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| − | =Sunday, June 19, 2011 – Afternoon=
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| + | = Tuesday 12th June = |
| − | * 2:00 Welcome remarks – [[Jim Hoch]]
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| − | ==Physiology== | |
| − | CHAIR: [[Josef Deutscher]]
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| − | * 2:15 – 2:30 T1, Elaine Milohanic, INRA and AgroParis Tech, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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| − | ** [[ManR]] regulates the expression of the main ''Listeria monocytogenes'' glucose/mannose transporter and uses a second glucose transporter as substrate sensor.
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| − | * 2:30 – 2:45 T2, [[Boris Görke]], Dept. of General Microbiology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany | + | * 8:30 – 8:55 Registration |
| − | ** [[Crh]], the homolog of the phosphor-carrier protein HPr, regulates a glycolytic bypass in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
| + | * 8:55 Welcome - Chancellors’ Building, room 1.12 |
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| − | * 2:45 – 3:00 T3, Jean-Michel Jault, Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France | |
| − | ** The unusual activity of a [[GTP-binding proteins|GTPase]] from ''Bacillus subtilis'', [[YphC]] (or [[EngA]]), involved in ribosome biogenesis.
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| − | * 3:00 – 3:15 T4, Yuka Kazo, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Life Science, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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| − | ** Analysis of dimerization of 70S ribosome, and ''[[yvyD]]'' gene during stationary phase in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
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| − | * 3:15 – 3:30 T5, Donald A. Morrison, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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| − | ** Regulation of the competence regulon in Group A and Group B streptococci: Pyogenic Type II ComR receptors recognize small species-specific peptide pheromones when expressed in a heterologous host.
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| − | * 3:30 – 3:45 T6, Nathalie Campo, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France
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| − | ** X-state (competence) development causes transient cell cycle alterations in ''Streptococcus pneumoniae''.
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| − | * 3:45 – 4:00 T7, Maria C. Mansilla, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular, Univ. Nac.de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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| − | ** A novel pathway for lipoic acid synthesis in Gram-positive bacteria.
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| − | * 4:00 – 4:15 T8, [[Jörg Stülke]], Dept. of General Microbiology, Georg-August- Univeristy Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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| − | ** A novel factor controlling bistability in ''Bacillus subtilis'': The [[YmdB]] protein affects [[biofilm formation]] and [[motility and chemotaxis|motility]].
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| − | ==Genome Engineering ==
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| − | CHAIR: Mike Rasmussen
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| − | * 4:45 – 5:00 T9, Robert A. Britton, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan, USA
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| − | ** Recombineering in lactic acid bacteria.
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| − | * 5:00 – 5:15 T10, Ghislain Schyns, DSM Nutritional Products, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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| − | ** Learning from probiotics to improve biological availability of feed enzymes.
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| − | * 5:15 – 5:30 T11, Sébastien Potot, DSM Nutritional Products, Biotechnology, Basel, Switzerland
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| − | ** Mixing bacterial genomes to identify critical mutations in ''Bacillus subtilis'' industrial strains.
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| − | * 5:30 – 5:45 T12, Philippe Jacques, Université Lille, France
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| − | ** Environmental factors and pleiotropic regulators influence homologous compound pattern of mycosubtilin produced by ''Bacilius subtilis'' ATCC 6633.
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| − | * 5:45 – 6:00 T13, [[Philippe Noirot]], INRA, Jouy en Josas, France
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| − | ** Systematic identification of dispensable genome parts in ''Bacillus subtilis'' coupled with metabolic model reconstruction.
