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= Tuesday, April 29, 2014 =
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= Tuesday 14th April 2015 =
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▪ 8:00 – 9.00 REGISTRATION
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▪ 8:00 - 9.00 REGISTRATION
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▪ 9:00 – 9:10 – Welcome Introduction
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▪ 9:00 - 9:10 – Welcome Introduction
  
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== Session I [[Metabolism]] ==
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== Session I Regulation ==
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CHAIR: [[Jan Maarten van Dijl]]  
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CHAIR:  [[Ulrike Mäder]]
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9:10 - 9:25 – [[Ken-ichi Yoshida]], Kobe, Japan
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▪ Hyperphosphorylation of [[DegU]] cancels [[CcpA]]-dependent catabolite repression of ''[[rocG]]'' in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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9:30 - 9:45 – Kambiz Morabbi Heravi, Stuttgart, DE
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▪ Activation of the ''[[glcR]]-[[ywpJ]]'' operon by phosphosugar stress in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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9:50 - 10:05 – Iolanda Ferro, Potsdam,DE
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▪ Regulation of tRNA charging in ''Bacillus licheniformis'' and tRNA abundance
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10:10 - 10:25 – [[Ole Økstad]], Oslo, NO
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▪ Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) regulation in the ''Bacillus cereus'' group - mapping and analysis of putative c-di-GMP effectors
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10:30 - 10:45 – Paola Randazzo, Jouy-en-Josas, FR
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▪ Transcriptome and proteome analysis of the pulcherrimin-overproducing ''[[yvmB]]'' ''Bacillus subtilis'' mutant
  
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* 9:10 – 9:25 – [[Ken-ichi Yoshida]], Kobe University, Japan
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10:50 – 11:15 – COFFEE BREAK
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** Inositol dehydrogenases in ''Geobacillus kaustophilus'' are regulated by a [[Crh]] homolog but not by glucose
 
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* 9:30 – 9:45 – Matthieu Jules, INRA, MICALIS, France
 
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** New regulation and catabolic repression of the uptake of gluconeogenic carbon sources
 
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* 9:50 – 10:05 – [[Uwe Völker]], University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
 
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** Adaptation of ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[carbon core metabolism]] to simultaneous nutrient limitation and osmotic challenge: a multi-omics perspective.
 
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* 10:10 – 10:25 – Raphael Michna, General Microbiology, Göttingen, Germany
 
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** ''Subti''Wiki and its compagnons: Tools for data integration of ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 10:30 – 10:50 – COFFEE BREAK
 
  
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== Session II Synthetic Biology and [[protein secretion|Secretion]]  ==
 
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CHAIR: [[Nicola Stanley-Wall]]
 
  
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* 10:50 – 11:05 – [[Philippe Noirot]],INRA, France
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== Session II Responses to osmotic stress ==
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** Streamlining the ''Bacillus subtilis'' genome: from proof-of-concept to cell factories
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CHAIR: [[Ole Økstad]]
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* 11:10 – 11:25 – Iolanda Ferro, University of Potsdam, Germany
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11:20 - 11:35 – Sofia Arnaouteli, Heraklion, GR
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** Emerging role of tRNA charging for protein expression in ''Bacillus licheniformis''
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▪ Two putative polysaccharide deacetylases are required for osmotic stability and cell shape maintenance in ''Bacillus anthracis''
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* 11:30 – 11:45 – Marcel Hillebrand, DSM, Delft, Netherlands
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11:40 - 11:55 – S. Löbach, Marburg, DE
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** Signal sequence fusion libraries for increased enzyme production
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▪ Osmotic control of the ''[[yqiH]]-[[yqiI]]-[[yqiK]]'' operon by the two component [[DegS]]-[[DegU]] system of ''Bacillus subtilis''
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* 11:50 – 12:05 – Jolanda Neef, University of Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands
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12:00 - 12:15 – [[Ulrike Mäder]], Greifswald, DE
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** A novel expression platform for the production of cell wall-bound and secreted staphylococcal antigens
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▪ Regulation of ''[[opuB]]'' expression in ''Bacillus subtilis'' involves a [[SigB]]-dependent antisense RNA
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* 12:10 – 12:25 – Giulia Barbieri, University of Pavia, Italy
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12:20 - 12:35 – Katja Nagler, Cologne, DE
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** [[CodY]] regulates the expression of two proteases in ''B. subtilis''
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▪ Towards the identification of mechanisms of high-salinity effects on ''Bacillus subtilis'' spore [[germination]] and outgrowth
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* 12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH (+ BACIP MEETING)
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12:40 – 14:00 LUNCH (+ BACIP MEETING)
  
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== Session III: Stress response and regulation ==
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== Session III: Focus topic: Towards a minimal cell ==
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CHAIR: [[Leendert Hamoen]]
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CHAIR: Jörg Stülke
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14:00 - 14:35 – [[Josef Altenbuchner]], Stuttgart, DE
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▪ Towards a ''Bacillus subtilis'' minimal genome
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14:40 - 14:55 – Christopher Sauer, Newcastle, UK
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▪ Influence of chromosomal location on the expression of genes in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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15:00 - 15:15 –Terrens N. V. Saaki, Amsterdam, NL
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▪ Constructing the Bacillus minimal [[divisome]]: what regulatory genes are really required for [[cell division]]?
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15:20 - 15:35 – Etienne Dervyn, Jouy-en-Josas, FR
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▪ From knowledge on gene essentiality and transcription to cell factories
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15:40 - 16:00 - COFFEE BREAK
  
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* 14:00 – 14:15 – [[Thorsten Mascher]], Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
 
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** Cannibalism Stress Response in ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 14:20 – 14:35 – Sandra Maaß, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Germany
 
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** Absolute protein quantification of stress and starvation responses in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
 
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* 14:40 – 14:55 – Tamara Hoffmann, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
 
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** Balancing the osmotic gradient: transcriptional control of ''[[opuAA]]'' expression in response to osmotic stress and the cytoplasmic compatible solute pool
 
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* 15:00 – 15:15 – Michaela Wenzel, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
 
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** Antimicrobial peptides elicit a hypoosmotic shock response in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
 
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* 15:20 – 15:35 – Georg Fritz, LMU Munich, Germany
 
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** Interdependence between different layers of the cell envelope stress response in ''Bacillus subtilis''.
 
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* 15:40 – 15:55 – Niclas Nordholt, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
 
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** How ''Bacillus subtilis'' tunes its growth rate when it gets hot
 
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* 16:00 – 16:20 – COFFEE BREAK
 
  
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== Session IV: [[Sporulation]] ==
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== Session IV: Stress & [[sporulation]] ==
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CHAIR: [[Jörg Stülke]]
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CHAIR: [[Imrich Barak]]
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16:00 - 16:15 – Declan Gray, Newcastle, UK
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▪ Starvation survival of ''Bacillus subtilis'' without [[sporulation]]
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16:20 - 16:35 – Erwin M. Berendsen, Wageningen, NL
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▪ A mobile genetic element is responsible for substantially increased heat resistance of ''Bacillus subtilis'' spores
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16:40 - 16:55 – [[Kürsad Turgay]], Hannover, DE
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▪ Thermotolerance development in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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17:00 - 17:15– Marina Raguse, Cologne, DE
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▪ Plasma sterilization as an innovative tool to inactive ''Bacillus subtilis'' endospores
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17:20 - 17:35 – Alexander Reder, Greifswald, DE
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▪ Issues of competence – the general stress [[sigma factor]] [[SigB]] silences competence development in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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17.40 - 17.55—[[Jan Maarten van Dijl]], Groningen, NL
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▪ [[Ribosome]] remodeling in ethanol-stressed cells of ''Bacillus subtilis'' is mediated by a [[SigB]]-dependent antisense RNA
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18.00 - 18.15—[[Sylvie Nessler]], University Paris-Sud, FR
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▪ ''Bacillus subtilis'' serine/threonine protein kinase [[YabT]]
  
