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Programme
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Most events are
in the Lecture Theatre Building (LTB).
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Talks are in LTB
8.
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Posters, coffee,
lunch are in LTB 6&7.
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Sunday and Thursday’s reception are in
the LTB foyer.
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The locations of
other events are indicated below.
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Breakfast is in
Food-on-3 from 07:30 to 08:30.
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The SU bar will
be open in the evening until ~midnight.
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The registration
desk will be manned during the meeting (e.g. for late arrivals).
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Accommodation
must be vacated and keys left at the Conference Office by 09:30 on Friday 7th
September.
This programme is available as a word
document:
Click here.
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Sunday 2nd September |
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Registration |
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14:00-20:00 |
Delegates check in to get
keys for accommodation (Conference Office) |
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16:00-19:00 |
Delegate registration (LTB
foyer) |
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Opening ceremony and
reception
Chair: Bonnie Baxter |
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19:00 |
McGenity, TJ |
Welcome on behalf of the
scientific and organising committees |
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Underwood, GJC |
Welcome from the
University of
Essex |
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19:30-20:30 |
DasSarma, S |
Plenary Lecture –
Post-genomic biology of a model halophile: global responses to environmental
perturbations |
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20:30-22:00 |
Welcome reception and
hot buffet, Rivers string quartet |
Monday 3rd
September
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Biological solute-water
effects and responses
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Session 1a
Chair: Erwin Galinski
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9:00-9:35 |
Ball, P |
Water in biology – with a
pinch of salt
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9:35-10:10 |
Finney, JL |
Watching salts working in
aqueous amphiphile solutions |
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10:10-10:35 |
Hallsworth, JE |
Chaotrope-induced water
stress defines the limits of life in a high-MgCl2 environment |
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10:35-11:00 |
Coffee
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Session 1b
Chair: Nuno Empadinhas
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11:00-11:35 |
Zaccai, G |
Adaptation to extreme salt:
Protein and water dynamics in halophiles measured by neutron scattering |
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11:35-12:10 |
Galinski, EA |
Incompatible
solutes |
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12:10-12:30 |
Saum, SH |
Molecular
characterization of ectoine biosynthesis in the moderate halophile
Halobacillus halophilus |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30-14:00 |
Poster session:
presenters please stand by posters |
Genomic and systems
biology insights into adaptation to high salinity
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Session 1c
Chair: Shil DasSarma
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14:00-14:55 |
Oesterhelt, D |
Systems biology and
metabolic modelling of halophilic Archaea |
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14:55-15:15 |
McCready, S |
Responses to UV
damage in Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 |
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15:15-15:30 |
Pandhal, J |
Using proteomics
as a tool for understanding adaptation in an unsequenced halotolerant
cyanobacterium |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee |
Evolution and taxonomy of
halophiles
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Session 1d
Chair: Antonio Ventosa
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16:00-16:30 |
Oren, A |
Prokaryotic life at high
salt concentrations: phylogenetic and metabolic diversity |
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16:30-17:00 |
Papke, T
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The impact of homologous recombination on the evolution
and classification of Halorubrum strains |
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17:00-17:15 |
Patzelt, H |
Facile taxonomic de-replication of halophilic Archaea
by mass spectrometry |
Joint meeting of the
ICSP subcommittees on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Halomonadaceae
Chair: Antonio Ventosa
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17:15-19:15 |
First part of the meeting
is open to all; second part is open only to members of the subcommittees
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19:00-20:45 |
Dinner on campus in
Food-on-3 |
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19:45- |
Suggested activities:
walk/bus to pubs in Wivenhoe; bus/taxi into town; disc golf on
campus; pool competition in the SU bar |
Tuesday 4th
September
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Biogeochemistry, ecology
(and astrobiological implications)
of hypersaline environments
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Session 2a
Chair: Aharon Oren
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9:00-9:30 |
Antón, J |
Ecology and biogeography
of Salinibacter ruber |
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9:30-10:00 |
Pedrós-Alió, C |
Microbial life in the
high-altitude, saline, water bodies in the Andes of northern Chile |
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10:00-10:15 |
Roine, E |
Isolation
and characterization of a new halovirus infecting a halophilic Halorubrum
sp. |
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10:15-10:30 |
Sabet, S |
Characterization of
halophages and their hosts isolated from solar salterns in Baja California,
Mexico |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee
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Session 2b
Chair: Carlos Pedrós-Alió
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11:00-11:30 |
Ventosa, A |
Microbial diversity in
saline lakes from Inner Mongolia, China |
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11:30-11:45 |
Litchfield, C |
Molecular Diversity in the North Arm of
Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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11:45-12:00 |
Pesenti, PT |
How
essential is the chloride anion? |
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12:00-12:15 |
Boehmwald, F |
Screening for halotolerant
bacteria from the Atacama saltern in the Atacama Desert, Chile |
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12:15-12:30 |
Borin, S |
Delta-
and Epsilonproteobacteria are key players in the seawater-brine
chemocline of the deep hypersaline anoxic Urania lake in the Eastern
Mediterranean Sea |
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12:30-12:45 |
Oren, A |
Metagenomics of the Dead Sea |
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12:45-22:00 |
Excursion to Cambridge
for all delegates (coach leaves from car park A at 13:00; packed lunches
provided).
For those who have booked, a walking & punting tour is available starting at
15:00.
