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= Wednesday 10th April 2013 =
 
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▪ 8:00 – 9.00 REGISTRATION
 
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▪ 9:00 – 9:10 – Welcome Introduction
 
  
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== Session I [[Metabolism]] ==
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= Tuesday 12th June =
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CHAIR: [[Leendert Hamoen]]
 
  
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* 9:10 – 9:25 – [[Ken-ichi Yoshida]], Kobe University, Japan
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* 8:30 – 8:55 Registration
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** ''Bacillus subtilis'' possesses two distinct [[tpi|triosephosphate isomerases]]
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* 8:55 Welcome - Chancellors’ Building, room 1.12
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* 9:30 – 9:45 – Kambiz Morabbi Heravi, University of Stuttgart, DE
 
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** Mannitol utilization system of ''Bacillus subtilis'': activation of the ''mtl'' promoters by [[MtlR]]
 
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* 9:50 – 10:05 – Marian Wenzel, University of Stuttgart,DE
 
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** Development of a self-inducible ''Bacillus subtilis'' expression system for application in high-cell-density fermentations.
 
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* 10:10 – 10:25 – [[Elisabeth Härtig]], Technical University Braunschweig, DE
 
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** Transcriptional activation by the [[AlsR]] regulator of ''Bacillus subtilis'' comprises effector binding, oligomerization, DNA binding and DNA bending
 
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* 10:30 – 10:50 – COFFEE BREAK
 
  
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== Session II [[biofilm formation|Biofilms]] ==
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== Session 1 Regulation==
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CHAIR: Dirk-Jan Scheffers
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CHAIR:  David Leak
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* 09:00 [[Ciaran Condon]]
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** 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]]
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* 09:15 [[Roland Hartmann]]
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** Function and regulation of two 6S RNAs in Bacillus subtilis
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* 09:30 [[Matthias Mack]]
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** A dual control mechanism synchronizes riboflavin and sulphur metabolism in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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* 09:45 Hermann Rath
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** A [[SigB]]-dependent antisense RNA affects osmotic induction of ''[[opuBA|opuB]]'' expression in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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* 10:00 Laura Teichmann
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** Suppressor analysis illuminates the structure/function relationship of the glycine betaine synthesis repressor [[GbsR]]
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* 10:15 Sylvain Durand
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** sRNA-mediated activation of gene expression by inhibition of 5’-3’exonucleolytic mRNA degradation
  
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* 10:50 – 11:05 – Laura Hobley, University of Dundee, UK
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== 10:30 – 11:00 Tea and Coffee - Chancellors’ Building, ground floor foyer==
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** [[BslA]] is a novel self-polymerising protein that forms a hydrophobic layer around ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[biofilm formation|biofilms]]
 
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* 11:10 – 11:25 – [[Akos T Kovacs]], University of Jena, DE
 
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** Living on the surface: Biofilm formation and surface motility of ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 11:30 – 11:45 – [[Ole Økstad]], University of Oslo, NO
 
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** Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) regulation of biofilm formation in ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 11:50 – 12:05 – [[Jörg Stülke]], University of Göttingen, DE
 
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** c-di-AMP, an essential signalling nucleotide in ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 12:10 – 12:25 – Lynne Cairns, University of Dundee, UK
 
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** Investigation of the role of the motility protein, [[YvyG]], and potential regulation by tyrosine phosphorylation in ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 12:30 – 13:40 LUNCH (+ BACIP MEETING)
 
  
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== Session III: Beyond ''Bacillus subtilis'', a focus on non-subtilis species ==
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== Session 2 [[Cell division]]==
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CHAIR: [[Jan Maarten van Dijl]]
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CHAIR: TBA
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* 11:00 [[Henrik Strahl]]
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** ''Bacillus subtilis'' does not form microscopically detectable cardiolipin domains
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* 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
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* 11:30 Edward de Koning
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** [[Divisome]] maturation in ''Bacillus subtilis'' single cells
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* 11:45 Seamus Holden
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** Treadmilling by [[FtsZ]] filaments drives ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[cell wall synthesis|peptidoglycan synthesis]] and bacterial [[cell division]]
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* 12:00 [[Dirk-Jan Scheffers]]
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** [[PbpB|PBP2B]] [[PASTA domains]] interact with [[DivIB]] to stabilize [[cell division]]
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* 12:15 Yongqiang Gao
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** [[Cell division]] in the cell wall-less bacterium ''Acholeplasma laidlawii''
  
