FEMS 2013

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www.kenes.com/fems-microbiology

Call for Abstracts

Important dates: Deadline for Abstract Submission: February 11, 2013 Early Registration Deadline: April 15, 2013

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Welcome The 5th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS) will be held in the exciting city of Leipzig from July 21-25, 2013. FEMS brings together 46 member societies from 36 European countries, including over thirty thousand microbiologists. This important microbiology Congress will provide a stimulating forum for thousands of European and other international colleagues to appreciate the current state of the art in microbiology during numerous symposia and workshops led by prominent scientists in their field.

The meeting will be a chance to discuss solutions to future challenges and to provide topical coverage of key disciplines. Special attention will also be given to young scientists by providing an important number of grants allowing them to attend the congress.

Examples of key areas will be: • Biodiversity • Bioremediation • Biofilms in ecology and medicine • Clinical microbiology and pathogenesis • Eukaryotic microbes • Food microbiology • Microbial stress responses • Molecular microbiology and genomics • Veterinary microbiology • Virology I look forward to welcoming you to this exciting congress.

Hauke Harms

Congress Chairperson

Committees Congress Organizing Board Hauke Harms, Germany - Chairperson Gianfranco Donelli, Italy Roland Koerner, UK Per-Eric Lindgren, Sweden Bernhard Schink, Germany Jacques Schrenzel, Switzerland Hans Wolf, Germany

Program Committee Bernhard Schink, Germany - Chairperson Dieter Haas, Switzerland Hauke Harms, Germany Annele Hatakka, Finland Michael Hecker, Germany Jurgen Heesemann, Germany Urs Jenal, Switzerland Hans-Dieter Klenk, Germany Didier Mazel, France Jean-Claude Piffaretti, Switzerland

Grant Committee Vaso Taleski, Macedonia – Chairperson Jaroslav Spizek, Czech Republic

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Helge Holo, Norway

About FEMS FEMS is a Federation of European Microbiological Societies, with its main mission to advance and unify microbiology knowledge. FEMS brings together 46 member societies from 36 European countries, covering over thirty thousand microbiologists. Members can apply for research fellowships, visiting scientist grants, young scientist meeting grants and/or support when organizing a meeting.

These benefits are restricted to members only. FEMS facilitates exchange of scientific knowledge to all microbiologists in Europe and worldwide by publishing five microbiology journals.

For further information please visit: www.fems-microbiology.org

Support for Young Scientists The support of young scientists is one of the main activities of FEMS. We would like to encourage FEMS awardees to present their research. A number of travel scholarships will be available. Terms and conditions and an application form are available from the congress website.

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General Information Venue

Leipziger Messe GmbH Congress Center Leipzig Messe-Allee 1 Leipzig www.ccl-leipzig.de

Language The official language of the congress is English.

Continuing Medical Education An application will be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide accreditation by the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).

Climate The weather in Leipzig in July is mild with an average daytime temperature of 25째C. There is a chance of light rain so it is wise to carry an umbrella.

Clothing Clothing is informal for all occasions.

Personal Insurance We recommend that all participants take out personal travel and health insurance for their trip.

Letter of Invitation Participants requiring a formal letter of invitation to enable them to make their arrangements to participate in the congress may apply to the secretariat. Please note that this letter cannot be regarded as a commitment regarding scheduling or financial support from the organizers.

Exhibition A professional exhibition will be held concurrently with the congress. For details please contact: dwizen@kenes.com

Congress Organizers

1-3 Rue de Chantepoulet, PO Box 1726 CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 908 0488 Fax: +41 22 906 9140 E-mail: fems@kenes.com

Call for Abstracts Deadline for submission of abstracts: FEBRUARY 11, 2013 Abstracts should be submitted via the congress website: www.kenes.com/fems-microbiology Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and have the format: • Background • Objectives • Methods • Conclusions • References (if needed) There are three different types of abstract submission as follows:

1. Workshops Over the course of the congress there will be 20 workshops. Each workshop will consist of presentations by the two chairpersons and four presentations selected from submitted abstracts.

2. Special Poster Discussion Groups Special Poster Discussion Groups will be scheduled on selected highly topical issues. These sessions will offer young scientists a unique opportunity to present and discuss interim results of high importance.

3. Poster Presentations Throughout the congress there will be poster sessions scheduled covering all areas of microbiology addressed by this congress. Submissions marked Workshops or Special Poster Discussion Groups not accepted for either of these types will be considered for poster presentation.

Authors will be notified regarding abstract acceptance. Accepted abstracts will be published on a USB Memory Stick and distributed to participants onsite.

