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Tuesday 28 June, Afternoon

Registration

13:00 - 14:30

Opening session

Chair: Martin Welch

Organisers

Chair(s): Martin Welch
Welcome address

Martin Welch

14:30 - 14:45
Keynote lecture: Acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing and bacterial communication and cooperation: looking back and looking forward

E. Peter Greenberg (University of Washington, USA)

14:45 - 15:45

Break

15:45 - 16:15

Flash poster presentations

Chair: Martin Welch

Organisers

Chair(s): Martin Welch
Flash poster presentations

16:15 - 17:15

Cambridge walking tour

Martin Welch

18:00 - 20:00

Wednesday 29 June, Morning

Session 1

Chair: Kim Hardie

Organisers

Chair(s): Kim Hardie
Invited talk: The highs and lows of enteric infections

Vanessa Sperandio (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

09:00 - 09:30
Offered paper: Important roles of QS-autoinducers of N-acyl-homoserine lactone type in plant growth promotion and biological control of phytopathogens

Anton Hartmann (Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany)

09:30 - 09:45
Offered paper: Bacterial quorum sensing allows graded and bimodal cellular responses to variations in population density

Jennifer Rattray (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

09:45 - 10:00
NBIC Lecture: Chemical approaches to intercept quorum sensing in bacteria

Helen Blackwell (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

10:00 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:00

Session 2

Chair: Ana Otero

Organisers

Chair(s): Ana Otero
Invited talk: Chemical information exchange as a regulator of war and love between species

Michael Meijler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

11:00 - 11:30
Flash poster presentations

11:30 - 12:00
Invited talk: Polymicrobial crosstalk on the skin limits MRSA colonisation and disease

Alex Horswill (University of Colorado-Anschutz, USA)

12:00 - 12:30
Invited talk: Quorum sensing in African trypanosome parasites

Keith Matthews (University of Edinburgh, UK)

12:30 - 13:00

Wednesday 29 June, Afternoon

Lunch & poster viewing

13:00 - 14:00

Session 3

Chair: Paul Williams

Organisers

Chair(s): Paul Williams
Invited talk: Cell-cell signaling proteobacterial LuxR solos

Vittorio Venturi (ICGEB, Italy)

14:00 - 14:30
Offered paper: Plant hormones as signalling molecules in the regulation of antibiotic production and chemotaxis in plant-associated bacteria

Miguel A. Matilla (EEZ-CSIC, Spain)

14:30 - 14:45
Offered paper: The expanding diazenium diolate signal family in bacteria; from biocontrol agents to human pathogens

Anugraha Mathew (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

14:45 - 15:00
Invited talk: Adaptive mutations alter tobramycin susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasR mutants

Josephine Chandler (University of Kansas, USA)

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:00

Session 4

Chair: Manuel Romero

Organisers

Chair(s): Manuel Romero
Invited talk: Microbial competition and cooperation within a host: insights from a natural animal-microbe symbiosis

Tim Miyashiro, (Penn State University, USA)

16:00 - 16:30
Flash poster presentations

16:30 - 17:30

Poster viewing

17:30 - 18:30

Dinner at Robinson College (garden restaurant)

19:30 - 21:30

Thursday 30 June, Morning

Session 5

Chair: Miguel Camara

Organisers

Chair(s): Miguel Camara
Invited talk: Identification of potent quorum sensing inhibitors from plants used in traditional medical systems

Casandra Quave (Emory University, USA)

09:00 - 09:30
Invited talk: How the individual shape the collective and why it matters

Nicholas Personnic (CIRI Lyon, France)

09:30 - 10:00
Bacteria-host crosstalk: sensing of the quorum

Elena Vikström (Linköping University, Sweden)

10:00 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:00

Session 6

Chair: Steve Diggle

Organisers

Chair(s): Steve Diggle
Invited talk: Regulation, inhibition and biotechnological exploitation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing systems

Giordano Rampioni (University Roma Tre, Italy)

11:00 - 11:30
Offered paper: Erwinia regulates expression of host specific virulence factors via quorum sensing

Filipe Vieira (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal/Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany)

11:30 - 11:45
Offered paper: PqsE mainly acts through RhlR to modulate and expand the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing regulon

Morgana Letizia (University Roma Tre, Italy)

11:45 - 12:00
Invited talk: War and peace: the kinship dependent interactions in Bacillus subtilis world

Ines Mandić-Mulec (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

12:00 - 12:30

Session 7

Chair: Anugraha Mathew

Organisers

Chair(s): Anugraha Mathew
Offered paper: Chemical methods to interrogate the competence regulon quorum sensing circuitry in Streptococci

Yftah Tal-Gan (University of Nevada, USA)

12:30 - 12:45
Invited talk: Quorum sensing control of virulence, antibiotic production and organelle morphogenesis

George Salmond (University of Cambridge, UK)

