Supported by	BAM & Mycology Program (Tentative) Bacteriology Bacteriology Genome Dynamics in Bacteria 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room D Convener: Ichizo Kobayashi Japan Uri Gophna Israel Evolutionary genome dynamics revealed by comparison of Japanese and other Helicobacter pylori complete genomes   Ichizo Kobayashi Japan Barriers to horizontal gene transfer and how they are overcome Uri Gophna Israel From Circular (Prokaryotic) genome to Linear (Eukaryotic) one Takashi Horiuchi Japan Evolutionary genome engineering Yoko Asakura Japan Bacterial Gene Regulatory System 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room D Convener: Carol Gross USA Toru Tobe Japan Stress-induced modulation of transcript stability in Escherichia coli Eliora Z. Ron Israel Sensing intestinal environment for regulation of virulence expression by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Toru Tobe Japan Regulatory interactions of genes encoding protein secretion systems in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Sunao Iyoda Japan Discovery of small RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus reveals RsaE, a riboregulator of metabolism Philippe Bouloc France Using systems approaches to dissect central bacterial cellular processes Carol Gross USA Bacterial Structure 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room E Convener: Hironori Niki Japan Simultaneous defects of a bacterial actin-like protein MreB and a penicillin-binding protein PBP1B cause cell lysis in Escherichia coli Masaaki Wachi Japan Geometrical Changes in Cell Shape between Rod and Round in Bacteria Hironori Niki Japan Molecular mechanism underlying MinE-induced membrane deformation Yu-Ling Shih Taiwan Mechanism of force generation by bacterial division machinery-FtsZ ring. Masaki Osawa USA Plant Bacteria 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room E Convener: Yasufumi Hikichi Japan   Andres R. Cernadas USA Introduction: Recent Advances of Plant-Bacteria Interactions Yasufumi Hikichi Japan Molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenicity of phytoplasma Kenro Ohshima Japan Gene regulatory network in the early stage of Ralstonia solanacearum infection Kouhei Ohnishi Japan Role of flagellum and pilus in motility and virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci   Yuki Ichinose Japan Genetic reprogramming of rice by the many TAL effectors of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola Andres R. Cernadas USA Adhesion, Flagella and Chemoreceptor 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room F Convener: Ikuro Kawagishi Japan Bernt Eric Uhlin Sweden Mechanisms of ligand recognition by bacterial chemoreceptors Ikuro Kawagishi Japan Expression of adhesion by extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli Bernt Eric Uhlin Sweden An Infrequent Molecular Ruler Controls Flagellar Hook Length in Salmonella enterica   Kelly T. Hughes Switzerland Current Topics of Zoonoses 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room F Convener: Naoaki Misawa Japan Jacques G. Mainil Belgium Animal and Companion-animal derived Emerging Zoonotic Diseases Yong Ho Park Korea, South Identification and typing of Helicobacter cinaedi strains isolated from humans and animals by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry Naoaki Misawa Japan Epidemiology of Q fever in animals and humans in the 21st century Jacques G. Mainil Belgium Zoonotic and Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes: Acid Tolerance and Infection Weihuan Fang China Bacterial Protein Transport 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room D Convener: Sun N. Wai Sweden Ariel J. Blocker UK Structure, function and regulation of bacterial Sec machinery Koreaki Ito Japan Outer membrane vesicles-mediated release of protein from pathogenic bacteria Sun N. Wai Sweden Structural insight into the molecular mechanism of the bacterial flagellar type III secretion system and its evolutionary relation to F1-ATPase. Katsumi Imada Japan A conformational change in the Shigella type III secretion system (T3SS) needle tip complex (TC) initiate activation of secretion Ariel J. Blocker UK Toxins/Effectors and Structure Biology 7 September 14:00-16:00 Room D Convener: Yasuhiko Horiguchi Japan Feng Shao China Structure and activity of receptor binding domain of Clostridium botulinum D/C mosaic neurotoxin Kentaro Tsukamoto Japan The pore-forming mechanism of Clostiridium perfringens enterotoxin targeting claudins, components of the tight junction Yasuhiko Horiguchi Japan Hijacking host signal transduction system by bacterial virulence factors Feng Shao China Biogenesis and cytotoxicity of a polyketide-peptide genotoxin Eric Oswald France Toxins/Effectors and Cell Signaling 7 September 16:30-18:30 Room D Convener: Yukako Fujinaga Japan Elizabeth L. Hartland Australia Mechanisms underlying intestinal absorption of botulinum toxin complex Yukako Fujinaga Japan Characterization of Subtilase cytotoxin-induced apoptotic signaling pathway in HeLa cells. Kinnosuke Yahiro Japan EPEC/EHEC and Salmonella: infection by stealth Elizabeth L. Hartland Australia Type III secretion systems in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Tetsuya Iida Japan Probiotics 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room E Convener: Ryuichiro Tanaka Japan Yuan Kun Lee Shingapore Intestinal lumen water, dietary derived metabolites and colonization of intestinal microbiota Yuan Kun Lee Shingapore Eco-Systems Biology of Gut Microbiota for Disease Prevention Liping Zhao China Perinatal-Neonatal Microbiota Colonization Attenuate Inflammatory Disease Programming. Hung-Chih Lin Taiwan Prevention of infections by probiotics and the possible action mechanisms Koji Nomoto Japan Probiotics within the framework of the hologenome concept Eugene Rosenberg Israel Fate of Intracellular Bacteria 7 September 14:00-16:00 Room E Convener: Tomoko Yamamoto Japan Trinad Chakraborty Germany Novel Salmonella effectors capable of activating caspase-8 in macrophages, leading to induction of a pro-inflammatory response Tomoko Yamamoto Japan Targeting of Salmonella typhimurium by the autophagy system in host cells. John Brumell Canada Cell-autonomous host defense systems limiting intracellular growth of Listeria monocytogenes Trinad Chakraborty Germany Cytosolic sensing of bacterial pathogens Daniel Portnoy USA Model System for Bacterial Infections 7 September 16:30-18:30 Room E Convener: Bok L. Lee Korea, South Kazuhisa Sekimizu Japan Use of Silkworm Infection Model for Screening of Therapeutically Effective Antibiotics Kazuhisa Sekimizu Japan Genetic analysis of host-pathogen interaction in Drosophila Yosinobu Nakanishi Japan Fruit fly as model for mechanical vectors of pathogenic bacteria species Hirotaka Kanuka Japan Determination of molecular recognition and regulatory mechanisms of innate immune responses toward pathogenic bacteria infection in insect Bok L. Lee Korea, South Legionella (JSB Workshop) 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room F Convener: Hiroki Nagai Japan Zhao Qing Luo USA Body color change induced by a Rickettsiella symbiont Tsutomu Tsuchida Japan Type IVB secretion systems of Legionella and related bacteria. Hiroki Nagai Japan Maintaining a balanced attack in Legionella infection: Help from neighboring genes Zhao Qing Luo USA Communication and trafficking of Legionella pneumophila Hubert Hilbi Germany Biology and Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma 7 September 14:00-16:00 Room F Convener: Ken-ichiro Shibata Japan Ran Nir-paz Israel Effects of mycoplasma cells and lipopeptides on the in vivo growth of tumor in mice Ken-ichiro Shibata Japan A novel biomotility, Mycoplasma gliding Makoto Miyata Japan Pathogenesis of neurologic manifestations by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Mitsuo Narita Japan Cytoadherence-dependent Induction of Inflammatory Responses by Mycoplasma pneumoniae Takashi Shimizu Japan Mycoplasma pneumoniae: can promoting immunity help prevent disease in an era of increasing macrolide resistance? Ran Nir-paz Israel EPEC / EHEC (JSB Workshop) 7 September 16:30-18:30 Room F Convener: Jun Terajima Japan Ilan Rosenshine Israel Molecular Epidemiological Investigation of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Isolates in Japan Jun Terajima Japan Molecular analysis of a Escherichia coli O157:H7 clone causing a major outbreak in China in 1999 Jianguo Xu China Infection with enteropathogenic E. coli is a matter of life and death for<br>cells Gadi Frankel UK Actin pedestal formation by AE pathogens promotes systemic Shigatoxin-mediated disease John Leong USA Perturbation of the host inflammatory response by AE pathogens Ilan Rosenshine Israel Japanese Society for Bacteriology General Assembly (JSB) 8 September 14:00-15:30 Room A Japanese Society for Bacteriology Asakawa Award Lecture (JSB) 8 September 15:30-16:30 