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− | + | * 11:00 - 11:15 – Zehava Eichenbaum, Atlanta, USA | |
− | + | ** Preventing the red menace: the contributions of streptococcal ''pefRCD'' operon in heme stress survival. | |
− | * 11:00 - 11:15 – | + | * 11:15 - 11:30 – Barbara Spellerberg, Ulm, Germany |
− | ** | + | ** A Streptococcal NRAMP homolog is crucial for the survival of ''Streptococcus agalactiae'' under low pH conditions. |
− | + | * 11:30 - 11:45 – Agnes Fouet, Paris, France | |
− | + | ** [[PerR]] is necessary for full virulence of ''Streptococcus agalactiae''. | |
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== Session VII: Toxins & antibiotics/ Protection & Resistance == | == Session VII: Toxins & antibiotics/ Protection & Resistance == |
Revision as of 15:48, 20 May 2015
Monday June 22, 2015
- 8:15 - 8:30 – Welcome remarks, Jim Hoch, Marta Perego
- 8:30 - 9:15 - 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 – Hendrik Szurmant, La Jolla. USA
- The YycF-YycG two-component system as a regulatory feedback loop for the expression of autolysin activity and the target of antimicrobial activities by human chemokines.
- 9:45 - 10:00 – Tarek Msadek, Paris, France
- Peptide antibiotic resistance and intramembrane kinase signaling in Staphylococcus aureus.
- 10:00 – 10:30 – COFFEE BREAK
Session II Signal transduction II
CHAIR: Kevin Devine
- 10:30 - 10:45 – Mary K. Phillips-Jones, Preston, UK
- Characterization of ligand binding by VanS, the membrane sensor kinase of the two-component system regulating A-type vancomycin resistance in the enterococci.
- 10:45 - 11:00 – Emanuel Hanski, Jerusalem, Israel
- Regulation of group A Streptococcus virulence by sensing of asparagines.
- 11:00 - 11:15 – Nicola Horstmann, Houston, USA
- Regulation of dual-site phosphorylation of response regulator CovR and its impact on group A streptococcus global gene expression and virulence.
- 11:15 - 11:30 – Andrew Ulijasz, London, UK
- A novel family of two-component like redox sensors in the Streptococci.
- 11:30 - 11:45 – Marta Perego, La Jolla, USA
- 11:45 - 12:00 – Maria Cecilia Manilla, Rosario, Argentina
- Proline residues of DesK as transmitting elements of cold stimulus.
- 12:00 - 12:15 – Ken-ichi Yoshida, Kobe, Japan
- 12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
Parallel sessions
Session IIIA Industrial Research (Sala A)
CHAIR: Ghislain Schyns
- 14:00 - 14:45 – Keynote lecture: Sven Panke, Zürich, Switzerland
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- 14:45 - 15:00 – Abderahmane Derouiche, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 15:00 - 15:15 –Jolanda Neef, Groningen, Netherlands
- A novel expression platform for the production of cell wall-bound and secreted staphylococcal antigens.
- 15:15 - 15:30 – Ferro Iolanda, Potsdam, Germany
- tRNA abundance and aminoacylation in Bacillus licheniformis.
- 15:30 - 15:45 –Birgit Voigt, Greifswald, Germany
- The response of Bacillus pumilus to hydrogen peroxide-provoked oxidative stress.
Session IIIB Host-Pathogen Interaction (Sala B)
CHAIR: Claire Poyart
- 14:00 - 14:15 – Nancy Freitag, Chicago, USA
- Establishing a new niche for bacterial replication: the surface invasin InlB confers cardiotropism to subpopulations of Listeria monocytogenes.
- 14:15 - 14:30 – B. S. Hisey, Bozeman, Montana, USA
- Role of SaeR/S in secondary Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.
- 14:30 - 14:45 – Anthony Richardson, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- PPAR-γ is central to the effective host response to Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections.
- 14:45 - 15:00 – A.P.A. Hendrickx, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Antibiotics-driven dysbiosis mediate alternative segregation of Enterococcus faecium from the intestinal epithelium.
- 15:00 - 15:15 –Mariana Martins, Paris, France
- Streptococcus gallolyticus Pil3 pilus is required for adhesion to colonic mucus and for colonization of mouse distal colon.
- 15:15 - 15:30 – Salai Madhumathi Parkunan, Oklahoma City, USA
- Bacillus intraocular infection: Divergent roles of IL6 and CXCL1.
- 15:30 - 15:45 – Michelle C. Callegan, Oklahoma City, USA
- The role of pili in Bacillus cereus intraocular infection.
