Program
Monday June 22, 2015
- 8:15 - 8:30 – Welcome remarks, Jim Hoch, Marta Perego
- 8:30 - 9:15 - Keynote lecture: Andrew Camilli, Boston, USA
- The Streptococcus pneumoniae cell wall controls pneumolysin release and contributes to virulence.
Session I Signal transduction I
CHAIR: Marta Perego
- 9:15 - 9:30 – Kevin Devine, Dublin, Ireland
- The activities of the WalR-WalK and PhoP-PhoR two-component signal transduction systems are determined by signals that emanate from cell wall metabolism in Bacillus subtilis
- 9:30 - 9:45 – Hendrik Szurmant, La Jolla. USA
- The YycF-YycG two-component system as a regulatory feedback loop for the expression of autolysin activity and the target of antimicrobial activities by human chemokines.
- 9:45 - 10:00 – Tarek Msadek, Paris, France
- Peptide antibiotic resistance and intramembrane kinase signaling in Staphylococcus aureus.
- 10:00 – 10:30 – COFFEE BREAK
Session II Signal transduction II
CHAIR: Kevin Devine
- 10:30 - 10:45 – Mary K. Phillips-Jones, Preston, UK
- Characterization of ligand binding by VanS, the membrane sensor kinase of the two-component system regulating A-type vancomycin resistance in the enterococci.
- 10:45 - 11:00 – Emanuel Hanski, Jerusalem, Israel
- Regulation of group A Streptococcus virulence by sensing of asparagines.
- 11:00 - 11:15 – Nicola Horstmann, Houston, USA
- Regulation of dual-site phosphorylation of response regulator CovR and its impact on group A streptococcus global gene expression and virulence.
- 11:15 - 11:30 – Andrew Ulijasz, London, UK
- A novel family of two-component like redox sensors in the Streptococci.
- 11:30 - 11:45 – Marta Perego, La Jolla, USA
- 11:45 - 12:00 – Maria Cecilia Manilla, Rosario, Argentina
- Proline residues of DesK as transmitting elements of cold stimulus.
- 12:00 - 12:15 – Ken-ichi Yoshida, Kobe, Japan
- 12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
Session III Industrial Research
CHAIR: Ghislain Schyns
- 14:00 - 14:45 – Keynote lecture: Sven Panke, Zürich, Switzerland
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- 14:45 - 15:00 – Abderahmane Derouiche, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 15:00 - 15:15 –Jolanda Neef, Groningen, Netherlands
- A novel expression platform for the production of cell wall-bound and secreted staphylococcal antigens.
- 15:15 - 15:30 – Ferro Iolanda, Potsdam, Germany
- tRNA abundance and aminoacylation in Bacillus licheniformis.
- 15:30 - 15:45 –Birgit Voigt, Greifswald, Germany
- The response of Bacillus pumilus to hydrogen peroxide-provoked oxidative stress.
- 15:45 - 16:15 - COFFEE BREAK
Session IV: Vaccines
CHAIR: Guido Grandi
- 16:15 - 16:30 – Fabio Bagnoi, Siena, Italy
- Vaccine composition formulated with a novel TLR7-dependent adjuvant induces high and broad protection against Staphylococcus aureus.
- 16:30 - 16:45 – Olaf Schneewind, Chicago, USA
- Protein A suppresses immune responses during Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in guinea pigs.
- 16:45 - 17:00 – Johannes Hübner, Munich, Germany
- Towards a vaccine against enterococci: Reverse vaccinology and beyond.
- 17:00 - 17:15– Edmondo Campisi, Siena, Italy
- Structural and genetic characterization of the Type IX Group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and its relationship with types V and VII
- 17:15 - 17:30 – Joseph J. Zeppa, London, Ontario, Canada
- Vaccine approaches targeting colonization by Streptococcus pyogenes.
17.30 - 19.30 Poster Session I
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 T Kovacs, University of Jena, DE
- Rise to the surface: importance of motility and aerotaxis in pellicle biofilm development
- 16:20 - 16:35 – Cinzia Calvio, University of Pavia, IT
- Four “y” genes in B. subtilis genome encode γ-PGA hydrolases
- 16:40 - 16:55 – Stavroula Balomenou, University of Crete, GR
- Distinct functions of polysaccharide deacetylases in physiology, virulence and biofilm formation of Bacillus anthracis
- 17:00 - 17:15 – Rita Cruz, DSM Delft, NL
- Impact of secretion and wall stress on protein secretion by Bacillus subtilis
- 17:20 - 17:35 – Alexandria Holland, Bath University, UK
- Protein secretion in Bacillus thermoglucosidasius
- 17:40 - 17:55 – Sara Kesel, University of Munich, DE
- Carbohydrate-coating reduces adhesion of biofilm forming Bacillus subtilis to gold surfaces
- 18:00 Drinks
- 19:00 Dinner