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09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00	Welcome coffee 12:00 - 14:00 (2h) Welcome coffee Welcome coffee Welcome by the I2BC director 14:00 - 14:10 (10min) Welcome by the I2BC director Auditorium Thierry Meinnel Meeting opening 14:10 - 14:15 (05min) Meeting opening Auditorium Denis Faure, head of the local and scientific committees Introduction 14:15 - 15:00 (45min) Introduction Auditorium › Agrobacterium, a bacterium full of surprises - Paul Hooykaas, Leiden University 14:15-15:00 (45min) Agrobacterium biofilm and regulation networks 15:00 - 15:50 (50min) Agrobacterium biofilm and regulation networks Auditorium Franz Narberhaus › Regulation of the motile-to-sessile switch in Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Clay FUQUA, Department of Biology, Indiana University, 15:00-15:30 (30min) › 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 15:30-15:50 (20min) Oral presentation of selected posters 15:50 - 16:35 (45min) Oral presentation of selected posters Auditorium Coffee and Poster session 16:35 - 17:50 (1h15) Coffee and Poster session Agrobacterium biofilm and regulation networks 17:50 - 18:40 (50min) Agrobacterium biofilm and regulation networks Auditorium Clay Fuqua › Small RNAs and RNA chaperones in Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Franz Narberhaus, Ruhr University Bochum 17:50-18:20 (30min) › A regulatory RNA from Ti plasmid coordinates expression of chromosomal operons involved in motility and attachment - Benjamin Diel, Ecologie microbienne, Microbiologie, adaptation et pathogénie 18:20-18:40 (20min) Buffet 19:00 - 21:00 (2h) Buffet Salle Automne	Virulence, molecular and cellular processes 9:50 - 10:40 (50min) Virulence, molecular and cellular processes Auditorium Eliora Ron › Known plant DNA repair and recombination pathways are not important for T-DNA integration - Stanton Gelvin, Department of Biological Sciences [West Lafayette], Purdue University 09:50-10:20 (30min) › 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 10:20-10:40 (20min) Coffee break 10:40 - 11:10 (30min) Coffee break Hall Virulence, molecular and cellular processes 11:10 - 12:00 (50min) Virulence, molecular and cellular processes Auditorium Stan Gelvin › Coping with high temperature: unique regulation in A. tumefaciens - Eliora Z. RON, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechology, MIGAL 11:10-11:40 (30min) › 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 11:40-12:00 (20min) Buffet 12:00 - 13:30 (1h30) Buffet Salle Automne Plant response and defense 13:40 - 15:00 (1h20) Plant response and defense Salle Automne Xavier Nesme › 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 13:40-14:10 (30min) › Roles of MAP Kinase Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions - Heribert HIRT, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Paris - Saclay Institute of Plant Sciences 14:10-14:40 (30min) › VIP1 and its family members are not important for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation - Lan-Ying Lee, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University 14:40-15:00 (20min) Oral presentation of selected posters 15:00 - 15:45 (45min) Oral presentation of selected posters Auditorium Coffee and Poster session 15:45 - 17:00 (1h15) Coffee and Poster session Agrobacterium Ecology 17:00 - 17:50 (50min) Agrobacterium Ecology Auditorium Denis Faure › Specific Associations of Agrobacterium vitis and grapevines - Thomas BURR, Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Geneva NY, 17:00-17:30 (30min) › 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 17:30-17:50 (20min) Agrobacterium Ecology 17:50 - 18:40 (50min) Agrobacterium Ecology Auditorium Tom Burr › Opine-niche construction and plasmid Ti transfer - Denis FAURE, institut for integrative biology of the cell 17:50-18:20 (30min) › Characterization of a MarR repressor involved in Agrobacterium fitness in planta - Celine LAVIRE, Ecologie Microbienne 18:20-18:40 (20min) Buffet 19:00 - 21:00 (2h) Buffet Salle Automne	Genome biology, taxonomy and evolution 9:00 - 10:10 (1h10) Genome biology, taxonomy and evolution Auditorium Rosalia Deeken › The great Agrobacterium bestiary and its hidden ecological adaptations. - Xavier Nesme, Ecologie Microbienne 09:00-09:30 (30min) › New insights into the taxonomy of agrobacteria - Nemanja Kuzmanović, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Agriculture 09:30-09:50 (20min) › Characterization of the Agrobacterium plasmids by next-generation sequencing - NESRINE NABI, Laboratoire de Génétique, Biodiversité et Valorisation des Bio-ressources 09:50-10:10 (20min) Coffee break 10:10 - 10:40 (30min) Coffee break Hall Interkingdom gene transfer, biotechnologies 10:40 - 12:15 (1h35) Interkingdom gene transfer, biotechnologies Auditorium Leon Otten › T-DNA transfer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to plant cells - Ann DEPICKER, VIB, UGent 10:45-11:15 (30min) › Towards engineering Agrobacterium for protein transfer - Kirankumar MYSORE, Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401 11:15-11:35 (20min) › Location and Timing of T-DNA Integration Events Identified Using a Next Generation Sequencing Strategy - Theodore Muth, City University of New York - Brooklyn College 11:35-11:55 (20min) › 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 11:55-12:15 (20min) Buffet 12:15 - 13:50 (1h35) Buffet Salle Automne Interkingdom gene transfer, biotechnologies 14:00 - 15:30 (1h30) Interkingdom gene transfer, biotechnologies Auditorium Ann Depicker › Structure and functional analysis of cT-DNAs in the genus Nicotiana - Leon OTTEN, Department of Cell Biology, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes 14:00-14:30 (30min) › Visualization of virulence protein translocation from Agrobacterium to yeast and plant cells - M.Reza Roushan, Institute of Biology, Leiden University 14:30-14:50 (20min) › Investigating the transcriptomic response of E. adhaerens during the colonization of A. thaliana root tissues - Evelyn Zuniga, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority 14:50-15:10 (20min) › 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 15:10-15:30 (20min) Closure 15:30 - 15:45 (15min) Closure End and departure

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