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| − | *  | + | * 8:30 – 8:55 Registration	 | 
| − | + | * 8:55 	Welcome - Chancellors’ Building, room 1.12 | |
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| − | * 10: | + | == Session 1 Regulation== | 
| + | CHAIR:  David Leak | ||
| + | * 09:00 [[Ciaran Condon]]  | ||
| + | ** Suppression of the essential nature of RNase M16 ([[YqfG]]), required for 3' maturation of ''B. subtilis'' 16S ribosomal RNA, by deletion of [[rnr|RNase R]] | ||
| + | * 09:15	[[Roland Hartmann]] | ||
| + | ** Function and regulation of two 6S RNAs in Bacillus subtilis | ||
| + | * 09:30	[[Matthias Mack]] | ||
| + | ** A dual control mechanism synchronizes riboflavin and sulphur metabolism in ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ||
| + | * 09:45 Hermann Rath | ||
| + | ** A [[SigB]]-dependent antisense RNA affects osmotic induction of ''[[opuBA|opuB]]'' expression in ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ||
| + | * 10:00 Laura Teichmann | ||
| + | ** Suppressor analysis illuminates the structure/function relationship of the glycine betaine synthesis repressor [[GbsR]] | ||
| + | * 10:15 Sylvain Durand | ||
| + | ** sRNA-mediated activation of gene expression by inhibition of 5’-3’exonucleolytic mRNA degradation | ||
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| − | == Session  | + | == Session 2 [[Cell division]]== | 
| − | CHAIR:   | + | CHAIR:  TBA | 
| − | *  | + | * 11:00 [[Henrik Strahl]] | 
| − | **  | + | ** ''Bacillus subtilis'' does not form microscopically detectable cardiolipin domains | 
| − | *  | + | * 11:15 Jeanine Rismondo  | 
| − | **  | + | ** Discovery of genes required for lipoteichoic acid glycosylation predicts two distinct mechanism for wall teichoic acid glycosylation | 
| − | *  | + | * 11:30	Edward de Koning  | 
| − | **  | + | ** [[Divisome]] maturation in ''Bacillus subtilis'' single cells | 
| − | *  | + | * 11:45	Seamus Holden  | 
| − | **  | + | ** Treadmilling by [[FtsZ]] filaments drives ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[cell wall synthesis|peptidoglycan synthesis]] and bacterial [[cell division]] | 
| − | * 15 | + | * 12:00 [[Dirk-Jan Scheffers]]  | 
| + | ** [[PbpB|PBP2B]] [[PASTA domains]] interact with [[DivIB]] to stabilize [[cell division]] | ||
| + | * 12:15 Yongqiang Gao  | ||
| + | ** [[Cell division]] in the cell wall-less bacterium ''Acholeplasma laidlawii'' | ||
| − | == Session  | + | == 12:30 – 14:30	Lunch and Poster Session 1== | 
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| − | ==  | + | == Session 3 – Interesting Biology == | 
| + | CHAIR:  [[Colin Harwood]] | ||
| + | * 14:30	[[Jörg Stülke]]  | ||
| + | ** DNA topoisomerases in ''Bacillus subtilis'': A tale on mutants and suppressors | ||
| + | * 14:45 Hannah Gaimster  | ||
| + | ** Lethal depletion of essential cell envelope proteins can be rescued by slowing [[DNA replication]] in ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ||
| + | * 15:00 Alexandre Deloupy  | ||
| + | ** Stochastic gene expression in Bacillus subtilis | ||
| + | * 15:15	Sabine Schneider | ||
| + | ** Development of a reporter gene system to characterise [[riboswitch]] function and to identify [[riboswitch]] modulators by high-throughput screening | ||
| + | * 15:30	[[Ken-ichi Yoshida]]  | ||
| + | ** Rapid conjugative mobilization of a 100 kb segment of ''Bacillus subtilis'' chromosomal DNA is mediated by a helper plasmid with no ability for self-transfer | ||
| + | * 15:45 Anna A. Toymentseva  | ||
| + | ** Mobilization and transfer of plasmids and chromosomal DNA mediated by optimized ICEBs1 conjugative element | ||
| − | =  | + | ==16:00 – 16:30	Tea and Coffee == | 
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| − | CHAIR: [[ | + | ==Session 4 – Antibiotics 1 == | 
| − | *  | + | CHAIR:  [[Ulrike Mäder]] | 
| − | **  | + | * 16:30	Carolin Kobras  | 
| − | *  | + | ** Exploring the substrate specificity of the antimicrobial peptide resistance transporter [[BceA]]-[[BceB]] in ''Bacillus subtilis''   | 
| − | **  | + | * 16:45	Luiza P. Morawska  | 
| − | *  | + | ** Preadaptation of ''Bacillus subtilis'' to mild osmostress contributes to increased antibiotic resistance | 
| − | **  | + | * 17:00 Mary K. Phillips-Jones  | 
| − | *  | + | ** Characterisation of the VanA-type VanS histidine kinase involved in glycopeptide resistance in Gram-positive bacteria and its ligand interactions | 
| + | * 17:15	Gabriela Henriques  | ||
| + | ** Towards the understanding of the regulation of [[SppA]] by [[YteJ]] in Bacillus subtilis. | ||
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| − | ==  | + | = Wednesday 13th June = | 
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| − | == Session  | + | == Session 5 Biotechnology == | 
| − | CHAIR: [[ | + | CHAIR:  Anne Breüner | 
