Program

• Christoph Becker-Pauly (Kiel, Germany)
• Alexander Buchberger (Würzburg, Germany)
• Isaac Chiu (Boston, USA)
• Ana Eulalio (London, UK)
• Maximiliano Gutierrez (London, UK)
• Donald Hilvert (Zürich, Switzerland)
• Thorsten Hoppe (Köln, Germany)
• Alexander Horswill (Aurora, USA)
• Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic (Würzburg, Germany)
• Silke Meiners (Borstel, Germany)
• Felix Randow (Cambridge, UK)
• Jonas Rosendahl (Halle, Germany)
• Alexei Tepikin (Liverpool, UK)

17:00-18:00

Opening and Postersession
 

18:00

Keynote Lecture

Alexander Horswill
Roles of Staphylococcal proteases in colonization and infection

19:30

Dinner

09:00

Felix Randow
How cells defend their cytosol against bacteria: LPS ubiquitylation and other tricks

09:30

Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic
Diversity of Ubiquitin-Modifying Enzymes in Chlamydia-like Bacterium Simkania negevensis

10:00

Silke Meiners
The immunoproteasome: a theranostic target in chronic lung disease

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00

Joint presentation of RTG projects B2, B3, B4
The ubiquitin system as a linchpin in infection and inflammation

11:15

Maximiliano Gutierrez
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of host cells in time and space

11:45

Joint presentation of RTG projects A6, B1, B5
Insights in infection models of gram-positive bacteria

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Joint presentation of RTG projects A1, B6, B7, C3
Protease regulation in the pancreas and lung

13:50

Isaac Chiu
Staphylococcus aureus drives neuronal activation and itch through V8 protease

14:00

Joint presentation of RTG projects A2, A3, A5, C1, C2
Hunting for substrates: The physiological role of S. aureus serine protease-like proteins

14:45 - 16:30

Poster Session

16:30

Ana Eulalio
Dissecting Staphylococcus aureus intra-cellular lifestyle by microscopy-based phenotypic screenings

17:00

Thorsten Hoppe
Regulation of proteostasis in disease and aging

17:30

Alexander Buchberger
p97/VCP is required for piecemeal autophagy of aggresomes

19:00

Conference Dinner, Sky-Bar