Session III: Small molecule signaling and multicellular behaviour

09:00 - 10:30

Discussion leader: Mark Buttner, John Innes Centre, UK

09.00 – 09.30            Ned S. Wingreen, Princeton University, US
Why so many feedbacks in quorum sensing? - Optimizing information about cell density

09.30 – 10.00            Regine Hengge, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, DE
Control of E. coli biofilm architecture by a complex c-di-GMP signaling network

10.00 – 10.15            Abram Aertsen, KU Leuven, BE
Dissecting the intra and intercellular dynamics of phage infection

10.15 – 10.30            Berenike Maier, University of Cologne, DE
High-frequency genetic variation of type IV pili causes segregation of gonococcal populations

(Continued) Session III

11:00 - 12:15

11.00 – 11.30            Urs Jenal Biozentrum Basel, CH
Generating robust lifestyle transitions by coupling enzyme activity to transcription control

11.30 – 12.00            Karina B. Xavier, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, PT
Manipulation of the quorum sensing signal AI-2 affects the antibiotic-treated gut microbiota

12.00 – 12.15            Julia Frunzke, Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE
Spontaneous prophage induction in bacterial propulations

Session IV: Global regulatory networks

15.00 - 16.30

Discussion leader: Victor Sourjik, MPI Marburg, DE

15.00 – 15.30            Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute, IL
Optimality and sub-optimality in the cAMP circuitry of E. coli

15.30 – 16.00            Athanasios Typas, EMBL, DE
From high-throughput approaches to molecular mechanism

16.00 – 16.15            Terence HWA, UC San Diego, US
Physiological origin of wasteful metabolism in bacteria

16.15 – 16.30            Justine Collier, University of Lausanne, CH
Effects of (p)ppGpp on the progression of the cell cycle of Caulobacter crescentus

(Continued) Session IV

17:00 - 18.15

17.00 – 17.30            Matthias Heinemann, Groningen University, NL
Responsive diversification in E. coli central metabolism

17.30 – 17.45            Emmanuelle Bouveret, CNRS Marseille, FR
Coupling lipid biogenesis with growth - Global regulation of fatty acid synthesis genes by the dual regulator FadR in Echerichia coli

17.45 – 18.00            Patrick Viollier, University of Geneva, CH
Comprehensive identification of regulatory network interactions in Chlamydiae

18.00 – 18.15           Asuncion Contreras, University of Alicante, ES
Unravelling the regulatory metwork of PipX, a multifunctional, promiscuous, and unique cyanobacterial factor