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Abstract Topics for Posters and Workshops 1. Antibiotic resistance and resistome 2. Antimicrobial resistance 3. Applied metagenomics 4. Bacterial biofilms 5. Bacterial pathotypes 6. Bacterial population genetics 7. Biotechnology and industrial microbiology 8. Cell biology and cell structures 9. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) 10. Computational microbiology 11. CRISPR-based immunity in prokaryotes

26. Microbial cell biology and cell structure 27. Microbial communities 28. Microbial evolution, phylogeny 29. Microbial pathogenicity 30. Microbial persistence and chronic infections 31. Microbial proteomics 32. Microbiology education 33. Microbiology of aquatic ecosystems 34. Mobile genetic elements 35. Molecular methods for diagnosis of infective agents 36. New antimicrobial mechanisms

12. Emerging diseases

37. New approaches to typing of bacteria

13. Environmental microbiology

38. New vaccine design

14. Extreme environments

39. Plant/microbes interactions

15. Food microbiology

40. Pollutant degradation: hidden microbial potential in nature to combat pollutants

16. Fungal development 17. General virology and bacteriophages 18. Global regulatory networks 19. High-throughput approaches 20. Interactions of bacteria with protozoans and macrophages 21. Intracellular survival 22. Metagenomics in the environment 23. Metagenomics of the human body 24. Metals and microbes 25. Microbes and alternative energy sources

41. Secondary metabolites and metabolomics 42. Secretion 43. Signalling 44. Small regulatory RNAs 45. Toxin / antitoxin: activities and functions 46. Vector-borne pathogens 47. Veterinary microbiology 48. Viral infections and host genetics …and any other exciting new topic

Registration Registration Fees (in EURO) Fees apply to payments received prior to the indicated deadlines and include 19% VAT. Early Fee Up to & including Monday, April 15, 2013

Late Fee From April 16, 2013 – July 15, 2013

Onsite Fee From July 16, 2013

Full Participant – Non Member

€ 550

€ 650

€ 700

Full Participant – Member

€ 500

€ 600

€ 650

Student / Fellow - Non Member*

€ 450

€ 500

€ 550

Student / Fellow - Member*

€ 400

€ 450

€ 500

Daily Rate

€ 300

€ 300

€ 350

*Students (including doctorate students)/Fellows: Must provide a copy of their student identification card and a letter from their head of department to support their application for a student rate.

The above fees include: • Participation in all scientific sessions • Congress publications • Access to the exhibition area • Invitation to the welcome reception • Lunches and coffee breaks

Accommodation As the official congress organizer, we have selected a range of accommodation options in Leipzig, with specially reduced rates for the benefit of participants.

For information please refer to the website: www.kenes.com/fems-microbiology

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Scientific Program (as at November 2012) The program is subject to change. Please visit the congress website for updates.

Keynote POLICY – SHOULD IT BE BASED ON FACT OR FICTION? Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser, European Commission

Plenary Speakers HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS - Harald zur Hausen, Germany THE MICROBES WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD - MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES OF THE CHANGING ARCTIC - Antje Boetius, Germany SYNTHETIC MICROBIOLOGY - Kristala Jones Prather, UK PLANT MICROBIOLOGY- Johan Leveau, USA

Symposia VIRAL-BACTERIAL COINFECTIONS Chairperson: Sören Molin, Denmark Speaker: Sabine Specht, Germany VIRAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION Chairpersons: Christian Drosten, Germany Albert Osterhaus, The Netherlands BACTERIAL/BACTERIAL COINFECTIONS Chairperson: Sven Bergström, Sweden VETERINARIAN MICROBIOLOGY/ANAPLASMA Chairperson: Snorre Stuen, Norway PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS Chairpersons: Eva Kondorosi, Hungary Ulla Bonas, Germany Speakers: Paola Bonfante, Italy Nick Talbot, UK MICROBIAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY Chairpersons: Annelie Wendeberg, Germany Antonis Chatzinotas, Germany Speakers: Nico Boon, Belgium Samuel Chaffron, Belgium

SINGLE-CELL TECHNIQUES IN MICROBIOLOGY Chairpersons: Andreas Schmid, Germany Michael Konopka, USA Speakers: Mikael Kubista, Czech Republic/Sweden Christopher Love, USA SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY Chairpersons: Oscar Kuipers, The Netherlands Eriko Takano, The Netherlands Speakers: György Pósfai, Hungary Victor de Lorenzo, Spain A PROTEOMICS VIEW AT PATHOGENICITY Chairpersons: Michael Hecker, Germany Eliora Ron, Israel Speakers: Ruedi Aebersold, Switzerland Gülay Özcengiz, Turkey LIFE OF PROTEINS FROM BIRTH TO DEATH Chairpersons: Uwe Völker, Germany Jan Maarten van Dijl, The Netherlands Speaker: Joerg Stülke, Germany

MICROBIAL TOXINS AND MODULATION OF HOST CELLULAR FACTORS Chairpersons: Steffen Backert, Ireland Peter Sebo, Czech Republic Speakers: Harald Genth, Germany Teresa Frisan, Sweden YEAST AND FOOD MICROBIOLOGY Chairpersons: Andriy Sibirny, Ukraine Isabel Sa-Correia, Portugal Speakers: Sylvie Dequin, France Gotthard Kunze, Germany MICROBIAL FOOD SAFETY: TRENDS IN TRACING AND MONITORING PATHOGENS Chairpersons: Jeffrey Hoorfar, Denmark Jordan Kieran, Ireland Speakers: Stefan Schwarz, Germany Albert Bosch, Spain ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE Chairpersons: Elisabeth Nagy, Hungary Patrice Nordmann, France Speakers: Akos Toth, Hungary Frederic Laurent, France REGULATION OF GENE UPTAKE/CRISPR Chairpersons: Wolf-Dieter Hardt, Switzerland Luciano Marraffini, USA Speakers: Emmanuelle Charpentier, Sweden Dagan Tal, Germany

