| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 - 9:00 | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 | Genomics Proteomics |
| Discussion Leader: Keiichi Hiramatsu, Juntendo University |
| 7:30 - 7:55 | Steven R. Gill, The Institute for Genomic Research
Comparative genomics of Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis genomes |
| 7:55-8:10 | Discussion |
| 8:10-8:35 | Tadashi Baba, Juntendo University
Whole genome analysis of S. haemolyticus in comparison with other staphylococcal genomes |
| 8:35 - 8:50 | Discusssion |
| 8:50 - 9:15 | Heike Broetz-Oesterhelt, Bayer Health-Care Pharma Research Center
A proteomics approach to understand antibiotic action |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 12:30 | Cell-cell signalling |
| Discussion Leader: Harald Labischinski, Bayer AG |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | Pat Schlievert, Univ of Minneapolis
Life on a mucosal surface-who is responding to whom? |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:10 | Paul Williams, University of Nottingham
Quorum sensing cross talk and the regulation of staphylococcal virulence? |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30 - 12:10 | Kim Lewis, Northeastern University, Boston
Antibiotic resistance and persister cells |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:45 | Photo / Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:00 | Free Time |
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Poster Session |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 | Metabolic/surface factors that impact virulence |
| Discussion Leader: Simon Foster, University of Sheffield |
| 7:30 - 7:55 | Fritz Götz, University Tuebingen
Respiratory nitrate reduction in staphylococci |
| 7:55 - 8:10 | Discussion |
| 8:10 - 8:35 | Chia Lee, Univ of Kansas Medical Center
Genetic regulation of staphylococcal capsule |
| 8:35 - 8:50 | Discussion |
| 8:50 - 9:15 | David Heinrichs, University of Western Ontario
Iron acquisition and uptake system |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 12:30 | Interaction of staphs with host defenses |
| Discussion Leader: Ken Bayles, Univ of Idaho |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | Willem van Wamel, Eijkman-Winkler Institute for Microbiology
Immune evasion by SaPI5 encoded virulence factors |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00 -10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30 - 11:10 | Motoyuki Sugai, Hiroshima Univ.
Virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus causing bullous impetigo and SSSS |
| 11:10-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30 - 12:10 | Anne-Laure Genestier, Univ Lyon
Pathogenesis and potential therapeutic approach of Panton Valentine leukocidin-associated necrotizing pneumonia and osteitis |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:00 | Free Time |
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Poster Session |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 | New targets, therapeutic approaches |
| Discussion Leader: Steven Projan, Wyeth Research |
| 7:30 - 7:55 | Bret Benton, Essential Therapeutics, Inc.
Metabolic pathways in Staphylococcus aureus that define essential functions for survival in the host |
| 7:55 - 8:10 | Discussion |
| 8:10 - 8:35 | Maria Sergeeva, NewBiotics Inc
Novel antibacterial agents working via enzyme catalyzed therapeutic activation (ECTA): Example of peptide deformylase |
| 8:35 - 8:50 | Discussion |
| 8:50 - 9:15 | Jimmy Mond, Biosynexus Incorporated
A new therapeutic approach to treating nasal staph colonization |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 12:30 | Global regulators |
| Discussion Leader: Ambrose Cheung, Dartmouth Medical School |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Richard P. Novick, New York University School of Medicine
AIP-receptor interactions and the regulation of the staphylococcal virulon |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Discussion |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Peter McNamara, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Studies aimed at a molecular understanding of the virulence factor regulatory network in Staphylococcus aureus |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Benedicte Fournier, Institut Pasteur
The two-component Arl system and pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Discussion |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Markus Bischoff, University of Zurich
The sigB regulon |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:00 | Free Time |
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Poster Session |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30 -9:30 | Resistance mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: David Hooper, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 7:30 - 7:55 | Chip Chambers, San Francisco General Hospital
Regulation of staphylococcal beta-lactam resistance |
| 7:55 - 8:10 | Discussion |
| 8:10 - 8:35 | Gabi Bierbaum, Inst Med Microbiol, Univ Bonn
Aspects of glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus |
| 8:35 - 8:50 | Discussion |
| 8:50 - 9:15 | Melissa Brown, University of Sydney
Structure, function and regulation of the staphylococcal multidrug efflux protein QacA |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 12:30 | Novel approaches to study gene expression in vivo |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Sullam, VAMC |
| 9:00 - 9:40 | Costi D. Sifri, Massachusetts General Hospital
Caenorhabditis elegans: A simple host for the study of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:40 | Jesse Wright, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
Transient disruption of quorum sensing attenuates staphylococcal pathogenesis |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30 - 12:10 | Christiane Wolz, Hygiene Institut, Univ Tuebingen
Gene expression in vivo |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:00 | Free Time |
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Poster Session |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 | Oral poster session / controversial topics |
| Selector and Discussion Leader: Arnie Bayer, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| Topics chosen from poster presenters |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Departure |
