus subtilis does not disrupt membrane potential although it is recruited to the cell membrane
- 14:00 - 14:15 –Yazen Yaseen, Lille, FR
- Comparative study of fengycin promoters using green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion marker
- 14:20 - 14:35 –Luminita Ciolacu, KEMIN, BE
- Lipopeptides of Bacillus subtilis PB6 - A comparison of two phenotypes
- 14:40 - 14:55—Elrike Frenzel, Groningen, NL
- Single cell profiling of cereulide toxin producing Bacillus cereus
- 15:00 - 15:15 – Anne-Brit Kolstø, Oslo, NO
- The secret lives of bacterial efflux transporter proteins
- 15:20 - 15:35 – Susanne Gebhard, Bath, UK
- Need-based activation of antibiotic resistance by a flux-sensing mechanism
- 15:40 - 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK
Session VIII: Biofilm & Secretion
CHAIR: Kevin Devine
- 16:00 - 16:15 – Akos T Kovacs, University of Jena, DE
- Rise to the surface: importance of motility and aerotaxis in pellicle biofilm development
- 16:20 - 16:35 – Cinzia Calvio, University of Pavia, IT
- Four “y” genes in B. subtilis genome encode γ-PGA hydrolases
- 16:40 - 16:55 – Stavroula Balomenou, University of Crete, GR
- Distinct functions of polysaccharide deacetylases in physiology, virulence and biofilm formation of Bacillus anthracis
- 17:00 - 17:15 – Rita Cruz, DSM Delft, NL
- Impact of secretion and wall stress on protein secretion by Bacillus subtilis
- 17:20 - 17:35 – Alexandria Holland, Bath University, UK
- Protein secretion in Bacillus thermoglucosidasius
- 17:40 - 17:55 – Sara Kesel, University of Munich, DE
- Carbohydrate-coating reduces adhesion of biofilm forming Bacillus subtilis to gold surfaces
- 18:00 Drinks
- 19:00 Dinner
