Program
Monday, September 12, 2016
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Event |
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12:00 - 14:00
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Welcome coffee - Welcome coffee |
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14:00 - 14:10
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Welcome by the I2BC director (Auditorium) - Thierry Meinnel |
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14:10 - 14:15
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Meeting opening (Auditorium) - Denis Faure, head of the local and scientific committees |
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14:15 - 15:00
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Introduction (Auditorium) |
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| 14:15 - 15:00 |
› Agrobacterium, a bacterium full of surprises - Paul Hooykaas, Leiden University |
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15:00 - 15:50
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Agrobacterium biofilm and regulation networks (Auditorium) - Franz Narberhaus |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
› Regulation of the motile-to-sessile switch in Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Clay FUQUA, Department of Biology, Indiana University, |
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| 15:30 - 15:50 |
› Transcriptome analysis revealed that a quorum sensing system regulates the transfer of the At megaplasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Yves Dessaux, Institut for integrative biology of the cell |
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15:50 - 16:35
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Oral presentation of selected posters (Auditorium) |
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16:35 - 17:50
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Coffee and Poster session - In the Hall |
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17:50 - 18:40
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Agrobacterium biofilm and regulation networks (Auditorium) - Clay Fuqua |
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| 17:50 - 18:20 |
› Small RNAs and RNA chaperones in Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Franz Narberhaus, Ruhr University Bochum |
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| 18:20 - 18:40 |
› A regulatory RNA from Ti plasmid coordinates expression of chromosomal operons involved in motility and attachment - Benjamin Diel, Ecologie microbienne, Microbiologie, adaptation et pathogénie |
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19:00 - 21:00
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Buffet (Salle Automne) |
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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Event |
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09:50 - 10:40
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Virulence, molecular and cellular processes (Auditorium) - Eliora Ron |
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| 09:50 - 10:20 |
› Known plant DNA repair and recombination pathways are not important for T-DNA integration - Stanton Gelvin, Department of Biological Sciences [West Lafayette], Purdue University |
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| 10:20 - 10:40 |
› A phospholipid-methylating enzyme with membrane-deforming ability in Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Meriyem Aktas, Department of Microbial Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany |
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10:40 - 11:10
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Coffee break (Hall) |
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11:10 - 12:00
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Virulence, molecular and cellular processes (Auditorium) - Stan Gelvin |
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| 11:10 - 11:40 |
› Coping with high temperature: unique regulation in A. tumefaciens - Eliora Z. RON, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechology, MIGAL |
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| 11:40 - 12:00 |
› A key pyranose-2-phosphate motif is responsible for both antibiotic import and quorum-sensing regulation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens - solange morera, Institut for integrative biology of the cell |
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12:00 - 13:30
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Buffet (Salle Automne) |
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13:40 - 15:00
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Plant response and defense (Salle Automne) - Xavier Nesme |
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| 13:40 - 14:10 |
› The interplay between Agrobacterium and the host plant – From the perspective of the host - Rosalia DEEKEN, Julius - von - Sachs Institute of biosciences, Botany 1, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg |
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| 14:10 - 14:40 |
› Roles of MAP Kinase Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions - Heribert HIRT, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Paris - Saclay Institute of Plant Sciences |
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| 14:40 - 15:00 |
› VIP1 and its family members are not important for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation - Lan-Ying Lee, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University |
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15:00 - 15:45
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Oral presentation of selected posters (Auditorium) |
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15:45 - 17:00
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Coffee and Poster session - In the Hall |
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17:00 - 17:50
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Agrobacterium Ecology (Auditorium) - Denis Faure |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
› Specific Associations of Agrobacterium vitis and grapevines - Thomas BURR, Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Geneva NY, |
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| 17:30 - 17:50 |
› Genomic potential of a new genospecies of oligotrophic Agrobacterium strain isolated from deep within Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico - Michael Savka, Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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17:50 - 18:40
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Agrobacterium Ecology (Auditorium) - Tom Burr |
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| 17:50 - 18:20 |
› Opine-niche construction and plasmid Ti transfer - Denis FAURE, institut for integrative biology of the cell |
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| 18:20 - 18:40 |
› Characterization of a MarR repressor involved in Agrobacterium fitness in planta - Celine LAVIRE, Ecologie Microbienne |
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19:00 - 21:00
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Buffet (Salle Automne) |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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Event |
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09:00 - 10:10
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Genome biology, taxonomy and evolution (Auditorium) - Rosalia Deeken |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
› The great Agrobacterium bestiary and its hidden ecological adaptations. - Xavier Nesme, Ecologie Microbienne |
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| 09:30 - 09:50 |
› New insights into the taxonomy of agrobacteria - Nemanja Kuzmanović, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Agriculture |
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| 09:50 - 10:10 |
› Characterization of the Agrobacterium plasmids by next-generation sequencing - NESRINE NABI, Laboratoire de Génétique, Biodiversité et Valorisation des Bio-ressources |
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10:10 - 10:40
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Coffee break (Hall) |
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10:40 - 12:15
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Interkingdom gene transfer, biotechnologies (Auditorium) - Leon Otten |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 |
› T-DNA transfer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plant cells - Ann DEPICKER, VIB, UGent |
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| 11:15 - 11:35 |
› Towards engineering Agrobacterium for protein transfer - Kirankumar MYSORE, Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401 |
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| 11:35 - 11:55 |
› Location and Timing of T-DNA Integration Events Identified Using a Next Generation Sequencing Strategy - Theodore Muth, City University of New York - Brooklyn College |
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| 11:55 - 12:15 |
› Optimized binary vector design and molecular event characterization increase the efficiency of transformation and consistency of gene expression in corn and sorghum - ANAND AJITH, DuPont Pioneer |
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12:15 - 13:50
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Buffet (Salle Automne) |
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14:00 - 15:30
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Interkingdom gene transfer, biotechnologies (Auditorium) - Ann Depicker |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
› Structure and functional analysis of cT-DNAs in the genus Nicotiana - Leon OTTEN, Department of Cell Biology, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes |
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| 14:30 - 14:50 |
› Visualization of virulence protein translocation from Agrobacterium to yeast and plant cells - M.Reza Roushan, Institute of Biology, Leiden University |
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| 14:50 - 15:10 |
› Investigating the transcriptomic response of E. adhaerens during the colonization of A. thaliana root tissues - Evelyn Zuniga, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority |
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| 15:10 - 15:30 |
› An ancient event of Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) from Agrobacterium into sweetpotato and its wild relatives. - Dora Quispe-Huamanquispe, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University |
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15:30 - 15:45
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Closure - End and departure |
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