Saturday, October 12
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Conference Registration
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Welcome Reception and Dinner
Sunday, October 13
07:30 AM - 08:25 AM
Breakfast
08:25 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks - Eleftherios Mylonakis
Session I - What if Fungi Win?
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
1
Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesisJoseph Heitman
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
2
Can we infer host adaptation from pathogen genomes? Cryptic specialization in the ‘generalist’ pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosaSam Brown and Eli Mehlferber
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
3
Travel, colonization resistance, and acquisition of AMR pathogensAshlee Earl
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
4
The genetic basis of divergence in immune defense between speciesRobert L Unckless
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
5
Evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of fungal phagosome biogenesis: from Drosophila to humansGeorgios Chamilos
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
6
Engineering E. coli for an efficient protein secretion via the T3 secretion system.Antonia Areali
10:25 AM - 10:40 AM
7
Dissecting a novel regulatory role of Toll signaling pathway on cellular immunity in Drosophila melanogaster
Electra Nenedaki1, Georgios Chamilos1, Zoe Veneti1, Agostinho Carvalho3, and Pantelis Hatzis2
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Session II - Of Mice and Worms
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
8
Mechanisms of Vaginal Colonization by Group B Streptococcus: Impact of Commensal Fungi on Bacterial Virulence PotentialShirli Cohen1, Michael C Lorenz2, Kyla S Ost1, and Kelly S Doran1
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
9
Metabolic exchanges between pathogens and the intestinal microbiotaVanessa Sperandio
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
10
Maternal-embryonic molecular interactions during pathogen attackLaura Bahr1, Francis RG Amrit1, Danny Bui1, Bella Wayhs1, Carissa Perez Olsen2, and Arjumand Ghazi1
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
11
The impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipids and siderophores on host cell death and inflammationNatalia V Kirienko
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
12
Impact of fluid flow and quorum sensing on biofilm formation and antibiotic tolerance in enterococcal infective endocarditisKimberly Ann Kline
12:40 PM - 01:00 PM
13
TBAMary O'Riordan
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
14
Stenotrophomonas indicatrix promotes innate immune response against obligate intracellular pathogens in Caenorhabditis elegansJordan D West, Samuel Li, and Vladimir Lažetić
01:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
02:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)
Monday, October 14
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Session III - Lord of the Flies
Chair: Dominique Ferrandon
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
15
cGAS-like receptors drive a systemic STING-dependent host response in DrosophilaXianlong Ai1, Huimin Deng1, Xiaoyan Li1, Ziming Wei1, Yuqiang Chen1, Ting Yin1, Junhui Zhang1, Jingxian Huang1, Haoming Li1, Xiaoqing Lin1, Di Chen1, Carine Meignin2, Jean-Luc Imler1,2, and Hua Cai1
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
16
Pathogen-host interactions and interorgan communications in model animalsLei Pan
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
17
Adult flies mount an early immune response to injected oncogenic cells different from antimicrobial defenses and suggestive of parallels with innate defenses in miceDi Chen, Xiao Lan, Xiaoming Huang, Jieqing Huang, Xiaojing Zhou, and Jiyong Liu
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
18
A humoral stress response protects Drosophila tissues from antimicrobial peptidesSamuel Rommelaere and Bruno Lemaitre
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
19
The role of Malpighian tubules on insect immunityZhonggeng Liu1, Hongyu Zhang1, Bruno Lemaitre2, and Xiaoxue Li1
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
20
Pathobiont and symbiont coordination maintains microbiota homeostasis through Malpighian tubules-gut countercurrent flow in Bactrocera dorsalis.Yanning Liu
10:25 AM - 10:40 AM
21
Activation of the innate immune system in Drosophila airway stem cells leads to both apoptosis and proliferation via the Foxo/AP-1 and Ets21C axes, respectivelyLeizhi Shi, Judith Bossen, and Thomas Roeder
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Session IV - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Chair: Irene Salinas Remiro
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
22
Molecular mechanisms of skin remodeling during water-land-water cycles in African lungfishIrene Salinas, Daphne Siciliani, and Marijan Posavi
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
23
Ancestral mechanisms for the induction and control of immunity through feverDaniel Barreda
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
24
Discovering viruses and studying immunity in a zebrafish RNAquariumKeir Balla
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
25
A molecular understanding of microbiome bacterial adherence to gut epithelial cellsRobert Luallen
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
26
Primary tuberculous granulomas provide a niche for superinfecting nontuberculous mycobacteriaDenise Wee and Stefan Oehlers
12:40 PM - 01:00 PM
27
Spatial dynamics of host-microbiome interactions in the human oral nicheHyun (Michel) Koo1,2 and Zhi Ren1
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
28
Selenomonas sputigena: how a motile bacterium influences a childhood oral diseaseZhi Ren, Kathleen J. Stebe, and Hyun (Michel) Koo
01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
29
The tobacco hornworm Mandua sexta as a powerful Model HostAndreas Vilcinskas1, Gabriele A. Krombach2, and Anton G. Windfelder1
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)
Tuesday, October 15
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Session V - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie . . .