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| − | ==Welcome Reception - 7:00 – 9:00 – Grand Hotel & La Pace==
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| − | =Monday, June 20, 2011 – Morning= | + | == Session 1 Regulation== |
| | + | CHAIR: David Leak |
| | + | * 09:00 [[Ciaran Condon]] |
| | + | ** Suppression of the essential nature of RNase M16 ([[YqfG]]), required for 3' maturation of ''B. subtilis'' 16S ribosomal RNA, by deletion of [[rnr|RNase R]] |
| | + | * 09:15 [[Roland Hartmann]] |
| | + | ** Function and regulation of two 6S RNAs in Bacillus subtilis |
| | + | * 09:30 [[Matthias Mack]] |
| | + | ** A dual control mechanism synchronizes riboflavin and sulphur metabolism in ''Bacillus subtilis'' |
| | + | * 09:45 Hermann Rath |
| | + | ** A [[SigB]]-dependent antisense RNA affects osmotic induction of ''[[opuBA|opuB]]'' expression in ''Bacillus subtilis'' |
| | + | * 10:00 Laura Teichmann |
| | + | ** Suppressor analysis illuminates the structure/function relationship of the glycine betaine synthesis repressor [[GbsR]] |
| | + | * 10:15 Sylvain Durand |
| | + | ** sRNA-mediated activation of gene expression by inhibition of 5’-3’exonucleolytic mRNA degradation |
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| − | ==Cell Wall I== | + | == 10:30 – 11:00 Tea and Coffee - Chancellors’ Building, ground floor foyer== |
| − | CHAIR: [[Kevin Devine]]
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| − | * 8:15 – 9:00, [[Jeff Errington]], Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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| − | ** Keynote Lecture: Emergence and proliferation of ''B. subtilis'' L-forms.
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| − | * 9:00 – 9:15 T14, Olaf Schneewind, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA | + | == Session 2 [[Cell division]]== |
| − | ** LytN, a murein hydrolase in the cross wall compartment of ''Staphylococcus aureus'', is required for bacterial growth and envelope assembly. | + | CHAIR: TBA |
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| + | * 11:00 [[Henrik Strahl]] |
| − | * 9:15 – 9:30 T15, Hèléne Bierne, Institut Pasteur, Unité des interactions bactéries-cellules, Inserm, Paris, France | + | ** ''Bacillus subtilis'' does not form microscopically detectable cardiolipin domains |
| − | ** A regulated switch from helical to polar localization of ''Listeria monocytogenes'' cell wall-anchored proteins. | + | * 11:15 Jeanine Rismondo |
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| + | ** Discovery of genes required for lipoteichoic acid glycosylation predicts two distinct mechanism for wall teichoic acid glycosylation |
| − | * 9:30 – 9:45 T16 [[Sven Halbedel]], Dept. of Bacterial Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany | + | * 11:30 Edward de Koning |
| − | ** A role for the membrane curvature sensor [[DivIVA]] in cell separation and virulence of ''Listeria monocytogenes''. | + | ** [[Divisome]] maturation in ''Bacillus subtilis'' single cells |
| | + | * 11:45 Seamus Holden |
| | + | ** Treadmilling by [[FtsZ]] filaments drives ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[cell wall synthesis|peptidoglycan synthesis]] and bacterial [[cell division]] |
| | + | * 12:00 [[Dirk-Jan Scheffers]] |
| | + | ** [[PbpB|PBP2B]] [[PASTA domains]] interact with [[DivIB]] to stabilize [[cell division]] |
| | + | * 12:15 Yongqiang Gao |
| | + | ** [[Cell division]] in the cell wall-less bacterium ''Acholeplasma laidlawii'' |
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| − | * 9:45 – 10:00 T17, Teresa Costa, ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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| − | ** Control of ''Bacillus subtilis'' cell shape by the novel cytoskeletal element [[RodZ]].
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| − | * 10:00 – 10:15 T18, Julia Domínguez-Escobar, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
| + | == 12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 1== |
| − | **Processive movement of [[MreB]]-associated cell wall biosynthetic complexes in bacteria. ''In vivo'' visualization of sidewall biosynthetic machineries in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
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| − | * 10:15 – 10:30 T19, [[Anne Galinier]], Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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| − | ** The [[YvcK]] protein is required for morphogenesis via localization of [[ponA|PBP1]] under gluconeogenic growth conditions in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
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| − | ==Cell Wall II== | + | == Session 3 – Interesting Biology == |
| − | CHAIR: [[Jeff Errington]] | + | CHAIR: [[Colin Harwood]] |
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| + | * 14:30 [[Jörg Stülke]] |
| − | * 11:00 – 11:15 T20, Letal Salzberg, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trintiy College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland | + | ** DNA topoisomerases in ''Bacillus subtilis'': A tale on mutants and suppressors |
| − | ** [[WalR]]-[[WalK]] ([[YycF]]-[[YycG]])-mediated control of cell wall metabolism in ''Bacillus subtilis'': linking autolysins and actin-like proteins. | + | * 14:45 Hannah Gaimster |
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| + | ** Lethal depletion of essential cell envelope proteins can be rescued by slowing [[DNA replication]] in ''Bacillus subtilis'' |
| − | * 11:15 – 11:30 T21, Hiraku Takada, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan | + | * 15:00 Alexandre Deloupy |
| − | ** Involvement of essential lipid synthetic enzyme, [[PlsX]], in the cell division machinery. | + | ** Stochastic gene expression in Bacillus subtilis |
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| + | * 15:15 Sabine Schneider |
| − | * 11:30 – 11:45 T22, Maria-Halima Laaberki, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA | + | ** Development of a reporter gene system to characterise [[riboswitch]] function and to identify [[riboswitch]] modulators by high-throughput screening |
| − | ** The unexpected role of O-acetylation of peptidoglycan in cell separation and S-layer anchoring in ''Bacillus anthracis''. | + | * 15:30 [[Ken-ichi Yoshida]] |
| | + | ** Rapid conjugative mobilization of a 100 kb segment of ''Bacillus subtilis'' chromosomal DNA is mediated by a helper plasmid with no ability for self-transfer |
| | + | * 15:45 Anna A. Toymentseva |
| | + | ** Mobilization and transfer of plasmids and chromosomal DNA mediated by optimized ICEBs1 conjugative element |
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| − | * 11:45 – 12:00 T23, Michel-Yves Mistou, INRA, Institut Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
| + | ==16:00 – 16:30 Tea and Coffee == |
| − | ** Outer polysaccharide pellicle: a structural component of Gram positive bacteria cell wall.
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| − | * 12:00 – 12:15 T24, [[Rick Lewis]], Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
| + | ==Session 4 – Antibiotics 1 == |
| − | ** The decoration of peptidoglycan by teichoic acids: the missing enzymatic step revealed by X-ray crystallography?
| + | CHAIR: [[Ulrike Mäder]] |
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| + | * 16:30 Carolin Kobras |
| − | =Monday, June 20, 2011 – Afternoon= | + | ** Exploring the substrate specificity of the antimicrobial peptide resistance transporter [[BceA]]-[[BceB]] in ''Bacillus subtilis'' |
| − | | + | * 16:45 Luiza P. Morawska |
| − | ==Structure==
| + | ** Preadaptation of ''Bacillus subtilis'' to mild osmostress contributes to increased antibiotic resistance |
| − | CHAIR: [[Jim Hoch]] | + | * 17:00 Mary K. Phillips-Jones |
| − | | + | ** Characterisation of the VanA-type VanS histidine kinase involved in glycopeptide resistance in Gram-positive bacteria and its ligand interactions |
| − | * 2:00 – 2:15 T25, Wayne F. Anderson, Northwestern University CSGID, Chicago, Illinois USA | + | * 17:15 Gabriela Henriques |
| − | ** Applying structural genomics – revealing the bacterial surface one protein structure at a time.
| + | ** Towards the understanding of the regulation of [[SppA]] by [[YteJ]] in Bacillus subtilis. |
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| − | * 2:15 – 2:30 T26, Catarina G. Fernandes, ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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| − | ** From the crystal structure of the [[Tgl]] transglutaminase to the cross-linking of the spore surface layers. | |
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| − | * 2:30 – 2:45 T27, [[Claes von Wachenfeldt]], Dept. of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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| − | ** Redox sensing by [[Rex]] family repressors.
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| − | * 2:45 – 3:00 T28, Marion Boudes, IBBMC, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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| − | ** Structural and functional study of ComE, a key actor in ''S. pneumoniae'' competence.
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| − | * 3:00 – 3:15 T29, [[Hendrik Szurmant]], Dept. of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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| − | ** [[Two-component systems|Sensor histidine kinase]] signaling: An active conformation deduced from integrating genomics, molecular dynamics and mutagenesis.
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| − | ==[[Sporulation proteins|Sporulation]]/ [[germination]]==
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| − | CHAIR: [[Charles Moran]]
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| − | * 3:45 – 4:00 T30, Michael Young, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, United Kindom
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| − | ** Multiple orphan histidine kinases interact directly with [[Spo0A]] to control the initiation of endospore formation in ''Clostridium acetobutylicum''.
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| − | * 4:00 – 4:15 T31, Lei Shi, INRA-AgroParis Tech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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| − | ** Phosphorylated bacterial recombinase checks chromosome integrity during spore formation.
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| − | * 4:15 – 4:30 T32, [[Patrick Piggot]], Dept. Microbiol. & Immunol., Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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| − | ** Compartmentalization of [[SigE|σE]] Activity During Sporulation of ''Bacillus subtilis'': Much Ado About What?
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| − | * 4:30 – 4:45 T33, [[Adriano Henriques]], ITQB, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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| − | ** A negative feedback loop that limits the ectopic activation of a cell type-specific sporulation [[sigma factor]] of ''Bacillus subtilis''.
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| − | * 4:45 – 5:00 T34, Thierry Doan, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| − | ** Bacterial membrane fission during sporulation in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
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| − | * 5:00 – 5:15 T35, [[Tony Wilkinson]], Dept. of Chemistry, University of York, UK
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| − | ** Structural and Interaction Studies of an Intercellular Complex Mediating Engulfment during Sporulation in ''B. subtilis''. | |
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| − | * 5:15 – 5:30 T36, [[Patrick Eichenberger]], Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Dept. of Biology, New York University, New York, USA
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| − | ** A Spatial and Temporal map of the ''Bacillus subtilis'' Spore Coat.
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| − | * 5:30 – 5:45 T37, Alex Ter Beek, Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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| − | ** Live-cell imaging of aerobic bacteria: a tool to assess and model heterogeneous [[germination]] & outgrowth of ''Bacillus subtilis'' spores.
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| − | ==Poster Session I==
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| − | * 5:45 – 7:45, Palazzo dei Congressi Sala Alba
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| − | =Tuesday, June 21, 2011– Morning=
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| − | ==Pathogenic Sporeformers - Clostridia==
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| − | CHAIR: Mike Young
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| − | * 8:30 – 9:15, Neil Fairweather, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Dept. of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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| − | ** Keynote Lecture: The cell wall of ''Clostridium difficile'' – is variability a key to pathogenesis?
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| − | * 9:15 – 9:30 T38, [[Linc Sonenshein]], Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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| − | ** Regulation of ''Clostridium difficile'' virulence. | |
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| − | * 9:30 – 9:45 T39, Zhen Zhang, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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| − | ** A [[Two-component systems|Two-Component System]] Negatively Regulates Botulinum Neurotoxin Expression.
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| − | * 9:45 – 10:00 T40, Eric A. Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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| − | ** Identification, Purification and Characterization of Botulinum Neurotoxin BoNT/A Subtype Toxins.
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| − | * 10:00 – 10:15 T41, Stephen Melville, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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| − | ** Spatial and temporal linkage of type IV pili assembly and division septum formation in ''Clostridium perfringens''.
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| − | * 10:15 – 10:30 T42, Jon Marles-Wright, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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| − | ** Towards an understanding of the anatomy of Clostridial bacterial microcompartments.
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| − | ==Pathogenic Sporeformers - ''Bacillus anthracis''==
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| − | CHAIR: Olaf Schneewind
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| − | * 11:00 – 11:15 T43, Theresa M. Koehler, Dept. Microbiol. and Molec. Genet., University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
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| − | ** Modulation of the ''Bacillus anthracis'' Secretome. | |
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| − | * 11:15 – 11:30 T44, Susanne Pohl, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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| − | ** The secondary secretion pathway in ''Bacillus anthracis''.
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| − | * 11:30 – 11:45 T45, Agnès Fouet, Toxines et Pathogénie Bactériennes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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| − | ** ''Bacillus anthracis'' virulence regulator AtxA mediates bicarbonate induction of toxin gene expression.
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| − | * 11:45 – 12:00 T46, [[Colin Harwood]], Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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| − | ** Are superoxide ions a key environmental signal for the ''Bacillus anthracis'' pathogenic life cycle?
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| − | =Tuesday, June 21, 2011– Morning=
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| − | ==[[Transcription]] Regulation I==
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| − | CHAIR: Terry Koehler
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| − | * 2:00 – 2:15 T47, Kris Ann Baker, Dept. of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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| − | ** Transcription anti-termination by a phosphorylated response regulator and cobalamin-dependent termination at a B12 [[riboswitch]] contribute to ethanolamine utilization in ''Enterococcus faecalis''.
