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
Keynote Session: Sensing and Signaling in Animal Host-Microbe Interactions
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Not All Those Who Wonder Are Lost: Bet Hedging in the Urinary Tract"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
"Bacterial Flagellin Gradients Under Confinement Induce Phenotypic Switching in Human Neutrophils"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
"Interspecies Bacterial Communication in the Gut Microbiome"
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
Function and Evolution of Bacterial Sensory Receptors
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:15 am
General Discussion
9:15 am - 9:35 am
"Signaling-Related Changes in Protein Stabilities and Interfaces of Bacterial Chemoreceptor Complexes"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"The Structural Logic of Dynamic Signaling in Chemoreceptors"
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 - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Molecular Features and Diversity of Prokaryotic Ammonium Receptors"
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
Dynamics of Signaling Networks
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
General Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
"Sensor Kinase Networks in Alphaproteobacteria"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Decoding Mechanism and Information in Bacterial ‘Brain Waves’"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
"Molecular Insights from Initial Alarm to Recovery in Escherichia coli Under Acid Stress"
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
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Bacterial Motility Function and Regulation at the Nanoscale
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:15 am
General Discussion
9:15 am - 9:35 am
"The Structure of the Export Gate in the Inner Membrane: Getting Across the First Membrane"
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 - 10:20 am
"Differences and Similarities Between the Salmonella Flagellar and Injectisome Type III Secretion Systems"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"E. coli Chemotaxis in Hydrogels"
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
Signaling and Motility on Surfaces
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
General Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
"Biofilm Regulators DgcM and PdeR Co-localize in Response to Antibiotic and Other Stress"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Spatial and Temporal Context Dependent Community Behaviors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa "
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Predatory Sense of Touch in Myxococcus xanthus "
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Signaling and Motility in Microbial Communities and Ecology
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:15 am
General Discussion
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Microbial Life in Complex Environments"
9:50 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 - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Metabolic Interactions in the Soil Microbiome"
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
Metabolic and Second Messenger Signaling
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
General Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
"Molecular Circuits of C-Di-GMP: Controlling Motility-Biofilm Transitions in Vibrio cholerae"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Second Messenger Functions at the Cell-Environment Interface in Streptomyces"
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
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
Sensing During Bacterial and Viral Defense Responses
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:20 am
General Discussion
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"From Strings of Nucleotides to Collective Behavior: Lessons from Vibrio cholerae (and Its Phages)"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
"Salmonella Persisters During Infection"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
"Infection Determinants of CrAss-Like Phages"
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
Signal Transduction in Plant Infection and Symbiosis
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
General Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
"Sensing the Plant Host: How Chemosensory Pathways Drive Bacterial Pathogenesis"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Mechanisms for Flagellar Motility Control by the Transcriptional Regulator LdtR in Alpha-Proteobacteria"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
"Choices versus Decisions: Complex Decision Making 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
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure