6th International Conference on Model Hosts

Program - Monday, October 03

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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

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    Meeting Room Policy

    Mask Recommendation

    Face masks are recommended indoors.

    No Photographs and Recording Devices 

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    Other Information

    Animals are not permitted on site. 

    Badges are required for admission to all events. 

    All Aegean Conferences events are non-smoking. 

     

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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)