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The International E.coli Alliance conference will be held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre at Hinxton, near Cambridge, England from 24th- 27th September 2008. This is a 4 day meeting which will cover the impact of the genomics and post-genomics revolution in microbiology, with special focus on bacterial regulatory strategies and pathogenic mechanisms.
More is know about Escherichia coli K-12 than about any other living organism and it remains the model cell of choice for the study of many fundamental cellular processes. More crucially, Escherichia coli and its close relatives play vital roles in our environment, and the meeting will interest medical, veterinary and environmental scientists, and engineers and modellers from all disciplines.
Organising Committee:
Stephen Busby, University of Birmingham, UK
Barry L Wanner, Purdue University, USA
Charles Penn, University of Birmingham, UK
Programme
Wednesday 24th September 2008
12.00 Registration with lunch
Session 1 Comparative and Functional Genomics
Francis Crick Auditorium, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre. Chair: Charles Penn
14.00 Welcome and Introduction
14.15 Mark Pallen
14.45 Nicole Perna
15.15 Muna F. Anjum
15.45 Selected Speaker 1
16.00 Selected Speaker 2
16.15 Afternoon Tea
17.00 Keynote Lecture: Hans Westerhoff
18.00 Poster Session 1 and Drinks Reception
19.30 Dinner
22.00 Shuttle Service to Cambridge
Thursday 25th September 2008
07.30 Breakfast
Session 2 Networks
Francis Crick Auditorium, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre. Chair: Igor Goryanin
09.00 Dov Stekel
09.30 Nicholas M Luscombe
10.00 Jay Hinton
10.30 Selected Speaker 3
10.45 Selected Speaker 4
11.00 Morning Coffee
11.30 Key Note Lecture: Jack Greenblatt
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Poster Session 2
Session 3 Pathogenesis Mechanisms
Francis Crick Auditorium, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre. Chair: Mark Pallen
15.00 Gad Frankel
15.30 Eliora Ron
16.00 Jim Nataro
16.30 Selected Speaker 5
16.45 Selected Speaker 6
18.00 Dinner
20.00 Workshops: EcoCyc, Genomics and Networks.
22.00 Shuttle Service to Cambridge
Friday 26th September 2008
07.30 Breakfast
Session 4 New Technologies and Resources
Francis Crick Auditorium, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre. Chair: Sang-Yup Lee
09.00 Virgil Rhodius
09.30 Taku Oshima
10.00 Peter Karp
10.30 Selected Speaker 7
10.45 Selected Speaker 8
11.00 Morning Coffee
11.30 Keynote Lecture: Chris Clee
12.30 Lunch
Session 5 Physiology
Francis Crick Auditorium, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre. Chair: Steve Busby
14.00 Jeff Green
14.30 Vassilis Koronakis
15.00 Gillian Fraser
15.30 Kathleen Marchal
16.00 Afternoon Tea
16.30 Invited short presentations on physiology
17.30 Keynote Lecture: Regine Hengge
18.30 Pre Dinner Drinks
19.30 Conference Dinner
22.00 Shuttle Service to Cambridge
Saturday 27th September 2008
07.30 Breakfast
Session 6 Future Perspectives
Francis Crick Auditorium, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre. Chair: Barry Wanner
09.30 Mike Chandler
10.00 Barry Wanner
10.30 Sang-Yup Lee
11.00 Morning Coffee
11.30 Keynote Lecture: Ian Booth
12.15 Closing remarks: Barry Wanner
12.30 Conference Closure
13.00 Airport Transfers and Shuttle Service to Cambridge
Additional speakers will be selected from the submitted abstracts.
The meeting will also include a poster session. We request that abstracts for both oral and poster presentations, must be no more than 250 words and include a title, author name (s), institutions (s) and country of origin. The abstract submission deadline is Tuesday 1st July 2008.
Please submit your abstract to j.beard@wtconference.org.uk after completing the online registration form.
Registration Fees
Student with single accommodation £495
Student with twin accommodation £420
Student with no accommodation £294
Academic with single accommodation £595
Academic with twin accommodation £520
Academic with no accommodation £394
Commercial with single accommodation £695
Commercial with twin accommodation £620
Commercial with no accommodation £494
Twin accommodation is a shared room with another delegate, you can nominate a roommate via the online registration form.
The housing packages include ,registration all food (including banquet) and on-site accommodation for the nights of the 24th, 25th and 26th September 2008.
A limited amount of on-site accommodation will be available. This will be allocated on a first- come, first, served basis. Once all on-site accommodation has been allocated, delegates requesting accommodation will be advised to make their own arrangements in Cambridge. A return shuttle service will be provided from central Cambridge to Hinxton each day which will be chargeable.
If delegates require an additional night’s accommodation please contact j.beard@wtconference.org.uk
If you have any special requirements, please identify them on the registration form under Special Requirements. For example, a special diet, disabled access or a roommate name (please ensure your roommate has nominated you).
You will be sent an invoice to the e-mail address you provided upon registration and asked to pay using our on-line payment system. This invoice will be confirmation of your registration.
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