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: Mechanism and Regulation of Biofilm Formation |
| Discussion Leader: Julia Willett (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Fitnat Yildiz (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) "Mechanism and
Regulation of Biofilm Formation" |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Stress-Induced Changes in Microbial Lifestyles |
| Discussion Leader: Saumya Gopalkrishnan (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Gleb Pishchany (Harvard Medical School, USA) "Interspecies Interactions Induce Antimicrobial Activity" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Christina Savage (University of Kentucky, USA) "DNA-Binding Protein SpoVG Influences Regulation of Glycerol Metabolism by Borrelia burgdorferi When Inside the Tick Midgut" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Jason Yang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Broad Institute, USA) "Antibiotic-Induced Host Metabolites Alter Antibiotic Susceptibility" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Paul Price (Brigham Young University, USA) "Deciphering the Language of Symbiotic Compatibility" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Detecting Microbial Stress Responses |
| Discussion Leader: Magdalena Steinrueck (IST Austria, Austria) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Kelley Gallagher (John Innes Centre, United Kingdom) "Regulation of Sporulation in the Model Organism Streptomyces venezuelae" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Brett Babin (California Institute of Technology, USA) "Non-Canonical Amino Acids for Selective Proteomics: Physiology of an Antibiotic-Tolerant Biofilm Subpopulation" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Sander Govers (KU Leuven, Belgium) "Stochastic Survival-Assay Reveals Rapid Sister Cell Differentiation During Clonal Growth" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Elizabeth Selleck Fiore (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary / Harvard Medical School, USA) "Identification of the Intrinsic Resistome of Enterococcus faecalis" |
10:50 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 | Mentorship Component: Career Panel |
| Discussion Leader: Philip Bennallack (Brigham Young University, USA) |
1:30 pm - 2:25 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Careers in Science" |
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- Christine Dunham (Emory University, USA)
- Amy Gehring (Williams College, USA)
- Christopher Hayes (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
- Michael Laub (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
- Fitnat Yildiz (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
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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 |