- 15:45 - 16:15 - COFFEE BREAK
Session IV: Vaccines
CHAIR: Guido Grandi
- 16:15 - 16:30 – Fabio Bagnoi, Siena, Italy
- Vaccine composition formulated with a novel TLR7-dependent adjuvant induces high and broad protection against Staphylococcus aureus.
- 16:30 - 16:45 – Olaf Schneewind, Chicago, USA
- Protein A suppresses immune responses during Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in guinea pigs.
- 16:45 - 17:00 – Johannes Hübner, Munich, Germany
- Towards a vaccine against enterococci: Reverse vaccinology and beyond.
- 17:00 - 17:15– Edmondo Campisi, Siena, Italy
- Structural and genetic characterization of the Type IX Group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and its relationship with types V and VII
- 17:15 - 17:30 – Joseph J. Zeppa, London, Ontario, Canada
- Vaccine approaches targeting colonization by Streptococcus pyogenes.
17.30 - 19.30 Poster Session I
Tuesday June 23, 2015
Parallel sessions
Session VA Sporulation (Sala A)
CHAIR: Colin Harwood
- 8:30 - 8:45 – Charles Moran, Atlanta, USA
- Dual-specificity anti-sigma factor reinforces control of cell-type specific gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
- 8:45 - 9:00 – Adriano Henriques, Oeiras, Portugal
- Single cell analysis of the pathogenicity locus unravels the relationship between toxin production and spore formation in Costridium difficile.
- 9:00 - 9:15 – Adrianne Edwards, Atlanta, USA
- A putative transcription factor containing conserved tetratricopeptide repeat domains controls sporulation, motility and toxin production in Clostridium difficile.
- 9:15 - 9:30 – James R. Walker, Austin, USA
- Genomics of Clostridium taeniosporum, an organism which forms spores with a bundle of ribbon-like appendages.
- 9:30 - 9:45 – Leendert Hamoen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Deep starvation reveals a surprisingly active Bacillus subtilis growth state.
- 9:45 - 10:00 – Didier Lereclus, Joyu-en-Josas, France
- Division of labour and terminal differentiation in Bacillus thuringiensis.
- 10:00 - 10:15 – Nils Widderich, Marburg, Germany
- Dysfunctional SigH prevents entry of B. subtilis into sporulation at high salinity.
- 10:15 - 10:30 – Tsutomu Sato, Tokyo, Japan
- Developmentally-regulated prophage excisions reconstitute genes required for sporulation in spore-forming bacteria.
Session VB Antimicrobials/ Drug research (Sala B)
CHAIR: Olaf Schneewind
- 8:30 - 8:45 – Eric A. Johnson, Madison, USA
- Characterization of a novel chimeric Botulinum neurotoxin.
- 8:45 - 9:00 – Oscar Kuipers, Groningen, Netherlands
- Cycling with lantibiotics, and potentiating them against Gram-negative pathogens.
- 9:00 - 9:15 – A. L. Flores-Mireles, St. Louis, USA
- A novel therapy that prevents and resolves E. faecalis catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
- 9:15 - 9:30 – Alexandra Gruss, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Strategies used by Staphylococcus aureus to bypass FASII-targeted antimicrobials.
- 9:30 - 9:45 – Hanne Ingmer, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- The Staphylococcus aureus agr quorum sensing system as a target for anti-virulence therapy.
- 9:45 - 10:00 – Grace Spatafora, Middlebury, USA
- Characterizing the SloR-DNA binding interface in S. mutans: A target for rational drug design?
- 10:00 - 10:15 – C. Gallay, Groningen, Netherlands
- Lack of pAp phosphatase and inhibition of lipid precursors synthesis lead to mislocalization of key cell division proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- 10:15 - 10:30 – Yoann Le Breton, College Park, MD, USA
- Using Tn-seq analyses of divergent group A streptococcal isolates for whole-genome studies of fitness and pathogenesis.
- 10:30 - 11:00 - COFFEE BREAK
Session VI: Stress
CHAIR: Indranil Biswas
- 11:00 - 11:15 – Zehava Eichenbaum, Atlanta, USA
- Preventing the red menace: the contributions of streptococcal pefRCD operon in heme stress survival.
- 11:15 - 11:30 – Barbara Spellerberg, Ulm, Germany
- A Streptococcal NRAMP homolog is crucial for the survival of Streptococcus agalactiae under low pH conditions.
- 11:30 - 11:45 – Agnes Fouet, Paris, France
- PerR is necessary for full virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae.
- 11:45 - 12:00 – Melissa E. Reardon-Robinson, Houston, TX, USA
- Oxidative folding of virulence determinants in Gram-positive bacteria.
- 12:30 – 14:00 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