abstracts book 1 EXTREMOphiles_2012 - Universidad de Sevilla

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State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
O14. 18:30-18:50 h.
The DNA-alkyltransferase of Sulfolobus solfataricus: in vivo and in vitro studies on a conserved
protein involved in repair of DNA alkylation damage
Giuseppe Perugino, Antonella Vettone, Anna Valenti, Mosè Rossi and Maria Ciaramella
Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Council of Research of Italy, Naples, Italy
WEDNESDAY, 12 September
Symposium 3. Genomics/Metagenomics (Salón Andalucía)
Chairperson: Brian Jones
S3.1. 9:00-9:30 h.
Understanding complexity and processes in Antarctic niche habitats
Don Cowan, University of Pretoria, South Africa
S3.2. 9:30-10:00 h.
Assembly-driven metagenomics of a hypersaline microbial ecosystem
Eric E. Allen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA
S3.3. 10:00-10:30 h.
Genomic diversity of a Haloquadratum walsbyi population in a single saltern-pond
Francisco Rodríguez-Valera, University Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
S3.4. 10:30-11:00 h.
Biased gene flow in haloarchaea: can it account for the appearance and maintenance of
phylogenetic clusters?
R. Thane Papke, University of Connecticut at Storrs, USA
11:00-11:30 h. Coffee-break and poster viewing
Symposium 4. Molecular evolution and adaptation of proteins (Salón Andalucía)
Chairperson: Michael J. Danson
S4.1. 11:30-12:00 h.
Unraveling protein adaptation to high salt concentration using resurrected ancestral-halophilic
archaeal enzymes
Dominique Madern, Institute of Structural Biology, Grenoble, France
S4.2. 12:00-12:30 h.
From non-homogeneous evolutionary models to molecular thermometers
Manolo Gouy, University of Lyon, France
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