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* 13:40 – 13:55 – [[Anne-Brit Kolsto|Anne-Brit Kolstø]], University of Oslo, NO
 
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** TBA
 
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* 14:00 – 14:15 – Rebecca Biedendieck, Technische Universitat, Braunschweig, DE
 
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** Production and secretion of recombinant proteins in ''Bacillus megaterium''
 
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* 14:20 – 14:35 – Per Bullough, University of Sheffield, UK
 
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** Surface architecture of endospores of the ''Bacillus cereus''/anthracis/thuringiensis family at the subnanometer scale.
 
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* 14:40 – 14:55 – Susanne Pohl, Newcastle University, UK
 
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** Oxidative stress in ''Bacillus anthracis''
 
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* 15:00 – 15:15 –Mette Dines-Cantor, Chr. Hansen A/S, Hørsholm, DK
 
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** Screening for new ''Bacillus''-based probiotic feed additives for the pig industry.
 
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* 15:20 – 15:35 – Jurgen Seppen, Amsterdam Medical Centre, NL
 
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** The utility ''Bacillus subtilis'' for intestinal gene transfer.
 
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* 15:40 – 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK
 
  
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== Session IV: Spores/[[sporulation]] ==
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== 12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 1==
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CHAIR: [[Nicola Stanley-Wall]]
 
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* 16:00 – 16:15 – Stanley Brul, University of Amsterdam, NL
 
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** Functional genomics for food preservation: inhibiting bacterial spore germination
 
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* 16:20 – 16:35 – Ewa Bukowska-Faniband, University of Lund, SE
 
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** Cortex synthesis during ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[sporulation]] depends on the transpeptidase activity of [[SpoVD]]
 
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* 16:40 – 16:55 – Robyn EIJLANDER, University of Groningen, NL
 
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** SporeWeb: Interactive visualization of gene regulatory networks during the complete [[sporulation]] cycle of ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 17:00 – 17:15– Katie Jameson, University of York, UK
 
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** Regulating [[DnaA]] to maintain diploidy at the onset of [[sporulation]]
 
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* 17:20 – 17:35 – Katja Nagler, German Aerospace Centre, Cologne, DE
 
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** High salinity has negative effects on ''Bacillus subtilis'' spore germination and outgrowth
 
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* 17.40 – 17.55– Patrik Florek, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK
 
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** Characterization of ''Bacillus'' three-component SpoIISABC [[Toxins, antitoxins and immunity against toxins|toxin-antitoxin system]]
 
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* 18.00 – 19.30 BACELL STEERING GROUP MEETING
 
  
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== 19:30 – WINE RECEPTION AND DINNER AT THE Great North Museum, Barras Bridge ==
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== Session 3 – Interesting Biology ==
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CHAIR:  [[Colin Harwood]]
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* 14:30 [[Jörg Stülke]]
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** DNA topoisomerases in ''Bacillus subtilis'': A tale on mutants and suppressors
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* 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''
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* 15:00 Alexandre Deloupy
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** Stochastic gene expression in Bacillus subtilis
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* 15:15 Sabine Schneider
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** Development of a reporter gene system to characterise [[riboswitch]] function and to identify [[riboswitch]] modulators by high-throughput screening
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* 15:30 [[Ken-ichi Yoshida]]
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** 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
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* 15:45 Anna A. Toymentseva
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** Mobilization and transfer of plasmids and chromosomal DNA mediated by optimized ICEBs1 conjugative element
  
