Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Diversity in Bacterial Motility Function and Regulation
Discussion Leader: Kelly Hughes (University of Utah, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
General Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Karen Ottemann (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
"The Helicobacter Pylori Flagellar Cage is Formed by Type IV Pili Alignment Complex Proteins that Confer New Regulatory Abilities on Motility"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Edward Egelman (University of Virginia, United States)
"Using Cryo-EM to Understand the Evolution of Pili and Flagella"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Anil Tripathi (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India)
"Regulation of Swimming and Swarming Motility in Azospirillum Brasilense by Alternative Sigma Factors and STAS-Domain Proteins"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Molecular Mechanisms in Two-Component Signaling
Discussion Leader: Lynmarie Thompson (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Gerald Hazelbauer (University of Missouri, United States)
"Conformational Signaling in Chemoreceptors"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Felipe Trajtenberg (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay)
"Enhancing Signal Integration by Leveraging Phosphoryl Transfer Directionality"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Ann Stock (Rutgers University, United States)
"Transcription Factor Sufficiency in Autoregulated Two-Component Systems"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Niels Bradshaw (Brandeis University, United States)
"A General Mechanism for Activation of the General Stress Response"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
John Spudich (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States)
"Microbial Rhodopsins: Diversity, Mechanisms, and Optogenetics Applications"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Ann West (University of Oklahoma, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Coordinating Cellular Events Through Bacterial Communication
Discussion Leader: Sean Crosson (Michigan State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
Grant Jensen (Brigham Young University, United States)
"Integrative Structure of the Legionella Type IV Secretion System"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Courtney Ellison (University of Georgia, United States)
"Mechanisms of Subcellular Organization in Acinetobacter "
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm
Paola Mera (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"It’s All About Communication: How Bacteria Coordinate their Life Cycles"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Function and Evolution of Sensory Domains in Microorganisms
Discussion Leader: Victoria Korolik (Griffith University, Australia)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Igor Jouline (The Ohio State University, United States)
"Towards a Large-Scale Functional Classification of Bacterial Sensory Domains"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Michael Galperin (NCBI, NLM, National Institutes of Health, United States)
"Sensory Domains of C-Di-GMP and C-Di-AMP Synthases"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Ming Hammond (University of Utah, United States)
"Discovery of Divergent Activity in Cyclic Dinucleotide Signaling"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Tino Krell (Spanish National Research Council , Spain)
"Chemosensing in the Phytopathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum "
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Monica Gerth (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
"Chemotaxis of Phytophthora Zoospores towards Host Roots"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Regulation of Microbial Motility by Environmental Signals
Discussion Leader: Fitnat Yildiz (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
Karine Gibbs (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Social Dynamics in Swarming Colonies"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Thierry Emonet (Yale University, United States)
"Environment-Dependent Adaptation of Phenotypic Diversity by Collective Behavior"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm
Victor Sourjik (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"Bacterial Economics: Conditional Strategies of Resource Investment in Motility"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metabolic Signaling in Microbial Communities
Discussion Leader: Maria Hadjifrangiskou (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Elizabeth Shank (UMass Chan Medical School, United States)
"Metabolic Interactions in Microbial Communities"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Laura Sanchez (University of California at Santa Cruz, United States)
"Mapping Metabolites across Biofilms"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Tanmay Bharat (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom)
"Structural Studies of the Extracellular Matrix of Bacterial Biofilms"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Gladys Alexandre (University of Tennessee, United States)
"Mechanisms Integrating Bacterial Chemotaxis with Metabolism"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Bilge Ozaydin (Pivot Bio, United States)
"Perturbation of Sensory Transduction in Soil Diazotrophs to Replace Synthetic Fertilizer for Cereal Crops"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Intracellular Signaling Mediated through Secondary Messengers
Discussion Leader: Karen Visick (Loyola University Chicago, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
Mathilde Guzzo (Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (UMR5086), CNRS, Université Lyon I, France)
"Small-Molecule Crosstalk Blocks Cell-Cycle Transition"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Beile Gao (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"How Did the C-di-GMP Signaling Network Disappear in Certain Bacterial Lineages? Case Study of Multiple Phyla"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm
Dominique Limoli (Indiana University Bloomington, United States)
"C-di-GMP Modulation of Type IV Pilus Chemotaxis in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Signaling Mechanisms During Bacterial Stress Responses
Discussion Leader: Matthew Parsek (University of Washington, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Michael Johnson (University of Arizona/NSURP, United States)
"Using Copper Toxicity to Exploit a Microbial Achilles Heel"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Enrique Rojas (New York University, United States)
"Monitoring and Managing Mechanical Tension in the Bacteria Cell Envelope"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Barbara Kazmierczak (Yale University, United States)
"The Role of Phenotypic Variation in Pathogen Fitness"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Mehmet Berkmen (New England BioLabs, United States)
"Discovery of the Transcriptional Factor FevR, Involved in Improving Folding in the Periplasm of Escherichia Coli "
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Linda Kenney (University of Texas Medical Branch, United States)
"Determining High-Resolution Genomic Structures Associated with Salmonella Lifestyles"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sensing during Bacterial and Viral Defense Responses
Discussion Leader: Rasika Harshey (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture: Michael Laub (Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States)
"How do Bacteria Sense and Respond to Phage Infection?"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Melanie Blokesch (EPFL, Switzerland)
"The Numerous DNA Defense Systems of Current Pandemic Vibrio Cholerae "
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm
Nicholas Taylor (NNF Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"5:2 Membrane Molecular Motors – From Bacterial Motility to Anti-Bacteriophage Defense Systems"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure