Day 1
Monday, September 23rd, 2013
In vitro assembly of pneumococcal peptidoglycan
The fundamental limits of bacterial cell size determination
Peptidoglycan O-acetylation regulates cell size in N. meningitidis
Role of a peptidoglycan-anchored polysaccharide in cell wall biogenesis
OatA and PatB biochemistry
Day 2
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
Session 3. Interactions with the wall
08.30 Andrea A. Gust (Tuebigen Univ)
Peptidoglycan perception and processing in the plant innate immune response to bacterial infection
09.00 Bruno Lemaitre (Ecole Polytechnique de Lausane)
Functional analysis of the Peptidoglycan-Recognition Protein (PGRP) gene family in Drosophila
09.30 Poster talk 5: Stéphane Mesnage (Sheffield Univ)
Molecular basis for promiscuous recognition of peptidoglycans by LysM domains
09.45 Poster talk 6: Sérgio Filipe (Instituto Tecnologia Química e Biológica)
Autolysins conceal bacterial cell surface from Drosophila peptidoglycan receptors
10.00 Coffee and posters (CIS-Hall)
11.00 Ivo G Boneca (Institut Pasteur)
Role of lysozyme inhibitors in innate immune escape
11.30 Roman Dziarski (Indiana Univ)
Mammalian PGRPs modulate microbiome, skin inflammation and asthma
12.00. Lunch (CIS-Hall)
Session 4. Inhibition of the wall
14.00 Jean-Pierre Simore (Institut Biologie Structurale)
Insights into the inhibition of peptidoglycan L,D-transpeptidation and molecular interactions with the bacterial cell wall
14.30 Daniel Walker (Univ Glasgow)
15.00 Poster Talk 7: Lori L. Burrows (McMaster Univ)
A subset of beta lactams induces biofilm formation in Listeria monocytogenes
15.15 Poster Talk 8: Timothy D. Bugg (Univ Warwick)
A novel small molecule inhibition site for translocase MraY
15.30 Coffee & Posters (CIS-Hall)
16.30 Eric Brown (McMaster Univ)
Inhibiting wall teichoic acid synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus: a path of ceased resistance
17.00 Karen Bush (Indiana Univ)
Development of new antibiotics
17.30 Posters
19:00 – Bus departure from Institut Pasteur
20:00 – Gala
Diner on the Seine River on board “Le Zouave”
23: 00 – Return Bus to the Institut Pasteur
Day 3
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Session 5. Regulating the Wall
Recognition of lytic effectors for export by the type VI secretion system
Regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis in Gram+ bacteria
Fine tuning of pneumococcal cell division and elongation by the kinase StkP
Stimulation of PBPs by outer-membrane lipoproteins in E. coli
The cell wall synthesis machinery of Staphylococcus aureus
A genome-wide screen for bacterial envelope assembly mutants identifies a novel factor involved in cell wall precursor metabolism.
A cell wall recycling shortcut that bypasses peptidoglycan de-novo biosynthesis
PG recycling and induction of ß-lactamases in Gram-positive bacteria
Bacterial Morphology: The Canary in the Coal Mine
The Gala diner on a Bateau Mouche