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| − | * 2:15 – 2:30 T48, [[Harald Putzer]], Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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| − | ** The roles of [[RNases]] [[rny|Y]] and [[rnjA|J]] in mRNA metabolism in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
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| − | * 2:30 – 2:45 T49, Jean-Christophe Giard, Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l’Environnement, University of Caen, Caen, France
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| − | ** First experimental genome-wide identification of [[ncRNA|small non-coding RNAs]] in the opportunistic pathogen ''Enterococcus faecalis'' V583.
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| − | * 2:45 – 3:00 T50, [[Peter Lewis]], School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
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| − | ** Structure/Function analysis of epsilon: A new subunit of Gram positive [[RNA polymerase|RNA polymerases]].
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| − | * 3:00 – 3:15 T51, Olivier Delumeau, INRA, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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| − | ** The dynamic protein partnership of [[RNA polymerase]] in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
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| − | * 3:15 – 3:30 T52, [[Thorsten Mascher]], Department of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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| − | ** Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) [[sigma factors]] in gram-positive bacteria: Heading for the unknown.
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| − | ==[[Transcription]] Regulation II==
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| − | CHAIR: [[Linc Sonenshein]]
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| − | * 4:00 –4:15 T53, Michael J. Federle, Dept. of Med. Chem. Pharmacognosy, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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| − | ** Rgg [[transcription factors]] are a new class of pheromone response effectors in streptococci.
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| − | * 4:15 – 4:30 T54, Rozenn Gardan, INRA UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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| − | ** Rgg-associated small hydrophobic peptides: A new family of pheromones involved in [[quorum sensing]] in streptococci.
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| − | * 4:30 – 4:45 T55, Isabelle Poquet, Microbiologie de l’Alimentation au service de la Santé, UMR 1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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| − | ** ''Lactococcus lactis'' ZitR is a zinc responsive repressor active in low, non-toxic zinc concentrations ''in vivo''.
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| − | * 4:45 – 5:00 T56, Thomas Dubois, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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| − | ** The NprR quorum sensor is required for the saprophytic way of life of ''Bacillus cereus''.
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| − | * 5:00 – 5:15 T57, Boris R. Belitsky, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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| − | ** Multiple modes of DNA binding and regulation by ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[CodY]].
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| − | ==Poster Session II==
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| − | * 5:30 – 7:30, Palazzo dei Congressi Sala Alba
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| − | =Wednesday, June 22, 2011– Morning=
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| − | ==Pathogenesis II==
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| − | CHAIR: Agnes Fouet
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| − | * 8:30 – 8:45 T58, Hèléne Bierne, Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules – Inserm, Paris, France | |
| − | ** ''Listeria monocytogenes'' hijacks the chromatin-remodeling machinery to modulate type III interferon responses.
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| − | * 8:45 – 9:00 T59, Jennifer Mitchell, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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| − | ** CD36 is a receptor for the adherence of Gram positive pathogens to platelets.
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| − | * 9:00 – 9:15 T60, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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| − | ** A single bacterium at the origin of invasive pneumococcal disease: macrophage clearance defines the bottleneck during the first hours of infection. | |
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| − | * 9:15 – 9:30 T61, Johannes Huebner, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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| − | ** Genetic loci involved in surface carbohydrate production in Enterococci.
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| − | * 9:30 – 9:45 T62, Kimberly Kline, Dept. of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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| − | ** Molecular requirements for localized secretion and sortase-assembled virulence factor biogenesis in ''Enterococcus faecalis''.
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| − | * 9:45 – 10:00 T63, Hailyn V. Nielsen, University of Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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| − | ** Minor tip and base pilins EbpA and EbpB contribute to ''E. faecalis'' virulence in a murine model of foreign body-associated urinary tract infection.
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| − | ==[[Resistance against toxins/ antibiotics|Antimicrobial resistance]]==
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| − | CHAIR: [[Jan Maarten van Dijl]]
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| − | * 10:30 – 10:45 T64, Emma L. Denham, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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| − | ** Unraveling the bactericidal mechanism of the glycopeptides sublancin 168.
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| − | *10:45 – 11:00 T65, Alexandra A. Roberts, School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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| − | ** FosB is a bacillithiol-S-transferase that confers bacillithiol-dependent fosfomycin resistance on the Gram positive pathogen ''Staphylococcus aureus''.