Room A Bacterial Stress Responses 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room D Convener: Yoshinori Akiyama Japan Thomas Wiegert Germany Function and regulation of RseP, the S2P family intramembrane protease of E. coli Yoshinori Akiyama Japan Intracellular oxidative stress and &sigma;E-directed cell lysis Mamoru Yamada Japan Regulated intramembrane proteolysis in the ECF sigma factor mediated <br>envelope stress response in Bacillus subtilis Thomas Wiegert Germany Structural interpretation of bacterial stress responses Kyeong Kyu Kim Korea, South Bacteria and Immune Responses 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room E Convener: Akio Nakane Japan Toshihiko Suzuki Japan The role of virulence determinants of intracellular parasitic bacteria for the cytokine response in infected macrophages Masao Mitsuyama Japan Bacterial infection and inflammasome activation mediated by Nod-like receptors Toshihiko Suzuki Japan Role PI3K-Akt-mTORC1 axis on Th17 differentiation during Helicobacter pylori infection Shigenori Nagai Japan Signaling mechanism of Toll-like receptors (TLRs)-mediated phagocytosis of bacteria Bao-Xue Ge China H. Pylori (JSB Workshop) 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room F Convener: Yoshio Yamaoka Japan Rainer Haas Germany Pathophysiological role of Helicobacter pylori γ -glutamyltranspeptidase and asparaginase Keigo Shibayama Japan Roles of virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori: OipA and DupA Yoshio Yamaoka Japan DNA transfer and the role of Type IV secretion systems in H. pylori Rainer Haas Germany Control of host cell responses by Helicobacter pylori infection Hitomi Mimuro Japan Anti-Bacterial Agents 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room H Convener: Kiyotaka Nishikawa Japan   Shinichiro Kurosawa USA Peptide-based neutralizers of Shiga toxin Kiyotaka Nishikawa Japan Rescue of Animals From Lethal Shiga Toxin Type-2 With A Novel Cell-permeable Peptide Shinichiro Kurosawa USA Natural products from spice can be alternative therapeutic agents for cholera Shinji Yamasaki Japan Selection and regulation of intestinal microbiota by Paneth cel α-defensins Tokiyoshi Ayabe Japan Bacterial Evasion from Innate Defense 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room K Convener: Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama Japan Functional analysis of a stealth effector, BopN, in Bordetella Akio Abe Japan Role of IL-17-producing gamma / delta T cells in granuloma formation of mycobacteria-infected lung Goro Matsuzaki Japan Autophagy and bacterial infection Michinaga Ogawa Japan Immune responses of lamina propria dendritic cells in enterobacetrial infection Satoshi Uematsu Japan The Pathogenicity of Clostridium and Enterococcus 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room E Convener: Yasuyoshi Ike Japan Keiji Oguma Japan Novel Bacteriocins of Enterococcus Clinical Isolates Yasuyoshi Ike Japan Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci in Mainland China Bo Zheng China Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Japan Haru Kato Japan Medical application of Clostridial toxins; 1) Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin Keiji Oguma Japan Medical application of Clostridial toxins; 2) Collagenases Osamu Matsushita Japan Staphylo -Streptococcus Diseases 9 September 16:30-18:30 Room E Convener: Motoyuki Sugai Japan   Ichiro Nakagawa Japan Skip, a versatile cell wall protein of S. aureus causing severe skin diseases Motoyuki Sugai Japan Commensal bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis serine protease Esp eliminates Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization via biofilm destruction Yoshimitsu Mizunoe Japan Interaction and Regulation of Autophagy against Invading Group A Streptococcus Ichiro Nakagawa Japan Quorum sensing in Streptococci: From self eating to Flesh eating Emanuel Hanski Israel Molecular Epidemiology of Drug Resistant Bacteria 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room D Convener: Yoshichika Arakawa Japan Yohei Doi USA Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Yohei Doi USA Antimicrobial resistant Gram-negative bacteria in Korea Yeon-Joon Park Korea, South The changing face of community-acquired drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections Lee W. Riley USA Molecular epidemiology of drug resistant bacteria in Japan   Satowa Suzuki Japan Bacterial Genome Diversity 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room E Convener: Tetsuya Hayashi Japan Species-specific strategy of genome diversification in genus streptococci via prophage acquisition and its defense system Fumito Maruyama Japan Mechanisms for the parallel evolution of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and the genome diversification among O157 EHEC strains Tetsuya Hayashi Japan Genome diversity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli: implications for bacterial adaptation Ulrich Dobrindt Germany Periodontal Bacteriology 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room E Convener: Koji Nakayama Japan George Hajishengallis USA A recent advance on the fimbrial morphogenesis of Porphyromonas gingivalis Fuminobu Yoshimura Japan A novel protein secretion system, Por secretion system in periodontal pathogens Koji Nakayama Japan Outer membrane vesicles function as offensive weapons of Porphyromonas gingivalis Atsuo Amano Japan P. gingivalis and exploitation of complement-TLR crosstalk George Hajishengallis USA Intracellular Bacteria and Cell Response 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room F Convener: Chihiro Sasakawa Japan Why neutrophils cannot kill Anaplasma phagocytophilum ? Yasuko Rikihisa USA Pathogenic and environmental chlamydiae, as symbionts in eukaryotes Hiroyuki Yamaguchi Japan Exploitation of Host Ubiquitination: Bacterial E3 Ubiquitin Ligases Daoguo Zhou USA Intracellular Parasitic Microbes: Rickettsiosis and Chlamydiosis (JSB Workshop) 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room F Convener: Norio Ohashi Japan Hideto Fukushi Japan Rickettsiales bacteria in Japan Norio Ohashi Japan Molecular mechanism of intracellular invasion by Orientia tsutsugamushi Nam-Hyuk Cho Korea, South Genomic analysis, epizootiology and molecular diagnosis of zoonotic Chlamydia infection Hideto Fukushi Japan Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae infection modulates host cell functions   Yoshimasa Yamamoto Japan ROS Signaling in Host-Bacteria Stress Responses 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room H Convener: Takaaki Akaike Japan Massimo Delledonne Italy The Nox family NADPH oxidases involved in host defense and signal transduction Hideki Sumimoto Japan Antimicrobial Cell Signaling Mediated by Nitrated Cyclic Nucleotide Takaaki Akaike Japan Carbon Monoxide and CO-Releasing Molecules (CO-RMs) as Antimicrobial Agents: Anti-Oxidants, Pro-Oxidants or Respiratory Inhibitors? Robert Poole UK Molecular signaling in rice innate immunity Ko Shimamoto Japan Nitric oxide signaling functions in plant-pathogen interactions Massimo Delledonne Italy Prokaryotic Macromolecular Assemblies 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room H Convener: Miguel Vicente Spain Charles J. Dorman Ireland GLOBAL REGULATION OF TRANSCRRIPTION IN E. COLI BY NUCLEOID ASSOCIATED PROTEINS Stephen J. W. Busby UK H-NS and the Global Control of Bacterial Gene Expression Charles J. Dorman Ireland Repair by Homologous Recombination at a Single DNA Double-Strand Break in the E. coli Chromosome. Isolating the Intermediates and Visualising the Events in Live Cells David RF Leach UK Assembly, stability and construction of bacterial divisomes: Oscillatory behaviour of the septation site placement machinery MinCDE in the absence of nucleoid. Miguel Vicente Spain Parasitology Postgenome Approach for Parasitology 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room J Convener: Shin-ichiro Kawazu Japan Chihiro Sugimoto Japan Stable transfection of Babesia bovis with the WR99210/dhfr selection system Shin-ichiro Kawazu Japan Postgenome analysis provides insights into the genome structure of the protozoan parasite Eimeria tenella Kiew-Lian Wan Malaysia Genome resequence analysis of Theileria parva; Generation of genome-wide high-resolution SNP markers and demonstration of frequent recombination between strains Chihiro Sugimoto Japan Comparative transcriptomics among tachyzoites, bradyzoites and sporozoites of Toxoplasma gondii using massive parallel sequencing method Junya Yamagishi Japan Metagenomic analysis for unveiling of microbial diversities within tick guts Takashi Abe Japan Avian haemoprotozoa: application of the genomics to the filed surveillance Yukita Sato Japan Drug Development against Parasitic Diseases 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room J Convener: Kiyoshi Kita Japan Ascofuranone, a specific and potent inhibitor of alternative oxidase of Trypanosoma brucei Kiyoshi Kita Japan Structure based design and development of inhibitors with high specificity and inhibitory activity against mitochondrial rhodoquinol-fumarate reductase from the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum Shigeharu Harada Japan New antimalarial drug development research- current status of endoperoxide Yusuke Wataya Japan Development of New Medicines for Neglected Diseases   Isabela Ribeiro Brazil Diversification and Evolution of Protozoan Organelles 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room J Convener: Tomoyoshi Nozaki Japan Andrew Roger Canada Diversity in mitochondrion-related organelles in anaerobic protists; investigating evolutionary patterns and processes. Andrew Roger Canada The Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosome proteome Petrus Tang Taiwan A novel import machinery of the highly divergent mitochondrion-related organelle from the anaerobic parasitic protist Entamoeba histolytica. Tomoyoshi Nozaki Japan Novel respiratory chains of mitochondria in parasitic protozoa essential for their survival Kiyoshi Kita Japan Identification of a unique mitochondrial DNA polymerase in Plasmodium falciparum Narie Sasaki Japan Biology of Malaria 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room J Convener: Osamu Kaneko Japan   Makoto Hirai Japan PEXEL-independent exportation of Plasmodium falciparum proteins into the parasite-infected red blood cell and Maurer's clefts Osamu Kaneko Japan Functional characterisation of the Plasmodium centromere and generation of a Plasmodium Artificial Chromosome Shiroh Iwanaga Japan Male fertility of malaria parasite is determined by GCS1, a plant-type reproduction factor Makoto Hirai Japan Epigenetic mechanisms underlying antigenic variation by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Kirk W. Deitsch USA The adhesion receptors of P. vivax-infected red cells Kesinee Chotivanich Thailand What Makes Worms Parasitic ? - Understanding the Molecular Basis for Parasitism 9 September 16:30-18:30 Room J Convener: Hirotaka Kanuka Japan Haruhiko Maruyama Japan Genome and transcriptome analysis of Strongyloides venezuelensis,<br>an intestinal nematode of rats Haruhiko Maruyama Japan Parasitic utilisation of a common plant signaling pathway by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla Derek Goto Japan Origin of novel protein-coding genes with similar signal sequence in Schistosoma japonicum Kenji Hirayama Japan Systems biological analyses on Schistosoma japonicum: new insights into molecular basis for parasitism Ze-Guang Han China What makes worms parasitic? : understanding the molecular basis of parasitism. Mark Viney UK Evolution of Parasitism: The Origin and Diversification 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room J Convener: Takeshi Nara Japan Martin Embley UK Tsukubamonas globosa is a deep-branching lineage in the Discoba clade: Morphology, phylogenomics, and mitochondrial genome. Yuji Inagaki Japan Unique evolution of nucleotide biosynthesis genes in parasitic protists   Takeshi Nara Japan Evolution of the genomes and organelles of obligate intracellular microsporidian parasites Nobuko Arisue Japan Inducible nuclear translocation of two Myb-like transcription factors in Trichomonas vaginalis Jung-Hsiang Tai Taiwan Evolution of the genomes and organelles of obligate intracellular microsporidian parasites Martin Embley UK Unique Metabolic Pathway of Parasites 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room J Convener: Kisaburo Nagamune Japan Vern B. Carruthers USA Encystation of Acanthamoeba is regulated by reactive oxygen species Hong Yeonchul Korea, South Novel receptor family proteins mediate transport of lysosomal enzymes in the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica Kumiko Tsukui Japan Trans-splicing of split introns is required for the expressions of indispensable genes in Giardia intestinalis Ryoma Kamikawa Japan Plant hormone cytokinins: Elucidating the role in Toxoplasma gondii Kisaburo Nagamune Japan Specificity of lipid metabolism between Toxoplasma infection and mammalian cells Yoshifumi Nishikawa Japan Hijacking of Host Cytosolic Proteins by Toxoplasma gondii Vern B. Carruthers USA Immune Evasion by Parasites 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room J Convener: Hajime Hisaeda Japan Kenji Nakanishi Japan Immune evasion and protective immunity during malaria Hajime Hisaeda Japan Targeted Disruption of an ATF6beta-Dependent Host Type I Immunity by a Toxoplasma Virulence Effector ROP18 Masahiro Yamamoto Japan Suppressive effects of crude extract of Caenorhabditis elegans on asthma in a murine model Min-Ho Choi Korea, South Activation of innate immunity through a new signaling pathway and suppression of immune responses via induction of IL-10 production during Leishmania major infection Hiroki Yoshida Japan Mechanisms of IL-4Ralpha-mediated immunity against intestinal helminthic parasites. Fred D. Finkelman USA IL-33 mediated expulsion of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Strongyloides venezuelensis. Kenji Nakanishi Japan Food Microbiology Recent Advances in Method and Theory in Food Microbiology (1) 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room H Convener: Bon Kimura Japan Wilhelm Holzapfel Germany Lactobacilli and their interactions in the gastro-intestinal tract Wilhelm Holzapfel Germany Advances in risk management for solving global food safety challenges Martin Cole Australia Probiotics and prebiotics in poultry feeding: a strategy to reduce Campylobacter jejuni. Bruno Biavati Italy Recent Advances in Method and Theory in Food Microbiology (2) 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room H Convener: Wilhelm Holzapfel Germany Bon Kimura Japan Outbreaks of Foodborne Illness Associated with Dry Foods: An Increasing Concern Larry R. Beuchat USA Receptor Diversity and phase-variable resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium against Bacteriophages Sangryeol Ryu Korea, South Recent trend of food borne diseases in Japan Shigeki Yamamoto Japan Infectious Disease Antibiotic Resistant Organisms: Pediatrician's Perspective 9 September 13:00-14:00 Room H Convener: Kazunobu Ouchi Japan Antimicrobial Resistance of Community Acquired Pathogens in Pediatric Field Satoshi Iwata Japan Topics in Food-borne Diseases 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room C Convener: Haruo Watanabe Japan Guillain-Barre Syndrome subsequent to Campylobacter jejuni enteritis: The First Proof of Molecular Mimicry in Autoimmune Disease Nobuhiro Yuki Singapore New parasitic food borne diseases in Japan Takahiro Ohnishi Japan Norovirus as gastrointestinal flu Kazuhiko Katayama Japan Threat of Community -Acquired Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens 9 September 16:30-18:30 Room C Convener: Tatsuo Yamamoto Japan David M. Livermore UK Introduction & Welcome Tatsuo Yamamoto Japan The threat of community-acquired antibiotic resistant pathogens Tse H. Koh Singapore ESBL producers in community-acquired infection David M. Livermore UK Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) as an emerging threat Tatsuo Yamamoto Japan Current situation of antimicrobial resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Japan Muneki Hotomi Japan Wrap-up: panel discussion David M. Livermore UK Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room D Convener: Kazunori Oishi Japan   Heiman Wertheim Vietnam Role of Apoptotic Platelet Clearance in Thrombocytopenia in Dengue, a Reemerging Infectious Disease Kazunori Oishi Japan Immune correlates of protection and pathology in Chikungunya   Lisa Ng Fong Poh Singapore Emerging and de-emerging Infectious Diseases in food microbiology. Impact of environmental factors and food technology. Niels Skovgaard Denmark Streptococcus suis, an emerging human pathogen Heiman Wertheim Vietnam Antibiotic Choice in an Era of Multi-Resistance 10 September 11:00-12:00 Room H Convener: Koichi Izumikawa Japan Choosing an antibiotic in an era of multiresistance David M Livermore UK Applied Microbiology Applied Microbiology Antimicrobial Peptides: Insight and Foresight for New Paradigm 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room G Convener: Kenji Sonomoto Japan Paul Cotter Ireland Discovery and characterization of novel bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria Takeshi Zendo Japan Approaches to identifying new and better antimicrobial peptides Paul Cotter Ireland Bacteriocins linked to nanofibers offer an alternative to drug delivery Leon M. T. Dicks South Africa Microbial toxins cleaving specific tRNAs; target recognition, reaction and cellular effects. Haruhiko Masaki Japan Ecological Diversity of Acetic Acid Bacteria aiming at the Future Applications 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room G Convener: Gunjana Theeragool Thailand Kazunobu Matsushita Japan Adaptive Evolution