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Program
Okazaki Biology Conference, OBC 4 on Terra Microbiology 2
September 10 – 15, 2006
Okazaki, Aichi JAPAN |
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-Registration
at Okazaki New Grand Hotel |
15:00 ~ 18:00 |
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-Registration
at the Entrance hall, Okazaki Conference Center |
8:45 ~
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Opening Session
MC: SUWA, Yuichi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Japan)
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9:00 ~ 9:40 |
| Key Note Lecture 1 |
Keynote Lecture 1
" To be announced "
TIEDJE, James M. (Michigan State University, USA)
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9:40 ~ 10:20 |
| Coffee Break |
10:20 ~ 10:40 |
Session 1. Bio-Geochemical Cycling and Microbial Functions
Conveners: MINAMISAWA, Kiwamu & ARP, Daniel J. |
| 1-a) Nitrification and Novel N Transformation |
| 1-1 |
" Genome Enabled Studies of Energy, Carbon and Iron Metabolism in Nitrosomonas europaea."
ARP, Daniel J. (Oregon State University, USA)
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10:40 ~ 11:20 |
| 1-2 |
" Nitrifier Genomics - New Insights into a Simple Catabolic Lifestyle "
KLOTZ, Martin G. (University of Louisville, USA)
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11:20 ~ 12:00 |
Lunch
(Posters should be displayed during the lunch time) |
12:00 ~ 13:30 |
| 1-3 |
" Deciphering the Evolution and Metabolism of an Anammox Bacterium from a Community Genome "
STROUS, Marc (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
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13:30 ~ 14:10 |
| 1-4 |
" Denitrification, Codenitrification, and Ammonia Fermentation by Fungi "
SHOUN, Hirofumi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
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14:10 ~ 14:50 |
| Coffee Break |
14:50 ~ 15:10 |
| 1-b) Nitrogen, Respiration and Interaction |
| 1-5 |
" Sensing and Responding to Nitric Oxide "
SPIRO, Stephen (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
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15:10 ~ 15:50 |
| 1-6 |
" The Complexity of Oxygen-Controlled Regulons in Bradyrhizobium japonicum"
HENNECKE, Hauke H. (Institute of Microbiology (ETH), Switzerland)
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15:50 ~ 16:30 |
| Coffee Break |
16:30 ~ 16:50 |
| 1-7 |
" Genomic Autoecology of Bradyrhizobia Associated with Plants and Soil Microbial Community "
MINAMISAWA, Kiwamu (Tohoku University, Japan)
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16:50 ~ 17:30 |
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Discussion
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17:30 ~ 18:10 |
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Short Talks (5 minutes/ each Posters) |
18:10 ~ 19:10 |
| Mixer at the Okazaki Conference Center |
19:30 ~ 21:00 |
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Short talks (5 minutes/ each Posters)
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9:00 ~ 10:20 |
| Coffee Break |
10:20 ~ 10:40 |
Session 3. Bacterial cross talk
Convener: KATO, Junichi, KJELLEBERG, Staffan L. & NOMURA, Nobuhiko |
| 3-1 |
" Biofilm Formation of Members of the Genus Burkholderia Is Controlled by a Quorum Sensing Mechanism "
EBERL, Leo (University of Zurich, Switzerland) |
10:40 ~ 11:20 |
| 3-2 |
" Quorum Sensing, Virulence and Antibiotic Production in Erwinia and Serratia "
SALMOND, George P.C. (University of Cambridge, UK) |
11:20 ~ 12:00 |
| Lunch |
12:00 ~ 13:30 |
| 3-3 |
" Bacterial Biofilm and Signaling Biology "
KJELLEBERG, Staffan L. (The University of New South Wales, Australia) |
13:30 ~ 14:10 |
| 3-4 |
" The Quorum Sensing Related Interplay between Plants and Bacteria "
BAUER, Wolfgang D. (University of California, USA) |
14:10 ~ 14:50 |
| Coffee Break |
14:50 ~ 15:05 |
| 3-5 |
" Impact and Implications of Signal Interference in Microbe-Microbe Interactions "
ZHANG, Lian-Hui (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore) |
15:05 ~ 15:45 |
| 3-6 |
" Development of the Control Methods of Quorum Sensing in Gram Negative Bacteria Using Synthetic AHL Analogues and Cyclodextrin Immobilized Gel Sheets "
IKEDA, Tsukasa (Utsunomiya University, Japan) |
15:45 ~ 16:15 |
| Coffee Break |
16:15 ~ 16:30 |
| 3-7 |
" Substrate Cross-Feeding in Autotrophic Nitrifying Biofilms "
OKABE, Satoshi (Hokkaido University, Japan) |
16:30 ~ 17:10 |
| 3-8 |
" Bacterial Chemotaxis towards Environmental Chemical Signals: Earliest Cross Talk Response? "
KATO, Junichi (Hiroshima University, Japan) |
17:10 ~ 17:40 |
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Discussion
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17:40 ~ 18:10 |
