Fall Meeting 2014
KNVM-Section General and Molecular Microbiology
Royal Artis Zoo Amsterdam
Friday 31 October 2014
Welcome @ Collegezaal ‘De Volharding’
10h00-10h30 Registration and Coffee
10h30-10h35 Opening by Leendert Hamoen (UvA)
10h35-11h00 Introduction on Micropia by director Eveline Hensel
11h00-12h30 Session 1 @ Collegezaal ‘De Volharding’
11h00-11h30 Erwin Zoetendal (WUR): Microbiome studies: a revolution!
11h30-11h50 Raish Oozeer (Danone): intestinal microbiology of early life: establishing a symbiosis
11h50-12h10 Egija Zaura (ACTA): Acquiring and establishing a healthy oral microbiome
12h10-12h30 Remco Kort (TNO): Interindividual dispersal of the human microbiota… “
Sara Abrahamsson (The Rockefeller University, New York
12.30-13.15 LUNCH @ Vlinderpaviljoen (Butterfly pavilion) & zoo
13h15-14h55 Session 2 @ Collegezaal ‘De Volharding’
13h15-13h45 Wilbert Bitter (VUMC): M. tuberculosis virulence mechanisms
13h45-14h05 Nina van Sorge (UMCU): Streptococcal glycans
14h05-14h35 Gilles van Wezel (LUMC): Antibiotic Discovery
14h35-14h55 Stanley Brul (UvA): Bacterial spore protein secrets
14.55-15.30 TEA BREAK @ cantine ‘De Ontmoeting’- Volharding
15h30-16h50 Session 3 @ Collegezaal ‘De Volharding’
15h30-16h00 Wilhelm Huck (RU): Microdroplet technology
16h00-16h30 Tanneke den Blaauwen (UvA): Molecular dynamics of bacterial cell division
16h30-16h50 Wiep Klaas Smits (LUMC): A load-lock-and-release model for the replicative helicase of Clostridium difficile
17.00 Closing Remarks & BORREL @ cantine ‘De Ontmoeting’- Volharding