| − | *  | + | * 9:00	Andreas Knapp  | 
| − | **  | + | ** The spacer region in the 5´-UTR strongly affects recombinant protein production in ''Bacillus subtilis''  | 
| − | *  | + | * 9:15	Alexandria Holland  | 
| − | **  | + | ** Investigating protein secretion in ''Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius''  | 
| − | *  | + | * 9:30	Matthew Styles  | 
| − | **  | + | ** Engineering ''Parageobacillus'' for the Production of Terpenes: Building Better Chassis Organisms for Industrial Biotechnology | 
| − | *  | + | * 9:45	Luca Longanesi  | 
| − | **  | + | ** γ-PGA production through Consolidated Bioprocessing in engineered ''B. subtilis'' lab strains | 
| − | + | * 10:00	Matteo Cavaletti  | |
| − | + | ** Optimization of γ-PGA biosynthesis supported by synthetic biology and metabolic engineering strategies  | |
| − | *  | + | * 10:15	Ioannis Mougiakos  | 
| − | **  | + | ** Characterizing a thermostable Cas9 for bacterial genome editing and silencing | 
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| − | *  | + | == 10:15 - 10:45	Tea and Coffee == | 
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| + | == Session 6 - [[Sporulation]] and development == | ||
| + | CHAIR:  TBC | ||
| + | * 10:45	[[Imrich Barák]]   | ||
| + | ** What we (don’t) know about the asymmetric septum in ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ||
| + | * 11:00	Munehiro Asally  | ||
| + | ** Quality monitoring during [[sporulation]] in ''B. subtilis''  | ||
| + | * 11:15	[[Ilka Bischofs]]  | ||
| + | ** Phenotypic memory links different stages of the ''B. subtilis'' life cycle | ||
| + | * 11:30	[[Akos Kovacs]]   | ||
| + | ** Cheating promotes evolution of hyper-cooperators by shifting phenotypic heterogeneity in biofilms  | ||
| + | * 11:45	[[Sven Halbedel]]  | ||
| + | ** Novel ''[[gpsB]]'' suppressor genes contributing to regulatory proteolysis and ''cell division'' | ||
| + | * 12:00	Sofia Arnaouteli  | ||
| + | ** Exploring the role of pulcherrimin in ''Bacillus subtilis'' [[biofilm formation]] | ||
| + | * 12:15	Karin Bjerre  | ||
| + | ** Investigating of ''Bacillus subtilis'' and ''Bacillus amyloliquefaciens'' spores and vegetative cells in fecal samples from pigs | ||
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| + | ==12:30 – 14:30	Lunch and Poster Session 2 == | ||
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| + | ==Session 7 – Antibiotics 2 == | ||
| + | CHAIR:  [[Kevin Devine]] | ||
| + | * 14:30	Auke J. van Heel  | ||
| + | ** BAGEL4: A user-friendly web server to mine RiPPs and bacteriocins | ||
| + | * 14:45	Amanda Y. van Tilburg  | ||
| + | ** ''Bacillus subtilis'' as heterologous production host for lantibiotics | ||
| + | * 15:00	Nina Lautenschlaeger  | ||
| + | ** A novel heterologous whole-cell biosensor in ''Bacillus subtilis'' for the comprehensive detection of b-lactam antibiotics | ||
| + | * 15:15	Marjorie Gibbon  | ||
| + | ** Towards understanding signalling between the bacitracin resistance transporter [[BceA]]-[[BceB]] and histidine kinase [[BceS]] of ''Bacillus subtilis'' | ||
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| + | == 15:30 – 16:00	Tea and Coffee == | ||
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| + | == Session 8 – Cereus Group == | ||
| + | CHAIR:  [[Cinzia Calvio]] | ||
| + | * 16:00 Monika Ehling-Schulz  | ||
| + | ** ''Bacillus cereus'', a multifaceted pathogen: The challenge of discriminating high and low enteropathogenic strains | ||
| + | * 16:15	Nick Waterfield  | ||
| + | ** ''Bacillus cereus'' G9241 – to anthrax and back again | ||
| + | * 16:30	Ludivine Rousset  | ||
| + | ** Oligotrophy induces phenotypic diversification of ''Bacillus cereus'' AH187 | ||
| + | * 16:45 Jan Maarten van Dijl  | ||
| + | ** Can ''Bacillus thuringiensis'' and other microorganisms isolated from chronic wounds ‘pacify’ ''Staphylococcus aureus''? | ||
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| + | == 17:00 	Closing Remarks== | ||
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| + | == 19:00 – 23:00 Social event at The Terrace, The Roman Baths, generously supported by BACIP – to include the prize giving for best posters and talks from PhD/Postdocs == | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:38, 4 June 2018
Contents
- 1 Tuesday 12th June
- 2 Wednesday 13th June
- 2.1 Session 5 Biotechnology
- 2.2 10:15 - 10:45 Tea and Coffee
- 2.3 Session 6 - Sporulation and development
- 2.4 12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 2
- 2.5 Session 7 – Antibiotics 2
- 2.6 15:30 – 16:00 Tea and Coffee
- 2.7 Session 8 – Cereus Group
- 2.8 17:00 Closing Remarks
- 2.9 19:00 – 23:00 Social event at The Terrace, The Roman Baths, generously supported by BACIP – to include the prize giving for best posters and talks from PhD/Postdocs
 