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
30
Dual oxic-anoxic co-culture reveals reciprocal host-pathogen interactions under hypoxiaRyan C Hunter
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
31
Unraveling the complex interkingdom crosstalk between fungi and bacteria during infectionStephen Dolan
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
32
Antiphage defense and counter-defense during enterococcal-phage interactionsBreck A Duerkop
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
33
Improved mouse model better mimics bacterial behavior in chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosisJoanna B. Goldberg
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
34
Staphylococcus hominis bacteriocins protect against skin pathogensAlexander R Horswill
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
35
Bacterial and host response to biofilm dispersal in wound infectionsKendra Rumbaugh
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Session VI - The Mosquito Coast
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
36
Innovating antibiotic-independent therapies with a marine symbiosisLauren Speare
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
37
Bacterial analogs of cholesterol promote soybean-Bradyrhizobium symbiosisBrittany Belin
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
38
Cultivated relationships: genetic regulation of the gut microbiome in C. elegansBuck Samuel, Ciara Hosea, and Adrien Assie
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
39
Neuroprotection from the Microbiome: Multiple Mechanisms at PlayLesley MacNeil
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
40
Mosquito immune cells: Immunophenotyping and contributions to mosquito-borne pathogen transmissionRyan C Smith
12:40 PM - 12:55 PM
41
Dynamics of host-microbe systemsArturo Casadevall
12:55 PM - 01:10 PM
42
A Drosophila model for infection-induced loss of intestinal barrier function and homeostasisNichole Broderick
01:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Tour of Archaeological Site of Knossos / Museum / City of Heraklion (Buses Depart Hotel Lobby)
08:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses do not return or pickup from the hotel prior to dinner)
Wednesday, October 16
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Session VII - Animal Farm
08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
43
Identifying core gene networks involved in host gut bacterium interactions using a multiomics approach. Alejandra Zarate-Potes1,2, Irtiqa Ali2, Jack Martin2, Leah Catchpole3, Karim Gharbi3, Barbara Shih2, and Alexandre Benedetto2
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
44
Pathogen-microbiota interactions in Drosophila modelAranzazu Arias-Rojas, Dagmar Frahm, and Igor Iatsenko
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
45
Microbiota-derived natural products determine protection against pathogens in C. elegansKatja Dierking
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
46
Intracellular Legionella within amoeba as a Trojan horse for infection of macrophagesYousef Abu Kwaik
09:50 AM - 10:05 AM
47
Impact of the plant bioactive compound allyl-isothiocyanate on the survival and defense of bacteria-infected Drosophila melanogasterChristian Zimmermann, Sonja Dähn, and Anika E Wagner
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM
48
The Caenorhabditis elegans bacterial microbiome influences microsporidia infection through nutrient limitation and inhibiting parasite invasionAaron W Reinke
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Coffee Break
Session VIII - Worm and Fly are Friends
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
49
TBA - GhobrialMark R Ghobrial
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
50
Iron-deplete diet enhances C. elegans lifespan via HLH-30/TFEB and AMPK signalingPriyanka Das, Ravi ., and Jogender Singh
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
51
Olfactory receptors modulate host-microbe interactionsVarsha Singh
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
52
Neuronal GPCR NPR-8 controls innate immunity by regulating DNA metabolismNguyen K Nguyen1, Bradley A Nicholas1, Daniel Beck2, Durai Sellegounder1, Archer J Wang2, Blake M Geppert2, and Yiyong Liu1,2
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
53
Dissecting the interactions between bacteria and the fly nervous system Julien Royet
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
54
G protein-coupled receptor NMUR-1 regulates energy homeostasis in response to pathogen infections Phillip Wibisono1, Yiyong Liu1,2, Kenneth P Roberts1, Dodge Baluya3, and Jingru Sun1
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM
55
Nuclear Hormone Receptor NHR-68 Controls Immunometabolism during Intestinal Dysfunction in C. elegansJie Ren, Yu Sang, and Alejandro Aballay
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
56
Probiotic-Mediated Protection against Motor Neuron Degeneration during Oxidative StressJie Ren, Yu Sang, and Alejandro Aballay
01:15 PM - 01:25 PM
Closing Remarks
01:25 PM - 02:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
02:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Farewell Dinner
Thursday, October 17
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Departure
