The ACID FAST CLUB
Summer Meeting 2014
Our 60th celebratory meeting
will be held on
Thurs/Friday 10th /11th July 2014
At
Kaiserin Friedrich-Haus
Robert-Koch-Platz 7
Berlin
Germany
Local Hosts:
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann & Robert Golinski
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Programme
Thursday 10th July: Berlin Mini Symposium, Aeras and offered papers
13:40 - 15:40
Session 1: Welcome, Berlin + Aeras Special
15:40 – 16:30
Refreshments and AFC Members Business Meeting
16:30 - 18:00
Session 2: Offered Papers 1 and History of AFC
18:00 - 19:00
Champagne/Wine reception
19:00 –
Celebratory dinner at Sarah Wiener depending on numbers
(http://www.sarahwiener.de/)
Friday 11th July: Acid Fast Club offered papers
9:30 – 11:10
Offered Papers 2
11:10 – 11:40
Refreshments
11:40 – 13:20
Offered papers 3
13:20 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 -
Visit to the Robert Koch Institute (25 people max)
Nominations
The following nomonations for memberships have been received:
Elena Stylianou, University of Oxford, proposed by Helen McShane, seconded by Rajko
Reljic
Maximiliano Gutierrez, NIMR, nominated by Brian Robertson, seconded by Douglas Young
Luiz Pedro Carvalho, NIMR, nominated by Kristine Arnvig, seconded by Teresa Cortes
Domestic arrangements
Wine and soft drinks will be served at 18:00 on Day 1 at Kaiserin Friedrich-Haus, all
participants are welcome!
Dinner 19:00 Day 1
Celebratory dinner for up to 65 people (operated on a first come first serve basis with
priority for members). Details will be circulated later. For those who prefer to make
their own dinner arrangements, there are plenty of restaurants of all categories around.
Lunch Day 2
Lunch is not provided. However, there are many restaurants, sandwich bars and coffee
shops in the vicinity.
Visit to Robert Koch Institute 14:30 Day 2.
Our hosts have arranged a visit to the original Robert Koch Institute. However, this tour
can accommodate a maximum of 25 people; again operated on a first come first serve
basis with priority for members.
Aeras socializing before the meeting
We are also planning an informal social event with people from Aeras who are in Berlin,
on the evening before the meeting (Wednesday) in case you want to schedule arrival to
fit around this.
Getting To Kaiserin Friedrich-Haus
AIR: BERLIN HAS TWO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS TEGEL (TXL) AND SCHÖNEFELD (SXF),
Ground transportation from Berlin Tegel (TXL) Airport
1) Bus line "TXL" (every 7mins): 20 mins ride, 2.60 € (driver sells ticket). Get off at
"Hauptbahnhof" and follow map (7mins walk).
2) Taxi: 20 mins ride, approx. 20 €
Ground transportation from Berlin Schönefeld (SXF) Airport
1) Regional train lines "RE7" or "RB14" (approx. every 30 mins): 35 mins ride, 3.20 €
(ticket must be bought beforehand at machines). Get off at "Berlin-Friedrichstrasse"
and walk down Luisenstrasse (see map, 10mins).
2) Taxi: 45 mins ride, approx. 65€
Accommodation
Suggestions for accommodation below. Special rates still apply for Hotel Aquino
(exclusively via phone or email) until May 7th with code MPI.
Hotel Aquino
www.hotel-aquino.de
Mercure Hotel Berlin City
http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-5341-mercure-hotel-berlin-city/index.shtml.
Hotel Allegra
www.albrechtshof-hotels.com
‘Info about things to do in Berlin for ideas on how to spend your Friday afternoon, or
weekend if you are staying longer will be circulated independently.
Programme
Thursday 10th July: Berlin Mini Symposium, Aeras and offered papers
Session 1: Welcome, Berlin + Aeras Special
Welcome by Glyn Hewinson
TB Research in Berlin Spanning 130 Years, Stefan Kaufmann, Max Planck Institute for
Infection Biology
Interferons, Inflammation and Lung Injury in TB, Anca Dorhoi, MPIIB
Molecular profiling for host biomarker discovery in health and disease, Jeroen
Maertzdorf, MPIIB
Individuality in disease: patient-specific and cell-specific gene expression in TB, January
Weiner, MPIIB
Title to come, Tom Evans, Aeras
16:30 - 18:00
Session 2, Offered Papers
Speakers are underlined & their affiliation indicated
Metabolic models of mycobacteria: systems insights into pathogenesis, Johnjoe
McFadden, University of Surrey
Transcriptome analysis reveals differential innate immune response of bovine
macrophages to strains of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex,
Kevin Rue-Albrecht, David A. Magee, Kevin M. Conlon, Nicolas C.
