| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Translational Research of Host-Pathogen Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Kathryn Monroe (UC Berkeley) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:33 pm | Jason Huntley (UT Southwestern)
"Defining the Correlates of Protective Immunity to Francisella tularensis" |
| 3:33 pm - 3:38 pm | Discussion |
| 3:38 pm - 3:56 pm | Melissa C. Cheung (University of Toronto)
"Discovery of Novel Tumor-Targeted Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins as Cancer Drugs" |
| 3:56 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Immunity and the Host Response to Infection |
| Discussion Leader: Kathryn Monroe (UC Berkeley) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Chelsea Witte (UC Berkeley)
"The Bacterial Signaling Molecule Cyclic di-AMP is an Interferon-beta Stimulatory Ligand" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Devin D. Bolz (Duke University)
"A Conserved PMK-1/p38 MAPK is Required in C. elegans Tissue-specific Immune Response to Y. pestis Infection" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Ruth Napier (Emory University)
"Abl-family kinases regulate pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium marinum" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Ludovicu Buti (Novartis Vaccines/MIT)
"CagA targets the tumor suppressor ASPP2/p53 pathway and inhibits apoptosis of the host cell" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis |
| Discussion Leader: Aimee Shen (Stanford University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Michelle Dunstone (Monash University)
"Mechanism of Membrane Insertion by Membrane Attack Complex / Perforin-like Proteins" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Richard Festa (NYU)
"A Novel Copper Responsive Regulon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Vanderlene L. Kung (Northwestern University)
"Characterization of an Rhs element in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Gleb Pishchany (Vanderbilt University)
"Host Specificity of Staphylococcus aureus is Affected by Iron Acquisition" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:20 am | Keynote Talk: Craig Roy (Yale University)
"Legionella pneumophila and Rab1: An evolving love-hate relationship" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| 3:30 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