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* 16:20 – 16:35 – [[Tony Wilkinson]], University of York, UK
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== 18.20 - 19.00 BACELL STEERING GROUP MEETING ==
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** Structure function studies of the cell fate determining protein [[SpoIIE]]
 
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* 16:40 – 16:55 – Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
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** ''Desulfotomaculum'': a genus of spore-forming bacteria involved in S and Fe cycling
 
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* 17:00 – 17:15– Jan Jamroskovic, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
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** Quantitative study of DPA and calcium transport during [[sporulation]] of ''Bacillus subtilis''.
 
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* 17:20 – 17:35 – Robyn Eijlander, University of Groningen, NL
 
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** The role of [[SpoVT]] in [[sporulation]] of Bacilli – two sides of the same coin
 
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* 17.40 – 17.55– Liesbet Thijs, Kemin Europa NV, Belgium
 
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** The beneficial effects of ''Bacillus subtilis'' PB6 on performance of laying hens
 
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* 18.00 – 19.00 BACELL STEERING GROUP MEETING
 
  
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== 19:00 – DINNER AT THE FALKENSTEINER HOTEL BRATISLAVA == 
 
  
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= Wednesday, April 30, 2014 =
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= Wednesday April 15th 2015 =
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== Session V: Tools et al. ==
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CHAIR: [[Stephane Aymerich]]
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9:00 - 9:15 – Jara Radeck, Munich, DE
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▪ The ''Bacillus'' BioBrick Box 2.0: Generation and Evaluation of New Essential Genetic Building Blocks for Standardized Work with ''Bacillus subtilis''
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9:20 - 9:35 – Wilfried J. J. Meijer, Madrid, ES
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▪ Studying ''Bacillus subtilis'' plasmid conjugation and its use as a tool for modifying other relevant Gram positive bacteria
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9:40 - 9:55 – Trupti Sharma, Bath, UK
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▪ Microbiologically induced calcium carbonate precipitation by extremophilic ''Bacillus'' species – A potential application as microbial agents for the development of self-healing concrete
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10:00 - 10:35 - COFFEE BREAK
  
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== Session V: [[Sporulation]] and other spore formers ==
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== Session VI: Cell wall and cell biology ==
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CHAIR: [[Kevin Devine]]
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CHAIR: [[Uwe Völker]]
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* 9:00 – 9:15 – Didier Lereclus, INRA, France
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10:40 - 10:55 – Mike van Nieuwenhze, Bloomington/ Newcastle, USA/ UK
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** A bifunctional quorum sensor couples necrotrophism and [[sporulation]] in ''Bacillus thuringiensis''
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▪ Novel chemical tools for probing the dynamics of peptidoglycan biosynthesis
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* 9:20 – 9:35 – Sylvie Nessler, University Paris, France
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11:00 - 11:15 – Henrik Strahl, Newcastle, UK
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** Structure-function analysis of the bifunctional quorum sensor NprR from ''Bacillus thuringiensis''
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▪ Polar localization of bacterial chemoreceptors by recruitment to highly curved septal membrane
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* 9:40 – 9:55 – Emilie Verplaetse, INRA MICALIS, France
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11:20 - 11:35 – David Noone, Trinity College Dublin, IE
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** Dynamics of virulence, necrotrophism and [[sporulation]] states in a ''Bacillus thuringiensis'' population at the cell-level
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▪ The [[WalK]] sensor kinase detects several signals during the growth cycle of ''Bacillus subtilis''
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* 10:00 – 10:15 – Monika Ehling-Schulz, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
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11:40 - 11:55 – Karzan R. Sidiq, Newcastle, UK
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** Pathometabolism of emetic ''Bacillus cereus''
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▪ A D-alanine transporter in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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* 10:20 – 10:40 – COFFEE BREAK
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12:00 - 12:15 – [[Peter Graumann]], Marburg, DE
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▪ [[MreB]] forms curved sheets of filaments that nucleate on membranes ''in vitro''
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12:20 - 12:35 – Jeanine Rismondo, Wernigerode, DE
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▪ Discrete and overlapping roles of the five high molecular weight penicillin binding proteins in [[cell division]], growth and virulence of ''Listeria monocytogenes''
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12:40 - 13:40 – LUNCH
  
