7th International Conference on Model Hosts

Program - Sunday, October 13

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    Registration 
    In completing the online registration form you are not automatically accepted to attend the conference nor are you automatically registered for the conference. Final registration to the conference shall occur after you have been accepted and notified by the conference chair of your acceptance to the conference. If you have been charged the registration fee but your attendance has been declined you will be reimbursed in full.

    Airport
    Please note that Crete has two airports. You want to arrive at the Heraklion International Airport (code: HER) and take a taxi from the airport to the hotel (~60 EUR). You may also rent a car at the airport and drive to the conference center. Alternatively Chania International Airport (CHQ) is a two-hour drive to the Conference Center.

    Accommodation Tax
    An accommodation tax of € 10.00 per room night will apply, and will be charged automatically to the individual guest’s extras accounts. 

    Accommodations
    Accommodations for the conference are at the Aldemar Hotel.  The hotel is located in Hersonissos, 27 km from Heraklion International Airport.  Please take a taxi from the airport to the conference venue. 

    Arrival and Check-in 
    It is expected that attendees will arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM. Anyone arriving after 10:00 pm on the first day should make alternative dinner arrangements.

    Conference Venue
    The Aldemar Conference Center is located at the hotel. 

    Handicapped Accessibility
    The site is fully handicapped accessible.

    Oral Presentations
    Speakers are asked to bring their USB flash drive to the reception desk at least 30 minutes prior to the session.  The allocated time for all presentations, unless otherwise indicated, includes five minutes Q&A.

    Archaeological Site of Knossos and City Tour
    Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby at 3:30 pm. Badges are required for participation. 

    Breakfast
    Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Aldemar Knossos Royal Village main restaurant during the hours scheduled in this program. 

    Lunches/Informal Discussions
    Lunches for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served during the times indicated in this program at the main restaurant and only after the session has finished. Badges are required for admission.

    Dinners/Informal Discussions
    Three of the dinners/informal discussion will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting.  Please contact info@aegeanconferences.org. 

    Internet, Phone, & Computer 
    Wireless Internet access is located throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. There are computers available in the hotel’s business center for the use of the attendees. Phone service is available for an additional charge from your hotel room.

    Certificate of Participation
    A Certificate of Participation will be distributed to a participant for those sessions that the participant has attended. A participant must attend an entire session to receive credit for that particular session. Late arrivals and early departures from a session will preclude a participant from receiving credit for that session. 

    Passports and Visa
    Participants are advised to check on their individual requirements before attending any Aegean Conference meeting. Visa applications should be filed at the nearest Greek Embassy in the country in which you are resident, at least three months prior to the anticipated departure date.

    Letters of Invitation
    Letters of invitation to attend an Aegean Conference meeting will be issued only to:

    • Authors of accepted abstracts
    • Fully paid registrants

    Note: Invitations are issued at the discretion of Aegean Conferences, and requests for letters will be accepted only 60 days prior to the conference start date.

    Liability and Insurance
    Neither the organizers, nor the Aegean Conferences will assume any responsibility whatsoever for damage or injury to persons or property during meeting period. Participants are advised to arrange their own personal travel and health insurance.  

    Other Information
    Animals are not permitted on site.
    Badges are required for admission to all events.
    All Aegean Conferences events are no smoking, no e-cigarretes, no vaping, etc. 

    No Photographs and Recording Devices 
    Participants are not allowed to photograph and/or record using cameras, mobile telephones and other recording devices during the slide and poster presentations. 

    Code of Conduct Policy 
    Aegean Conferences is committed to making its meetings an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. The code of conduct can be viewed here. 

     

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?
Chair: Michael Gilmore
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 pathogenesis
Joseph Heitman
08:50 AM - 09:10 AM
2
Can we infer host adaptation from pathogen genomes? Cryptic specialization in the ‘generalist’ pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Sam Brown and Eli Mehlferber
09:10 AM - 09:30 AM
3
Travel, colonization resistance, and acquisition of AMR pathogens
Ashlee Earl
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM
4
The genetic basis of divergence in immune defense between species
Robert L Unckless
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
5
Evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of fungal phagosome biogenesis: from Drosophila to humans
Georgios 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
Chair: Danielle Garsin
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
8
Mechanisms of Vaginal Colonization by Group B Streptococcus: Impact of Commensal Fungi on Bacterial Virulence Potential
Shirli 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 microbiota
Vanessa Sperandio
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
10
Maternal-embryonic molecular interactions during pathogen attack
Laura 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 inflammation
Natalia 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 endocarditis
Kimberly Ann Kline
12:40 PM - 01:00 PM
13
TBA
Mary O'Riordan
01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
14
Stenotrophomonas indicatrix promotes innate immune response against obligate intracellular pathogens in Caenorhabditis elegans
Jordan 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)