of Acetic Acid Bacteria and In Vitro Adaptation for the Application Kazunobu Matsushita Japan Acetic acid bacteria as plant growth-promoters Raúl O. Pedraza Argentina Acetic Acid Bacteria: Newly Emerging Symbionts of Insects and their Biotechnological Potential Kostas Bourtzis Greece Microbiological Analyses on Traditional Artisan Amber Rice Vinegar (Kome-Kurozu) Making Masaharu Ishii Japan Towards Rapid and Reliable Methods for Microbial Cell Detection 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room H Convener: Hideaki Matsuoka Japan Struggles towards rapid, reliable, and reasonable methods Hideaki Matsuoka Japan Control and Management of Microbial Contamination in Food products: International tendency Yong Ho Park Korea, South BioBall: Precise microbiological reference materials and applications that benefit from very accurate quantitative microbiological standards David C Myatt Australia The Implementation of Food Safety Systems in Thailand Suwimon Keeratipibul Thailand Short comments and focusing discussion: Significance of cell injury in the detection and enumeration of viable microorganisms Tetsuaki Tsuchido Japan New Trends in Antibacterial and Antifungal Methods 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room H Convener: Hideaki Matsuoka Japan Recent development of quantitative new measurement methods for antimicrobial activity of antimicrobial treated textile products Hiroki Korai Japan Disinfection technologies for agricultural food products Bari Md Latiful Bangladesh Novel disinfection techniques utilizing reactive oxygen species Keisuke Nakamura Japan Feasibility of electric sterilization and other physical methods Jong-Chul Park Korea, South Deterioration and Corrosion of Food-Processing Equipment by Undissociated Form of Hypochlorous Acid in an Aqueous Solution Satoshi Fukuzaki Japan Characteristics and Applications of Weak Acid Hypochlorous Solution. Tomoko Ono Japan Bioactive Microbial Products (Biosynthesis and Activity) (1) 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room B Convener: Haruo Ikeda Japan Craig A. Townsend USA Opening Remarks Hiroyuki Osada Japan Structural and Mechanistic Understanding of Type I Iterative Polyketide Synthases and their Potential for Unnatural Product Synthesis Craig A. Townsend USA Recent progress on enzymatic construction of natural polyethers Hideaki Oikawa Japan Biosynthesis of macrolactam antibiotic vicenistatin Fumitaka Kudo Japan Structural basis for the regio- and stereo-specific diterpene cyclization cascade Tomohisa Kuzuyama Japan Bioactive Microbial Products (Biosynthesis and Activity) (2) 7 September 14:00-16:00 Room B Convener: Hiroyuki Osada Japan William H. Gerwick USA Anticancer Drug Discovery from Marine Cyanobacteria William H. Gerwick USA Antiatherosclerotic activity of fungal pyripypopene A and its derivatives in mouse models Hiroshi Tomoda Japan Discovery of Fungal Metabolites Modulating Cellular Responses Jong Seog Ahn Korea, South Mycolic-acid-containing bacteria induce natural-product biosynthesis in Streptomyces Hiroyasu Onaka Japan Thinking of primary roles of secondary metabolites: unknown properties of known substances from Streptomyces Kenji Ueda Japan Bioactive Microbial Products (Biosynthesis and Activity) (3) 7 September 16:30-18:30 Room B Convener: Minoru Yoshida Japan Petersen Frank Switzerland Target identification with natural products based substances - a pharmaceutical perspective Petersen Frank Switzerland Metabolomic identification of the target of the filopodia protrusion inhibitor glucopiericidin A Masaya Imoto Japan Anti-infective assays / screening libraries: which combination is best? Ronald J Quinn Australia Deciphering of reveromycin A biosynthesis and the production of novel derivatives Shunji Takahashi Japan Small molecule modulators of host-tumor interactions: new candidates for antitumor drugs   Manabu Kawada Japan Frontiers of Marine Thraustochytrid Biotechnology 7 September 14:00-18:30 Room G Convener: Tsunehiro Aki Japan   Daiske Honda Japan Opening remarks Tsunehiro Aki Japan Taxonomy and ecology of the thraustochytrids (Labyrinthulomycetes) Daiske Honda Japan Some novel aspects of thraustochytrid biotechnology Seshagiri Raghukumar India Thraustochytrids and related microorganisms are a new commercial source of docosahexaenoic-acid-containing phospholipids Hidetoshi Okuyama Japan Squalene production of thraustochytrid Aurantiochytrium Makoto M. Watanabe Japan Use of polyunsaturated fatty acid synthases for commercial production of LC-PUFAs.   James G Metz USA Biosynthesis and utilization of polyunsaturated fatty acids in thraustochytrid Tsunehiro Aki Japan Closing remarks Daiske Honda Japan Metals and Microbes: Focusing on Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Resource Utilization 7 September 14:00-16:00 Room H Convener: Michihiko Ike Japan Opening remarks Michihiko Ike Japan Biogenic manganese and iron oxide nanoparticles and interactions with metal ions Naoyuki Miyata Japan Biotransformation of actinides Toshihiko Onuki Japan Analysis of abundance, diversity and activity of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in a heavy-metal-contaminated sediment from a salt marsh in the Medway estuary (UK) Ludovic Besaury France Functional analysis and application of heavy metal response reactions in microalgae Kazumasa Hirata Japan Advanced Biotechnologies on Amino Acid Fermentation 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room B Convener: Hisashi Yasueda Japan Hiroshi Takagi Japan Opening remarks Hisashi Yasueda Japan From Genome to Producers in Glutamic Acid Bacteria Masato Ikeda Japan Bacterial amino acid efflux transporters: identification, properties and application in biotechnology Natalia P. Zakataeva Russia Systems and synthetic biology approaches to amino acid-producing Corynebacterium glutamicum Volker F. Wendisch Germany A New Frontier of Amino Acid Fermentation: Metabolic pathway design and advanced fermentation technology Hiroyuki Kojima Japan Closing remarks Hiroshi Takagi Japan Interfacial Microbial Engineering 9 September 16:30-18:30 Room B Convener: Teruyuki Nagamune Japan   Chiaki Ogino Japan Electrochemical Reactors Constructed by Massive Sulfide Minerals in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Environments Ryuhei Nakamura Japan Electrochemical Activation of Carbon Dioxide to CO or Formate by Enzymes and Microbes Woonsup Shin Korea, South Towards Lignocelluloses-to-H2: Bacterial Resources and Application Potential Aijie Wang China A unique nanofibrous adhesin confers nonspecific, high adhesiveness to bacteria Katsutoshi Hori Japan Developing Designer Microbe for Production of Commodity Chemicals from Different Biomass Sung Ok Han Korea, South Protein displaying system in E. coli for assimilation of cellooligosaccharides Chiaki Ogino Japan Metabolic Networks and White Biotechnology in Bacillus subtilis 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room B Convener: Yasutaro Fujita Japan Ken-ichiro Yoshida Japan Construction of the metabolic networks and white biotechnology in the post-genome sequence era of Bacillus subtilis Yasutaro Fujita Japan Robustness of glutamate metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: on pathways and mutations Jörg Stülke Germany Metabolic engineering of Bacillus subtilis reduced-genome strain for enzyme production Kenji Manabe Japan Cell Surface Modification and Engineering in Bacillus subtilis Junichi Sekiguchi Japan Bacillus subtilis cell factory for production of rare inositols Ken-ichi Yoshida Japan Physiology and Biotechnology of the Methylotrophic Yeast 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room G Convener: Yasuyoshi Sakai Japan Hyun Ah Kang Korea, South Opening remarks Yasuyoshi Sakai Japan C1-metabolism-coupled gene expression and molecular ecology at phyllosphere Yasuyoshi Sakai Japan MLP (MXR1 LIKE PROTEIN), A KEY REGULATOR OF BIOTIN-INDEPENDENT GROWTH IN PICHIA PASTORIS Pundi N. Rangarajan India Production of full-length antibody in methylotrophic yeast Ogataea minuta Koichi Nonaka Japan Functional Genomics of Sulfur Metabolism and Regulatory Network in the Thermotolerant Methylotrophic Yeast Hansenula polymorpha Hyun Ah Kang Korea, South Closing remarks Hyun Ah Kang Korea, South Nano-Biotechnology 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room G Convener: Eiichi Tamiya Japan I-Ming Hsing Hong Kong Opening Remarks Eiichi Tamiya Japan Immunoassay Platforms Using Yeast Surface Display and Gold Nanoparticles I-Ming Hsing Hong Kong Mechanical Response of living cells visualized by Scanning Probe Microscopy Kazushige Kawabata Japan Amyloid Beta Interactions with Biomimetic Membrane Systems Mun'delanji C. Vestergaard Japan Raman Imaging and Quantitative Video Analysis for Drug Diagnosis on Cardiomyocyte Derived from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Yoshinori Yamaguchi Japan Bifidobacteria Unveiling the Symbiosis with