Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Microbial Interactions Within Communities
Discussion Leader: Matthew Jemielita (Princeton University, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Michael Patnode (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
"Interspecies Competition Underlies the Selective Effects of Dietary Fibers on Members of a Human Gut Microbiota"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Rita Oliveira (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Fundação Gulbenkian Ciência, Portugal)
"Gut Microbiota Transmission Prevents Antibiotic-Induced Stochastic Loss of Colonization Resistance"
4:20 pm - 4:25 pm
Discussion
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
General Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Nanomachines and Signaling Molecules / Keynote Session: Nutritional Immunity in the Inflamed Gut
Discussion Leader: Bentley Lim (Yale University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Markus Furter (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
"Mucus Architecture and Near-Surface Swimming Affect Distinct Salmonella Typhimurium Infection Patterns Along the Murine Intestinal Tract"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Cristina Giogha (Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
"Novel Bacterial Glycosyltransferases that Target Host Immune Signaling Proteins"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Kristine Trotta (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Genetic Determinants of E. coli Susceptibility to a Cell Wall-Degrading Toxin"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
David Adams (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"DNA-Uptake Pili of Vibrio cholerae : One Pilus, Three Fundamental Functions"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Manuela Raffatellu (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Nutritional Immunity in the Inflamed Gut"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Microbial Pathogenesis and Interactions with the Host
Discussion Leader: William Sause (New York University School of Medicine, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Kristen Davis (Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, USA)
"Host CD59 Potentiates the Function of the Yersinia Type III Secretion System"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Florence Caro (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Analysis of Lipoprotein Transport Depletion in Vibrio cholerae Using CRISPRi"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Vladimir Diaz-Ochoa (University of California, Davis, USA)
"NRAMP1 Is Critical for Neutrophil-Mediated Control of Intracellular Pathogens"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Lisa Hennemann (McGill University, Canada)
"Does Pathoadapted Pseudomonas aeruginosa Promote an Intracellular Reservoir Within Airway Epithelial Cells?"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Daniel Greenwood (The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom)
"Visualizing the Subcellular Localization of Antibiotics Against Tuberculosis"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Blanca Rodriguez (Duke University, USA)
"Bacterial Membrane Vesicle-Associated Nucleic Acids Induce Interferon-β Expression in Murine Macrophages"
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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Paths in Science
Discussion Leader: Florence Caro (Harvard Medical School, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 1:50 pm
Sina Mohammadi (Merck Exploratory Science Center, USA)
"Industrial Science: Training and Working in Big Pharma"
1:50 pm - 1:55 pm
Discussion
1:55 pm - 2:10 pm
Michael Chao (Nature Microbiology, USA)
"Careers in Scientific Publishing"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm
General Discussion
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Closing Remarks
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes