Scientific Program
5th European Spores Conference
April 16th-19th 2012
Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Program
| Monday 16th | ||
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| 15.00-17.00 | Registration | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| 17.00-18.30 | Reception | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| Keynote Session | WINDSOR AUDITORIUM | |
| 18.30-19.30 | Rich Losick Harvard University, USA |
"The Multicellular Life Style of B. subtilis" |
| 19:30 | Dinner | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| Tuesday 17th | ||
| Session 1 Chair: Rich Losick |
WINDSOR AUDITORIUM | |
| 9.00-9.40 | Per Bullough Univ. Sheffield, UK |
Surface architecture of endospores of the Bacillus cereus/anthracis/thuringiensis family at the subnanometer scale |
| 9.40-10.00 | Ján Jamroškovič Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia |
An Oscillating Min System in Bacillus subtilis Blocks Asymmetric Cell Division |
| 10.00-10.20 | Fatma Isik Ustok Univ. Cambridge, UK |
Cortex degradation in the absence of SleB and CwlJ, the major Bacillus cortex-lytic enzymes |
| 10.20-10.40 | Kumaran S. Ramamurthi NIH, USA |
Small proteins mediate a checkpoint to progress through a bacterial developmental program |
| 10.40-11.10 | Tea & Coffee | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| Session 2 Chair: Per Bullough |
WINDSOR AUDITORIUM | |
| 11.10-11.50 | Alain Brisson Univ. Bordeaux, France |
B. clausii: spore coat structure and cell interaction |
| 11.50-12.10 | Wishwas Abhyankar Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands |
What's in your "Coat"? Bacterial Spore Coat Proteomics |
| 12.10-12.30 | Ashley Bate New York Univ. USA |
An Inferred Model of the Transcriptional Regulatory Network of Bacillus subtilis |
| 12.30-12.50 | J. Melničáková Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia |
The programmed cell death of Bacillus subtilis mediated by SpoIISA and SpoIISB |
| 12.50-14.00 | Lunch | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| 14.00-16.00 | Poster Session | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| Session 3 Chair: Adam Driks |
WINDSOR AUDITORIUM | |
| 16.00-16.40 | Peter Setlow Univ. Connecticut Health Center, USA |
Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species: The Last Frontier |
| 16.40-17.00 | Jeanette Guzman TIFN, Netherlands |
SpoVA, putative channels, involved in germination of Bacillus spores |
| 17.00-17.20 | Srishti Gupta Univ. Cambridge, UK |
Characterisation of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 germinant receptors |
| 17.20-17.40 | Rachna Pandey Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Live-cell imaging of aerobic bacteria; a tool to assess the heterogeneous germination & outgrowth of Bacillus subtilis spores |
| 17.40-18.10 | Tea & Coffee | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| Session 4 Chair: Trevor Lawley |
WINDSOR AUDITORIUM | |
| 18.10-18.50 | Per Einar Granum Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway |
Bacillus licheniformis germination: Poor germination depends on small differences in the receptor sequence |
| 18.50-19.10 | Robyn Eijlander TIFN, Netherlands |
Visualization of heterogeneous gene expression during sporulation of Bacillus cereus cells using time lapse fluorescence microscopy |
| 19.10-19.30 | Simon Syvertsson Newcastle Univ., UK |
Transcription profiling of Bacillus subtilis sub-populations separated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. |
| 19.30 | Reception to be held at the NORTH QUAD | |
| 20.30 | Banquet to be held at the PICTURE GALLERY1 | |
| Wednesday 18th | ||
| Session 5 Chair: Per Einar Granum |
WINDSOR AUDITORIUM | |
| 9.00-9.40 | Trevor Lawley Wellcome Trust Sanger Center, UK |
Genetic and Molecular Basis of Clostridium difficile spore-mediated transmission |
| 9.40-10.00 | Roberto Grau Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina |
Carbon catabolite regulation of gas gangrene-related toxin production in Clostridium perfringens |
| 10.00-10.20 | Daniela Heeg Univ. Nottingham, UK |
Spores of C. difficile clinical isolates display a diverse germination response to bile salts |
| 10.20-10.40 | Elisabeth Tolls Royal Holloway Univ. London, UK |
The spore coats of C. difficile |
| 10.40-11.10 | Tea & Coffee | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| Session 6 Chair: Peter Setlow |
WINDSOR AUDITORIUM | |
| 11.10-11.50 | Ben Raymond Royal Holloway Univ. London, UK |
Microbial cooperation in the real world: the ecology of virulence in Bacillus thuringiensis |
| 11.50-12.10 | Marcin Dembek Imperial College, UK |
Microarray analysis of C. difficile germination |
| 12.10-12.30 | Mahfuzur R. Sarker Uni. Oregon, USA |
Clostridium perfringens spore germination |
| 12.30-12.50 | Yinghua Xiao TIFN, Netherlands |
Prediction of unidentified germination-related genes in Clostridium perfringens by clustering time-course expression profiles during sporulation |
| 12.50-13.45 | Lunch | WINDSOR BUILDING FOYER |
| 13.45 | Excursion to Windsor COACHES WILL DEPART PROMPTLY FROM THE TENNIS COURTS |
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| 19.00 | Dinner at the House on the Bridge Restaurant, Windsor | |
| 22.00 | Depart for Royal Holloway2 | |
| Thursday 19th | ||
| Session 7 Chair: Tony Wilkinson |
BOURNE LECTURE THEATRE 1 | |
| 9.00-9.40 | Nigel Minton Univ. Nottingham, UK |
Clostridium spores as anti-cancer agents |
| 9.40-10.00 | Teja Sirec University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
Enzyme adsorption to Bacillus subtilis spores |
| 10.00-10.20 | Bea Nielsen Christian Hansen, Denmark |
Screening for new Bacillus-based probiotic feed additives for the pig industry |
| 10.20-10.40 | Heather Fairhead Phico Therapeutics Ltd UK |
The Use of Alpha/Beta Small, Acid-Soluble Spore Proteins as Antibacterial Agents |
| 10.40-11.10 | Tea & Coffee | BOURNE FOYER |
| Session 8 Chair: Nigel Minton |
BOURNE LECTURE THEATRE 1 | |
| 11.10-11.30 | Adam Driks Loyola Univ., USA |
Formation of biofilm communities by Clostridium difficile |
| 11.30-11.50 | Adriano Henriques ITQB, Portugal |
Morphodynamics of spore differentiation in Clostridium difficile |
| 11.50-12.10 | Michael Galperin NIH, USA |
Genomic determinants of sporulation: A minimal set of sporulation-specific genes in Bacilli and Clostridia |
| 12.10-12.30 | Catarina G. Fernandes ITQB, Portugal |
The Tgl transglutaminase: assembly and role in spore coat formation |
| 12.30-12.50 | Bing Hao Univ. Connecticut Health Center, USA |
Role of a SpoVA Protein in Dipicolinic Acid Uptake into Developing Spores of Bacillus subtilis |
| 12.50-13.50 | Lunch | HUB DINING HALL |
| Session 9 Chair: Charlie Moran |
BOURNE LECTURE THEATRE 1 | |
| 13.50-14.10 | Ralf Moeller Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Germany |
Insights into Bacillus subtilis spore resistance to UV and ionizing radiation |
| 14.10-14.30 | Klaus Männer Free University of Berlin, Germany |
Efficacy of Toyocerin® on performance, faecal microflora and immune response in rearing calves |
| 14.30-14.50 | Brent Seale Univ. Queensland, Australia |
Characterisation of present day and historical Geobacillus spp. isolates from milk powders using high resolution melt analysis (HRMA) of multiple variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci. |
| 14.50-15.10 | Nguyen Van Anh Hanoi Univ. Vietnam |
"Killed" Bacillus subtilis spores expressing streptavidin: potential carriers with applications in drug delivery and diagnostics |
| 15.10-15.30 | Stella Planchon CTCPA, France |
Thermophilic spore forming bacteria isolated from spoiled low-acid canned food: a French ten-year survey. |
| 15.30 | closing statements and announcement of 'Best Young Speaker' and poster awards (Simon Cutting) Conference ends |
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1Please be punctual
2Drop-off and collection points to be provided at registrations