Program
Contents
Wednesday 10th April 2013
▪ 8:00 – 9.00 REGISTRATION ▪ 9:00 – 9:10 – Welcome Introduction
Session I Metabolism
CHAIR: Leendert Hamoen
- 9:10 – 9:25 – Ken-ichi Yoshida, Kobe University, Japan
- Bacillus subtilis possesses two distinct triosephosphate isomerases
- 9:30 – 9:45 – Kambiz Morabbi Heravi, University of Stuttgart, DE
- Mannitol utilization system of Bacillus subtilis: activation of the mtl promoters by MtlR
- 9:50 – 10:05 – Marian Wenzel, University of Stuttgart,DE
- Development of a self-inducible Bacillus subtilis expression system for application in high-cell-density fermentations.
- 10:10 – 10:25 – Elisabeth Härtig, Technical University Braunschweig, DE
- Transcriptional activation by the AlsR regulator of Bacillus subtilis comprises effector binding, oligomerization, DNA binding and DNA bending
- 10:30 – 10:50 – COFFEE BREAK
Session II Biofilms
CHAIR: Dirk-Jan Scheffers
- 10:50 – 11:05 – Laura Hobley, University of Dundee, UK
- 11:10 – 11:25 – Akos T Kovacs, University of Jena, DE
- Living on the surface: Biofilm formation and surface motility of Bacillus subtilis
- 11:30 – 11:45 – Ole Økstad, University of Oslo, NO
- Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) regulation of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis
- 11:50 – 12:05 – Jörg Stülke, University of Göttingen, DE
- c-di-AMP, an essential signalling nucleotide in Bacillus subtilis
- 12:10 – 12:25 – Lynne Cairns, University of Dundee, UK
- Investigation of the role of the motility protein, YvyG, and potential regulation by tyrosine phosphorylation in Bacillus subtilis
- 12:30 – 13:40 LUNCH (+ BACIP MEETING)
Session III: Beyond Bacillus subtilis, a focus on non-subtilis species
CHAIR: Jan Maarten van Dijl
- 13:40 – 13:55 – Anne-Brit Kolstø, University of Oslo, NO
- TBA
- 14:00 – 14:15 – Rebecca Biedendieck, Technische Universitat, Braunschweig, DE
- Production and secretion of recombinant proteins in Bacillus megaterium
- 14:20 – 14:35 – Per Bullough, University of Sheffield, UK
- Surface architecture of endospores of the Bacillus cereus/anthracis/thuringiensis family at the subnanometer scale.
- 14:40 – 14:55 – Susanne Pohl, Newcastle University, UK
- Oxidative stress in Bacillus anthracis
- 15:00 – 15:15 –Mette Dines-Cantor, Chr. Hansen A/S, Hørsholm, DK
- Screening for new Bacillus-based probiotic feed additives for the pig industry.
- 15:20 – 15:35 – Jurgen Seppen, Amsterdam Medical Centre, NL
- The utility Bacillus subtilis for intestinal gene transfer.