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= Thursday April 11th 2013 =
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==16:00 – 16:30 Tea and Coffee ==
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==Session 4 – Antibiotics 1 ==
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CHAIR:  [[Ulrike Mäder]]
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* 16:30 Carolin Kobras
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** Exploring the substrate specificity of the antimicrobial peptide resistance transporter [[BceA]]-[[BceB]] in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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* 16:45 Luiza P. Morawska
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** Preadaptation of ''Bacillus subtilis'' to mild osmostress contributes to increased antibiotic resistance
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* 17:00 Mary K. Phillips-Jones
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** Characterisation of the VanA-type VanS histidine kinase involved in glycopeptide resistance in Gram-positive bacteria and its ligand interactions
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* 17:15 Gabriela Henriques
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** Towards the understanding of the regulation of [[SppA]] by [[YteJ]] in Bacillus subtilis.
  
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== Session V: Synthetic Biology ==
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== Free evening in Bath ==
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CHAIR: [[Thomas Wiegert]]
 
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* 9:00 – 9:15 – Elbrich Hendricks, University of Groningen, NL
 
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** iGEM team Groningen 2012: Food Wardens – Grand Prize Winners
 
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* 9:20 – 9:35 – Francois Coutte, University of Lille, FR
 
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** Genetic engineering of ''Bacillus subtilis'' assisted by computational modelling to overproduce lipopeptide biosurfactants
 
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* 9:40 – 9:55 – Maarten Mols, University of Groningen, NL
 
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** Improving the ''Bacilllus'' cell factory by cell envelope engineering
 
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* 10:00 – 10:15 – Tjeerd van Ris, DSM, Delft, NL
 
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** Improved enzyme production by codon pair optimization
 
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* 10:20 – 10:35 – Alexander Webb, Imperial College London, UK
 
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** Parasight
 
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* 10:40 – 11:00 – COFFEE BREAK
 
  
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== Session VI: Cell walls and [[protein secretion|secretion]] ==
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= Wednesday 13th June =
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CHAIR: [[Ole Økstad]]
 
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* 11:00 – 11:15 – Patricia Dominguez-Cuevas, Newcastle University, UK
 
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** Actin cytoskeleton [[Mbl]] homologue coordinates cell wall hydrolases and [[LytE]] activity during cell elongation.
 
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* 11:20 – 11:35 – David Noone, Trinity College Dublin, IE
 
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** Several regulatory mechanisms combine to make expression and cell association of the [[CwIO]] D,L-endopeptidase-type autolysin responsive to growth conditions in ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 11:40 – 11:55 – Dirk-Jan Scheffers, University of Groningen, NL
 
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** Substrate availability guides peptidoglycan synthesis
 
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* 12:00 – 12:15 – [[Thomas Wiegert]], University of Applied Sciences Zittau, DE
 
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** Influence of the intramembrane cleaving protease [[RasP]] on [[protein secretion]] in ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 12:20 – 12:35 – Vivianne Goosens, University Medical Centre Groningen, NL
 
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** A role for [[TatAC]] in ''Bacillus subtilis'' twin-arginine protein translocation
 