Intestinal Microbiota 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room C Convener: Shuichi Kaminogawa Japan Ian Rowland UK Opening Remarks Shuichi Kaminogawa Japan Gut microbiota, probiotics and gut immune system - their beneficial interaction contributes to our health Shuichi Kaminogawa Japan Regulation of intestinal epithelial function by food and microbial factors Makoto Shimizu Japan Diet - gut microbiota interactions and colorectal cancer Ian Rowland UK The Beginning of Symbiosis Hiroshi Kiyono Japan Concluding Remarks Ian Rowland UK Function of Intestinal Microbiota and Food 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room C Convener: Hirofumi Danbara Japan   Joseph Rafter Sweden Host-Microbe Interactions: Identifying Novel Molecular Targets for Health Promoting Foods Joseph Rafter Sweden Modulation of Immune Function by Foods Masanobu Nanno Japan Community structure and immune function of developmental GI tract microbiota in infants Jiro Nakayama Japan Lactic Acid Bacteria   [The 6th Asian Conference on Lactic Acid Bacteria (ACLAB6) ] Opening Session of ACLAB-6 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room C Convener: Kenji Yamamoto Japan Yuan Kun Lee Singapore Current Research on Lactic Acid Bacteria in Japan Kenji Yamamoto Japan Human intestine microbiomics, and how probiotics may affect human health Michiel Kleerebezem Netherlands Asian Microbiome Project Yuan Kun Lee Shingapore Session1 Taxonomy and Evolution 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room L Convener: Koichi Watanabe Japan Hooi Ling Foo Malaysia Dietary Culture and Biological Importance of LAB-fermented foods of the Himalayas Jyoti P Tamang India Microbial community analyses in kimchi and application of the results Jong-Hoon Lee South Korea Novel bacteriocinogenic lactic acid bacteria and their differentiation by 16S rDNA, 16S-23S and 23S-5S intergenic spacer regions and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA techniques   Hooi Ling Foo Malaysia Housekeeping gene sequence analysis is a required procedure for exploring novel LAB strain from traditional fermented foods   Shiou-Huei Chao Taiwan Genetic diversity and ACE-inhibitory peptides production in Lactobacillus helveticus strains assessed by multi-locus sequence typing   Sun Zhihong China Novel subspeciation of Lactobacillus delbrueckii by genotypic identification methods   Koichi Watanabe Japan Session2 Microbiota and Metagenome 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room K Convener: Jiro Nakayama Japan Jun Wang China High Throughput Human gut Metagenomics study Jun Wang China Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis fermented milk product reduces inflammation by altering a niche for colitogenic microbes Patrick Veiga France The effect of Lactobacillus casei Zhang on human intestinal microflora   Jiachao Zhang China Bile acid is a host factor that regulates the composition of rat cecal microbiota   K. B. M. Saiful Islam Japan Effect of supplementation of lactic acid bacteria were isolated from by-product of VCO on the performance and intestinal microflora of broilers   Husamini Indonesia An overview of Lactobacillus reuteri KUB-AC5 as an antimicrobial substance producer and probiotic   Sunee Nitisinprasert Thailand Pyrosequencing analysis of the bacterial flora of kaburazushi, a traditional lactic acid-fermented pickle in Japan   Takashi Koyanagi Japan Session3 Probiotics and Host Interaction 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room K Convener: Jin-zhong Xiao Japan Ying Chieh Tsai Taiwan Probiotics and Human Gastrointestinal Health Guo-Qing He China Probiotics - Use and regulations in a rapidly emerging economy like India Neerja Hajela India The effects of Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens M1 isolated from kefir grains on enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infected mice   Yen-Po Chen Taiwan A functional probiotic Lactobacillus sakei Probio-65 from kimchi for atopic eczema-dermatitis syndrome   Yong ha Park South Korea Changes in mice spleen gene expression on oral administration of Lactobacillus brevis KB290 (Labre)   Yuichiro Fukui Japan Immunomodulatory activities of double-stranded RNA in lactic acid bacteria via TLR3   Ikuko Nishimura Japan Molecular identification of the domain within the integral membrane protein of Lactobacillus plantarum responsible for adhering to gastric mucin   Zhihua Liu China Session4 Physiology and Metabolism 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room L Convener: Chii-Cherng Liao Taiwan Atsushi Yokota Japan Role of cardiolipin for acquisition of cholic acid resistance in Lactobacillus gasseri JCM1131T Atsushi Yokota Japan The complete genome of Lactobacillus plantarum ST-III reveals its lifestyle adaptation Chen Chen China Lactic acid bacteria display on the cell surface cytosolic proteins that recognize carbohydrates including mannan, chitin, cellulose and mucin   Yoshio Katakura Japan A unique pathway of bifidobacteria for the degradation of human milk oligosaccharides   Takane Katayama Japan Energy generation coupled with decarboxylation reactions in lactic acid bacteria   Keiietsu Abe Japan Comparative analysis of proteolytic enzymes for processing of antihypertensive peptides between Lactobacillus helveticus CM4 and DPC4571   Taketo Wakai Japan Vitamin B12 increases production of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde in silage inoculated with Lactobacillus coryniformis and glycerol   Osamu Tanaka Japan Session5 Health and Diseases 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room K Convener: Toshiaki Takano Japan Kook-Hee Kang Korea, South Therapeutic and prophylactic actions of probiotic lactobacilli Sae Hun Kim South Korea Antiobesity effects of Lactobacillus plantarum K68 on diet-induced obese mice Wei-Lien Weng Taiwan Lactobacillus acidophilus and inulin improved plasma lipid profiles and erythrocyte morphology in hypercholesterolemic subjects   Min-Tze Liong Malaysia Probiotics and diarrhoea management   Alma N. Mendoza Mexico Fermented products from Lactobacillus plantarum modifies various immunity functions in mice   Yuko Kato-Mori Japan Identification of lactic acid bacteria in Taiwanese sugary kefir grain and evaluation of their immunoregulatory property   Hsin-Hui Hsieh Taiwan Immunomodulating and protective effects of probiotic strain Bifidobacterium longum BB536 against influenza virus infection   Noriyuki Iwabuchi Japan Session6 Technologies and Applications 10 September 09:00-11:15 Room L Convener: Yoshio Katakura Japan Sunee Nitisinprasert Thailand Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria: new applications and production Kenji Sonomoto Japan Application of acid-sensitive starters to reduce post-acidification in a traditional Thai fermented sausage Peter Kurdi Thailand Investigation of the Regulation Mechanism of Multiple Bacteriocin Production in Enterococcus faecium NKR-5-3 using a Developed ESI-LC/MS System   Rodney H. Perez Japan Use of matrix disruption buffer for the concentration of microorganisms from a complex feed supplement: establishment of a standard quality control protocol   Si Yan Ngoh Singapore Effect of microencapsulated Probiotic L.plantarum IS-10506 supplementation on immune response and diarrhea incidence of Indonesian pre-school Children   Ingrid S Surono Indonesia Future strategy of new yogurts using adhesive probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) to protect our gut from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)   Tadao Saito Japan Nanoencapsulation of lactic acid bacteria using nanofibers from agrowastes   Wai Yee Fung Malaysia Closing Ceremony of ACLAB-6 10 September 14:45-15:45 Room K Convener: Kenji Yamamoto Japan   Yuan Kun Lee Singapore The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society for Actinomycetes Japan (SAJ2011) Opening remarks 8 September 09:30-09:40 Room I Session1 Contributed papers 8 September 09:40-11:25 Room I Convener: Susumu Okamoto Japan   Hiroyasu Onaka Japan   Hideaki Takano Japan   Shunji Takahashi Japan O-1 The autoregulator-receptor homologue AvaR3 is a global regulator controlling antibiotic production and cell morphology of Streptomyces avermitilis (SAJ-O). Kiyoko Miyamoto Japan O-2 Strict regulation of morphological and physiological differentiation by a positive feedback loop between two global regulators AdpA and bldA in Streptomyces griseus (SAJ-O).   Akiyoshi Higo Japan O-3 Knockout of cvn1, one of the conserved GPCR-like regulatory operons, causes fragmentation of vegetative mycelium in Streptomyces griseus (SAJ-O).   Hideaki Takano Japan O-4 Isolation and structural elucidation of the novel γ-butenolide signaling molecules SRBs that switch on antibiotic production in Streptomyces rochei 7434AN4 (SAJ-O).   Kenji Arakawa Japan O-5 Characterization of ksbC, a γ-butyrolactone-autoregulator receptor gene homolog in Kitasatospora setae NBRC 14216 (SAJ-O).   Aiyada Aroonsri Japan O-6 Functional characterization of Streptomyces ABBA prenyltransferases involved in the biosyntheses of novobiocin and prenylated indoles (SAJ-O).   Taro Ozaki Japan O-7 Characterization of the biosynthesis gene cluster for Alkyl- O-dihydrogeranyl- methoxyhydroquinones in Actinoplanes missouriensis (SAJ-O).   Takayoshi Awakawa Japan Poster Session (odd numbers from P-AM8-1 to P-AM8-92) 8 September 11:35-12:20 Room I Poster Session (even numbers from P-AM8-1 to P-AM8-92) 8 September 13:20-14:05 Room I The SAJ Plenary Meeting (in Japanese) 8 September 14:15-15:00 Room I Award Ceremony 8 September 15:00-15:20 Room I Award lectures (Hamada Award) 8 September 15:20-16:20 Room I Convener: Masayuki Hayakawa Japan Yasuo Ohnishi Japan Masahiro Natsume Japan Selective isolation method for motile actinomycetes and ecological study of actinomycetes in Southeast Asia Misa Otoguro Japan Signalling systems with γ-butyrolactone autoregulator for antibiotic production in actinomycetes. Shigeru Kitani Japan Construction of natural product library with secondary metabolites produced by actinomycetes. Motoki Takagi Japan Session2 Contributed papers 8 September 16:30-18:15 Room I Convener: Shunji Takahashi Japan Kenji Arakawa Japan Yoshimitsu Hamano Japan Kano Kasuga Japan O-8 Heterologous expression of biosynthetic gene cluster for secondary metabolite derived from shikimate pathway in engineered Streptomyces avermitilis (SAJ-O). Mamoru Komatsu Japan O-9 Identification of key enzymes involved in spiroacetal formation in reveromycin A biosynthesis (SAJ-O).   Shunji Takahashi Japan O-10 In vitro reconstruction of post-PKS modification in RM-A biosynthesis (SAJ-O).   Takuto Kumano Japan O-11 Novel acetoacetyl-coenzyme A synthesizing enzyme of the thiolase superfamily involved in the mevalonate pathway (SAJ-O).   Tomohisa Kuzuyama Japan O-12 Detection of fermented food microorganisms-producing bioactive cyclic dipeptides by enzymatic conversion-based method (SAJ-O).   Hiroshi Kanzaki Japan O-13 Biosynthetic pathway of new polyketides produced by Streptomyces sp. RK95-74 (SAJ-O).   Masashi Ueki Japan O-14 Bioactive Streptomyces species isolated from desert soil in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Evaluation of their activity against human pathogenic bacteria and yeast (SAJ-O).   Ismet Ara Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Session3 Contributed papers 9 September 9:00-10:45 Room E Convener: Hisayuki Komaki Japan Masashi Ueki Japan Takaaki Taguchi Japan O-15 Novel phenylacetylated peptides isolated from Streptomyces sp. and Kibdelosporangium sp (SAJ-O). Miho Izumikawa Japan O-16 New aspects of chemical biology using tautomycetin produced by Streptomyces griseochromogenes (SAJ-O).   Makoto Ubukata Japan O-17 Novel secondary metabolites produced by Lechevalieria sp. K10-0216 isolated from a mangrove segment (SAJ-O).   Takuji Nakashima Japan O-18 3,6,7-tri-epi-invictolide, a diastereomer of queen recognition pheromone, and its analog from a marine derived actinomycete (SAJ-O).   Fumie Iwata Japan O-19 Enhancing biocatalytic production of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 by the site-directed mutagenesis on the molecular surface of Vitamin D3 hydroxylase (P450 Vdh) (SAJ-O).   Taiki Nishioka Japan O-20 Rpf-like protein from Tomitella biformata promotes the growth and resuscitates from non-dividing state (SAJ-O).   Indun Dewi Puspita Japan O-21 Studies on substances which promote colony formation of bacteria produced by actinomycetes (SAJ-O).   Ryo Kawai Japan SAJ 2011 Symposium 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room E Convener: Martha E. Trujillo Spain Erko Stackebrandt Germany Wolfgang Wohlleben Germany Kissing the sleepy actinobacterial beauty: an molecular approach Erko Stackebrandt Germany Ecological importance of the presence of Micromonospora in Legume Root Nodules Martha E. Trujillo Spain Genetic and biochemical analysis of precursor supply in secondary metabolite biosynthesis Wolfgang Wohlleben Germany Awarding Ceremony for Poster Award 9 September 13:00-13:15 Room E Closing Remarks 9 September 13:15-13:25 Room E Mycology Mycology Industrial Mycology: OMICS toward Actual Applications 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room I Convener: Marc Stadler Germany Toru Okuda Japan Gene Expression Analysis of Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) Fumihiro Fujimori Japan Application of systems biology to the development on industrial enzymes Shinobu Takagi Japan Ecological studies of nematophagous fungi and their application to biocontrol Xingzhong Liu China Natural products/fungal secondary metabolites as new lead structures for plant protectants and tools for the identification of new targets Eckhard Thines Germany Impact of HPLC profiling and secondary metabolomics in basic and applied mycology Marc Stadler Germany Recent Aspect in Health Promoting Effects of Fungi 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room I Convener: Akira Suzuki Japan Kasem Soytong Thailand Opening Remarks Akira Suzuki Japan Biological activities of natural products from fungi Kasem Soytong Thailand WILD EDIBLE MUSHROOMS AS SOURCES OF NUTRACEUTICALS Renato G. Reyes Philippines Functional assessment of fruit-body materials of Grifola frondosa, a basidiomyceteous mushroom Nobuhisa Kawaguchi Japan Recent aspect in complementary medicines to the metabolic syndrome/life style-related diseases using by mushroom Yasuo Watanabe Japan Closing Remarks Kasem Soytong Thailand Sexual Development in Fungi 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room F Convener: Ulrich Kück Germany Takashi Kamada Japan Sordariamacrospora, a fungal genetic model system to investigate fruiting body development Ulrich Kück Germany The forkhead gene fkhA encodes a novel regulator of sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans Kap-Hoon Han Korea, South Coprinopsis cinerea as a fungal genetic model system to investigate sexual development in mushroom species Takashi Kamada Japan Analyses of meiotic chromosome behavior in Coprinopsis cinerea Patricia J. Pukkila USA Recent Advances in Dermatomycosis 9 September 10:45-12:30 Room F Convener: Shinichi Watanabe Japan Yoshihiro Sei Japan   Ruo-yu Li China Opening Keynote Lecture: TRAVEL THE WORLD, DINE ON KERATIN AND BECOME A DERMA-STAR David Ellis Australia Recent Advances on Molecular Identification of Dermatophytes Ruo-yu Li China THE ROLE OF EPIDERMAL KERATINOCYTES IN INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNE RESPONSES TO CUTANEOUS FUNGAL INFECTIONS Yoshio Ishibashi Japan Recent advances and problems in diagnosis of dermatomycoses Takashi Mochizuki Japan Respiratory Mycoses-Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Pathogenesis and Treatment 9 September 13:00-13:50 Room F Convener: Yoshihito Niki Japan Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis ~new treatment evidence and emergence of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in Japan~ Koichi Izumikawa Japan Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Pathogenesis and Treatment David W Denning UK Recent Advances in Malassezia 9 September 14:05-15:35 Room F Convener: Aristea Velegraki Greece Ryoji Tsuboi Japan Malassezia community structure and its association with skin diseases Takashi Sugita Japan The participation of the Malassezia produced Aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands in the pathobiology of this yeast Georgios Gaitanis Greece Seborrheic dermatitis pathogen and treatment-Focus on Malassezia Yuping Ran China Malassezia species in Japan and their role in various skin diseases Ryoji Tsuboi Japan Recent Advances in Host Defense Mechanism against Fungi 9 September 15:45-17:15 Room F Convener: Naohito Ohno Japan Qi Wang Japan The effect of Antrodia camphorata on the suppression of chronic alcohol liver injury Qi Wang Japan The effect of Antrodia camphorata on the suppression of chronic alcohol liver injury Yuya Tada Japan Roles of terpenoid alcohols in host defense against Candida infection Shigeru Abe Japan What's happened behind CT? Kazutoshi Shibuya Japan Diagnostics for Fungal Infection 9 September 17:35-18:25 Room F Convener: Katsuhiko Kamei Japan Utility of serodiagnostic tests in fungal infections Koichiro Yoshida Japan Diagnosing Invasive Fungal Disease in Critically Ill Patients David A. Stevens USA Application of Genomics of Aspergillus oryzae and Related Species 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room H Convener: Masayuki Machida Japan Genomics of Aspergillus oryzae and effective utilization of large scale genomic information Masayuki Machida Japan Comparative microarray study on hypoxic stress associated with sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus Kap-Hoon Han Korea, South Structural Classification for PKS in Aspergilli Masanori Arita Japan Pentose utilization in Aspergillus oryzae Scott Baker