Candida Infection Biology – fungal armoury, battlefields ... - FINSysB
Candida Infection Biology – fungal armoury, battlefields ... - FINSysB
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12<br />
08:30 Session V: The Key Battlefields [<strong>Candida</strong> biofilms]<br />
Chair – Christophe d’Enfert<br />
8:30-9:10 Keynote Lecture<br />
Aaron Mitchell [Pittsburgh, USA]<br />
Genetic control of <strong>Candida</strong> albicans biofilm formation<br />
9:20-9:45 Carol Kumamoto [Boston, USA]<br />
<strong>Candida</strong> albicans: sensing the host environment<br />
9:50-10:00 Vitor Cabral [Paris, France]<br />
Identification of <strong>Candida</strong> albicans genes involved in biofilm formation<br />
by an over-expression approach<br />
10:05-10:15 Alice Sorgo [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]<br />
Cell wall stress elicits a conserved response in <strong>Candida</strong> albicans<br />
10:20 Coffee and Posters<br />
11:00 Session VI: The Key Battlefields [<strong>Candida</strong> cell wall]<br />
Chair – Frans Klis<br />
11:00-11:25 Carol Munro [Aberdeen, UK]<br />
<strong>Candida</strong> albicans cell wall dynamics<br />
11:30-11:55 Peter Lipke [New York, USA]<br />
Force-dependent activation of functional amyloid domains increases<br />
cell adhesion in C. albicans<br />
12:00-12:10 Iaroslava Kos [Thiverval Grignon, France]<br />
Iff2 is a cell surface protein involved in adhesion<br />
12:15-12:25 Isabel Miranda [Porto, Portugal]<br />
Deciphering the role of CUG mistranslation on <strong>Candida</strong> albicans<br />
adhesion and cell surface variation<br />
12:30-12:40 Jane Usher [Exeter, UK]<br />
Interaction of a <strong>Candida</strong> glabrata transcription factor knock-out<br />
library with the Drosophila melanogaster innate immune system<br />
12:45-12:55 Craig Murdoch [Sheffield, UK]<br />
Using zebrafish to study <strong>Candida</strong> albicans-mediated systemic<br />
candidiasis in vivo<br />
13:00 Lunch and Posters<br />
14:30 Afternoon for networking and sunshine<br />
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