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* 12:40 – 13:40 – LUNCH
 
  
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== Session VII: Regulation & Replication ==
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== Session 5 Biotechnology ==
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CHAIR: Henrik Strahl
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CHAIR: Anne Breüner
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* 13:40 – 13:55 – Sara Kesel, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, DE
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* 9:00 Andreas Knapp
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** Immediate and heterogeneous response of the [[LiaF]]-[[LiaS]]-[[LiaR]] [[Two-component systems|two-component system]] of ''Bacillus subtilis'' to the peptide antibiotic bacitracin
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** The spacer region in the 5´-UTR strongly affects recombinant protein production in ''Bacillus subtilis''  
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* 14:00 – 14:15 –Jakob Engman, Lund University, SE
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* 9:15 Alexandria Holland
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** Aggregation of the [[YjbH]] adaptor protein as a mechanism of [[Spx]] regulation.
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** Investigating protein secretion in ''Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius''
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* 14:20 – 14:35 –[[Fabian Commichau]], University of Göttingen, DE
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* 9:30 Matthew Styles
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** [[Essential genes]] in ''Bacillus subtilis'': a re-evaluation after 10 years
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** Engineering ''Parageobacillus'' for the Production of Terpenes: Building Better Chassis Organisms for Industrial Biotechnology
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* 14:40 – 14:55– Thorsten Mascher, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, DE
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* 9:45 Luca Longanesi
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** (Tools for studying the) Regulatory dynamics of peptide antibiotic detoxification modules in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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** γ-PGA production through Consolidated Bioprocessing in engineered ''B. subtilis'' lab strains
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* 15:00 – 15:15 – Vladimir Bidnenko, INRA, Jouy en Josas, FR
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* 10:00 Matteo Cavaletti
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** Distinct activities of co-essential Bacillus subtilis flap-endonucleases, Pol I and YpcP, in DNA replication and repair
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** Optimization of γ-PGA biosynthesis supported by synthetic biology and metabolic engineering strategies
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* 15:20 – 15:35 – Panos Soultanas, University of Nottingham, UK
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* 10:15 Ioannis Mougiakos
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** Functional interplay of [[DnaE]] polymerase, [[DnaG]] primase and [[DnaC]] helicase within a ternary complex during lagging strand [[DNA replication]] in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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** Characterizing a thermostable Cas9 for bacterial genome editing and silencing
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* 15:40 – 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK
 
  
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== Session VIII: Division ==
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== 10:15 - 10:45 Tea and Coffee ==
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CHAIR: Alan Nielson
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== Session 6 - [[Sporulation]] and development ==
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CHAIR:  TBC
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* 10:45 [[Imrich Barák]]
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** What we (don’t) know about the asymmetric septum in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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* 11:00 Munehiro Asally
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** Quality monitoring during [[sporulation]] in ''B. subtilis''
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* 11:15 [[Ilka Bischofs]]
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** Phenotypic memory links different stages of the ''B. subtilis'' life cycle
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* 11:30 [[Akos Kovacs]]
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** Cheating promotes evolution of hyper-cooperators by shifting phenotypic heterogeneity in biofilms
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* 11:45 [[Sven Halbedel]]
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** Novel ''[[gpsB]]'' suppressor genes contributing to regulatory proteolysis and ''cell division''
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* 12:00 Sofia Arnaouteli
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** Exploring the role of pulcherrimin in ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[biofilm formation]]
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* 12:15 Karin Bjerre
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** Investigating of ''Bacillus subtilis'' and ''Bacillus amyloliquefaciens'' spores and vegetative cells in fecal samples from pigs
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==12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 2 ==
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==Session 7 – Antibiotics 2 ==
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CHAIR:  [[Kevin Devine]]
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* 14:30 Auke J. van Heel
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** BAGEL4: A user-friendly web server to mine RiPPs and bacteriocins
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* 14:45 Amanda Y. van Tilburg
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** ''Bacillus subtilis'' as heterologous production host for lantibiotics
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* 15:00 Nina Lautenschlaeger
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** A novel heterologous whole-cell biosensor in ''Bacillus subtilis'' for the comprehensive detection of b-lactam antibiotics
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* 15:15 Marjorie Gibbon
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** Towards understanding signalling between the bacitracin resistance transporter [[BceA]]-[[BceB]] and histidine kinase [[BceS]] of ''Bacillus subtilis''
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== 15:30 – 16:00 Tea and Coffee ==
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== Session 8 – Cereus Group ==
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CHAIR: [[Cinzia Calvio]]
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* 16:00 Monika Ehling-Schulz
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** ''Bacillus cereus'', a multifaceted pathogen: The challenge of discriminating high and low enteropathogenic strains
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* 16:15 Nick Waterfield
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** ''Bacillus cereus'' G9241 – to anthrax and back again
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* 16:30 Ludivine Rousset
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** Oligotrophy induces phenotypic diversification of ''Bacillus cereus'' AH187
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* 16:45 Jan Maarten van Dijl
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** Can ''Bacillus thuringiensis'' and other microorganisms isolated from chronic wounds ‘pacify’ ''Staphylococcus aureus''?
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== 17:00 Closing Remarks==
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== 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 ==
  
