Saturday |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Dual RNA-Seq of Pathogen and Host |
| Discussion Leader: Charles Hespen (University of California, Berkeley, USA) |
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Joerg Vogel (University of Wuerzburg, Germany) "Dual RNA-Seq Unveils Noncoding RNA Functions in Salmonella-Host Interplay" |
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Microbial Communication, Colonization and Survival in the Host |
| Discussion Leaders: Francois Lebreton (Harvard Medical School, USA) and Charlotte Michaux (University of Wuerzburg, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Kurt Piepenbrink (The University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA) "The Role of Type IV Pili in Clostridium difficile Colonization" |
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Apollo Stacy (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) "Synergy in Multispecies Bacterial Infections" |
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Beile Gao (Yale University, USA) "Genomic Analysis of Colonization Determinants for Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 in Mouse Model" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Miriam Walden (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom) "Covalent Host-Targeting by Thioester Domains of Gram-Positive Pathogens" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Sai Siddarth Kalburge (University of Delaware, USA) "Bacterial Communication Is Detrimental to the Colonization Fitness of Vibrio parahaemolyticus" |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Salim Islam (CNRS - Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, France) "Bacterial Gliding Motility Is Mediated by a Malaria-Like Cleavage of a Surface Adhesin" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Host-Pathogen Interactions |
| Discussion Leaders: Tu Anh Huynh (University of Washington, USA) and Charles Hespen (University of California, Berkeley, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Allon Weiner (Institut Pasteur, France) "Shigella Induce a Macropinosome Microenvironment Triggering a New Host Pathway for Vacuolar Escape" |
9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
9:20 am - 9:35 am | Fabian Rivera-Chavez (University of California, Davis, USA) "Host-Derived Nitrate Attracts Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium Towards the Epithelial Surface" |
9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 9:55 am | Valerie O'Brien (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) "Don't Be so Naive: Modeling Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Mice" |
9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| Mentorship Component: Career Development Advice and Support |
10:00 am - 10:15 am | Opening Remarks |
10:15 am - 10:35 am | Thomas Bernhardt (Harvard Medical School, USA) "Telling an Effective Scientific Story" |
10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 10:55 am | Paul Miller (Synlogic, USA) "An Industry Perspective" |
10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Toxins, Secretion Systems and Virulence Factors |
| Discussion Leaders: Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba (University of Wuerzburg, Germany) and Kevin Minyoung Kim (Princeton University, USA) |
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Bevin McGeever (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) "An Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli Effector Protein, NleG 8-1, Manipulates the Host Cell Cycle via a Novel Mechanism" |
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Ahalieyah Anantharajah (Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) "INP1855, an Inhibitor of the Type III Secretion System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Impairs Bacterial Pathogenicity and Host Inflammasome Activation: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies" |
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Natalie Bitto (Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia) "Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Transport DNA into the Nucleus of Host Cells" |
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |