Wednesday 6th October, 2010
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2:30pm
| Registration
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Welcome Address
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5:00pm
| Julian Rood | Welcome and Introduction
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Plenary Session One
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5:15pm
| Carlton Gyles, University of Guelph
| The Problem of Relevance in Pathogenesis Research
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| 6:15pm | Welcome Reception at Venue
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Thursday 7th October, 2010
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Session Two: Animal Diseases
Chairperson: Rob Moore
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8:30am
| Glenn Songer, Iowa State University
| Clostridia in swine enteric disease: always sophisticated, often brutal
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9:00am
| Francisco Uzal, University of California-Davis | Clostridium perfringens type C and Clostridium difficile combined enter-typhlocolitis in foals
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9:20am
| Joanne Platell, University of Queensland
| Cross-over of fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQr) extra-intestinal Escherichia coli isolates from dogs and humans in Australia
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9:50am
| Tea/Coffee Break
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Session Three: Genomics and molecular epidemiology
Chairperson: Ben Adler
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10:20am
| Lisa Nolan, Iowa State University | Exploring ExPEC virulence, evolution, and host specificity using pathogenomic approaches
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10:50am
| Glyn Hewinson, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK
| Genome downsizing and metabolic remodelling in Mycobacterium bovis
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11:20am
| Victor Gannon, Public Health Agency of Canada
| Analysis of the core and accessory genome of bacterial pathogens
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11:40am
| Lea Indjein, University of Queensland
| Molecular comparisons of Campylobacter fetus venerealis isolates from Australian cattle to identify virulent strains
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12:00pm
| Lida Omaleki, University of Melbourne
| Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic diversity of Mannheimia glucosida strains associated with ovine mastitis in Australia
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| 12:20pm | Lunch Break - at venue |
Session Four: Host- pathogens interactions I
Chairperson: Judy Stabel
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2:00pm
| Gadi Frankel, Imperial College London | Interaction of pathogenic E. coli with plant and mammalian cells |
2:30pm
| Thomas Hannon, Washington University School of Medicine
| Early severe lymphocyte-dependent inflammatory responses to uropathogenic E. coli predispose to chronic and recurrent urinary tract infection
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2:50pm
| Bernhard Kaltenboeck, Auburn University
| The rate of apoptosis of CD4+ cells regulates immunoprotection from chlamydial infection and disease
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3:20pm
| Thomas Inzana, Virginia Tech
| The contribution of Histophilus somni (Haemophilus somnus) lipooligosaccharide to bacterial virulence andhost interactions |
| 3:40pm | Albert Haas, University of Bonn
| Rhodococcus equi - how to reprogram phagosome trafficking in macrophages
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4:00pm
| Poster Display 1- at venue
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6:00pm
| Free Evening
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Friday 8th October, 2010
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Session Five: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis
Chairperson: Lisa Nolan
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8:30am
| John Prescott, University of Guelph
| Backing both horses: Rhodococcus equi as a macrophage pathogen and soil organism
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9:00am
| Glenn Browning, University of Melbourne
| Pathogenesis of mycoplasmas |
9:30am
| John Boyce, Monash University
| Role of the Burkholderia pseudomallei type III secretion system cluster 3 (TTSS3) in intracellular survival, escape from host autophagy and virulence
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9:50am
| Charles Dozois, INRS
| The secretion, but not the synthesis, of catecholate siderophores contributes to the virulence of avian extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli
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10:10am
| Josee Harel, University of Montreal
| Increased Pho regulon activation correlates with decreased virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli
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10:30am
| Tea / Coffee Break
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Session Six: Extracellular pathogens and toxins 1
Chairperson: Glenn Songer
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11:00am
| Bruce McClane , University of Pittsburgh
| New insights into the pathogenesis of Clostridium perfringens type B-D infections
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| 11:30am | Horst Posthau, University of Bern | Role of beta-toxin in the pathogenesis of C. perfringens infections in man and pigs
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11:50am
| Joachim Frey, University of Bern
| The determinative role of RTX toxins in host specificity of Pasteruellaceae pathogens
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12:20pm
| Anders Bojesen, University of Copenhagen
| Distribution, expression and secretion of the RTX-toxin GtxA among members of the genus Gallibacterium
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12:40pm
| Marina Harper, Monash Univeristy
| Natural selection in the chicken host identifies Kdo kinase residues essential for phosphorylation of Pasteurella multocida LPS
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1:00pm
| Lunch Break - at venue |
Session Seven: Extracellular pathogens and toxins 2
Chairperson: John Prescott
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2:00pm
| Julian Rood, Monash University
| Structural and functional analysis of the extracellular proteases of Dichelobacter nodosus, the causative agent of ovine footrot
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2:30pm
| Ruth Kennan, Monash University
| A two-component system modulates twitching motility in Dichelobacter nodosus
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2:50pm
| David Hampson, Murdoch University
| Plasmid-encoded genes involved with the rhamnose biosynthetic pathway (rfb genes) and/or glycosylation contribute to virulence in Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
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3:10pm
| John Timoney, University of Kentucky
| Now you see it, now you don't: regulation of capsule and protein expression in Streptococcus zooepidemicus
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3:30pm
| Poster Display 2
Tea / Coffee Break and cash bar
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7:00pm
| Conference Dinner (Offsite Venue)
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Saturday 9th October, 2010
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Session Eight: Host-Pathogen Interactions 2
Chairperson: Joachim Frey |
8:30am
| Judy Stabel, USDA
| Cellular Interactions in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection
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9:00am
| Ben Adler, Monash University
| Pathogenesis of leptospirosis: the influence of genomics
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9:30am
| Ruth Raspoet, Ghent University
| Multidrug efflux pumps confer resistance of Salmonella Enteritidis to egg white by the export of antimicrobial components through the tolC outer membrane channel
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9:50am
| Reda Tarabees, University of Nottingham
| The role of nitric oxide in LPS-induced muscle wasting in C2C12 murine myotubes
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10:10am
| Ragnhild Bager,University of Copenhagen
| Gallibacterium anatis does not require expression of a capsule to cause lesions and mortality in intraperitoneally infected chickens
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10:30am
| Tea / Coffee Break
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Session Nine: Host Responses
Chairperson: Gadi Frankel
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11:00am
| Henk Haagsman
| Host defence peptides of farm animals: functions and applications
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11:30am
| James Whisstock, Monash University
| Evolution of immune defense by perforin and the terminal portions of complement
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12:00pm
| Richard Isaacson, University of Minnesota
| Alteration of the pig distal gut microbiota by tylosin as an antibiotic growth promoter
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1:00pm
| Lunch Break - at venue
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Session Ten: Vaccines 1
Chairperson: Laura Serino
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1:20pm
| Hiroshi Kiyono, University of Tokyo
| New prospects on the aerodigestive immunity for mucosal vaccine development |
| 1:50pm | Rob Moore, CSIRO Livestock Industries
| Clostridium perfringens vaccines to protect against necrotic enteritis
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2:20pm
| Ramie Begum, Assam University
| Development and evaluation of gamma irradiated toxoid vaccine of Salmonella enterica var Typhimurium
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Session Eleven: Vaccines 2
Chairperson: Carlton Gyles
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3:10pm
| Altayeb Elazomi, University of Nottingham
| Colonisation of the chicken intestine by Salmonella Enteritidis: analysis of in vivo proteins and potential for vaccination
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3:30pm
| Abdulgader Alfitouri, University Nottingham
| Transcriptional analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis P4 colonisation in the chicken
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3:50pm
| Sezer Okay, Middle East Technical
| Development of new vaccine strategies against Pasteurella multocida
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4:10pm
| Laura Serino, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
| Progress towards a vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli
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4:40pm
| Concluding Discussions
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5:00pm
| Farewell Reception |
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