- 3 END OF MEETING
- 4 Back to SubtiWiki
Tuesday 12th June
- 8:30 – 8:55 Registration
- 8:55 Welcome - Chancellors’ Building, room 1.12
Session 1 Regulation
CHAIR: David Leak
- 09:00 Ciaran Condon
-  09:15	Roland Hartmann
- Function and regulation of two 6S RNAs in Bacillus subtilis
 
-  09:30	Matthias Mack
- A dual control mechanism synchronizes riboflavin and sulphur metabolism in Bacillus subtilis
 
- 09:45 Hermann Rath
-  10:00 Laura Teichmann
- Suppressor analysis illuminates the structure/function relationship of the glycine betaine synthesis repressor GbsR
 
-  10:15 Sylvain Durand
- sRNA-mediated activation of gene expression by inhibition of 5’-3’exonucleolytic mRNA degradation
 
10:30 – 11:00 Tea and Coffee - Chancellors’ Building, ground floor foyer
Session 2 Cell division
CHAIR: TBA
-  11:00 Henrik Strahl
- Bacillus subtilis does not form microscopically detectable cardiolipin domains
 
-  11:15 Jeanine Rismondo 
- Discovery of genes required for lipoteichoic acid glycosylation predicts two distinct mechanism for wall teichoic acid glycosylation
 
-  11:30	Edward de Koning 
- Divisome maturation in Bacillus subtilis single cells
 
-  11:45	Seamus Holden 
- Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives Bacillus subtilis peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division
 
-  12:00 Dirk-Jan Scheffers 
- PBP2B PASTA domains interact with DivIB to stabilize cell division
 
-  12:15 Yongqiang Gao 
- Cell division in the cell wall-less bacterium Acholeplasma laidlawii
 
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 1
Session 3 – Interesting Biology
CHAIR: Colin Harwood
-  14:30	Jörg Stülke 
- DNA topoisomerases in Bacillus subtilis: A tale on mutants and suppressors
 
-  14:45 Hannah Gaimster 
- Lethal depletion of essential cell envelope proteins can be rescued by slowing DNA replication in Bacillus subtilis
 