12:45 - 13:15

Thursday 30 June, Afternoon

Poster prizes and closing remarks

Chair: Paul Williams

13:15 - 13:30

Lunch & poster viewing

13:30 - 14:30

Lecture View

Tuesday 28 June, Afternoon

Registration

Registration

13:00 - 14:30
Welcome address

Martin Welch Opening session

14:30 - 14:45
Keynote lecture: Acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing and bacterial communication and cooperation: looking back and looking forward

E. Peter Greenberg (University of Washington, USA) Opening session

14:45 - 15:45
Break

Break

15:45 - 16:15
Flash poster presentations

Flash poster presentations

16:15 - 17:15
Cambridge walking tour

Martin Welch Cambridge walking tour

18:00 - 20:00

Wednesday 29 June, Morning

Invited talk: The highs and lows of enteric infections

Vanessa Sperandio (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Session 1

09:00 - 09:30
Offered paper: Important roles of QS-autoinducers of N-acyl-homoserine lactone type in plant growth promotion and biological control of phytopathogens

Anton Hartmann (Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany) Session 1

09:30 - 09:45
Offered paper: Bacterial quorum sensing allows graded and bimodal cellular responses to variations in population density

Jennifer Rattray (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Session 1

09:45 - 10:00
NBIC Lecture: Chemical approaches to intercept quorum sensing in bacteria

Helen Blackwell (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Session 1

10:00 - 10:30
Break

Break

10:30 - 11:00
Invited talk: Chemical information exchange as a regulator of war and love between species

Michael Meijler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Session 2

11:00 - 11:30
Flash poster presentations

Session 2

11:30 - 12:00
Invited talk: Polymicrobial crosstalk on the skin limits MRSA colonisation and disease

Alex Horswill (University of Colorado-Anschutz, USA) Session 2

12:00 - 12:30
Invited talk: Quorum sensing in African trypanosome parasites

Keith Matthews (University of Edinburgh, UK) Session 2

12:30 - 13:00

Wednesday 29 June, Afternoon

Lunch & poster viewing

Lunch & poster viewing

13:00 - 14:00
Invited talk: Cell-cell signaling proteobacterial LuxR solos

Vittorio Venturi (ICGEB, Italy) Session 3

14:00 - 14:30
Offered paper: Plant hormones as signalling molecules in the regulation of antibiotic production and chemotaxis in plant-associated bacteria

Miguel A. Matilla (EEZ-CSIC, Spain) Session 3

14:30 - 14:45
Offered paper: The expanding diazenium diolate signal family in bacteria; from biocontrol agents to human pathogens

Anugraha Mathew (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Session 3

14:45 - 15:00
Invited talk: Adaptive mutations alter tobramycin susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasR mutants

Josephine Chandler (University of Kansas, USA) Session 3

15:00 - 15:30
Break

Break

15:30 - 16:00
Invited talk: Microbial competition and cooperation within a host: insights from a natural animal-microbe symbiosis

Tim Miyashiro, (Penn State University, USA) Session 4

16:00 - 16:30
Flash poster presentations

Session 4

16:30 - 17:30
Poster viewing

Poster viewing

17:30 - 18:30
Dinner at Robinson College (garden restaurant)

Dinner at Robinson College (garden restaurant)

19:30 - 21:30

Thursday 30 June, Morning

Invited talk: Identification of potent quorum sensing inhibitors from plants used in traditional medical systems

Casandra Quave (Emory University, USA) Session 5

09:00 - 09:30
Invited talk: How the individual shape the collective and why it matters

Nicholas Personnic (CIRI Lyon, France) Session 5

09:30 - 10:00
Bacteria-host crosstalk: sensing of the quorum

Elena Vikström (Linköping University, Sweden) Session 5

10:00 - 10:30
Break

Break

10:30 - 11:00
Invited talk: Regulation, inhibition and biotechnological exploitation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing systems

Giordano Rampioni (University Roma Tre, Italy) Session 6

11:00 - 11:30
Offered paper: Erwinia regulates expression of host specific virulence factors via quorum sensing

Filipe Vieira (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal/Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany) Session 6

11:30 - 11:45
Offered paper: PqsE mainly acts through RhlR to modulate and expand the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing regulon

Morgana Letizia (University Roma Tre, Italy) Session 6

11:45 - 12:00
Invited talk: War and peace: the kinship dependent interactions in Bacillus subtilis world

Ines Mandić-Mulec (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) Session 6

12:00 - 12:30
Offered paper: Chemical methods to interrogate the competence regulon quorum sensing circuitry in Streptococci

Yftah Tal-Gan (University of Nevada, USA) Session 7

12:30 - 12:45
Invited talk: Quorum sensing control of virulence, antibiotic production and organelle morphogenesis

George Salmond (University of Cambridge, UK) Session 7

12:45 - 13:15

Thursday 30 June, Afternoon

Invited talk: Quorum sensing control of virulence, antibiotic production and organelle morphogenesis

George Salmond (University of Cambridge, UK) Session 7

12:45 - 13:15
Poster prizes and closing remarks

Chair: Paul Williams Poster prizes and closing remarks

13:15 - 13:30
Lunch & poster viewing

Lunch & poster viewing

13:30 - 14:30