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Microbial Adhesion & Signal Transduction
July 24-29, 2011
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI
Chairs:
Michael S. Gilmore & Lotte Sogaard-Andersen

Vice Chairs:
Craig R. Roy & Jean-Marc Ghigo

The Gordon Conference on Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction is a premier meeting on the behavior of microbes in nature, in association with biotic and abiotic surfaces, and in association with host cells. Distinguished speakers and rising stars in the field meet with a diverse group of participants who share interests spanning bacterial-bacterial interaction and communication; bacterial interaction (both symbiotic and pathogenic) with hosts; gene regulation and regulatory networks differentially regulated in community structures such as in biofilms and GI tract communities, and in colonization and infection of the host; assembly and function of structures for cell adhesion and signal transduction; cell biology, microbial evolution and genome dynamics. Invited speakers are selected to represent a variety of scientific disciplines and include molecular biologists, nano engineers, geneticists, biochemists, immunologists, cell biologists, animal and plant physiologists, chemists, theoreticians, and computer modelers. This diversity, coupled with the intimate setting provided by the GRC, makes an ideal venue for interaction between scientists trained in widely different fields and serves to promote interdisciplinary collaborations.

Contributors
SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmThe Emergence of Pathogens: Genome Dynamics
7:40 pm - 7:50 pmDiscussion Leader: Michael S. Gilmore (Harvard University)
7:50 pm - 8:15 pmKelli Palmer (Harvard Medical School)
"Genomic insights into enterococcal evolution"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pmDiscussion
8:25 pm - 8:50 pmTrevor Lawley (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
"Clostridium difficile evolution and transmission"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pmTal Dagan (Heinrich-Heine Univeritaet Duesseldorf)
"Barriers and bypasses to lateral gene transfer in prokaryotes"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmBacterial Cell Envelope, Surface Structures, Secretion Systems and Virulence
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Alain Filloux (Centre for Molecular and Microbiology and Infection)
9:10 am - 9:35 amJudy Armitage (University of Oxford)
"Why are the two Rhodobacter chemosensory pathways physically separate in the cell"
9:35 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 9:55 amStephen Matthews (Imperial College, London)
"Structural studies of the secretion and assembly of bacterial 'curli' fibres"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 amCoffee Break / Group photo
10:30 am - 10:55 amColin Hughes (University of Cambridge)
"Crossing the periplasm and outer membrane through the TolC exit duct"
10:55 am - 11:05 amDiscussion
11:05 am - 11:30 amPeter J. Christie (University of Texas Medical School at Houston)
"Substrate Transfer through Bacterial Type IV Secretion Systems"
11:30 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 11:50 amAnna Konovalova (MPI Marburg)
"Regulated proteolysis activates secretion of a signaling protease"
11:50 am - 11:55 amDiscussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pmJon N. Penterman (MIT)
"Biofilm-driven evolution of a fitness tradeoff and unculturable bacteria"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pmDiscussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pmGilles Phan (Birkbeck College, London)
"Crystal Structure of the Usher:Chaperone:Adhesin Subunit Complex - Insights into Pilus Assembly"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNanotechnology in Microbiology
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Marvin Whiteley (University of Texas at Austin)
7:40 pm - 8:05 pmJoanna Aizenberg (Harvard University)
"Patterning microbial adhesion in and on nanoforests"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmDeborah Hung (Broad Institute)
"New Technologies for studying microbial behavior"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pmVirginia A. Davis (Auburn University)
"Properties from Self Assembly of Synthetic Nanocylinders with DNA and Enzymes"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pmDiscussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmGeneral discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCell-cell Communication and Regulatory Networks
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Jean-Marc Ghigo (Institut Pasteur)
9:10 am - 9:35 amAimee Wessel (University of Texas at Austin)
"Probing Prokaryotic Social Behaviors with Bacterial 'Lobster Traps'"
9:35 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 9:55 amMaria Hadjifrangiskou (Washington University School of Medicine)
"Regulatory mechanisms influencing biofilm formation in uropathogenic Escherichia coli"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 10:55 amJörg Vogel (Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie)
"Graduating regulatory small RNAs"
10:55 am - 11:05 amDiscussion
11:05 am - 11:30 amRoberto Kolter (Harvard Medical School)
"Intra- and inter-species signaling molecules that alter microbial development"
11:30 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pmPascale Cossart (Institut Pasteur)
"Infections by intracytosolic pathogens: from cell biology to epigenetics"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmDiscussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pmShaunak Sen (Caltech)
