Agenda

(last update: October 19, 2005)

Note that everything takes place at the conference venue "Het Pand" (unless indicated)

Sunday, November 6

18h00 - 20h00: Registration, welcome drink and poster preparation

Monday, November 7

8h-8h30: Registration / Poster preparation (if not possible on Sunday)

Plenary Session 1: Biodiversity / Taxonomy
Chairs: Brian Austin and Fabiano Thompson

8h30 - 9h20: Rita R. Colwell, University of Maryland, USA
KEYNOTE: A Global Perspective for the Genus Vibrio

9h20 - 9h45: Fabiano L. Thompson, CBMAI, Brazil.
Current trends in the vibrios taxonomy

9h45 - 10h10: Paul V. Dunlap, University of Michigan, USA
Phylogenetic analysis of co-speciation in bioluminescent symbiosis

10h10 - 10h40: Coffee break / Poster session

10h40 - 11h30: Martin Polz, MIT, USA
KEYNOTE: Vibrio diversity in the Coastal Ocean: genomes, populations and species

11h30 - 11h55: Carlos R. Osorio, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Identification of a subspecies-specific operon involved in siderophore biosynthesis and transport in Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida: evolutionary implications

11h55 - 12h20: Bruno Gomez-Gill, CIAD, Mexico
Collection of aquatic important microorganisms

12h20 - 12h30: Group photo
12h30 - 14h00: Lunch break / Poster session

Plenary Session 2: Ecology & Application
Chairs: Diane McDougald and John H. Paul, III

14h00 - 14h50: Diane McDougald, The University of New South Wales, Australia
KEYNOTE: Adaptive responses of vibrios

14h50 - 15h15: Sirajul Islam, ICDDR, Bangladesh
Blue-green algae as a long-term reservoir of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh

15h15 - 15h40: Daniel P Keymer, Stanford University, USA
Linking ecological niche and diversity of Vibrio cholerae using complete genome hybridization and phenotypic comparisons

15h40 - 16h10: Coffee break / Poster session

16h10 - 17h00: John H. Paul, III, University of South Florida, USA
KEYNOTE: The ecology and genomics of two marine vibriophages

17h00 - 17h25: Guillaume de Magny, IRD, France
Regional-scale synchrony of cholera epidemics in the Equatorial Atlantic Coast (gulf of Guinea)

17h25 - 17h50: James D. Oliver, University of North Carolina, USA
Recent findings on the Vibrio vulnificus genome, and on in situ gene expression

20h00 - 23h00: Conference dinner (wild game menu)

Tuesday, November 8

Plenary Session 3: Genomics
Chairs: Tetsuya Iida and John F. Heidelberg

8h30 - 9h20: John F. Heidelberg, TIGR, USA
KEYNOTE: Comparative Genomics of Vibrio cholerea

9h20 - 9h45: Amy L. Schaefer, University of Wisconsin, USA
Coming out of the dark: using genomics to shed light on the squid-vibrio symbiosis

9h45 - 10h10: Tetsuya Iida, Osaka University, Japan
Pathogenic mechanism and life cycle of a marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus: an insight from genome sequence

10h10 - 10h40: Coffee break / Poster session

10h40 - 11h30: Yan Boucher, Macqurie University, Australia
KEYNOTE: The role of LGT in Vibrio evolution: dynamics of chromosomal integrons

11h30 - 11h55: Frédérique Le Roux, Ifremer-Institut Pasteur, France
Complete genome sequence of Vibrio splendidus: a pathogenic bacterium for a wide range of marine animals

11h55 - 12h20: David W. Ussery, CBS, Denmark
Bioinformatic Tools to Compare Vibrio Genomes

12h20 - 14h30: Lunch break (Het Groot Vleeshuis, at walking distance from "Het Pand")

Plenary Session 4: Disease & Epidemiology
Chairs: Karl Klose, Balakrish Nair and Frans Ollevier

14h30 - 15h20: Shah M. Faruque, ICDDR, Bangladesh
KEYNOTE: Current concepts in cholera dynamics

15h20 - 15h45: Tom Defoirdt, Ghent University, Belgium
Disruption of quorum sensing protects gnotobiotic artemia from pathogenic Vibrio harveyi andVibrio campbellii

15h45 - 16h10: Jorge H. Crosa, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Iron transport and virulence of the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum

16h10 - 16h40: Coffee break / Poster session

16h40 - 17h05: Karl Klose, University of Texas, USA
KEYNOTE: Effect of flagellar synthesis on Vibrio cholerae virulence and biofilm formation

17h05 - 17h30: Joachim Reidl, Universitet Wurzburg, Germany
Vibrio cholerae and lipopolysaccharide: analysis of the O antigen transfer

17h30 - 17h55: Yannick Labreuche, Ifremer, France
An overview on the pathogenesis of Vibrio aestuarianus strain 01/32 to the pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

17h55 - 18h20: David R. Nelson, University of Rhode Island, USA
Identification and characterization of two hemolysin gene clusters in Vibrio anguillarum

18h20 - 18h45: Conclusions on future priorities in vibrio research

19h00 - 21h30: Dinner: Tasting of regional products