Sunday, August 12th
Session 1: 19:30 - 21:30 | Genomics |
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| Discussion Leader: Molly Schmid (Genencor International. Palo Alto, CA) |
| 19:30 - 20:10 | Genomic plasticity and staphylococcal pathogenicity
Richard Novick (Skirball Institute, NYU Medical Center, New York) |
| 20:10 - 21:00 | Staphylococcal aureus genome sequencing
Keiichi Hiramatsu (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan) |
| 21:00 - 21:30 | Discussion |
Monday August 13th
Session 2: 9:00 - 12:30 | Regulation |
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| Discussion Leader: Francois Vandenesch (Faculte de Medecine Laennec, Lyon, France) |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | Microarray analysis of gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus
Paul Dunman (Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, NY) |
| 9:40 - 10:20 | Diversity in AGR alleles in Staphylococcus aureus
Gerard Lina (Faculte de Medecine Laennec, Lyon, France) |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 12:10 | Regulatory RNA in bacteria, an overview
Gerhart Wagner (Uppsala, Sweden) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussion |
Monday August 13th
Session 3: 19:30 - 21:30 | Preventative Therapies against Staphylococcal Infections |
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| Discussion Leader: Jean Lee (Harvard University, Boston, MA) |
| 19:30 - 19:50 | MSCRAMMS as immunotherapeutic targets
Joe Patti (Inhibitex, Inc., Alpharetta, GA) |
| 19:50 - 20:20 | Poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG) as a vaccine candidate for staphylococcal infections
Jerry Pier (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) |
| 20:20 - 20:40 | Discussion |
| 20:40 - 21:10 | Clinical efficacy of an anti-capsular Staphylococcus aureus vaccine
Ali Fattom (NABI, Rockville, MD) |
| 21:10 - 21:30 | Discussion |
Tuesday August 14th
Session 4: 9:00 - 12:30 | Novel Approaches to the Prevention & Treatment of Staphylococcal Infections |
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| Discussion Leader: Arnold Bayer (Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California) |
| 9:00 - 9:35 | Antimicrobial peptides from platelets
Michael Yeaman (UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA) |
| 9:35 - 10:10 | Multiple molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial peptides of bacterial origin
Hans-Georg Sahl (Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitat, Bonn, Germany) |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Discussion |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:35 | Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents as potential anti-virulence factors
Arnold Bayer (UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA) |
| 11:35 - 12:10 | Lysostaphin and other strategies for resistant staphylococci
Mike Climo (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussion |
Tuesday August 14th
Session 5: 19:30 - 21:30 | Staphylococcal Resistance to Antibiotics |
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| Discussion Leader: Tim Foster (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) |
| 19:30 - 20:00 | Acquisition of mecA in Staphylococcus aureus
Teruyo Ito (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan) |
| 20:00 - 20:15 | Discussion |
| 20:15 - 21:10 | Biochemical and genetic basis of vancomycin resistance in staphylococci
Longzhu Cui (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan)
Susan Boyle-Vavra (University of Chicago, Chicago, IL) |
| 21:10 - 21:30 | Discussion |
Wednesday August 15th
Session 6: 9:30 - 12:30 | Surface Protein and Structure of Staphylococcus aureus |
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| Discussion Leader: Olaf Schneewind (University of California Los Angeles, CA) |
| 9:00 - 9:35 | Sortase and the assembly of surface proteins in the staphylococcal envelop
Hung Ton-That (University of California Los Angeles, CA) |
| 9:35 - 10:10 | Surface protein structure and function
Magnus Hook (Texas A&M University, Houston, TX) |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Discussion |
| 10:40- 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:35 | The structure of Staphylococcus aureus cell wall in the context of antibiotic resistance
Alexander Tomasz (Rockefeller University, New York, NY) |
| 11:35 - 12:10 | Function and regulation of staphylococcal autolysins and murein hydrolases
Ken Bayles (University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussion |
Wednesday August 15th
Session 7: 19:30 - 21:30 | Late-Breaker Session |
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| Discussion Leader: Gordon Archer (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia) |
| 19:30 - 19:50 | Role of sigB in Staphylococcal gene regulation
Susanne Engelmann (Institut fur Mikrobiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat, Greifswald, Germany) |
| 19:50 - 20:10 | DNA microarray analysis of Staphylococcus aureus: insights into evolution and pathogenesis
Ross Fitzgerald (Rocky Mountain Labs, NIAID/NIH, Hamilton, MT) |
| 20:10 - 20:30 | Discussion |
| 20:30 - 20:50 | Staphylococcus aureus evasion of innate host defenses by novel virulence factors
Andrea Peschel (University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany) |
| 20:50 - 21:10 | Virulent genotypes in natural populations of Staphylococcus aureus
Sharon Peacock (Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK) |
| 21:10 - 21:30 | DIscussion |
Thursday August 16th
Session 8: 9:30 - 12:30 | Stress Response and Virulence |
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| Discussion Leader: Richard Proctor (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI) |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Electron transport variants: resistance to antibiotics and regulation of virulence
Richard A. Proctor (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
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| 9:45 - 10:30 | Staphylococcal responses to starvation and oxidative stress
Simon J. Foster (University of Sheffield, UK) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | Iron and its effect on gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus
Julie Morrissey (Institute of Infection & Immunity at University of Nottingham, UK) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Discussion |
Thursday August 16th
Session 9: 19:30 - 21:30 | Oral presentation of selected posters |
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| Selector and Leader: Brigitte Berger-Bächi (University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland) |