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== Session VI: Regulation ==
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== Session VII: Toxins & antibiotics/ Protection & Resistance ==
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CHAIR: [[Philippe Noirot]]
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CHAIR: Sandrine Auger
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* 10:40 – 10:55 – [[Kevin Devine]], Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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13:40 - 13:55 – N. Jahn, Jena, DE
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** New Insights into [[PhoP]]-[[PhoR]] Expression and Regulation in ''Bacillus subtilis''
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▪ Against the mainstream: The type I toxin [[BsrG]] from ''Bacillus subtilis'' does not disrupt membrane potential although it is recruited to the cell membrane
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* 11:00 – 11:15 – Marie-Françoise Noirot-Gros, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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14:00 - 14:15 –Yazen Yaseen, Lille, FR
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** Tyrosine Kinase [[SubtInteract|Interaction]] Network in ''Bacillus subtilis'' Reveals New Substrates, Kinase Activators and Extensive Functional Cross-talk Among Kinases.
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▪ Comparative study of fengycin promoters using green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion marker
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* 11:20 – 11:35 – Susanne Gebhard, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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14:20 - 14:35 –Luminita Ciolacu, KEMIN, BE
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** Communication between [[ABC transporters]] and histidine kinases in antimicrobial peptide resistance modules
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▪ Lipopeptides of ''Bacillus subtilis'' PB6 - A comparison of two phenotypes
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* 11:40 – 11:55 – Libor Krásný, MBU AVČR, Praha, Czech Republic
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14:40 - 14:55—Elrike Frenzel, Groningen, NL
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** Characterization of [[HelD]], a new interacting partner of [[RNA polymerase]] from ''Bacillus subtilis''
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▪ Single cell profiling of cereulide toxin producing ''Bacillus cereus''
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* 12:00 – 12:15 – Ruben Mars, University of Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands
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15:00 - 15:15 – [[Anne-Brit Kolstø]], Oslo, NO
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** Noise promotion of autorepressed [[AbrB]] by a [[sRNA|small regulatory RNA]] generates heterogeneity in growth rate of ''Bacillus subtilis''
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▪ The secret lives of bacterial efflux transporter proteins
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* 12:20 – 12:35 – [[Ulrike Mäder]], University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
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15:20 - 15:35 – [[Susanne Gebhard]], Bath, UK
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** AureoWiki - the repository of the ''Staphylococcus aureus'' research and annotation community
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▪ Need-based activation of antibiotic resistance by a flux-sensing mechanism
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* 12:40 – 14:00 – LUNCH
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15:40 - 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK
  
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== Session VII: Cytoskeleton and [[cell division]] ==
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== Session VIII: Biofilm & Secretion ==
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CHAIR: [[Tony Wilkinson]]
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CHAIR: [[Kevin Devine]]
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16:00 - 16:15 – [[Akos 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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16:20 - 16:35 – [[Cinzia Calvio]], University of Pavia, IT
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▪ Four “y” genes in ''B. subtilis'' genome encode γ-PGA hydrolases
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16:40 - 16:55 – Stavroula Balomenou, University of Crete, GR
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▪ Distinct functions of polysaccharide deacetylases in physiology, virulence and [[biofilm formation]] of ''Bacillus anthracis''
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17:00 - 17:15 – Rita Cruz, DSM Delft, NL
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▪ Impact of secretion and wall stress on [[protein secretion]] by ''Bacillus subtilis''
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17:20 - 17:35 – Alexandria Holland, Bath University, UK
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▪ [[Protein secretion]] in ''Bacillus thermoglucosidasius''
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17:40 - 17:55 – Sara Kesel, University of Munich, DE
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▪ Carbohydrate-coating reduces adhesion of biofilm forming ''Bacillus subtilis'' to gold surfaces
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18:00 Drinks
  