"Dynamical Consequences of Bandpass Feedback Loops in a Bacterial Phosphorelay"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCellular Organization
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Judy Armitage (University of Oxford)
7:40 pm - 8:05 pmSusan Golden (University of California-San Diego)
"How bacteria tell time"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmTam Mignot (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée)
"Mysterious mechanisms of bacterial motility on surfaces: Motors, slime and evolution"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pmKit Pogliano (University of California-San Diego)
The cellular effects of toxins that mediate cannibalistic and predatory interactions of Bacillus subtilis
9:15 pm - 9:25 pmDiscussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmGeneral Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSymbiotic and Pathogenic Interactions: Interacting with Others
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Ned Ruby (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
9:10 am - 9:35 amEric Pamer (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
"The role of the intestinal microbiota in the development of antibiotic-resistant infections"
9:35 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 9:55 amJessica V. Pierce (Tufts University)
"Regulation of colonization by Candida albicans in the gastrointestinal tract of healthy and immunocompromised hosts"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 10:55 amArturo Casadevall (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
"Parallels in fungal interactions with protozoal and mammalian cells provide insight into the origin of virulence of pathogenic fungi"
10:55 am - 11:05 amDiscussion
11:05 am - 11:30 amElisabeth Hussa (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Beneficial Plasticity: the importance of adaptability in the Xenorhabdus nematophila symbiotic lifestyle"
11:30 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pmEric Skaar (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)
"Bacterial hemoglobin capture: The molecular evolution of microbial vampires"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmDiscussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pmMatthew F. Traxler (Harvard University)
"A siderophore-mediated interspecies interaction reveals a critical role for iron in the development of Streptomyces coelicolor"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmBiofilms and Microbial Communities: Interacting Through the Matrix
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Roberto Kolter (Harvard Medical School)
7:40 pm - 8:05 pmNatacha Kremer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Maximizing signal-to-noise: Molecular events underlying host recognition of the specific partner during initiation of the squid-vibrio symbiosis"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmMatthew Parsek (University of Washington, School of Medicine)
"Signaling as a new function for the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pmJoseph Mougous (University of Washington)
"Type VI secretion effectors that target peptidoglycan"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pmDiscussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmGeneral discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmIntracellular Survival: The Unique Intracellular Environment
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Elaine Tuomanen (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
9:10 am - 9:35 amCraig Roy (Yale University School of Medicine)
"An important role for the Dot/Icm system in Coxiella burnetii intracellular replication revealed through genetic analysis"
9:35 am - 9:45 amDiscussion
9:45 am - 9:55 amMatthias P. Machner (NIH)
"De-AMPylation of the small GTPase Rab1 by the pathogen Legionella pneumophila"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 10:55 amSuzanne Fleiszig (University of California, Berkeley)
"The role of type III secreted effectors in intracellular trafficking by P. aeruginosa"
10:55 am - 11:05 amDiscussion
11:05 am - 11:30 amAlain Filloux (Imperial College London)
"Regulatory networks involved in the switch between T3SS and T6SS in P. aeruginosa"
11:30 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 12:05 amVassilis Koronakis (University of Cambridge)
"The cytoskeleton WAVE regulation; you don't know the half of it"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmDiscussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pmIndira U. Mysorekar (Washington University School of Medicine)
"Autophagy deficiency confers protection from persistent uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection in vivo"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmInnate Immune Response
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Michael Starnbach (Harvard Medical School)
7:40 pm - 8:05 pmLynda Stuart (Harvard Medical School)
"The Role of Effector-triggered Immunity in Defense Against Pathogenic Microbes"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmDenise Monack (Stanford University School of Medicine)
"To Die or not to Die: Detection of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens by Inflammasome NLRs"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pmElaine Tuomanen (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
"Pros and cons of leukocytes"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pmDiscussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmGeneral discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13AI094878-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
 
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