6th International Conference on Model Hosts

Program

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    Accommodations

    Accommodations for the conference are at the Sheraton Hotel. The Hotel is located in Ixia, Rhodes, 14.5 km from the airport.

    Arrival and Check-in 

    Attendees are expected to arrive/check-in after 3:00 PM local time. Registered participants arriving after 10:00 PM should make alternative dinner arrangements.  

    Conference Venue

    The Sheraton 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. 

    City Tour

    Buses for the city tour will depart from the hotel front lobby 3:00 PM. Badges are required for participation. 

    Breakfast

    Breakfast for registered participants and registered accompanying persons will be served at the Sheraton Hotel 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. Badges are required for admission.

    Dinners/Informal Discussions

    Three of the dinners/informal discussions will be served during the times indicated in the program. Vegetarian entrees are available only upon request in advance of the meeting. 

    Internet, Phone, & Computer 

    Wireless internet access is available throughout the conference center free of charge during meeting hours. 

    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.

    Meeting Room Policy

    Mask Recommendation

    Face masks are recommended indoors.

    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. 

    Other Information

    Animals are not permitted on site. 

    Badges are required for admission to all events. 

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Saturday, October 01

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Conference Registration
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Welcome Reception and Dinner

Sunday, October 02

07:30 AM - 08:20 AM
Breakfast
08:20 AM - 08:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks: Danielle A. Garsin
Dynamics of host-microbe/microbiome interactions
Chair: Nichole Broderick
08:30 AM - 08:55 AM
Taking a Pythagorean approach to host-microbe interactions
Arturo Casadevall
08:55 AM - 09:20 AM
Leaf-cutter ants and a generalized concept for symbiosis
Lily Khadempour
09:20 AM - 09:45 AM
Microbiome dynamics shape fly responses to enteric pathogens.
Nichole Broderick
09:45 AM - 10:10 AM
C. elegans natural microbiota-mediated protection against pathogens
Katja Dierking
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
larval microbiota is required to prime adult taste response in Drosophila
Martina Montanari, Emilie Avazeri, Gladys Gazelle, Leopold Kurz, and Julien Royet
10:25 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Novel functions of effectors of the immune response
Chair: Dominique Ferrandon
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Why is genetic variation maintained in antimicrobial peptides?
Robert Unckless1,2, Sarah Mullinax1, and Jessamyn Perlmutter1
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Innate defenses protect the Drosophila host against the activities of microbial toxins through short secreted peptides
Rui Xu1,2, Jianqiong Huang1,2, Yanyan Lou1,2, Zi Li1, Samuel Liegeois1,2, and Dominique Ferrandon1,2
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Drosomycin counteracts the detrimental effects of salivary gland hypertrophy in Drosophila melanogaster
Martin Kunc, Dilan Khalili, Robert Krautz, Mubasher Mohammed, and Ulrich Theopold
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM
The classical Toll pathway is critical for the survival of male adult fly upon injection of RasV12 cells
Shanming Ji and Jules Hoffmann
Cell-autonomous/cell biology host response
Chair: Nathalie Pujol
12:40 PM - 01:05 PM
Damaged ECM induces innate responses in C. elegans epidermis
Nathalie Pujol
01:05 PM - 01:30 PM
Toxin sensing by a nuclear hormone receptor identifies pathogenic bacteria
Read Pukkila-Worley
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
Intracellular filamentation by bacteria is used for cell-to-cell spreading in nematode hosts
Robert Luallen1, Tuan Tran1, and Marie-Anne Felix2
01:55 PM - 02:20 PM
Positive and Negative Regulation of Intestinal Host Defense in C. elegans
Javier Irazoqui
02:20 PM - 03:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussion
03:15 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)

Monday, October 03

07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Model Host Sensing and Response
Chair: Danielle A. Garsin
08:30 AM - 08:55 AM
Identification of New Regulators of SKN-1/Nrf
Danielle Garsin, Chenggang Wu, Ozgur Karakuzu, and Carolaing Gabaldon
08:55 AM - 09:20 AM
Using larval zebrafish to understand macrophage responses to fungal infection
Emily Rosowski
09:20 AM - 09:45 AM
Development of peptides derived from the EntV bacteriocin as promising antifungal agents
Michael Lorenz6, Melissa Cruz6, Shane Cristy6, Shantanu Guha6, Giuseppe Buda de Cesare6, Hiram Sanchez2, Pedro Miramon6, Junko Yano5, Paul Fidel, Jr.5, Alexi Savchenko4, David Andes2, Peter Stogios1, and Danielle Garsin6
09:45 AM - 10:10 AM
Impact of acute virulence factors on P. aeruginosa pathogenesis
Natasha Kirienko
10:10 AM - 10:35 AM
Geographic differences in regulation of the intestinal innate immune response
Paula Watnick
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Unravelling Host-Microbe-Drug Interactions using C. elegans
Filipe Cabreiro
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break
Cell-non-autonomous control of immune responses
Chair: Alejandro Aballay
11:30 AM - 11:55 AM
Use of C. elegans as a model to study the neural-gut axis
Alejandro Aballay
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Innate immune responses along the zebrafish olfactory nerve
Irene Salinas, Aurora Kraus, and Benjamin Garcia
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM
Peptidoglycan from gut bacteria modulate behavior and brain immunity in Drosophila throught NF-KappaB distinct signaling cascades.
Florent Fioriti1, Aline Rifflet2, Ivo Gomperts Boneca2, Olivier Zugasti1, and Julien Royet1
12:35 PM - 12:50 PM
Alarmin mediated signaling in behavioral immunity.
Jonathan Lalsiamthara and Alejandro Aballay
12:50 PM - 01:15 PM
New diet-gene pairs get some SKN in the game of innate immunity
Sean P. Curran
01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Taste the rainbow: how pathogen-like chromatic bacteria can increase lifespan and promote healthspan
Nicole Stuhr1,2 and Sean Curran1,2,3
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Informal Discussions
06:45 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)

