Breakfast  8:30

Welcome  9:00

9:00 AM - 9:08 AM

Welcome
Heven Sze

Session I    Signal Transduction and Defense    9:08
Moderator    Daniel Stein

9:08 AM - 9:26 AM

"Neisseria gonorrhoeae Escape from Cervical Epithelial Cells to Promote Bacterial Persistence"
Samuel Bish (Stein)

9:26 AM - 9:44 AM

"Regulation of Bacterial Cell Envelope by a Novel Second Messenger Molecule
c-di-GMP"
Vincent Lee

9:44 AM - 10:02 AM

"The memory B cell response to TLR4 and TLR9 ligands"
Wenxia Song

10:02 AM - 10:20 AM

"Parasite-derived murine MCP-1 enhances the Recruitment of a Restrictive Population of CCR2+ Macrophages "
Sean M. Conrad (Mosser)

Break 10:20

Session II    Metabolism and Transport    10:50
Moderator    Francis (Buddy) Cunningham

10:50 AM - 11:08 AM

"A plant pathway for the biological production of astaxanthin"
Francis X. Cunningham, Jr. (Gantt)

11:08 AM - 11:26 AM

"Breaking down the walls with a diversity of plant cellulases"
Elena del Campillo

11:26 AM - 11:44 AM

"Regulation of Amino Acid Metabolism during T cell Activation: Identification of Pathways Regulated by Glutamine"
Erikka L. Carr (Frauwirth)

11:44 AM - 12:02 PM

"Integrating Transport with Plant Reproduction, Growth & Survival"
Heven Sze

12:02 PM - 12:20 PM

"CBMG Core Laboratory Facility"
Amy E. Beaven and Steve Wolniak

Lunch 12:20

Poster Set up

Session III    Recombination, Repair, RNA and Defense    1:30
Moderator    Jocelyne DiRuggiero

1:30 PM - 1:48 PM

"Microbial genome evolution in hydrothermal environments"
Jocelyne DiRuggiero (with Patricia Escobar-Paramo and Sulagna Gosh)

1:48 PM - 2:06 PM

"Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshifting: It's Not Just For Viruses Anymore"
Ashton T. Belew (Dinman)

2:06 PM - 2:24 PM

"Frequency of Recombination Between Diverse HIV-1 Subtypes: Estimating Selection Pressure From Reverse Transcription to Virus Replication"
Jeffrey J. Destefano

2:24 PM - 2:42 PM

"Arrangement of the Minor Structural Protein L2 Within the Papillomavirus Virion"
Christopher B. Buck

2:42 PM - 3:00 PM

"Molecular mechanism and importance for bacterial virulence of M.tuberculosis mediated inhibition of host cell apoptosis"
Volker Briken

Break 3:00

Poster viewing

Session IV    Development and Signaling     3:30
Moderator    Josephine Resnick

3:30 AM - 3:48 AM

"From Genomics to Cellular Dynamics: Genetic dissection of ABA and calcium signaling in Arabidopsis guard cells"
Aprajita Garg (Kwak)

3:48 PM - 4:06 PM

"RTE1 , a novel membrane protein that is highly conserved in a wide range of organisms is important for ethylene receptor function in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Josephine S. Resnick (Chang)

4:06 PM - 4:24 PM

"Mago nashi and the regulation of spermatogenesis in Marsilea"
Corine M. van der Weele (Wolniak)

4:24 PM - 4:42 PM

"Regulation and function of autophagy in cell survival and death"
Eric H. Baehrecke

4:42 PM - 5:00 PM

"Stress Signaling in Filamentous Fungi in the Induction of Resistance to Anti-Fungal Agents"
David Straney

Break 5:00

Poster Viewing and Free Time

Dinner 7:00

catering by Tapenade

Music 8:30

music by the band "Natural Selection"

PDF files of the Schedule and Talk abstracts from the program are now available.