- 15:40 – 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK
Session IV: Spores/sporulation
CHAIR: Nicola Stanley-Wall
- 16:00 – 16:15 – Stanley Brul, University of Amsterdam, NL
- Functional genomics for food preservation: inhibiting bacterial spore germination
- 16:20 – 16:35 – Ewa Bukowska-Faniband, University of Lund, SE
- Cortex synthesis during Bacillus subtilis sporulation depends on the transpeptidase activity of SpoVD
- 16:40 – 16:55 – Robyn EIJLANDER, University of Groningen, NL
- SporeWeb: Interactive visualization of gene regulatory networks during the complete sporulation cycle of Bacillus subtilis
- 17:00 – 17:15– Katie Jameson, University of York, UK
- Regulating DnaA to maintain diploidy at the onset of sporulation
- 17:20 – 17:35 – Katja Nagler, German Aerospace Centre, Cologne, DE
- High salinity has negative effects on Bacillus subtilis spore germination and outgrowth
- 17.40 – 17.55– Patrik Florek, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK
- Characterization of Bacillus three-component SpoIISABC toxin-antitoxin system
- 18.00 – 19.30 BACELL STEERING GROUP MEETING
19:30 – WINE RECEPTION AND DINNER AT THE Great North Museum, Barras Bridge
Thursday April 11th 2013
Session V: Synthetic Biology
CHAIR: Thomas Wiegert
- 9:00 – 9:15 – Elbrich Hendricks, University of Groningen, NL
- iGEM team Groningen 2012: Food Wardens – Grand Prize Winners
- 9:20 – 9:35 – Francois Coutte, University of Lille, FR
- Genetic engineering of Bacillus subtilis assisted by computational modelling to overproduce lipopeptide biosurfactants
- 9:40 – 9:55 – Maarten Mols, University of Groningen, NL
- Improving the Bacilllus cell factory by cell envelope engineering
- 10:00 – 10:15 – Tjeerd van Ris, DSM, Delft, NL
- Improved enzyme production by codon pair optimization
- 10:20 – 10:35 – Alexander Webb, Imperial College London, UK
- Parasight
- 10:40 – 11:00 – COFFEE BREAK
Session VI: Cell walls and secretion
CHAIR: Ole Økstad
- 11:00 – 11:15 – Patricia Dominguez-Cuevas, Newcastle University, UK
- 11:20 – 11:35 – David Noone, Trinity College Dublin, IE
- Several regulatory mechanisms combine to make expression and cell association of the CwlO D,L-endopeptidase-type autolysin responsive to growth conditions in Bacillus subtilis
- 11:40 – 11:55 – Dirk-Jan Scheffers, University of Groningen, NL
- Substrate availability guides peptidoglycan synthesis
- 12:00 – 12:15 – Thomas Wiegert, University of Applied Sciences Zittau, DE
- Influence of the intramembrane cleaving protease RasP on protein secretion in Bacillus subtilis
- 12:20 – 12:35 – Vivianne Goosens, University Medical Centre Groningen, NL
- A role for TatAC in Bacillus subtilis twin-arginine protein translocation
- 12:40 – 13:40 – LUNCH
Session VII: Regulation & Replication
CHAIR: Henrik Strahl
- 13:40 – 13:55 – Sara Kesel, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, DE
- Immediate and heterogeneous response of the LiaF-LiaS-LiaR two-component system of Bacillus subtilis to the peptide antibiotic bacitracin
- 14:00 – 14:15 –Jakob Engman, Lund University, SE
- 14:20 – 14:35 – Fabian Commichau, University of Göttingen, DE
- Essential genes in Bacillus subtilis: a re-evaluation after 10 years
- 14:40 – 14:55– Thorsten Mascher, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, DE
- (Tools for studying the) Regulatory dynamics of peptide antibiotic detoxification modules in Bacillus subtilis
- 15:00 – 15:15 – Vladimir Bidnenko, INRA, Jouy en Josas, FR
- Distinct activities of co-essential Bacillus subtilis flap-endonucleases, Pol I and YpcP, in DNA replication and repair
- 15:20 – 15:35 – Panos Soultanas, University of Nottingham, UK
- Functional interplay of DnaE polymerase, DnaG primase and DnaC helicase within a ternary complex during lagging strand DNA replication in Bacillus subtilis
- 15:40 – 16:00 – COFFEE BREAK
Session VIII: Division
CHAIR: Alan Nielson
- 16:00 – 16:15 – Peter Graumann, Universitat Freiburg, DE
- Movement of up to 3.4mm long MreB filaments at various angles underneath the cell membrane and their intrinsic membrane affinity
- 16:20 – 16:35 – Hiraku Takada, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
- Involvement of essential lipid synthetic enzyme, PlsX, in the cell division machinery
- 16:40 – 16:55 – Ilkay Celik, Newcastle University, UK
- Bacillus minimal divisome
- 17:00 – 17:15 – Robert Cleverley, Newcastle University, UK
- 17:20 – 17:35 – Alex Dajkovic, University of California Irvine, USA
- Organization of FtsZ polymers in living Bacillus subtilis cells
- 17:40 – 17:55 – Romain Mercier, Newcastle University, UK
- Excess membrane synthesis drives a primitive mode of cell proliferation