Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Exploring the Bacterial Cell Envelope
Discussion Leader: Rut Carballido-Lopez (INRAE - AgroParisTech - Paris-Saclay University, France)
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Opening Remarks
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Thomas Silhavy (Princeton University, United States)
"Phospholipid Transport to and From the Outer Membrane"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Waldemar Vollmer (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
"Coordination of Cell Envelope Biogenesis"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:20 pm |
Christine Jacobs-Wagner (Stanford University, United States)
"Lyme Disease and the Peptidoglycan"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Modifying the Bacterial Cell Surface
Discussion Leader: Jean-Francois Collet (UCLouvain, Belgium)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:35 am |
Filippo Mancia (Columbia University, United States)
"Structural Basis of Lipopolysaccharide Maturation"
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9:35 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:10 am |
Felipe Cava (Umea University, Sweden)
"Genome-Wide Vibrio cholerae Peptidoglycan Profiling"
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10:10 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:15 am |
Chris Whitfield (University of Guelph, Canada)
"Coating the Surface-Assembly of Bacterial Glycans"
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11:15 am - 11:25 am |
Discussion
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11:25 am - 11:50 am |
Aimee Shen (Tufts University School of Medicine, United States)
"Mechanisms Controlling Spore Cortex Modification in Clostridioides difficile"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Antonella Fioravanti (Structural and Molecular Microbiology group, Structural Biology Research Center-VIB, Belgium)
"The Bacillus anthracis S-layer is an Exoskeleton-Like Structure that Imparts Mechanical and Osmotic Stabilization to the Cell Wall"
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Matthew Doyle (Unaffiliated, Australia)
"Beta-Barrel Folding within the Gram-negative Outer Membrane"
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Erin Goley (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States) and Mario Feldman (Washington University School of Medicine, United States)
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Cell Division and Morphogenesis
Discussion Leader: Simon Foster (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:55 pm |
Thomas Bernhardt (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Regulation of Envelope Assembly in Gram-Negative Bacteria"
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7:55 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:30 pm |
Erin Goley (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States)
"EstG, a Novel Enzyme Required for Envelope Stress Tolerance in Caulobacter"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:05 pm |
Kumaran Ramamurthi (National Cancer Institute, NIH, United States)
"Developmental Checkpoint that Directly Monitors Cell Surface Morphogenesis"
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9:05 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Thomas Bartlett (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Discovery and Characterization of Firmicute Division Protein FacZ"
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Stress Responses and Signaling Across the Cell Envelope
Discussion Leader: Marcin Grabowicz (Emory University, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:35 am |
Sonja-Verena Albers (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"New Players in Archaeal FtsZ-Dependent Cell Division"
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9:35 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:10 am |
Tam Mignot (CNRS-Aix Marseille University, France)
"Motility Equipped with a Sense of Touch in Predatory Bacteria"
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10:10 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:15 am |
Alexandre Persat (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Mechanosensing with Type IV Pili"
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11:15 am - 11:25 am |
Discussion
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11:25 am - 11:50 am |
Anna Konovalova (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States)
"Gaining Exposure: Localization and Function of the Surface Sensor RcsF"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Jacob Bouchier (University of Missouri, United States)
"Activation of a Plant Invasion Switch by Cell Wall Stress in Agrobacterium tumefaciens"
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Arne Janssens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium)
"SlyB Compartmentalizes the Outer Membrane Proteome into Stress-Induced Lipid Nanodomains"
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Mechanisms of Surface Recognition
Discussion Leader: Daniel Wall (University of Wyoming, United States)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:55 pm |
Andrew Lovering (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
"Mechanisms Underpinning Bacterial Predation by Bdellovibrio"
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7:55 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:30 pm |
Serge Mostowy (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom)
"Use of the Cytoskeleton to Control Shigella Infection"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:05 pm |
Andrea Wolf (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States)
"The Importance of Metabolic Proteins in the Recognition of Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycan"
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9:05 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Sujeet Kumar (The Ohio State University, United States)
"Identification of Putative Phospholipid Transporters that Build the Outer Membrane"
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Transport through the Envelope
Discussion Leader: Natividad Ruiz (Ohio State University, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:35 am |
Lori Burrows (McMaster University, Canada)
"Pumping Iron - Exploitation of TonB-Dependent Receptors by Antimicrobials"
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9:35 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:10 am |
Matthew Waldor (Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard University, United States)
"Candidate Undecaprenyl Phosphate Translocases Enable Conditional Microbial Fitness and Pathogenesis"
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10:10 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:15 am |
Jorge Galan (Yale School of Medicine, United States)
"The Virulence-Associated Type III Secretion System of Salmonella"
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11:15 am - 11:25 am |
Discussion
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11:25 am - 11:50 am |
Georgina Cox (University of Guelph, Canada)
"Construction of a Genetic Platform to Investigate the Functions of Bacterial 'Drug' Efflux Pumps"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Kyrie Grasekamp (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Bridges Instead of Boats? Investigating Phospholipid Trafficking in an Unusual Diderm Firmicute"
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Kévin Macé (Birkbeck University, United Kingdom)
"Type IV Secretion System Cyro-EM Structure"
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Protein Secretion and Transport
Discussion Leader: Edith Houben (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:55 pm |
Melanie Blokesch (EPFL, Switzerland)
"No Matter How – Pandemic V. cholerae do it in a Different Way"
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7:55 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:30 pm |
Mario Feldman (Washington University School of Medicine, United States)
"Shedding Light on OMV Shedding"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:05 pm |
Tracy Palmer (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
"The Staphylococcus aureus Type VII Secretion System"
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9:05 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Nadia Herrera (University of California San Francisco, United States)
"The Type VII Secretion System, ESX-1, Exhibits Bi-Modular Function in Mycobacteria in Response to Nitrogen"
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
How the Surface Influences Bacterial Communities
Discussion Leader: Lotte Sogaard-Andersen (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:35 am |
Peggy Cotter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
"Bordetella Filamentous Hemagglutinin: Adhesin, Immunomodulator, and Phagocyte-Specific Toxin Delivery"
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9:35 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:10 am |
Urs Jenal (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Cellular Individuality in Surface Colonization of a Human Pathogen"
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10:10 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:15 am |
Nicole Koropatkin (University of Michigan Medical School, United States)
"TonB-Dependent Import of Glycans in Human Gut Bacteroides"
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11:15 am - 11:25 am |
Discussion
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11:25 am - 11:50 am |
Cynthia Whitchurch (Quadram Institute, United Kingdom)
"Shapeshifting Via Cell Wall Deficiency - A Bacterial Superpower or Exploitable Vulnerability"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Charlène Cornilleau (INRAE, France)
"Differential Effect of Peptidoglycan Synthesis Inhibitors on the Cell Wall Elongation Machineries"
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Julia Page (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"A Recurrent Strategy for Activating Peptidoglycan Amidases"
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Biophysical Methods to Improve Antimicrobial Therapies
Discussion Leader: Pamela Brown (University of Missouri, United States)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:55 pm |
Kerwyn Huang (Stanford University, United States)
"Mechanisms of Cell Shape Determination in Human Gut Commensals"
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7:55 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:30 pm |
Steven Rutherford (Genentech, United States)
"Interfering with Outer Membrane Biogenesis"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:05 pm |
Jie Xiao (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States)
"A Potential Activation Mechanism for Septal Cell Wall Synthesis in E. coli"
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9:05 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Georgina Benn (Princeton University, United States)
"Phase Separation in the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli"
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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