CampYGERM

CCC-2011

CampyGerm’s Campylobacter Conference

Co-Sponsored by

Göttingen, 14. - 15.10.2011

Program

Friday, 14.10.2011:

9.00 – 9.10:A.E. Zautner, Göttingen, DE:

Welcome address

9.10 – 10.00:A. Karlyshev, Kingston upon Thames, UK:

Keynote lecture:Molecular mechanisms and biological role of Campylobacter coccoid form formation, and studies of bacterial adhesins and host cell receptors

10.05 – 10.35:G. Gorkiewicz/E. Zechner, Graz, AT:

Comparative genetic analysis of Campylobacter fetus subspecies: model system for bacterial niche specificity and mucosal infection

10.40 – 11.10:Coffee Break

11.10 – 11.40:A. van Vliet, Norwich, UK:

Transcriptome evolution in Campylobacter and other Epsilon-Proteobacteria

11.45 – 12.15: D. Kelly, Sheffield, UK

Campylobacter metabolism inside and

outside of the host

12.20 – 12.50: D. Hofreuter, Hannover, DE

Metabolism and virulence: how nutrient acquisition affects Campylobacter jejuni colonization and persistence

12.55 – 14.00:Lunch Break

14.00 – 14.30 Posterwalk

14.30 – 15.00:F. Hilbert, Vienna, AT:

Survival mechanisms in Campylobacter along the food production chain

15.05 – 15.35:R. Lugert, Göttingen, DE:

Characterization of virulence factors of Campylobacter jejuni

15.40 – 16.10:H. Ingmer, Copenhagen, DK:

Environmental adaptability of Campylobacter jejuni

16.15 – 16.30:Coffee Break

16.30 – 17.00:F. Colles, Oxford, UK:

Analysis of MLST data to investigate the epidemiology and population structure of Campylobacter

17.05 – 17.35:S. Stingl, Berlin, DE:

Quo vadis? – Monitoring Campylobacter in Germany

17.40 - 18.10 A.E. Zautner, Göttingen, DE:

Campylobacter jejuni subtyping and source tracking

19.30: Evening dinner

Saturday, 15.10.2011:

09.00 – 09.30:S. Bereswill, Berlin, DE:

Toll-like-receptor signaling aggravates acute Campylobacter jejuni mediated immunopathology in gnotobiotic IL-10 deficient mice

09.35 – 10.05:T. Alter, Berlin, DE:

Characteristics of Campylobacter lari in bivalve molluscs

10.10 – 10.40:M. Heimesaat, Berlin, DE

Novel Murine Infection Models Provide Deep Insights into the „Ménage à Trois“ of Campylobacter jejuni, Microbiota and Host Innate Immunity

10.45 – 11.15:Coffee Break

11.15 – 11.45:I. Hänel, Jena, DE:

Binding differences of Campylobacter jejuni to avian and human intestinal cells

11.50 - 12.20:S. Rautenschlein, Hannover, DE:

Immunological investigations in chickens on C. jejuni isolates of avian and human origin

12.25 – 12.55:A. Heikema, Rotterdam, NL:

Interaction of C. jejuni with human macrophages

13.00 – 13.30:R. Louwen, Rotterdam, NL:Sialylation of Campylobacter jejuni lipo-oligosaccharides facilitates

epithelial translocation

13.35 – 14.35Lunch Buffet

14.40 – 15.10:S. Backert, Dublin, IRE:

Bacterial factors and molecular signalling in Campylobacter jejuni host cell invasion

15.15 - 15.30:U. Groß, Göttingen, DE:

Conclusion and future challenges

Anmeldung / Registration

Bitte melden Sie sich mit einer formlosen E-Mail bei Frau Angela Aurin-Gerke an: aaurin@gwdg.de

Geben SIe hierbei bitte ihre Namen, Institution, E-Mail, Ort und Land!

Please register via an informal e-mail to Mrs. Angela Aurin-Gerke: aaurin@gwdg.de

including your name, institution, e-mail, city and country !

Teilnahmegebühr/ Studenten/: 30 € Nicht-Studenten/: 60 €

participation fee students non-students

Jedermann ist dazu eingeladen eigene Forschungsergebnisse auf einem Poster zu präsentieren.

Every one is invited to present own research results on a poster.

INFO für Ärzte: Für die Veranstaltung wurden von der Landesärztekammer Niedersachsen

12 Weiterbildungspunkte genehmigt

INFO für Tierärzte: Für die Veranstaltung wurden von der Landestierärztekammer Niedersachsen

12 Weiterbildungspunkte genehmigt