| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm | Lipid Biogenesis and Trafficking in Bacterial Membranes |
| Discussion Leader: Chris Raetz (Duke University) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Chris Raetz (Duke University)
E. coli Mutants Defective in Export of Membrane Lipids |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Ben de Kruijff (University of Utrecht)
Lipid Flip-Flop and Transport in Bacterial Membranes |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Chris Whitfield (University of Guelph)
Terminal Stages in the Translocation and Surface Assembly of Capsular Polysaccharides |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Liana Steeghs (National Institute of Public Health and Environment, Bilthoven)
Outer Membrane Composition of a Lipopolysaccharide-deficient Neisseria meningitidis Mutant |
| 9.30 pm - 9.45 pm | Hiroshi Nikaido (University of California, Berkeley)
PhoPQ-Mediated Modification of Salmonella Lipid A Structure Maintains the Barrier Properties of the Outer Membrane Bilayer |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Protein Secretion |
| Discussion Leader: Tony Pugsley (Institut Pasteur) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Olaf Schneewind (University of Chicago)
Surface Protein Anchoring to the Cell Wall Envelope of Gram-positive Bacteria |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Francoise Jacob-Dubuisson (Pasteur-Lille)
Secretion of FHA by the Two-Partner Secretion Pathway: Role of the SphB1 subtilase/autotransporter |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Anath Das (University of Minnesota)
Function and Assembly of the Agrobacterium tumafaciens Type IV Secretion Apparatus |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Photo Session and Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Alain Filloux (CNRS, Marseilles)
What's New About Type II Secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa? |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Hans Wolf-Watz (University of Umea)
Release of outer membrane components associated with the Type III secretion system of Yersinia |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Craig Roy (Yale University)
Proteins Secreted from Legionella pneumophila by the Dot/Icm Transporter |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Miklos de Zamaroczy (CNRS)
Colicin D Requires LepB for Cell Killing and May Undergo Processing During Importation |
| 12:15 pm | Session End |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm | Protein Traffic |
| Discussion Leader: Arnold Driessen (State University of Groningen) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Arnold Driessen (State University of Groningen)
Recent Insights into the Structure and Function of the Preprotein Translocase |
| 8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Ian Collinson
(Max Planck Institut, Frankfurt)
Three Dimensional Structure of the Bacterial Translocation Channel |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Ross E. Dalbey (Ohio State University)
YidC, a Novel Evolutionarily Conserved Protein, Mediates Membrane Protein Assembly in Bacteria |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Matthias Muller (Universitat Freiburg)
Targeting of Secretory and Membrane Proteins to the Sec and Tat Translocons of E. coli |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Long-Fei Wu (CNRS, Marseille)
Protein Targeting to the Tat Pathway |
| 9.30 pm - 9.45pm | Hitoshi Nakatogawa (Kyoto University)
SecM Undergoes Translational Elongation Arrest by Interacting with the Ribosomal Exit Tunnel |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Chemosensing, Chemotaxis |
| Discussion Leader: Phil Matsumura (University of Illinois, Chicago) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Howard C. Berg (Harvard University)
Monitoring Chemoreceptor Activity by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Dennis Bray (Cambridge University)
Computer-based Analysis of the Chemotactic Response |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Frederick W. Dahlquist (University of Oregon)
Protein Complexes During Bacterial Chemotaxis |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Gerald Hazelbauer (University of Missouri)
Signaling and Adaptation in Bacterial Chemoreceptors |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | John S. Parkinson (University of Utah)
Collaborative Signaling by Chemoreceptor Gangs |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Linda Kenney (Oregon Health Sciences University)
Phosphorylation Alters the Interaction of the Response Regulator OmpR with its Sensor Kinase EnvZ |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm | Protein Folding and Chaperones in the Periplasm |
| Discussion Leader: Jon Beckwith (Harvard University) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Jon Beckwith (Harvard University)
