Sunday July 27,1997
- 2:00 - 11:00 p.m. Registration
- 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner
SESSION I. EVOLUTION OF VIRUSES AND PHAGES
- 7:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Announcements: Julian Adams and Conference Staff
- 7:45p.m.-8:15p.m. lntroduction - Chair : Allan Campbell - Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- 8:15 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Roger Hendrix - Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Genetic mosaicism in natural isolates of temperate bacteriophages
- 8:50 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. Sebastian Bonhoeffer - Dept. Zoology, University of Oxford, U.K.
Dynamics of HIV Infection
- 9:25 p.m. - General Discussion - Leader: Rosemary Redfield - Dept. Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada.
- 9:45ish p.m. Reception
Monday, July 28,1997
- 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
SESSION II. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND EVOLUTION
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Introduction - Chair: Stuart Levy - Tufts University Medical School, Boston
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Julian Davies - Dept. of Microbiology, University of British Columbia, Ca
Origins of Antibiotic Resistance
- 10:05 - 10:30 a.m. Break and Group Photograph (Weather Permitting)
- 10:30 - I 1:00 a.m. Femando Baquero Morales - Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Selective environments and the diversity of resistance mechanisms
- 11:05 - 11:35 a.m. Timothy Palzkill - Dept. of Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Role of protein plasticity in, ß-Iactamase evolution
- 11:40 a.m. General Discussion - Leader: B. Levin - Dept. Biology, Emory University
- 12:30 Lunch
- 1:30 - 6:00 p.m. Free Time & Poster Viewing
- 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner
SESSION Ill. EVOLUTION IN LONG TERM LABORATORY CULTURES
- 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Introduction - Chair: Michel Blot - lnstitut de Biologie, Université de Grenoble, France
- 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. Richard Lenski - Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University
Dynamics of adaptation and divergence during 10, 000 generations of evolution in E coli
- 8:35 - 9:05 p.m. Roberto Kolter - Dept. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
GASPing for life in stationary phase
- 9:10 p.m. General Discussion - Leader: Susan Rosenberg - Dept. Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Tuesday, July 29,1997
- 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
SESSION IV. EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE/PATHOGENICITY
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Introduction - Chair: Peter Reeves - Dept. Microbiology, University of Sydney, Australia
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Matthew Waldor- Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, New England Medical Center
Horizontal transfer events in the evolution of pathogenic V. cholerae
- 10:05 - 10:30 a.m. Break (and group photo if necessary)
- 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Thomas Cebula - Food and Drug Administration, Washington D.C.
Significance of mutator phenotype among E. coli and S. typhimurium pathogens
- 11:05 - 11:35 a.m. Daniel Dykhuizen - Dept. Ecology and Evolution, S.U.N.Y. Stonybrook
The lyme disease agent as a stealth pathogen
- 11:40 a.m. General Discussion - Leader: Richard Goldstein - Boston University Medical School
- 12:30 Lunch
- 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. Free Time & Poster Viewing
- 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner
SESSION V. GENOME STRUCTURE
- 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Introduction Chair: John Roth - Dept. of Biology, University of Utah
- 8:05 - 8:35 p.m. Ruth Hall - C.S.I.R.O., North Ryde Australia
The role of gene cassettes and integrons in genome evolution
- 8:40 - 9:10 p.m. Abigail Salyers - Dept. of Microbiology, University of Illinois
Congugative transposons: a new family of integrative gene transfer elements
- 9:15 p.m. General Discussion - Leader: Howard Ochman - Dept. Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
Wednesday, July 30,1997
- 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
SESSION VI. APPLICATION OF THE INFORMATION FROM GENOME PROJECTS
TO QUESTIONS IN MICROBIAL EVOLUTION.
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Introduction - Chair: Paul Sharp - Dept. Genetics, University of Nottingham, U.K.
- 9:35 - 10:05 a.m. Steve Oliver - Manchester Biotechnology Center, Manchester U.K. M60 1QD UK
Gene and genome evolution in yeast
- 10:05 - 10:30 a.m. Break
- 10:30 - I 1:00 a.m. Henry M. Krisch - CNRS, Toulouse, France
The Role of Genomic Polymorphism in the Evolution of the T-even Bacteriophages
- 11:05 - 11:35 a.m. Gary Olsen - Dept. Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana
Tracing the histories of genes in prokaryotes
- 11:40 a.m. General Discussion - Leader: George Weinstock - Dept. Biochemistry, University of Texas Medical School, Houston
- 12:30
Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Free Time & Poster Viewing
- 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Dinner
SESSION VIl. MACROEVOLUTIONARY QUESTIONS AND MICROBES
- 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Introduction - Chair: Daniel Hartl - Dept. Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. Margaret Saks - Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
An experimental approach to the question of the evolution of the genetic code
- 8:35 - 9:05 p.m. Nancy Moran - Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Evolution of prokaryotic endosymbionts in insects
- 9:05 p.m. General Discussion - Leader: Peg Riley - Dept. Biology, Yale University
Thursday, July 31, 1997
- 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
SESSION VIll. HORIZONTAL TRANSFER
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Introduction - Chair: Elizabeth Raleigh - New England Bio Labs, Beverly MA
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Ichizo Kobayashi - University of Tokyo, Department of Molecular Biology
Sex and selfish genes
- 10:05 - 10:30 Break
- 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Miroslav Radman - Institut Jacques Monod, Paris France
Control of Interspecies recombination and the definition of species
- 11:05 - 11:35 a.m. Michael Lorenz - Universität Oldenberg, Germany
Natural transformation in the soil
- 11:40 a.m. General Discussion - Leader: David Shub - Dept. Biology, S.U.N.Y. Albany
- 12:30 Lunch
- 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. Free Time & Poster Viewing
- 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner
SESSION IX - KEYNOTE LECTURE
- 7:45 - 8:00 p.m. Elections for new chair and Introduction - Julian Adams
- 8:00 - 8:45 P.M. KEYNOTE LECTURE - John Maynard Smith - School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex,U.K.
Population structure and evolution in prokaryotes
- 8:45 - 9:00 p.m. Discussion/Response - Richard Moxon - Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
- 9:00 p.m. Open Discussion - Leader: Julian Adams
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