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* 16:00 – 16:15 – [[Peter Graumann]], Universitat Freiburg, DE
 
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** Movement of up to 3.4mm long [[MreB]] filaments at various angles underneath the cell membrane and their intrinsic membrane affinity
 
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* 16:20 – 16:35 – Hiraku Takada, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
 
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** Involvement of essential lipid synthetic enzyme, [[PlsX]], in the [[cell division]] machinery
 
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* 16:40 – 16:55 – Ilkay Celik, Newcastle University, UK
 
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** ''Bacillus'' minimal [[divisome]]
 
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* 17:00 – 17:15 – Robert Cleverley, Newcastle University, UK
 
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** Structure of the major [[divisome]] protein [[EzrA]]
 
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* 17:20 – 17:35 – Alex Dajkovic, University of California Irvine, USA
 
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** Organization of [[FtsZ]] polymers in living ''Bacillus subtilis'' cells
 
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* 17:40 – 17:55 – Romain Mercier, Newcastle University, UK
 
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** Excess membrane synthesis drives a primitive mode of cell proliferation
 
  
 
= END OF MEETING =
 
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Tuesday 12th June

  • 8:30 – 8:55 Registration
  • 8:55 Welcome - Chancellors’ Building, room 1.12

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 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 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

10:30 – 11:00 Tea and Coffee - Chancellors’ Building, ground floor foyer

Session 2 Cell division

CHAIR: TBA

  • 11:00 Henrik Strahl
    • Bacillus subtilis does not form microscopically detectable cardiolipin domains
  • 11:15 Jeanine Rismondo
    • Discovery of genes required for lipoteichoic acid glycosylation predicts two distinct mechanism for wall teichoic acid glycosylation
  • 11:30 Edward de Koning
    • Divisome maturation in Bacillus subtilis single cells
  • 11:45 Seamus Holden
  • 12:00 Dirk-Jan Scheffers
  • 12:15 Yongqiang Gao
    • Cell division in the cell wall-less bacterium Acholeplasma laidlawii


12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 1

Session 3 – Interesting Biology

CHAIR: Colin Harwood

  • 14:30 Jörg Stülke
    • DNA topoisomerases in Bacillus subtilis: A tale on mutants and suppressors
  • 14:45 Hannah Gaimster
    • Lethal depletion of essential cell envelope proteins can be rescued by slowing DNA replication in Bacillus subtilis
  • 15:00 Alexandre Deloupy
    • Stochastic gene expression in Bacillus subtilis
  • 15:15 Sabine Schneider
    • Development of a reporter gene system to characterise riboswitch function and to identify riboswitch modulators by high-throughput screening
  • 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

16:00 – 16:30 Tea and Coffee

Session 4 – Antibiotics 1

CHAIR: Ulrike Mäder

  • 16:30 Carolin Kobras
    • Exploring the substrate specificity of the antimicrobial peptide resistance transporter BceA-BceB in Bacillus subtilis
  • 16:45 Luiza P. Morawska
    • Preadaptation of Bacillus subtilis to mild osmostress contributes to increased antibiotic resistance
  • 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
  • 17:15 Gabriela Henriques
    • Towards the understanding of the regulation of SppA by YteJ in Bacillus subtilis.

Free evening in Bath

Wednesday 13th June

Session 5 Biotechnology

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

10:15 - 10:45 Tea and Coffee

Session 6 - Sporulation and development

CHAIR: TBC

  • 10:45 Imrich Barák
    • What we (don’t) know about the asymmetric septum in Bacillus subtilis
  • 11:00 Munehiro Asally
  • 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
  • 12:15 Karin Bjerre
    • Investigating of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens spores and vegetative cells in fecal samples from pigs

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 2

Session 7 – Antibiotics 2

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

15:30 – 16:00 Tea and Coffee

Session 8 – Cereus Group

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?

17:00 Closing Remarks

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

END OF MEETING

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