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| − | * 11:00 – 11:15 T66, [[Tarek Msadek]], Biology of Gram-positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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| − | ** The [[ABC transporters|ABCs]] of bacitracin and nisin resistance in ''Staphylococcus aureus''.
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| − | * 11:15 – 11:30 T67, Susanne Gebhard, Department of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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| − | ** Co-evolution of and signaling by [[ABC transporters]] and [[two-component systems|two-component regulatory systems]] as [[Resistance against toxins/ antibiotics|resistance modules against antimicrobial peptides]] in Firmicutes bacteria.
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| − | * 11:30 – 11:45 T68, Willem van Schaik, Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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| − | ** Comprehensive identification of genes required for resistance to β-lactam antibiotics in the nosocomial pathogen ''Enterococcus faecium''.
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| − | * 11:45 – 12:00 T69, Mary K. Phillips-Jones, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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| − | ** ''In vitro'' activation and inhibition of the intact quorum membrane sensor FsrC involved in virulence in ''Enterococcus faecalis'' V583
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| − | =Wednesday, June 22, 2011– Afternoon=
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| − | ==Pathogenesis III==
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| − | CHAIR: Johannes Huebner
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| − | * 2:00 – 2:15 T70, Breck A. Duerkop, Department of Immunology, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, USA
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| − | ** Bacteriophage production by ''Enterococcus faecalis'' in the mammalian intestine.
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| − | * 2:15 – 2:30 T71, Renata Matos, ITQB, Oeiras, Portugal; Institut Micalis, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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| − | ** ''Enterococcus faecalis'' V583 prophages are induced by low concentrations of antibiotic.
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| − | * 2:30 – 2:45 T72, Pascale S. Guiton, Dept. of Mol. Microbiol. & Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| + | == Free evening in Bath == |
| − | ** Characterization of the host response to ''Enterococcus faecalis'' mediated catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
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| − | * 2:45 – 3:00 T73, Ravi P.N. Mishra, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
| + | = Wednesday 13th June = |
| − | ** Ferric Hydroxamate-binding Lipoprotein FhuD2 protects against ''Staphylococcus aureus'' infection.
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| − | ==Pathogenesis IV: Streptococci== | + | == Session 5 Biotechnology == |
| − | CHAIR: Paul Sullam | + | CHAIR: Anne Breüner |
| | + | * 9:00 Andreas Knapp |
| | + | ** The spacer region in the 5´-UTR strongly affects recombinant protein production in ''Bacillus subtilis'' |
| | + | * 9:15 Alexandria Holland |
| | + | ** Investigating protein secretion in ''Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius'' |
| | + | * 9:30 Matthew Styles |
| | + | ** Engineering ''Parageobacillus'' for the Production of Terpenes: Building Better Chassis Organisms for Industrial Biotechnology |
| | + | * 9:45 Luca Longanesi |
| | + | ** γ-PGA production through Consolidated Bioprocessing in engineered ''B. subtilis'' lab strains |
| | + | * 10:00 Matteo Cavaletti |
| | + | ** Optimization of γ-PGA biosynthesis supported by synthetic biology and metabolic engineering strategies |
| | + | * 10:15 Ioannis Mougiakos |
| | + | ** Characterizing a thermostable Cas9 for bacterial genome editing and silencing |
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| − | * 3:30 – 3:45 T74, Heaven Oliver-Kozup, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
| + | == 10:15 - 10:45 Tea and Coffee == |
| − | ** Targeted binding of the surface adhesion Sel1 to a spliced variant of cellular fibronectin expressed in wounded tissue.