-  15:00 Alexandre Deloupy 
- Stochastic gene expression in Bacillus subtilis
 
-  15:15	Sabine Schneider
- Development of a reporter gene system to characterise riboswitch function and to identify riboswitch modulators by high-throughput screening
 
-  15:30	Ken-ichi Yoshida 
- Rapid conjugative mobilization of a 100 kb segment of Bacillus subtilis chromosomal DNA is mediated by a helper plasmid with no ability for self-transfer
 
-  15:45 Anna A. Toymentseva 
- Mobilization and transfer of plasmids and chromosomal DNA mediated by optimized ICEBs1 conjugative element
 
16:00 – 16:30 Tea and Coffee
Session 4 – Antibiotics 1
CHAIR: Ulrike Mäder
- 16:30 Carolin Kobras
-  16:45	Luiza P. Morawska 
- Preadaptation of Bacillus subtilis to mild osmostress contributes to increased antibiotic resistance
 
-  17:00 Mary K. Phillips-Jones 
- Characterisation of the VanA-type VanS histidine kinase involved in glycopeptide resistance in Gram-positive bacteria and its ligand interactions
 
- 17:15 Gabriela Henriques
Free evening in Bath
Wednesday 13th June
Session 5 Biotechnology
CHAIR: Anne Breüner
-  9:00	Andreas Knapp 
- The spacer region in the 5´-UTR strongly affects recombinant protein production in Bacillus subtilis
 
-  9:15	Alexandria Holland 
- Investigating protein secretion in Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius
 
-  9:30	Matthew Styles 
- Engineering Parageobacillus for the Production of Terpenes: Building Better Chassis Organisms for Industrial Biotechnology
 
-  9:45	Luca Longanesi 
- γ-PGA production through Consolidated Bioprocessing in engineered B. subtilis lab strains
 
-  10:00	Matteo Cavaletti 
- Optimization of γ-PGA biosynthesis supported by synthetic biology and metabolic engineering strategies
 
-  10:15	Ioannis Mougiakos 
- Characterizing a thermostable Cas9 for bacterial genome editing and silencing
 
10:15 - 10:45 Tea and Coffee
Session 6 - Sporulation and development
CHAIR: TBC
-  10:45	Imrich Barák 
- What we (don’t) know about the asymmetric septum in Bacillus subtilis
 
-  11:00	Munehiro Asally 
- Quality monitoring during sporulation in B. subtilis
 
-  11:15	Ilka Bischofs 
- Phenotypic memory links different stages of the B. subtilis life cycle
 
-  11:30	Akos Kovacs 
- Cheating promotes evolution of hyper-cooperators by shifting phenotypic heterogeneity in biofilms
 
-  11:45	Sven Halbedel 
- Novel gpsB suppressor genes contributing to regulatory proteolysis and cell division
 
-  12:00	Sofia Arnaouteli 
- Exploring the role of pulcherrimin in Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation
 
-  12:15	Karin Bjerre 
- Investigating of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens spores and vegetative cells in fecal samples from pigs
 
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster Session 2
Session 7 – Antibiotics 2
CHAIR: Kevin Devine
-  14:30	Auke J. van Heel 
- BAGEL4: A user-friendly web server to mine RiPPs and bacteriocins
 
-  14:45	Amanda Y. van Tilburg 
- Bacillus subtilis as heterologous production host for lantibiotics
 
-  15:00	Nina Lautenschlaeger 
- A novel heterologous whole-cell biosensor in Bacillus subtilis for the comprehensive detection of b-lactam antibiotics
 
- 15:15 Marjorie Gibbon
15:30 – 16:00 Tea and Coffee
Session 8 – Cereus Group
CHAIR: Cinzia Calvio
-  16:00 Monika Ehling-Schulz 
- Bacillus cereus, a multifaceted pathogen: The challenge of discriminating high and low enteropathogenic strains
 
-  16:15	Nick Waterfield 
- Bacillus cereus G9241 – to anthrax and back again
 
-  16:30	Ludivine Rousset 
- Oligotrophy induces phenotypic diversification of Bacillus cereus AH187
 
-  16:45 Jan Maarten van Dijl 
- Can Bacillus thuringiensis and other microorganisms isolated from chronic wounds ‘pacify’ Staphylococcus aureus?
 