Nalpas, John A. Browne, Paul A. McGettigan, Claire Healy, Kirsten E.
McLoughlin, Eamonn Gormley, David E. MacHugh and Stephen V.
Gordon, University College Dublin
Tetrahydrobiopterin production by macrophages is not required for protective immunity
to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Elena Stylianou, Eileen McNeill,
Rachel Kandt, Keith Channon, Helen McShane, The Jenner Institute,
University of Oxford
A brief history of the Acid Fast Club, Ann Rawkins, Public Health England, Porton Down
Friday 11th July:
Acid Fast Club offered papers
Session 1
Degradosome as one of the major RNA processing complexes in Mycobacteria,
Przemyslaw Plocinski, Maria Macios, Emilia Niemiec, Joanna
Houghton, Douglas Young and Andrzej Dziembowski, Institute of
Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
NO biomarker for TB - Expired nitric oxide and lipid body content of tubercle bacilli in
sputum, Baye Gelaw, Natalie J. Garton, Gashaw Mesele, Tadye
Abeje, Salie Ayalew, Pranabashis Haldar, Abraham Assefa, and
Michael R Barer, Department of Medical Microbiology, CMHS, UOG,
Ethiopia
Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum: a revolution in
diagnostic microbiology, Amanda Claire Brown and members of the
PathSeek project consortium, Oxford Gene Technology
Characterisation of host genetic factors that influence pathogen-host interplay during
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, K. M. Kreutzfeldt, L. Mullen,
C. Finan, S. J. Waddell, A. Marchant, M. J. Newport and S. M. Sacre,
Brighton & Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex
The use of gene expression profiling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a tool to study
drug efficacy and action, Dimitrios Evangelopoulos, Aidan Hanrath,
Iva Treveska, Magdalena Karlikowska, Isobella Honeyborne, Sanjib
Bhakta, Simon Waddel, Philip Butcher and Timothy D. McHugh,
Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Royal Free Campus, University
College London
Session 2
Development of a BCG challenge model for the testing of vaccine candidates against
bovine tuberculosis, Villarreal-Ramos, B., Berg, S., Chamberlain, L.,
McShane, H., Hewinson, R. G., Clifford, D., Vordermeier, M., Bovine
TB Group, AHVLA, Weybridge, New Haw, Surrey
Metabolite-Regulated Shutdown of Efflux Pumps is Critical for Mycobacterial Survival in
Non-Permissive Growth Conditions, Obolbek Turapov, Simon J
Waddell, Asel Sarybaeva, Bernard Burke, Sarah Glenn, Griselda
Tudo, Gilles Labesse, Danielle I. Young, Michael Young Peter W.
Andrew, Philip D. Butcher, Martin Cohen-Gonsaud, Galina V.
Mukamolova, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation,
University of Leicester
Redefining the mechanism of action of D-cycloserine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Gareth A. Prosser, Luiz Pedro Carvalho, National Institute for
Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London
AZALEP A randomized controlled trial of azathioprine to treat leprosy nerve damage and
reactions in India: main findings, Lockwood DNJ, Darlong J,
Pichimani G, Royce KK, Sundar Rao, Annamma John, London School
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London
A guide to killing your host cell, by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Graham Stewart,
Robert Francis, Rachel Butler, Tom Mendum, Shaza Felemban,
University of Surrey
Booking form
All attendees MUST fill out the booking form regardless of whether they require refreshments. Booking forms from non-members will not be
accepted without the name of a sponsoring member (who does not need to attend).
Please complete and email the form with a payment confirmation to Tine Arnvig; <k.arnvig AT ucl.ac.uk> no later than Friday May 2nd.
Member name
Registration fee £5
Wine reception
free
Dinner including drinks ~£53
http://www.sarahwiener.de/
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vegetarian
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Visit to RKI
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