SY1: Bacterial Secretion Systems In Contact With Host Cells
Chair: Dr Martin Aepfelbacher 

Speakers: 

  • Dr Daniel Unterweger, The Type VI Secretion System Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
  • Dr Christoph Dehio, Translocation Of Yopj Family Effector Proteins Through The Virb/Vird4 T4SS Of Bartonella
  • Dr Andreas Diepold, Injection Of Toxins Through The Type III Secretion System Is Governed By Protein Dynamics
  • Dr Petra Dersch, Shaping Yersinia Type III Secretion Through Post-Transcriptional Control Mechanisms

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall 1

 

SY2: VAAM Symposium: Symbiotic Interactions
Chair: Dr Martin Kaltenpoth

Speakers:

  • Dr Martin Kaltenpoth, Microbial Symbioses And Horizontal Gene Transfer Events Fueled The Evolution Of Herbivory In Leaf Beetles
  • Dr Jillian Petersen, 400 Million Years of Symbiosis: Host-Microbe Interactions in Marine Lucinid Clams
  • Dr Katja Dierking, C. Elegans Microbiota-Mediated Protection From Pathogen Infection
  • Dr Alejandro Manzano-Marin, Genomics And Evolution Of Symbionts In Strict Blood-Feeding Leeches

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall G1

 

SY3: Parasitology: Host Contribution To Disease
Chair: Dr Volker T. Heussler

Speakers:

  • Dr Volker T. Heussler, Host Cell Responses To Plasmodium Infection Of Hepatocytes
  • Dr Silvia Portugal, Exploring Asymptomatic Malaria
  • Dr Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Functional Chemoinformatic Modeling To Fight Apicomplexan Parasites
  • Dr Hanna Lotter, Myeloid Cells And Sex Difference In Parasitic Diseases

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall G2

 

SY4: From Primordial Metabolism To LUCA 
Chair: Dr Joseph Moran

Speakers:

  • Dr Joseph Moran, Self-Organized Chemistry As The Precursor To Metabolism
  • Dr Filipa Sousa, Evolution Of Physiology: From Elements To Life
  • Dr Nick Lane, Proton Gradients, Autotrophic Origins And The Beginnings Of Heredity
  • Dr Joana Xavier, Network Autocatalysis And The Emergence Of Metabolism

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall D

 

SY5: Persisters And The Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
Chair: Dr Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

Speakers:

  •  Dr Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, Salmonella Persisters Can Promote The Spread Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids Among Enterobacteriaceae
  • Dr Jan Michiels, Evolutionary And Mechanistic Aspects Of Persistence In Escherichia Coli And The Evolution To Antibiotic Resistance
  • Dr Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt, ADEP Antibiotics With Anti-Persister Activity - Mechanisms Of Action And Resistance
  • Dr Jeff Errington, The L-Form Transition As A Potential Source Of Persistence In Infectious Disease

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall E

 

SY6: BPS Symposium: Diversity And Ecology Of Aquatic Phototrophic Biofilms
Chair: Dr Anne D. Jungblut

Speakers:

  • Dr Anne D. Jungblut, Cyanobacteria-Based Microbial Mat Communities In The Polar Regions
  • Dr Graham J.C. Underwood, Diversity Of Microbial Assemblages And Relationships To Ecosystem Functioning In Phototrophic Biofilms
  • Dr Peter Kroth, The Role Of Bacteria In Photoautrophic Biofilms
  • Dr Mia Bergtsson, Welcome To The Microbial Jungle: Biofilms On Seagrass Leaves Host Multiple Microbial Trophic Levels

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall F

 

SY7: Food Microbiology: Challenges And Opportunities For Safe And Healthy Foods
Chair: Dr Giovanna Felis

Speakers:

  • Dr Charles Franz, Occurrence of Pathogens And Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria In Fresh Produce From Northern German Retail
  • Dr Jyoti Prakash Tamang, Ethnicity And Metataxonomy Of Asian Fermented Foods
  • Dr Florence Valence-Bertel, Preservation Of Industrially Valuable Microbial Resources: At The Interface Between Conservation And Application
  • Dr Giovanna Felis, Food Microbiology: Naming food-related microbes: how and why it matters

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall Y1

 

SY8: Microbial Diversity For Creating Novel Value Chains in Industrial Biotechnology
Chair: Dr Paola Branduardi

Speakers:

  • Dr Paola Branduardi, The Contribution Of Yeasts’ Biodiversity To The Valorization Of Residual Biomasess
  • Dr Caroline M. Plugge, Functional Microbial Diversity For Industrial Process Optimization
  • Dr Anne S. Meyer, Enzymatic Conversion Of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) (PET): Significance Of The PET Crystallinity
  • Dr Daniel Christoph Volke, Taming Environmental Bacteria Through Synthetic Biology For Production Of Novel Chemicals

📍CCH Hamburg, Hall Y2