STRUCTURE BIOLOGY OF BACTERIAL ADHESINS AND MOLECULAR MACHINES Chairpersons: Adrian Goldman, Finland Thomas C. Marlovits, Austria Speakers: Gabriel Waksman, UK James H. Naismith, UK METABOLISM MEETS VIRULENCE Chairpersons: Wolfgang Eisenreich, Germany Jay Hinton, UK Speakers: Matthias Horn, Austria Paul S. Cohen, USA SURVIVAL AND REPLICATION IN VACUOLES Chairpersons: Hubert Hilbi, Germany John Brumell, Canada Speakers: Dagmar Heuer, Germany Jean-Pierre Gorvel, France MICROBIOTA AND ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT Chairpersons: Dirk Haller, Germany Barbara Stecher, Germany Speakers: Martin J. Blaser, USA Eric G. Pamer, USA WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM FUNGAL GENOMES (BASIDIOMYCETES, ASCOMYCETES) Chairpersons: Angel T. Martinez, Spain David Hibbet, USA

EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION Chairpersons: Dominique Schneider, France Olivier Tenaillon, France Speakers: Isabel Gordo, Portugal Csaba Pรกl, Hungary

CELL DIFFERENTIATION INCL. CYTOSKELETON Chairpersons: Patrick Viollier, Switzerland Martin Thanbichler, Germany Speakers: Daniel Kearns, USA Nora Ausmees, Sweden

PROTEIN FOLDING AND SECRETION IN PROKARYOTES Chairpersons: Axel Mogk, Germany Peter van Ulsen, The Netherlands Speakers: John J. Mekalanos, USA Gabriel Waksman, UK

SIGNALLING Chairpersons: Kirsten Jung, Germany Karina Xavier, Portugal Speakers: Alan Wolfe, USA Chris Waters, USA

NOVEL BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS Chairpersons: Stefano Donadio, Italy Rolf Mueller, Germany GEOMICROBIOLOGY Chairpersons: Lars Peter Nielsen, Denmark Ulrich Stingl, Saudi Arabia SOIL METAGENOMICS Chairperson: Jan Dirk van Elsas, The Netherlands SMALL REGULATORY RNAs Chairpersons: Gerhart Wagner, Sweden Carin Vanderpool, USA Speakers: Elisabeth Sonnleitner, Austria Wolfgang Hess, Germany PALEOVIROLOGY - ENDOGENOUS VIRUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ANCIENT VIRAL INFECTIONS Chairpersons: Cedric Feschotte, USA Harmit Malik, USA Speakers: Aris Katzourakis, UK Anne Dupressoir, France INNATE IMMUNITY Chairpersons: Andreas Diefenbach, Germany Mathias Hornef, Germany Speakers: Felix Randow, UK Manolis Pasparakis, Germany

Workshops BACTERIAL STORAGE MATERIAL (PHA, SULFUR, POLYPHOSPHATES) Chairpersons: Christiane Dahl, Germany Jasmina Nikodinovic, Serbia UNUSUAL ARCHAEA Chairpersons: Robert Gunsalus, USA Elisaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaia, Russia MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Chairpersons: Shimshon Belkin, Israel Birgit Sattler, Austria BIOCHEMISTRY OF ANAEROBES Chairperson: Matthias Boll, Germany

NEW PERSPECTIVES IN BIOENERGY Chairperson: Liisa Viikari, Finland MODELLING MICROBIAL POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES Chairperson: Jan Kreft, UK MICROBE-INSECT INTERACTIONS Chairpersons: Andreas Brune, Germany Martin Kaltenpoth, Germany BIOFILMS Chairpersons: Inigo Lasa, Spain Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Denmark BACTERIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION Chairpersons: Dirk Schüler, Germany Enrique Flores, Spain BACTERIAL TOXINS AND MODULINS Chairpersons: Klaus Aktories, Germany Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, USA REAL-TIME BIOIMAGING IN BACTERIAL PERSISTENCE AND INTRACELLULAR SURVIVAL Chairpersons: Kenn Gerdes, UK Jan Rupp, Germany UNCONVENTIONAL ANTIINFECTIVA: ECO-EVO DRUGS, VIRULENCE BLOCKERS Chairperson: Fernando Baquero, Spain MICROBIAL ENZYMES FOR POLYMER MODIFICATION Chairpersons: Wolfgang Zimmermann, Germany Georg Guebitz, Austria

Special Events Round Table: THE ‘DUAL USE’ PROBLEM IN MICROBIOLOGY Chairperson: Jean-Claude Piffaretti, Switzerland EDUCATION IN MICROBIOLOGY Chairperson: Joanna Verran, UK CHANCES AND LIMITS OF ‘BIOENERGY’ Chairperson: Bernhard Schink, Germany

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