Scientific Program

Updated Itinerary
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September 6-8, 2006

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Moderator: Kim A. Brogden

• Welcome and opening remarks. Kim A. Brogden, University of Iowa
• Welcome and opening remarks. ISU Provost Office
• The burden of bacterial diseases and the need to focus on the virulence mechanisms of bacterial pathogens. Abigail Salyers, University of Illinois

VIRULENCE GENES
Moderator: F. Chris Minion

• Type III secretory proteins in Pseudomonas. Dara Frank, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Host specific genes in Salmonella. Stanley Maloy, Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois
• Gene transfer and control of toxins by phage. Matthew Waldor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. William R. Jacobs, Jr., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Capsules and the integration of their synthesis with metabolic and virulence pathways. Janet Yother, University of Alabama at Birmingham

PATHOGENIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
Moderator: Thaddeus B. Stanton

• Bacteriophage (lytic) in bacterial diseases. Bacteriophage and Streptococcal Infections. Vincent A. Fischetti, Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis
• Biofilms and microbial community behavior (Cross talk and gene regulation of pathogens). E. Peter Greenberg, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle
• Physical, physiological (food chains) and genetic interactions among oral pathogens and non-pathogens. Concept of co-aggregation and networks based on physiology and gene exchange. Paul E. Kolenbrander, National Institutes of Health/NIDCR
• Commensal Bacteria in Health and Disease. Prof. Harry Flint, The Rowett Research Institute
• Free-living and host-associated protozoa as training camps for intracellular pathogens. Steve Carlson, National Animal Disease Center, USDA-ARS

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT, INVASION, AND COLONIZATION
Moderator: Qijing Zhang

• Mechanisms of mycoplasmal adherence. Duncan C. Krause, Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia
• Cross-talks between bacterial LOS and host cells. Michael Apicella, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa
• E. coli at the intestinal mucosal surface. Paul S. Cohen, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island
• Molecular basis of Campylobacter-host interaction. Patricia Guerry, Enteric Diseases Dept., Naval Medical Research Center

BACTERIAL EFFECTS ON HOST CELLS
Moderator: Lisa Nolan

• Quorum Sensing. Barbara H. Iglewski, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Type III Secretion Systems. Dr. Sheng Yang He, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University
• Type IV Secretion Systems. Drusilla L. Burns, USDA
• Bacterial toxins as RNA N-glycosidases. Allison D. O’Brien, Uniformed Services University

INNATE AND ADAPTIVE RESISTANCE TO PATHOGENS
Moderator: Michael J. Wannemuehler

• Role of TLRs - NOD 1/2 in regulating mucosal immune responses in the colon. Elke Cario, University Hospital of Essen, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Cytokine regulation of innate and adaptive Immunity. To be determined.
• Effect of defensins on susceptibility to infection at the mucosal surface. Janet M. Guthmiller, Department of Periodontics and Dows Institute for Dental Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa
• Effect of antimicrobial peptides on adaptive immunity and mucosal adjuvanticity. Kim A. Brogden, Department of Periodontics and Dows Institute for Dental Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa
• Induction of host immune responses using Salmonella-vectored vaccines. Roy Curtiss III, Co-Director, Center for Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute Arizona State University
• T cell mediated immunity to bacterial pathogens (Listeria). J. John Harty, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa

CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE
Moderator: Kim A. Brogden

• State and Future of Studies on Bacterial Pathogenicity. Harry Smith, Medical School, University of Birmingham