A Concerted Electron Transfer Mechanism in the DsbB-DsbA Pathway |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Michael Ehrmann (Cardiff University)
Six Doors and a Chamber: Structure and Function of the Protease-Chaperone Machine DegP |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Peter Metcalf (University of Auckland)
DsbC Activation by the N-terminal Alpha Domain of DsbD |
| 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Kazuki Takeda (Riken Harima Institute)
Structural Basis of Lipoprotein Traffic Across the Periplasm |
| 9:15 pm - 9:45 pm | Linda Thony-Meyer (Eidengenossische Technische Hochschule)
Structure and Function of a Periplasmic Heme Chaperone for Cytochrome c Maturation |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell Shape, Cell Polarity and Cell Division |
| Discussion Leader: Debabrata Raychaudhuri (Tufts University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Joseph Lutkenhaus (University of Kansas)
Spatial Regulation of Cell Division Through Oscillation of MinD |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Kevin D. Young (University of North Dakota, School of Medicine )
Shape Shifters: The Morphological Activities of the Low Molecular Weight Penicillin-Binding Proteins of Escherichia coli |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Frederico J Gueiros Filho (Harvard University)
A Widely Conserved Cell Division Protein that Stimulates FtsZ Assembly |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Julie Theriot (Stanford University)
Role of Bacterial Cell Polarity in Locomotion in the Mammalian Cell Cytoplasm |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Jeff Errington (Oxford University)
Control of Cell Shape by the Actin Homologues, MreB and Mbl, in B. subtilis |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Jan Lowe (MRC, Cambridge)
Structure and Function of the Prokaryotic Actin Homologue, MreB. |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Debabrata Raychaudhuri (Tufts University)
MinD Assembly into Filament Bundles |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Transport ATPases |
| Discussion Leader: Amy Davidson (Baylor College of Medicine) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Amy Davidson (Baylor College of Medicine)
Mechanism of Coupling of Transport to ATP Hydrolysis in an ABC Transporter |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Jianpeng Ma (Baylor College of Medicine)
Dynamic Mechanism of F1-ATP Synthase |
| 8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Gabriel Waksman (Washington University, St. Louis)
Structural Biology of Bacterial Protein Secretion: Studies of the Chaperone Usher Pathway and the Type IV Secretion System |
| 9:05 pm - 9:35 pm | John Hunt (Columbia University)
Structural and Mechanistic Studies of Bacterial ABC Transporter Motor Domains |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell Envelope and Murein Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Ryland Young (Texas A&M University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Ryland Young (Texas A&M University)
Holins Activate Both Sec-Dependent and Independent Endolysins |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | James T. Park (Tufts Medical School)
How E. coli Recycles the Amino Sugars and Amino Acids from its Murein |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Tanneke den Blaauwen (University of Amsterdam)
PBP2 and MreB Localize at the Site of Division of Escherichia coli |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Peter S. Setlow (University of Connecticut)
The Peptidoglycan of Bacillus subtilis Spores and How It is Degraded During Spore Germination |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 pm | Kenneth W.Bayles (University of Idaho)
Murein Hydrolase Regulation and its Potential Role in Bacterial Programmed Cell Death |
| 11:45 am - 12:15pm | Tom J. Silhavy (Princeton University)
Surface Sensing and Adhesion of E.coli controlled by the cpx Signalling Pathway |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Short Talk or General Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:35 pm | Cell-Cell Communication |
| Discussion Leader: Bonnie Bassler (Princeton University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Bonnie Bassler (Princeton University)
Intra- and Inter-Species Communication in Bacteria: The LuxS Quorum Sensing Language |
| 7:55 pm - 8:20 pm | Steve Winans (Cornell University)
Cell-Cell Signaling in Bacteria |
| 8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | James Golden (Texas A & M University)
Regulation of Heterocyst Formation in Anabaena |
| 8:45 pm - 9:10 pm | Dale Kaiser (Stanford University)
Contact Signaling and Pattern Formation |
| 9:10 pm - 9:35 pm | Richard Losick (Harvard University)
Intercellular Communication During Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
