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Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Microbial Signal Transduction: Sensation, Integration, and Output Responses

January 13 - 14, 2018
Chairs Michael J. Gebhardt and Susanne Brenzinger
Ventura Beach Marriott
2055 Harbor Boulevard
Ventura, California, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The 2018 STIM GRS will explore the many facets of microbial signal transduction as assessed by cutting-edge techniques in biochemistry, imaging, molecular genetics, transcriptional regulation, two-component regulatory systems, cell-cell communications and microbial locomotion. Particular focus will be given to how microbes sense the environment, translate those signals and implement the appropriate response. The meeting will conclude with a grant writing workshop featuring break out sessions for investigators based in the US and Europe.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

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
Signal Perception: Novel Insights on Ligands, Receptors, and Sensors
Discussion Leader: Mary Bone (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Jordan Mancl (Virginia Tech, USA)
"The RetS/GacS Interaction: Defining a Unique Regulatory Mechanism"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Jing Yuan (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"Osmosensing by the Bacterial PhoQ/PhoP Two-Component System"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Signaling Responses: Regulatory Networks and Cellular Responses
Discussion Leader: Christina Savage (University of Kentucky, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Megan Garber (ENIGMA, U.S. Department of Energy, USA)
"Genome-Wide Interrogation of Two-Component Systems in Groundwater Bacteria"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Brittni Kelley (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)
"Characterization of the Heme Utilization Regulator, HeuR, in Campylobacter jejuni"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Roshni Bano (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA)
"Signaling Fluctuations in the E. coli Chemotaxis Network"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Sofya Kuzmich (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"Regulation of Development in Myxococcus xanthus by the Phosphodiesterase PmxA"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Signaling Consequences: Pathogenesis and Niche Establishment
Discussion Leader: Florian Rossmann (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Marco Kuehn (University of Giessen, Germany)
"Building a Filament for All Conditions: How Spatial Flagellin Organization Affects Flagellar Function"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Miriam Ramliden (Tufts University, USA)
"Activation of a Membrane Remodeling Enzyme by the Novel Second Messenger cGAMP in Vibrio cholera"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Murray Tipping (Harvard University, USA)
"Self Recognition Signaling Induces Bacterial Persistence in Proteus mirabilis"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Benjamin Fontaine (Emory University, USA)
"Investigation of Novel Links Between Nucleic Acid Metabolism and Bacterial Physiology"
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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Grant Writing Tips and Tricks from the Experts
This career development component will feature a panel of investigators from various career paths and stages who will share their tips and tricks for writing grants.
Discussion Leader: Daniel Bretl (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Grant Writing Tips and Tricks
  • Sonja-Verena Albers (University of Freiburg, Germany)
  • Judith Armitage (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
  • Sean Crosson (University of Chicago, USA)
  • Caroline Roper (University of California, Riverside, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

Contributors

National Institutes of Health
JEOL (Europe) BV

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13AI136460. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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