USA Recent Research Progress on Early Diverging Fungi - Their Evolution, Systematics and Diversity 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room H Convener: Merlin White USA Satoshi Sekimoto Canada Phylogeny and evolution of early diverging Fungi Satoshi Sekimoto Canada Phylogeny and systematics of trichomycetes and related early-diverging fungi Merlin White USA Ecological roles of chytrids in aquatic food webs Maiko Kagami Japan The Origin of Amphibian chytridiomycosis: Did it come from Japan? Koichi Goka Japan Molecular analysis of sexual development in zygomycetes Christine Schimek Gerrmany Phylogeography and Biogeography of Fungi 9 September 16:30-18:30 Room H Convener: Kentaro Hosaka Japan Comparative biogeography of ecologically distinct, but closely related fungi: a case study from Phallomycetidae Kentaro Hosaka Japan Evolution analysis of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae based on rDNA ITS region Chih-Jen Tien Taiwan Molecular evidences in support of the recent migration of a powdery mildew (Erysiphaceae) of lilacs into Europe from Asia Susumu Takamatsu Japan Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary biogeography of true morels in the Northern Hemisphere, with an emphasis on the high diversity of Chinese species Zhuliang Yang China Fungal diversity in deep-sea methane cold-seep ecosystems Yuriko Nagano Japan Mycotoxins: Chemistry, Biology and Risk Evaluation (1) 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room I Convener: Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi Japan Makoto Kimura Japan Robert H. Proctor USA Chemical control of Fusarium head blight and mycotoxin contamination in barley and wheat based on mycotoxin accumulation during grain development Megumi Yoshida Japan Systematics, Phylogeny and Trichothecene Mycotoxin Potential of Fusarium Head Blight Cereal Pathogens Takayuki Aoki Japan Variability in mycotoxin biosynthetic genes in Fusarium and its effect on mycotoxin contamination of crops Robert H. Proctor USA Mycotoxins: Chemistry, Biology and Risk Evaluation (2) 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room I Convener: Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi Japan Makoto Kimura Japan Robert H. Proctor USA Biosynthetic Genes for Mycotoxin Production in Fusarium graminearum Yin-Won Lee Korea, South Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins in the Food Chain   Johanna Fink-Gremmels Netherlands Biodiversity of toxigenic fungi and multimycotoxins in cereals and MYCORED efforts to harmonize strategies for their reduction Antonio F. Logrieco Italy IUMS COMCOF's -Committees, Commissions and Federations Polyphasic Taxonomy of Penicillium and Aspergillus 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room K Convener: Takashi Yaguchi Japan Robert A Samson Netherlands New developments on the nomenclature for the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus. Robert A Samson Netherlands Taxonomy of pathogenic Aspergillus fumigatus and relatives, and Emericella species Tetsuhiro Matsuzawa Japan New insights in the phylogeny of the Trichocomaceae Jos Houbraken Netherlands Phenotypic identification of Aspergillus westerdijkiae and closely related species Neriman Yilmaz Netherlands Fungi in Indoor Environments - Recent Advances 7 September 14:00-16:00 Room L Convener: Olaf Adan Netherlands Robert A Samson Netherlands Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living Olaf Adan Netherlands DNA barcoding of indoor moulds Robert A Samson Netherlands Fungal growth and humidity fluctuations: a model Henk Huinink Netherlands The production of an extra cellular matrix is a phase in isotropic growth of Penicillium chrysogenum on gypsum Mirjam Bekker Netherlands Food Mycology: Mycotoxins, Resistance and Preservation 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room L Convener: Robert A Samson Netherlands Marta Hiromi Taniwaki Brazil Fungi and mycotoxins in tropical foods Marta Hiromi Taniwaki Brazil Microbial populations during maize storage in Cameroon - potential for biocontrol? Su-lin L. Leong Sweden Prevention of fungi spoilage of beverages: ingredients, packaging and environment Emilia Rico USA PH-, temperature- and water activity-relations of some food spoilage moulds Francois Baron Netherlands The trait of xerophilicity - some phylogenetic insights Olga Vinnere Pettersson Sweden Nothing is what it seems; about spores, antifungals and germination Jan Dijksterhuis Netherlands Bridging Session Metabolic Engineering 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room B Convener: Hiroshi Shimizu Japan Judith Becker Germany Systems Metabolic Engineering of Tailor-Made Cell Factories for Industrial Production Judith Becker Germany Engineering of Cellular Metabolism and Physiology for Hyper-Production of Anticancer Ganoderic Acids by Medicinal Higher Fungus Ganoderma lucidum Jian-Jiang Zhong China Alterations of glucose metabolism in Escherichia coli mutants defective in respiratory-chain enzymes Atsushi Yokota Japan Systems Metabolic Engineering for Bioproduction Development Hiroshi Shimizu Japan RNA World 6 September 13:30-15:30 Room C Convener: Hiroji Aiba Japan Jörg Vogel Germany Deep sequencing of small RNAs, mRNA targets, and primary transcriptomes of bacterial pathogens Jörg Vogel Germany Functional organization of Hfq-binding regulatory RNA Hiroji Aiba Japan RNA thermometers: Simple and ancient regulators? Franz Narberhau Germany Differential Control of Gene Expression by Bacterial mRNA Leaders Eduardo A. Groisman USA Molecular mechanism of trans-translation mediated by tmRNA/SmpB Hyouta Himeno Japan Bioresources of Functional Ecology of Fastidious Microbes 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room B Convener: Takashi Itoh Japan   Moriya Ohkuma Japan Yeasts associated with ambrosia and bark beetles Rikiya Endoh Japan The symbiotic gut microbiota of termites and its role in lignocellulose digestion   Andreas Brune Germany Ecophysiology of formerly uncultured fastidious Chloroflexi and Lentisphaerae in natural and biotechnological systems.   Yuji Sekiguchi Japan Population genetics and ecophysiology of chemoautotrophic deep-sea vent Epsilonproteobacteria.   Satoshi Nakagawa Japan Bioimaging 6 September 16:00-18:00 Room C Convener: Yukio Koide Japan Mark J. Miller USA Novel functional bioimaging techniques with rationally designed fluorescence probes Yasuteru Urano Japan Image analysis reveals that Mycobacterium tuberculosis mediates the differential recruitment of Rab GTPases to its phagosomes during arresting phagosome maturation. Shintaro Seto Japan Looking into the kidney: 2-photon microscopy provides a coherent picture of tissue responses in uropathogenic E. coli infections Agneta Richter-Dahlfors Sweden Two-photon imaging of antigen acquisition and presentation in the small intestine   Mark J. Miller USA Phenotypic diversity for microbial systematics (Symposium for the 60th anniversary of JSCC) 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room C Convener: Fred A.Rainey USA   Hans-Jürgen Busse Austria Importance of Chemotaxonomy for Classification of Bacteria   Hans-Jürgen Busse Austria Taxonomic implication of mycolic acid analysis by MALDI Spiral-TOFMS in suborder Corynebacterineae Kanae Teramoto Japan Phenotypic variation among ecologically and genetically differentiated populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae   Feng-Yan Bai China Phenotypic diversity of extremely halophilic Archaea and Bacteria and its exploitation in ecological studies of hypersaline environments   Aharon Oren Israel Phenotypic diversity of bacteria from arid environments   Fred A Rainey USA Genomics and Resources in Microbiology (Symposium for the 60th anniversary of JSCC) 7 September 14:00-16:00 Room C Convener: Hans-Peter Klenk Germany   Kevin McCluskey USA Characterization of classical mutant strains of Neurospora from the Fungal Genetics Stock Center collection using gene and whole genome sequence analysis. Kevin McCluskey USA Comparative genomics of Aspergillus and gene diversity Masayuki Machida Japan The Genomic Standards Consortium: An open invitation to participate   George M. Garrity USA The role of culture collections and DNA banks for large scale genomics   Hans-Peter Klenk Germany Future Direction of Enzyme Engineering 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room G Convener: Yasuhisa Asano Japan   Byung-Gee Kim Korea, South Opening Remarks Yasuhisa Asano Japan Biocatalysis for Natural Products   Byung-Gee Kim Korea, South Microorganisms evolved vitamin biosynthetic enzymes in response to various environments, an example in menaquinone biosynthesis Tohru Dairi Japan Directed evolution of homoisocitrate dehydrogenase to 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase Makoto Nishiyama Japan Development of Microbial Multi-component Enzyme Systems Jun Ogawa Japan Two Bacterial 3-Hydroxyaspartate Dehydratases - Homologus