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| − | * 3:45 – 4:00 T75, Kathryn M. Gold, Dept. of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA | + | == Session 6 - [[Sporulation]] and development == |
| − | ** Characterization of the TrxSR [[two-component systems|Two-Component Signal Transduction System]] that Activates Virulence in ''Streptococcus pyogenes''. | + | CHAIR: TBC |
| | + | * 10:45 [[Imrich Barák]] |
| | + | ** What we (don’t) know about the asymmetric septum in ''Bacillus subtilis'' |
| | + | * 11:00 Munehiro Asally |
| | + | ** Quality monitoring during [[sporulation]] in ''B. subtilis'' |
| | + | * 11:15 [[Ilka Bischofs]] |
| | + | ** Phenotypic memory links different stages of the ''B. subtilis'' life cycle |
| | + | * 11:30 [[Akos Kovacs]] |
| | + | ** Cheating promotes evolution of hyper-cooperators by shifting phenotypic heterogeneity in biofilms |
| | + | * 11:45 [[Sven Halbedel]] |
| | + | ** Novel ''[[gpsB]]'' suppressor genes contributing to regulatory proteolysis and ''cell division'' |
| | + | * 12:00 Sofia Arnaouteli |
| | + | ** Exploring the role of pulcherrimin in ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[biofilm formation]] |
| | + | * 12:15 Karin Bjerre |
| | + | ** Investigating of ''Bacillus subtilis'' and ''Bacillus amyloliquefaciens'' spores and vegetative cells in fecal samples from pigs |
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| − | * 4:00 – 4:15 T76, Vijay Pancholi, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| + | ==12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 2 == |
| − | ** A novel transcriptional regulatory role of [[sdhA|SDH]]/[[gapA|GAPDH]] in [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] [[metabolism]] and virulence.
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| − | * 4:15 – 4:30 T77, Sean D. Reid, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA | + | ==Session 7 – Antibiotics 2 == |
| − | ** Insights into the regulation of Group A Streptococcal [[biofilm formation]] and dispersal and the impact on disease severity. | + | CHAIR: [[Kevin Devine]] |
| | + | * 14:30 Auke J. van Heel |
| | + | ** BAGEL4: A user-friendly web server to mine RiPPs and bacteriocins |
| | + | * 14:45 Amanda Y. van Tilburg |
| | + | ** ''Bacillus subtilis'' as heterologous production host for lantibiotics |
| | + | * 15:00 Nina Lautenschlaeger |
| | + | ** A novel heterologous whole-cell biosensor in ''Bacillus subtilis'' for the comprehensive detection of b-lactam antibiotics |
| | + | * 15:15 Marjorie Gibbon |
| | + | ** Towards understanding signalling between the bacitracin resistance transporter [[BceA]]-[[BceB]] and histidine kinase [[BceS]] of ''Bacillus subtilis'' |
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| − | * 4:30 – 4:45 T78, Ravin Seepersaud, Division of Infectious Disease, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
| + | == 15:30 – 16:00 Tea and Coffee == |
| − | ** The accessory Sec protein Asp2 is required for both the optimal glycosylation and transport of GspB, the serine rich repeat glycoprotein adhesion of ''Streptococcus gordonii''.
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| − | * 4:45 – 5:00 T79, Françoise Rul, INRA, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France | + | == Session 8 – Cereus Group == |
| − | ** The proteomic signature of ''Streptococcus thermophilus'' in the digestive environment provides clues to lactic acid bacteria/host interactions. | + | CHAIR: [[Cinzia Calvio]] |
| | + | * 16:00 Monika Ehling-Schulz |
| | + | ** ''Bacillus cereus'', a multifaceted pathogen: The challenge of discriminating high and low enteropathogenic strains |
| | + | * 16:15 Nick Waterfield |
| | + | ** ''Bacillus cereus'' G9241 – to anthrax and back again |
| | + | * 16:30 Ludivine Rousset |
| | + | ** Oligotrophy induces phenotypic diversification of ''Bacillus cereus'' AH187 |
| | + | * 16:45 Jan Maarten van Dijl |
| | + | ** Can ''Bacillus thuringiensis'' and other microorganisms isolated from chronic wounds ‘pacify’ ''Staphylococcus aureus''? |
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| − | * 5:00 – 5:15 T80, Philippe Glaser, Laboratoire Evolution et Génomique Bactériennes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
| + | == 17:00 Closing Remarks== |
| − | ** Emergence of a ''Streptococcus agalactiae'' lineage hypervirulent in fish by reductive evolution.
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| − | * 5:15 – 5:30 T81, Shaynoor Dramsi, Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-Positif, Paris, France
| + | == 19:00 – 23:00 Social event at The Terrace, The Roman Baths, generously supported by BACIP – to include the prize giving for best posters and talks from PhD/Postdocs == |
| − | ** Role of ''Streptococcus gallolyticus'' Pil1 pilus in endocarditis.
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| − | ==Reception and Banquet - 6:30 – 9:30 – Grand Hotel & La Pace==
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