Delegates find their own evening meal; suggestions will be given (coach
leaves for the University of Essex at 22:00). |
Wednesday 5th
September
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Biogeochemistry, ecology
(and astrobiological implications)
of hypersaline environments (continued)
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Session 3a
Chair: Carol Litchfield
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9:00-9:30 |
Gunde-Cimerman, N |
Hypersaline environments
and the fungal tree of life – independent evolution from halotolerance to
halophily |
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9:30-9:55 |
Baxter, B |
Shining a light on
carotenoids and photoprotection in Great Salt Lake halophilic Archaea |
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9:55-10:15 |
De los Rios, A |
Microbial life in the
halite evaporite rocks of the Atacama Desert
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10:15-10:30 |
Gramain, A |
Survival of extreme halophiles in salt crystals |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee |
Session 3b
Chair: Bill Grant
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11:00-11:30 |
Marion, GM |
Extreme environments and the
prospects for life on Europa and Mars |
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11:30-11:50 |
Mancinelli, R |
Halorubrum chaoviatoris, sp. nov.: The first halophile in space is
globally distributed |
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11:50-12:10 |
Vreeland, R |
Recovery of unique 412 million year old halophilic Archaeal DNA from primary
salt crystals |
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12:10-12:30 |
Stan-Lotter, H |
Cellular alterations of
Halobacterium salinarum strains upon embedding in halite fluid
inclusions |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30-14:30 |
Poster session and
judging: presenters
please stand by posters |
Session 3c
Chair: Volker Müller
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Cell and community
adaptations to multiple extremes
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14:30-15:00 |
Empadinhas,
N |
The accumulation and biosynthesis of compatible solutes in
thermophiles and hyperthermophiles |
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15:00-15:30 |
Wiegel, J |
Halo-alkalithermophiles,
multi-extremophiles from sun-heated salt lakes includes a novel order of
anaerobic bacteria, the Natranaerobiales, represented by the type
species Natranaerobius thermophilus, gen. nov., sp. nov.
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee |
Session 3d
Chair: Juergen Wiegel
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16:00-16:15 |
Mesbah, N |
Bioenergetic properties of Natranaerobius thermophilus, a novel
anaerobic halophilic, alkalithermophilic bacterium |
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16:15-16:30 |
Banciu, H |
Physiological and
biochemical properties of a novel
facultatively
alkaliphilic, halophilic sufur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from
south-eastern Siberian soda lake |
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16:30-16:45 |
Underwood, GJC |
The properties of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in Antarctic sea ice environments
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Roundtable discussion on
‘omics in halophiles (techniques and tips)
Panel: Mike
Dyall-Smith, Shil DasSarma and Dieter Oesterhelt |
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16:45-17:45 |
This is an
open discussion on technical issues relating to halophile research with
particular emphasis on proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics,
metagenomics and molecular genetics |
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18:45-19:15 |
Drinks reception and
entertainment; location to be announced; All welcome |
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19:45-22:00 |
Gala dinner for those
who have booked (Wivenhoe House Marquee); otherwise evening meal is in
Food-on-3 |
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22:00-02:00 |
Evening entertainment
with ceilidh (Level 2 bar); All welcome |
Thursday 6th
September
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Molecular genetics,
biochemistry and biotechnological applications of halophiles
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Session 4a
Chair: Joaquin Nieto
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9:00-9:45 |
Lanyi, JK |
Bacteriorhodopsin and
xanthorhodopsin: variations on the theme of light-driven pumps |
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9:45-10:15 |
Müller, V |
Switching osmolyte strategy
in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus – a new mechanism
of sensing osmolarity that involves chloride and glutamate |
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10:15-10:30 |
Ramos, J |
Peculiarities of the K+ and Na+
transporters in the marine yeast Debaryomyces hansenii |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee |
Session 4b
Chair: Janos Lanyi
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11:00-11:30 |
Lund, P |
Analysing protein folding by
chaperones in Haloferax volcanii |
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11:30-11:45 |
Witte, A |
Identification of ORF3452
as a possible anti-receptor protein of virus
fCh1
DNA |
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11:45-12:00 |
Witt, E |
Ectoine-synthase: action and side reaction |
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12:00-12:15 |
Bonete, MJ |
Nitrogen cycle in
Haloferax mediterranei |
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12:15-12:30 |
Baker, P |
Zinc mobility
in the catalytic cycle of glucose dehydrogenase |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30-14:00 |
Poster session:
presenters please stand by posters |
Session 4c
Chair: Nina Gunde-Cimerman
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14:00-14:30 |
Plemenitas, A |
HOG signalling pathway in the extremely halotolerant black
yeast Hortaea werneckii and its role in the expression of
osmoresponsive genes |
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14:30-14:45 |
Gostincar, C |
Three genes
involved in glycerol management in the halophilic fungus Wallemia
ichthyophaga |
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14:45-15:00 |
Spanheimer, R |
Glycine betaine uptake in
Methanosarcina mazei Gö1: characterization and regulation of the two
primary transporters Ota and Otb |
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15:00-15:15 |
Vaupotic, T |
3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphatase HwHal2 from extremely halotolerant
Hortaea werneckii as a molecular determinant of salt tolerance in black
yeasts |
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15:15-15:30 |
Franzetti, B |
Proteolytic machines and
salt stress response in halophilic
Archaea
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee |
Session 4d
Chair: Terry McGenity
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16:00-16:45 |
Dyall-Smith, M
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Special Lecture – Reports
from extreme SYBR space: haloarchaea and their viruses |
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16:45-17:15 |
Various |
Closing address |
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17:15-19:30 |
Farewell reception and
hot buffet |
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