Scientific Program
Scientific Topics
• Synthesis and composition of murein, lipids and surface polysaccharides in bacteria
• Structure of the bacterial cell envelope
• Biosynthesis of and resistance mechanisms against antibiotics acting on the cell wall
• Mechanism of action of antibiotics
• Function and regulation of antibiotic transporters
• Transmembrane signaling
• Bacterial surface components in microbe-host interaction and innate immunity
• Secretion system
Scientific Program (PDF)
Confirmed Speakers:
Tanneke den Blaauwen (Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Eric Cascales (Aix Marseille Universite, France)
Felipe Cava (Universitet Umeå, Sweden)
Jean-Francois Collet (Institut de Duve, Belgium)
Patrice Courvalin (Institut Pasteur, France)
Keith M Derbyshire (New York State Department of Health, USA)
Jonathan E. Dworkin (Columbia University, USA)
Marie Elliot (McMaster University, Canada)
Jeff Errington (Newcastle University, UK)
Christophe Grangeasse (Université de Lyon, France)
Dan Kahne (Harvard University, USA)
Gabriella Kelemen (University of East Anglia, UK)
Iñigo Lasa (Navarrabiomed & University of Navarra, Spain)
Susan Lea (University of Oxford, UK)
Andrew Lovering (University of Birmingham, UK)
Kim Orth (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
Martin Pilhofer (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Stefan Raunser (MPI Molecular Physiology, Germany)
Kristian Riesbeck (Lund University, Sweden)
Rome Voulhoux (Aix Marseille Universite, France)
Volker Winstel (University of Chicaco, USA)
Poster Presenters:
Information on your poster number will be provided on site. Please prepare your poster in a maximum DIN A0, portrait format. Pins will be also available.