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Short Talks (5 minutes/ each Posters)
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18:10 ~ 18:50 |
| Poster and Video Presentations (w/ snacks and beverages) |
18:50 ~ 21:00 |
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-Breakfast
(Moving to the venue) |
7:00 ~
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| 1-c) Geochemical Aspects |
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" Ultramafics-Hydrothermalism-Hydrogenesis-HyperSLiME (UltraH3) Linkage Hypothesis: A Key Insight into Place and Mode of Last Universal Common Ancestral (LUCA) Ecosystem and Modern Analogs in the Present Earth "
TAKAI, Ken (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan) |
9:00 ~ 9:40 |
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" Microbial Ecology of the Miyake-jima Volcanic Deposit: Lithotrophic Microbes and the Development of Early Micro-Ecosystem "
OHTA, Hiroyuki (Ibaraki University, Japan) |
9:40 ~ 10:20 |
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" Molecular Methods to Study the Structure and Function of Methanotroph Populations in the Environment "
MURRELL, J. Colin (University of Warwick, UK) |
10:20 ~ 11:00 |
| Excursion |
11:00 ~ 18:00 |
| Banquet at the Okazaki New Grand Hotel |
18:00 ~ 21:00 |
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| Session 2. Gene Hopping Among Microbes - From Clinical and Environmental Evidences to Evolution of Life -
Conveners: SUZUKI, Satoru & TIEDJE, James M. |
| 2-1 |
" Ribosomal Protection Protein (RPP) Genes in River and Marine Sediment: Hopping among Various Environments and Evolution of the Gene "
SUZUKI, Satoru (Ehime University, Japan) |
9:00 ~ 9:40 |
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" Effect of Veterinary Medicines Introduced into Soil via Manure on the Abundance, Diversity and Transferability of Sulfadiazine Resistance Genes "
SMALLA, Kornelia (Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA), Germany) |
9:40 ~ 10:20 |
| Coffee Break |
10:20 ~ 10:40 |
| 2-3 |
" Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microbial Communities: Genetic Plasticity For Coping with Environmental Change "
BARKAY, Tamar (Rutgers University, USA) |
10:40 ~ 11:20 |
| 2-4 |
" Global Movements of Viruses and Genetic Information "
ROHWER, Forest (San Diego State University, USA) |
11:20 ~ 12:00 |
| Lunch |
12:00 ~ 13:30 |
| 2-5 |
" Marine Plasmids: What Have We Learned from Diversity Studies and Sequencing "
SOBECKY, Patricia A. (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) |
13:30 ~ 14:10 |
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" Quantitative Determination of Gene Transfer at the Single Cell Level "
NASU, Masao (Osaka University, Japan) |
14:10 ~ 14:50 |
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Discussion
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14:50 ~ 15:30 |
| Coffee Break |
15:30 ~ 15:50 |
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Key Note Lecture 1
" To be announced "
OHMORI, Masayuki (Saitama University, Japan)
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15:50 ~ 16:30 |
| 2-7 |
" Possible Lateral Gene Transfers and Diversification in Cyanobacteria "
MIYASHITA, Hideaki (Kyoto University, Japan) |
16:30 ~ 17:10 |
| 2-8 |
" Evolution of Diversity and the Genetics of Phenotypic Innovation "
RAINEY, Paul B. (University of Auckland, New Zealand) |
17:10 ~ 17:50 |
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" Genomic Analyses and the Origin of the Eukaryotes: The Ring of Life "
RIVERA, Maria C. (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) |
17:50 ~ 18:30 |
| Dinner
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18:30 ~ |
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| 1-d) Post-Genomic Approaches for Microbial Ecology (Genomics, Proteomics and Functional Array |
| 1-11 |
" Metagenomics Analysis of Complex Samples "
SCHUSTER, Stephan C. (PennState University, USA) |
9:00 ~ 9:40 |
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" Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteome Measurements Reveal Insight into a Natural Microbial Biofilm Community "
HETTICH, Robert L. (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) |
9:40 ~ 10:20 |
| Coffee Break |
10:20 ~ 10:40 |
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" Development and Applications of Functional Gene Arrays to Understanding Microbial Diversity, Distribution and Dynamics in Groundwaters, Soils and Marine Sediments "
ZHOU, Jizhong (Institute for Environmental Genomics, USA) |
10:40 ~ 11:20 |
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Conclusion
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11:20 ~ 12:00 |
| Lunch |
12:00 ~ 13:30 |
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