| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE LECTURES |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Jeff Gordon (Washington University, St. Louis)
"Symbiotic host-microbial interactions in the mammalian gut: terra incognita becomes more cognita" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Jules Hoffmann (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg)
"Immune response and development in insects" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | STRUCTURE/LOCALIZATION |
| Discussion Leader: Staffan Normark (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Guy Cornelis (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Type III secretion in Yersinia" |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Christine Jacobs-Wagner (Yale University, USA)
"Cytoskeleton and localization of signaling proteins in bacteria" |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Eduardo Groisman (Washington University, USA)
"Networks Controlling Cell Envelope Modifications in Enterics" |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Maria Sandkvist (University of Maryland, USA)
"Structure and localization of a type II secretion complex" |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Shaynoor Dramsi (Pasteur Institute, France)
"Evidence for pili-like structures in group B Streptococci" |
| 11:50 am - 12:10 pm | Indira Mysorekar (Washington University, USA)
"Entry and persistence of E. coli in bladder epithelium" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Erec Stebbins (Rockefeller University, USA)
"Bacterial mimic of host ubiquitin ligases inhibits programmed cell death" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MICROBE-PLANT INTERACTIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Staffan Normark (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Brian Staskawicz (University of California - Berkeley, USA)
"Bacterial Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Jeff Dangl (University of North Carolina, USA)
"Plant immunity recognizes P. syringae type III efectors" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Esther Chen (Stanford University, USA)
"The ExoS-ChvI two-component system of S. meliloti" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:10 pm | David Keating (Loyola University, USA)
"Sulfated cell surface carbohydrates from S. meliloti" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Robert Ryan (National University, Ireland)
"Role of c-di-GMP in virulence of Xanthomonas campestris" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MULTICELLULARITY AND BIOFILMS |
| Discussion Leader: Pascale Cossart (Pasteur Institute, France) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Iñigo Lasa (Universidad de Navarra, Spain)
"Bap: a new family of proteins involved in biofilm formation" |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Ute Römling (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
"Regulation of multicellular behavior in Salmonella enterica" |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | George O'Toole (Dartmouth Medical School, USA)
"Biofilm development by Pseudomonas" |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Jean-Marc Ghigo (Pasteur Institute, France)
"Unmasking cell-surface adhesins in Escherichia coli" |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Allain Filloux (IBSM-LISM, France)
"Novel sensor controls biofilm formation & virulence in P. aeruginosa" |
| 11:50 am - 12:10 pm | Paula Watnick (Tufts Medical School, USA)
"Drosophila as a model host for Vibrio cholerae" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Marcos Oliveira (University of Kentucky, USA)
"Polyamines are essential for formation of plague biofilm" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | IMMUNITY |
| Discussion Leader: Pascale Cossart (Pasteur Institute, France) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Arturo Zychlinsky (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
"Innate immunity to enteric infections" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Stephen Girardin (Pasteur Institute, France)
"Role of Nod proteins in innate immune defense" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Michael Starnbach (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Adaptive immune responses to intracellular bacteria" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Richard Ferrero (Monash University, Australia)
"Role of Nod1 in epithelial responses to Helicobacter muridarum" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Aaron Nelson (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Bacterial colonization of nasal mucosa induces siderocalin expression" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EUKARYA-BACTERIA SIGNALING |
| Discussion Leader: Brett Finlay (Univ. of British Columbia, Canada) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Dan Portnoy (University of California - Berkeley, USA)
"The fail-safe mechanisms of Listeriolysin O" |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Deborah Hogan (Dartmouth Medical School, USA)
"Molecular interactions between bacteria and fungi" |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Norma Andrews (Yale University, USA)
"Host-pathogen interactions and intracellular survival" |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Javier Pizarro-Cerda (Pasteur Institute, France)
"Phosphatidylinositol type II 4-kinases and bacterial invasion" |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Christoph Dehio (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Anti-apoptotic effector protein from Bartonella henselae" |
| 11:50 am - 12:10 pm | John Brumell (Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
"Differential recognition of Salmonella and Listeria by autophagy" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Jayesh Patel (Yale University, USA)
"Distinct roles for Cdc and Rac during Salmonella invasion" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session III |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TOXINS AND VIRULENCE FACTORS |
| Discussion Leader: Brett Finlay (Univ. of British Columbia, Canada) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Gisou van der Goot (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"Endocytosis and cytoplasmic delivery of anthrax toxin" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Emmanuel Lemichez (University of Nice, France)
"Bacterial virulence factors and toxins modifying host Rho GTPases" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Michael Caparon (Washington University, USA) |
| 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Priya Balachandran (UCSF, USA)
"Role of Clb-b ubiquitin ligase in the degradation of ExoT" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Stephen Matthews (Washington University, USA)
"NMR studies of large bacterial adhesion complexes" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INTRA- AND EXTRA- CELLULAR SIGNALING |
| Discussion Leader: Jorge Galán (Yale University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Richard Losick (Harvard University, USA)
"Control of B. subtilis sporulation" |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Bonnie Bassler (Princeton University, USA)
"Intra- and Inter-Species Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria" |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Gisela Storz (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"An expanding universe of small RNAs and small ORFs" |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Diego de Mendoza (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina)
"Signaling mechanisms controlling membrane lipid homeostasis" |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Mark Schembri (University of Queensland, Australia)
"The antigen 43 protein of E. coli" |
| 11:50 am - 12:10 pm | Karen Otto (University of Goteborg, Sweden)
"Activation of the Cpx pathway of E. coli in response to adhesion" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | TBA |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session IV |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | STREPTOCOCCI |
| Discussion Leader: Jorge Galán (Yale University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Birgitta Henriques (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
"Mechanisms for invasive pneumococcal disease" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Paul Sullam (University of California - San Francisco, USA)
"The GspB-Sec Operon of Streptococcus gordonii" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Elaine Toumanen (St. Jude's Hospital for Children, USA)
"Pneumococcal crosstalk with cerebral endothelia and neurons" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
