Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
A Comparative View of Transcription in Bacterial Pathogens
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm
"Targeting Transcription in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis : A Strategic Approach to Develop Synergistic Treatments"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:50 pm
"Mechanisms of Transcriptional Pausing and Regulation in Clostridioides Difficile "
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Transcriptional Control of Homeostasis, Colonization, and Antimicrobial Resistance
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
"Studying Mycobacterial Transcription by SEnd-seq and Single-Molecule Microscopy"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"An Unconventional CRP regulator Controls Polysaccharide Utilization in Bacteroides"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
"A Structural Perspective of RNAP Evolution: From Cyanobacterial RNAP to Plant Chloroplast PEP"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Structural Biology of Transcription Across Domains
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
"Structural Insights into σ28 Mediated Transcription Initiation and its Regulation by Anti-sigma Factor in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa "
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
"Structural Basis for Eukaryotic Transcription and Co-Transcriptional Process"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Methods to Probe Gene Expression
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:30 am
"How Bacteria Tune Transcription Termination Efficiency"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:00 am
"Dynamic RNA Biology at the Single-Molecule Level: Watching how Interconnected Transcription-Related Processes Work in Real-Time"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:35 am
"MetaGPA and Metatranscriptomics: A Powerful Duo for Hypothesis-Free Novel Enzyme Discovery using Transcriptional Changes"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Post-Transcriptional Mechanisms
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"RNA-Based Regulation During Phage Infection"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm
"Mapping the Borrelia Burgdorferi RNA-RNA Interactome Reveals Abundance of Base-Pairing sRNAs"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm
"Newly Discovered Translation Factors that Prevent Ribosome Stalling and Cell Death in Bacteria"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Transcriptional Control in Archaea and Viruses
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
"Non-Canonical RNA Polymerases of Bacteriophages"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
"Post-Initiation Regulation of Archaeal Transcription"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:45 am
"From Old to New: Unravelling Transcription Factor Regulation in Archaea"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Chromosome Topology and Gene Expression
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
"Transcription Activation Mechanism of a Non-Canonical Bacterial DNA Damage Response Pathway in C.crescentus "
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
"Breaking the Slide: How Switching from a DNA-Sliding Clamp to a Repressor Mediates Long-Range Gene Silencing"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Co-Transcriptional Mechanisms
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:45 am
"Coordination Between Transcription, Translation, and mRNA Degradation in Bacteria"
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:00 am
"Structural Basis of Transcription Regulation of HK022 put RNA and Beyond"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:35 am
"Post-Initiation Control of Plasmid Conjugation"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: A Global View of Transcription
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
"The Alternative Sigma Universe"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
"Transcription Factors and the Management of Infection by E. coli Pathovars"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure