Session V: Cell shape, polarity and division

09:00 - 10:30

Discussion leader: Kirsten Jung, LMU Munich, DE

09.00 – 09.30 Jeff Errington, Newcastle University, UK
Cell wall deficient (L-form) E. coli and their curious derivatives

09.30 – 10.00 KC Huang, Standford University, US
Systems biophysics of bacterial cell growth

10.00 – 10.15 Christophe Grangeasse, CNRS Lyon, FR
MapZ beacons the division sites and positions FtsZ-rings in streptococcus pneumonia

10.15 – 10.30 Seamus Holden, EPFL, CH
Much ado about the Z-ring: investigating the physical mechanisms of bacterial cell division using 3D multi-colour super-resolution microscopy

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

(continued) Session V

11:00 - 12:15

11.00 – 11.30 Melanie Blokesch, EPFL, CH
Killing for DNA: The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer

11.30 - 11.45 Leendert Hamoen, University of Amsterdam, NL
Membrane protein sorting driven by membrane curvature

11.45 – 12.00 Emilia Mauriello, CNRS Marseille, FR
A cytoplasmic receptor segregates along with the nucleoid in Myxococus xanthus

12.00 - 12.15 Gert Bange, Philipps-Universität Marburg, DE
Making of an old nanomachine: structural and functional insignts into flagella biogenesis

12:30 Lunch

14.00 - 18.00 Excursion

Session VI: Network evolution

18:00 - 19:30

Discussion leader: Athanasios Typas, EMBL, DE

18.00 – 18.30 Martin Ackermann, ETH Zurich, CH
A functional perspective on bacterial individuality

18:30 – 19:00 Tal Dagan, Universität Kiel, DE
Phylogenomic transduction networks reveal genetic barriers for phage-mediated lateral gene transfer

19.00 – 19.30 Isabel Gordo, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, PT
Commensal-to-pathogen transition in Escherichia coli