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* 14:00 – 14:15 – Katarína Muchová, IMB SAS, Slovakia
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19:00 Dinner
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** Control of ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[cell shape]] by [[RodZ]].
 
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* 14:20 – 14:35 – Henrik Strahl, Newcastle University, UK
 
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** The actin homologue [[MreB]] organizes the bacterial cell membrane
 
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* 14:40 – 14:55– Juri Bach, LMU Munich, Germany
 
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** Flotillins functionally organize the bacterial membrane
 
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* 15:00 – 15:15 – [[Marc Bramkamp]], LMU Munich, Germany
 
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** Imaging [[DivIVA]] dynamics using photo-convertible and activatable fluorophores in ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 15:20 – 15:35 – Karan Gautam Kaval, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
 
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** A role for ''L. monocytogenes'' [[DivIVA]] in division-site selection
 
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* 15:40 – 15:55 – Jeanine Rismondo, Robert-Koch-Institut, Wernigerode, Germany
 
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** [[GpsB]] impacts on division, growth and virulence of ''Listeria monocytogenes'' by controlling penicillin binding protein A1
 
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* 16:00 – 16:30 – COFFEE BREAK
 
  
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== Session VIII: Motility and Regulation ==
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= END OF MEETING =
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CHAIR: [[Colin Harwood]]
 
  
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* 16:30 – 16:55 – [[Nicola Stanley-Wall]], University of Dundee, UK
 
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** FlgN function in flagellar based motility by ''Bacillus subtilis''
 
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* 16:50 – 17:05 – Cinzia Calvio, University of Pavia, Italy
 
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** The molecular function of [[SwrA]]: an auxiliary factor modulating [[DegU]] transcriptional activity
 
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* 17:10 – 17:25 – Ewoud Reilman, University of Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands
 
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** The multidrug [[ABC transporter]] [[BmrC]]/[[BmrD]] of ''Bacillus subtilis'' is regulated via a ribosome-mediated transcriptional attenuation mechanism
 
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* 17:30 – 17:45 – Stefanie Henkel, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
 
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** The [[GbsR]]-family of transcriptional regulators and their involvement in osmotic adjustment
 
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* 17:50 - CLOSING REMARKS
 
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= END OF MEETING =
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:45, 18 March 2015

Tuesday 14th April 2015

▪ 8:00 - 9.00 REGISTRATION ▪ 9:00 - 9:10 – Welcome Introduction

Session I Regulation

CHAIR: Ulrike Mäder 9:10 - 9:25 – Ken-ichi Yoshida, Kobe, Japan ▪ Hyperphosphorylation of DegU cancels CcpA-dependent catabolite repression of rocG in Bacillus subtilis 9:30 - 9:45 – Kambiz Morabbi Heravi, Stuttgart, DE ▪ Activation of the glcR-ywpJ operon by phosphosugar stress in Bacillus subtilis 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 ▪ Osmotic control of the yqiH-yqiI-yqiK operon by the two component DegS-DegU system of Bacillus subtilis 12:00 - 12:15 – Ulrike Mäder, Greifswald, DE ▪ Regulation of opuB expression in Bacillus subtilis involves a SigB-dependent antisense RNA 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 ▪ Ribosome remodeling in ethanol-stressed cells of Bacillus subtilis is mediated by a SigB-dependent antisense RNA 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 Kovacs, University of Jena, DE ▪ Living on the surface: Biofilm formation and surface motility of Bacillus subtilis 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

END OF MEETING

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