Conference Description
The 2020 STIM GRC will explore recent advances in the study of fundamental mechanisms, pathways and systems in microbial signal transduction. Focus will be placed on bacterial receptors and cognate intracellular networks that involve phosphorelays, signaling by diverse nucleotides, reactive metabolites and redox sensing. Topics will include gene regulation by environmental cues, the assembly and regulation of motility apparatuses, chemotaxis, energy monitoring, community behavior, biofilm formation, regulation of pathogenicity, and interactions with the host. In addition, the role of signaling systems in antimicrobial resistance, and antimicrobial targeting of signaling proteins will be explored. These areas will be addressed through cutting-edge applications of molecular genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, and chemical biology as well as structural, imaging and biophysical approaches. Invited speakers will include both established and early-stage investigators. In addition, some poster presenters will be selected for short late-breaking topic talks. We will also host a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for postdocs and graduate students to precede the GRC meeting. Participants will enjoy the Conference's open and collegial atmosphere that provides valuable opportunities to engage in scientific discussion and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by September 12, 2019. Please check back for updates.
Microbial Molecular Machines
Discussion Leaders
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Kelly Hughes (University of Utah, USA)
Speakers
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Ariane Briegel (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
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Edward Egelman (University of Virginia, USA)
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Katsumi Imada (Osaka University, Japan)
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Lotte Sogaard-Andersen (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
Nucleotide-Mediated Signaling
Discussion Leaders
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Michael Laub (Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
Speakers
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Ming Hammond (University of Utah, USA)
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Urs Jenal (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland)
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John Mekalanos (Harvard Medical School, USA)
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Chris Waters (Michigan State University, USA)
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Emily Weinert (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Metabolic Control of Physiological Processes
Discussion Leaders
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Monica Gerth (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Speakers
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Susan Golden (University of California, San Diego, USA)
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Petra Levin (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
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Gisela Storz (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, USA)
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Alan Wolfe (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
Modeling and Motility
Discussion Leaders
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Thierry Emonet (Yale University, USA)
Speakers
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Judith Armitage (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Akihiko Ishijima (Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Japan)
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Tino Krell (Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Spain)
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Victor Sourjik (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
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Katja Taute (Rowland Institute at Harvard, USA)
Sensing the Environment
Discussion Leaders
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Michael Manson (Texas A&M University, USA)
Speakers
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Igor Jouline (The Ohio State University, USA)
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Michelle Reniere (University of Washington, USA)
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Birgit Scharf (Virginia Tech, USA)
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Kylie Watts (Loma Linda University, USA)
Two-Component Signaling Mechanisms
Discussion Leaders
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Brian Crane (Cornell University, USA)
Speakers
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Kevin Gardner (CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, USA)
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Valentin Gordeliy (Institut de Biologie Structurale, France)
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Linda Kenney (Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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Ann Stock (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, USA)
Microbial Communities and Communication
Discussion Leaders
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Marie Elliot (McMaster University, Canada)
Speakers
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Lars Dietrich (Columbia University, USA)
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Mark Mandel (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
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Karine Gibbs (Harvard University, USA)
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Knut Drescher (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
The Bacterial Cell Envelope
Discussion Leaders
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Lori Burrows (McMaster University, Canada)
Speakers
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Jean-Francois Collet (Institut de Duve, Belgium)
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Joanne Engel (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
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Anna Konovalova (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA)
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Susan Lea (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Jun Liu (Yale School of Medicine, USA)
Growth Control and Antimicrobial Resistance
Discussion Leaders
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Lynn Connolly (Vir Biotechnology, USA)
Speakers
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Robert Abramovitch (Michigan State University, USA)
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Erin Carlson (University of Minnesota, USA)
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Dianne Newman (California Institute of Technology / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
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Scott Stibitz (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, USA)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizer:
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Karen Ottemann (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