Tuesday, October 04

07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Inferring host traits from their associated microbial genomes
Chair: Michael Gilmore
08:30 AM - 08:55 AM
Unpredictable Responses by Mammalian Cells to Amoeba Host-Adapted Effectors of Legionella pneumophila
Yousef Abukwaik
08:55 AM - 09:20 AM
Leveraging large-scale comparative genomics to quantify microbial adaptation to spaceflight
Braden Tierney1, Nitin Singh2, Anna Simpson2, Andrea Hujer3, Robert Bonomo3, Kasthuri Venkateswaran2, and Christopher Mason1
09:20 AM - 09:45 AM
Polymicrobial crosstalk on the skin limits MRSA colonization and disease
Alexander Horswill
09:45 AM - 10:10 AM
Ubiquity of enterococcal gut colonization of land animals provides an ideal model for deciphering key host/microbe relationships
Michael Gilmore
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
A clash of kingdoms: Dissecting Aspergillus fumigatus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa polymicrobial interactions in the CF lung environment
Stephen Dolan and Marvin Whiteley
10:25 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Microbial biogeography and the host response
Chair: Marvin Whiteley
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Enterococci use diverse strategies to evade bacteriophage infection
Breck Duerkop
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Spatial structure of polymicrobial biofilms causing human tooth-decay
Hyun (Michel) Koo
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
But some are useful: A mouse model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection
Joanna Goldberg
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM
Dual oxic-anoxic co-culture enables direct study of host-anaerobe interactions at the airway epithelial interface
Ryan Hunter
12:40 PM - 01:05 PM
Using bacterial human infection transcriptomes to guide pre-clinical model development
Marvin Whiteley
01:05 PM - 02:30 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:30 PM - 07:30 PM
City Tour (Buses Depart from Hotel Lobby)
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Dinner and Informal Discussions (Buses do not return to the hotel prior to dinner)

Wednesday, October 05

07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
Insect Model Hosts - basic and applied aspects
Chair: Andreas Vilcinskas
08:30 AM - 08:55 AM
Danger signaling and trans-generational immune priming in the insect model host Galleria mellonella
Andreas Vilcinskas
08:55 AM - 09:20 AM
The greater wax-moth Galleria mellonella as a model host to assess the probiotic mechanisms of action employed by Escherichia coli Nissle 1917
Krishnendu Mukherjee, Annika Cimdins-Ahne , and Ulrich Dobrindt
09:20 AM - 09:45 AM
Using invertebrate and murine model hosts to identify and study antimicrobial agents that target the membrane of MDR bacteria.
Eleftherios Mylonakis
09:45 AM - 10:10 AM
Nutritional factors and their impact on infections in Drosophila
Anika Wagner
10:10 AM - 10:35 AM
FoxO factors act as integration hubs for stress, immune and metabolic cues in Drosophila epithelia
Judith Bossen, Mirjam Knop, Christine Fink, and Thomas Roeder
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Galleria mellonella as a model host to study epigenetic regulation of pathogenicity in the fungus Metarhizium brunneum
Victoria Reingold1,2, Alessia Staropoli3,4, Adi Faigenboim5, Francesco Vinale4, and Dana Ment1
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break
"Last session - Selected abstracts"
Chair: Daniel Kalman
11:30 AM - 11:55 AM
The development of a sustainable control strategy for the invasive insect pest Drosophila suzukii
Kwang-Zin Lee
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Splicing Fats in Host Pathogen Interactions
Arjumand Ghazi
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM
The C. elegans p38 MAPK pathway activates a protective response against chloroquine toxicity
Rajneesh Rao and Jogender Singh
12:35 PM - 12:50 PM
Natural variation in pathogen susceptibility and immune response in C. elegans wild isolates
Patrick Lansdon, Nathan Do, Christopher Kywe, and Brian Ackley
12:50 PM - 01:05 PM
Indole metabolites from commensal microbiota act via DNA damage response and cell death pathways to regulate germline quality during aging
Daniel Kalman, Robert Sonowal Sonowal, and Alyson Swimm
01:05 PM - 01:20 PM
Imatinib as a host directed therapeutic for the treatment and resolution of tuberculosis
Tesia Cleverley1, Alyson Swimm, Taylor Foreman3, Deepak Kaushal4, and Daniel Kalman
01:20 PM - 01:35 PM
Tobamovirus-like particles as a platform for active vaccine formulation using a two-mode enhancement mechanism of epitope presentation
Aviv Dombrovsky1, Guy Mechrez2, and Meital Reches3
01:35 PM - 01:40 PM
Closing Remarks - Eleftherios Mylonakis
01:40 PM - 03:00 PM
Lunch and Informal Discussions
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Informal Discussions
07:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Farewell Dinner

Thursday, October 06

08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Departure