| Thursday 25 October |
| 14.00 – 16.15 |
Arrival at Norton Park – refreshments available |
| 16.15 – 16.30 |
Welcome and Introduction by David Holden |
| 16.30 – 18.55 |
Session 1 – Presentations
Chair: Philippe Sansonetti |
| 16.30 – 17.15 |
Dan Davis (Imperial College London)
Nanotubes and synapses in immune cell biology |
| 17.15 – 17.40 |
Félix Rey (Institut Pasteur)
Viral membrane fusion proteins: how many structural classes? |
| 17.40 – 18.05 |
Dagmar Heuer (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)
Chlamydia species hijacks the Golgi compartment to ensure reproduction |
| 18.05 – 18.30 |
Danilo Gomez Moriel (Novartis Vaccines)
Identification of vaccine candidates against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli by reverse vaccinology |
| 18.30 – 18.55 |
Aurel Negrea (Karolinska Institute)
The effect of small-molecular virulence inhibitors on Salmonella enterica |
| 19.00 – 20.00 |
Reception |
20.30 – 23.00 |
Dinner |
| Friday 26 October |
| 07.00 – 09.00 |
Breakfast |
| 09.00 – 09.50 |
Session 2 – Presentations
Chair: Christoph Tang |
| 09.00 – 09.25 |
Philippe Herbomel (Institut Pasteur)
The developing zebrafish as a model for the in vivo study of leukocyte behaviour and host-microbe interaction |
| 09.25 – 09.50 |
Vladimir Pelicic (Imperial College London)
Structure/function analysis of PilX from Neisseria meningitidis reveals how minor pilins can modulate the virulence properties of type IV pili |
| 09.50 – 10.50 |
Session 3 – Student presentations
Chair: Birgitta Henriques-Normark |
| 09.50 – 10.05 |
Valentina Covarelli (Imperial College London)
Antiphagocytic mechanism(s) of Enteropathogenic E. coli |
| 10.05 – 10.20 |
Giacomo Bastianelli (Institut Pasteur)
Computational design of novel cyclotides for Plasmodium falciparum subtilisins inhibition |
| 10.20 – 10.35 |
Beatriz Montes (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)
Identification of host genes involved in Plasmodium-hepatocytes interaction |
| 10.35 – 10.50 |
Esther Mungai (Novartis Vaccines)
Achieving broad protection against group B meningococcal disease |
10.50 – 11.10 |
Coffee |
| 11.10 – 12.55 |
Session 4 – Student Presentations
Chair: Birgitta Henriques-Normark |
| 11.10 – 11.25 |
Florian Wartha (Karolinska Institute)
The Interplay of Competence, Resistance and Virulence in Pneumococci |
| 11.25 – 11.40 |
Francisco Mesquita (Imperial College London)
Title TBC |
| 11.40 – 11.55 |
Stephan Spath (Institut Pasteur)
How do malarial sporozoites cross endothelial barriers, lessons to be learned from leukocytes |
| 11.55 – 12.10 |
Alexandre Darmoise (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)
Impact of microbial infections on the production of self-antigens for activating NKT cell responses |
| 12.10 – 12.25 |
Valentina Dimitrovska (Novartis Vaccines)
A second pilus in Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| 12.25 – 12.40 |
Sandra Muschiol (Karolinska Institute)
Yersinia Type III secretion inhibitors and their effect on Chlamydia spp. |
| 12.40 – 12.55 |
Katrina Ray (Imperial College London) The intracellular lifestyle of Shigella flexneri |
12.55 – 13.45 |
Lunch |
| 13.45 – 16.00 |
Free time – tour available, posters, discussion etc ... |
| 13.45 – 16.00 |
Poster session – refreshments available |
| 16.00 – 18.00 |
EIMID EST Fellows Progress Meeting
Supervisors should be present during the first hour (co-ordinator report and project update). Students will meet with the Commission officer during the second hour. |
| 18.00 – 19.30 |
Poster session – refreshments available |
| 18.30 – 19.30 |
EIMID management meeting |
| 20.30 – 23.00 |
Dinner and dance |
| Saturday 27 October |
| 07.00 – 09.00 |
Breakfast |
| 09.00 – 10.15 |
Session 6 – Presentations
Chair: Christoph Tang |
| 09.00 – 09.25 |
Felix Meißner (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)
A radical benefit: SOD1 regulates Caspase 1 |
| 09.25 – 09.50 |
Davide Serruto (Novartis Vaccines)
Characterization of the antigen GNA2132, a new lipoprotein of Neisseria meningitidis |
| 09.50 – 10.15 |
Roger Simm (Karolinska Institute)
Cyclic-di-GMP signalling network leading to biofilm formation in Salmonella typhimurium |
10.15 – 10.45 |
Coffee |
| 10.45 – 12.50 |
Session 7 – Presentations
Chair: Arturo Zychlinsky |
| 10.45 – 11.10 |
Sandrine Etienne-Manneville (Institut Pasteur)
Mechanisms of centrosome positioning during cell polarization |
| 11.10 – 11.35 |
Miso Kursar (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)
Activation / regulation of the protective immune response against M. tuberculosis |
| 11.35 – 12.00 |
Angelika Gründling (Imperial College London)
Lipoteichoic acid synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus |
| 12.00 – 12.25 |
Angela Nobbs (Novartis Vaccines)
Sortase A, Together with a Pilus Island Sortase C, is Required for Efficient Cell-Wall Attachment of Pili in Streptococcus agalactiae |
| 12.25 – 12.50 |
Agneta Richter-Dahlfors (Karolinska Institute)
Organic bioelectronics: a novel technology that offers an opportunity to advance the frontiers of infection biology |
| 12.50 – 13.00 |
Meeting Close
Chair: David Holden |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 – 15.00 |
Departure |
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