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Program
20th International Conference on Bacilli and Gram-Positive Bacteria will take place at the University of Maryland, College Park from Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - Friday, July 26, 2019.
All sessions will be held in room 0224 of the Edward St. John Teaching and Learning Center (ESJ). All other events will be held in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.
A detailed schedule of each day can be found below.
► Tuesday, July 23, 2019
► Wednesday, July 24, 2019
► Thursday, July 25, 2019
► Friday, July 26, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
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Conference Begins - Stamp Student Union
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| 12:00 – 2:45 pm |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Opening Remarks(ESJ 0224) |
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Session 1: Cell Biology I
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| Chair: Jennifer Herman (Texas A&M University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Kit Pogliano (University of California at San Diego) |
| 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Five short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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Evening Program
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| Grand Ballroom |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Opening Reception |
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
| 7:45 – 8:30 am |
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Session 2: Sporulation
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| Chair: Patrick Eichenberger (New York University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Aimee Shen (Tufts University) |
| 9:00 – 10:15 am | Five short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
| 10:15 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break (Grand Ballroom and Grand Ballroom Lounge) |
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Session 3: Cell Biology II
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| Chair: Niels Bradshaw (Brandeis University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 11 – 11:30 am | David Rudner (Harvard Medical School) |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Four short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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Afternoon Recess
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| Grand Ballroom |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Career Development Lunch (for registered participants)(Prince George's Room) |
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Session 4: Host-Microbe Interactions I
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| Chair: Joe Sorg (Texas A&M University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 2:00 – 2:30 pm | Michael Otto (National Institutes of Health) |
| 2:30 – 3:45 pm | Five short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
| 3:45 – 4:30 pm | Coffee Break (Grand Ballroom and Grand Ballroom Lounge) |
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Session 5: Biofilms, Cell-Cell Communication I
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| Chair: Catherine Wakeman (Texas Tech University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Marie Elliot (McMaster University) |
| 5:00 – 5:45 pm | Three short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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Evening Program
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| 5:45 – 7:15 pm | Poster Session (Grand Ballroom) |
| 7:00 – 8:30 pm | Dinner Buffet (Grand Ballroom) |
Thursday, July 25, 2019
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Session 6: Biofilms, Cell-Cell Communication II
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| Chair: Amy Gehring (Williams College) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Nicola Stanley-Wall (University of Dundee) |
| 9:00 – 10:15 am | Five short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
| 10:15 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break (Grand Ballroom and Grand Ballroom Lounge) |
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Session 7: Biology of Lateral Gene Transfer
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| Chair: Melanie Berkmen (Suffolk University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Alan Grossman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Four short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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Afternoon Recess
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| Grand Ballroom |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | BioCyc Tutorial by Ingrid Keseler (TBD) |
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Session 8: Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction
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| Chair: Prahathees Eswara (University of South Florida) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 2:00 – 2:30 pm | Dan Kearns (Indiana University) |
| 2:30 – 3:45 pm | Five short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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| 3:45 – 4:30 pm | Coffee Break (Grand Ballroom and Grand Ballroom Lounge) |
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Session 9: Chromosome Dynamics
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| Chair: Briana Burton (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Houra Merrikh (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine) |
| 5:00 – 5:45 pm | Three short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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Evening Program
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| 5:45 - 7:15 pm | Poster Session (Grand Ballroom) |
| 7:00 – 8:30 pm | Dinner Buffet(Grand Ballroom) |
| 7:30 – 8:30 pm | Dinner Discussion on Teaching Strategies (for participants)(Prince George's Room) |
Friday, July 26, 2019
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Session 10: Stress Responses
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| Chair: Shonna McBride (Emory University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am |
| 9:00 – 10:15 am | Five short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
| 10:15 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break (Grand Ballroom and Grand Ballroom Lounge) |
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Session 11: Nucleotide Signaling
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| Chair: Shaun Brinsmade (Georgetown University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Jörg Stülke (University of Göttingen) |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Four short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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Afternoon Recess
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| Grand Ballroom |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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Session 12: Host-Microbe Interactions II
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| Chair: Neal Hammer (Michigan State University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 2:00 – 2:30 pm | Hung Ton-That(University of California Los Angeles) |
| 2:30 – 3:45 pm | Five short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
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| 3:45 – 4:15 pm | Coffee Break (Grand Ballroom and Grand Ballroom Lounge) |
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Session 13: Metabolism
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| Chair: Matt Cabeen (Oklahoma State University) |
| ESJ 0224 |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Petra Levin (Washington University at St. Louis) |
| 5:00 – 5:45 pm | Three short talks (15 min) selected from submitted abstracts |
| 5:45 – 6:15 pm | Awards presentation and Closing Remarks |
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Evening Program
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| 7:00 – 9:30 pm | Banquet(Grand Ballroom) |
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