Saturday
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2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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3:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
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3:45 pm - 4:30 pm |
Keynote Session: Unravelling the Mechanisms of Bdellovibrio Predator Encounters with Gram Negative Bacterial Prey
Discussion Leader: Courtney Ellison (Indiana University, USA)
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3:45 pm - 4:25 pm |
Elizabeth Sockett (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
"Unravelling the Mechanisms of Bdellovibrio Predator Encounters with Gram Negative Bacterial Prey"
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4:25 pm - 4:30 pm |
Discussion
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4:30 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 |
The Cell Envelope: Structure and Function
Discussion Leader: Lizah van der Aart (Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, The Netherlands)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:45 pm |
Liselot Dewachter (KU Leuven, Belgium)
"The Enigmatic GTPase ObgE as a Novel Regulatory Factor for Bacterial Cell Division"
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7:45 pm - 7:50 pm |
Discussion
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Truc Do (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"LytH Is a Putative Cell Wall Remodeling Factor in Staphylococcus aureus"
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8:00 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm |
Elizabeth Mueller (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
"Plasticity of Escherichia coli Cell Wall Metabolism Ensures Fitness Across Environmental Conditions"
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8:15 pm - 8:20 pm |
Discussion
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Enno Oldewurtel (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Regulation of Cell Volume and Intracellular Biomass Density in Bacteria, Elucidated by Single-Cell Measurements and Perturbations"
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8:30 pm - 8:35 pm |
Discussion
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8:35 pm - 8:45 pm |
Beatrice Ramm (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany)
"The MinDE System Is a Generic Spatial Cue for Membrane Protein Distribution In Vitro"
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8:45 pm - 8:50 pm |
Discussion
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Caroline Pearson (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Functional Analysis of Salmonella O-Antigen Acetyltransferases OafA and GtrCBTP1"
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9:00 pm - 9:05 pm |
Discussion
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9:05 pm - 9:15 pm |
Anthony Hesser (Harvard University, USA)
"Reconstitution and Inhibition of S. aureus Wall Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis"
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9:15 pm - 9:20 pm |
Discussion
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Sunday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 11:00 am |
The Cell Surface and Environmental Interactions
Discussion Leader: Sampriti Mukherjee (Princeton University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:05 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:05 am - 9:15 am |
Karthik Chamakura (Texas A&M University, USA)
"Evolving Phage Protein Inhibitors Against Lipid II Flippases"
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9:15 am - 9:20 am |
Discussion
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9:20 am - 9:30 am |
David Adams (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Retraction Mechanism of the DNA-Uptake Pilus of Vibrio cholerae"
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9:30 am - 9:35 am |
Discussion
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9:35 am - 9:45 am |
Kaitlyn LaCourse (University of Washington, USA)
"Conditional Toxicity and Synergy Drive Diversity Among Antibacterial Effectors"
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9:45 am - 9:50 am |
Discussion
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Riti Mann (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
"We Are What We Eat: Identifying a Regulatory Crosstalk Between Central Carbon Metabolism and Cell Division in Bacteria"
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10:00 am - 10:05 am |
Discussion
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10:05 am - 10:15 am |
Georgia Isom (NYU Langone Medical Center, USA)
"Deciphering a Mechanism of Lipid Transport for the Bacterial Outer Membrane"
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10:15 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:30 am |
Rakesh Sikdar (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Folding of a Bacterial Outer Membrane Protein Is Initiated in the Periplasm"
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10:30 am - 10:35 am |
Discussion
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10:35 am - 10:45 am |
Katarzyna Mickiewicz (Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
"L-Form Switching as a Potential Mechanism for the Recurrence of Urinary Tract Infections"
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10:45 am - 10:50 am |
Discussion
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10:50 am - 11:00 am |
General Discussion
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Mentorship Component: Careers in Science Panel
Discussion Leader: Alexander Egan (Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Panel Discussion
Careers in Science
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Seemay Chou (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
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Elizabeth Sockett (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
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3:00 pm |
Seminar Concludes
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