of Eukaryotic Serine racemase and D-Serine dehydratase Masaru Wada Japan Extremophile 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room H Convener: Tadayuki Imanaka Japan Microbial life near the boiling point of water   Karl Stetter Germany A unique virion release mechanism in hyperthermophilic archaea David Prangishvili France Novel sulfur disproportionation of a deep-sea vent thermophile Ken Takai Japan The unique metabolic pathways of hyperthermophilic archaea   Haruyuki Atomi Japan Genetic Manipulation of Hyperthermophilic Hydrogen Production by Thermococcus kodakarensis   John N. Reeve USA Molecular Bases of Thermophily in Hyperthermophiles   Tadayuki Imanaka Japan Culture Collection and Microbial Systematics 7 September 16:30-18:30 Room C Convener: Takashi Itoh Japan   Philippe Desmeth Belgium Microbial species descriptions: the importance of multiple strains Marc André Lachance Canada Use of MALDI-TOF MS as a phenotypic alternative to assess microbial species classification Ramon Rossello-Mora Spain Is species an essential unit of microbial systematics? Peter Kämpfer Germany The roles of culture collections in microbial taxonomy Takashi Itoh Japan Quality of culture collections to build microbiological research on firm ground World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), professionals underpinning microbial systematics   Philippe Desmeth Belgium Microbial Bioprospecting under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 7 September 11:00-13:00 Room I Convener: Seizo Sumida Japan Yantyati Widyastuti Indonesia Experience and Future Prospect of Implementing Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing (ABS) - a Japanese Perspective Sapporo, 7 September 2011 Seizo Sumida, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA) Seizo Sumida Japan Joint Research Projects on Microbial Inventorying between NITE and Asian Countries under the CBD Katsuhiko Ando Japan Indonesia-Japan Collaborative Research on Taxonomy of Fungi and Actinomycetes under the CBD Yantyati Widyastuti Indonesia Panel Discussion Microbial Diversity in Asia and their Application 7 September 14:00-18:30 Room I Convener: Katsuhiko Ando Japan Wellyzar Sjamsuridzal Indonesia Distribution of Trichoderma species in Asia Yasuhisa Tsurumi Japan Honeybee-associated Yeasts in Indonesia: Diversity and Their Use as Pollen Substitutes Wellyzar Sjamsuridzal Indonesia Diversity and Indole-3-Acetic Acid Production of Phylloplane Yeasts in Thailand with Description of Five Novel Ascomycetous Yeast Species Savitree Limtong Thailand BACTERIAL AND ARCHAEAL DIVERSITY IN SOME SALINE ENVIRONMENTS OF MONGOLIA Tsetseg Baljinova Mongolia Diversity of Culturable Actinomycetes in Indonesia   Puspita Lisdiyanti Indonesia Microbial diversity in Vietnam and potential for utilization Hop Van Duong Vietnam Culture-independent analysis of microflora in traditional Korean fermented foods Jung-Sook Lee Korea, South Diversity of type-I polyketide synthase genes in actinomycetes isolated from Asian countries Hisayuki Komaki Japan Diversity of secondary metabolites of Asian microbes Yuichi Yamaguchi Japan Yeast, a Front Runner of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 7 September 16:30-18:30 Room H Convener: Satoshi Harashima Japan Danilo Porro Italy Industrial yeast biotechnology: catching the desired cell factory requires matching biotech need and microbial physiology Danilo Porro Italy Roles of vacuolar H+-ATPase and cell wall in ethanol tolerance of budding yeast   Choowong Auesukaree Thailand A novel antioxidative mechanism mediated by proline/arginine metabolism in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hiroshi Takagi Japan Molecular breeding of yeast displaying multiple-stress tolerance for high-level bioethanol production Satoshi Harashima Japan Novel Concept of Minimum Genome Cell for Fermentation Strain 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room B Convener: Hideharu Anazawa Japan   Hirotada Mori Japan Opening Remarks Hideharu Anazawa Japan Recoding Genomes for Synthetic and Orthogonal Biology Harris H Wang USA Towards complete understanding of cellular network in E. coli Hirotada Mori Japan Minimum Genome Factory: Novel Concept for Breeding Fermentation strain   Hideharu Anazawa Japan Enhanced recombinant protein productivity by genome reduction in Bacillus subtilis Naotake Ogasawara Japan Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Minimum Genome Factory Hideki Tohda Japan Closing Remarks Hirotada Mori Japan Strain Improvement with Synthetic Genome 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room B Convener: Mitsuhiro Itaya Japan   Daniel Gibson USA Opening remarks Mitsuhiro Itaya Japan Building a Synthetic Cell Daniel Gibson USA Synthetic biology of the secondary metabolism in the industrial microorganism Haruo Ikeda Japan Development of a "Word processing" technology for a large-scale reorganization of the yeast genome and its applications to synthetic biotechnology Satoshi Harashima Japan Acceleration of giant DNA synthesis in the BGM vector Mitsuhiro Itaya Japan Current Topics of Asian Infectious Diseases 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room D Convener: Shinji Yamasaki Japan Mitsuaki Nishibuchi Japan Spread of the infection by a new clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 and its serotype variants across international borders Mitsuaki Nishibuchi Japan Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus suis in Thailand Potjanee Srimanote Thailand Dengue and Chikungunya in Asia: How Concern Should We Be? Ng Lee-Ching Singapore Etiology of Enteric Pathogens among Diarrheal Patients Admitted at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kolkata, India Thandavarayan Ramamurthy India Bioinformatics for Microbiology 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room D Convener: Naotake Ogasawara Japan Takuji Yamada Germany The future of Microbial Genomics Nikos Kyrpides USA Enterotypes of human gut microbiome Takuji Yamada Germany DNA motifs that sculpt the bacterial chromosome Meriem El Karoui USA De novo assembly of metagenome from short sequence reads Yasubumi Sakakibara Japan Global transcription regulation of RK2 plasmids: a case study in using dynamical mathematical models, Bayesian inference and stochastic multiscale modelling for integration of experimental data and hypothesis exploration   Dov J Stekel UK White Biotechnology 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room E Convener: Hisao Ohtake Japan Andreas Schmid Germany Opening Remarks Hisao Ohtake Japan Synthetic Metabolic Engineering -the proof of concept- Kohsuke Honda Japan Computer Screening of Various PLP-dependent Enzymes and their applications for Industrial(White) Biotechnology Byung-Gee Kim Korea, South Catalytic Biofilms Andreas Schmid Germany Domestication of Microorganisms for Sustainable Biofuel Systems Johan Schnurer Sweden Closing Remarks Andreas Schmid Germany Marine Microbiology and Biotechnology: Treasure from Ocean 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room E Convener: Haruko Takeyama Japan   Michael Freeman Germany CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION IN THE FISH PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. ACHROMOGENES Bjarnheidur Gudmundsdottir Iceland Exploration of limits of life and unseen microbial potentials in the Dark Ecosystem Ken Takai Japan Mixotrophic metabolism of Thermococcus onnurineus NA1: Formate-driven growth coupled with H2 production Jung-Hyun Lee Korea, South Treasure-Hunting of Marine Microorganisms from Marine Sediment Chiaki Imada Japan Bioactive Natural Products from Sponge-Symbiont Associations Michael Freeman Germany Treasure from the Ocean: Marine Metagenome Resources and Their Application Haruko Takeyama Japan Nanomachines 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room F Convener: Christoph Dehio Switzerland Ehud Gazit Israel Functional diversification of virulence-associated type IV secretion systems of the genus Bartonella Christoph Dehio Switzerland Self-Assembly at the Nano-Scale: Physiology, Pathology, and Technology Ehud Gazit Israel The roles of ATP in enhancer dependent transcription in bacteria. Martin Buck UK Biorefinery -Production of Energy and Chemicals from Inedible Biomass- 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room G Convener: Hideaki Yukawa Japan Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts: Research and Application of Cyanobacteria, Microalgae and Seaweeds in the United States F. Blaine Metting USA Ethanol production from second generation feedstocks by yeast Jan de Bont Netherlands Enzyme development for biofuel production from cellulosic biomass: Application of advanced technology to enable the biorefinery Janine Lin USA The RITE Bioprocess in Production of Biofuels and Biochemicals from Lignocellulosic Biomass-Derived Mixed Sugars Hideaki Yukawa Japan Progress in Cell Biology, Physiology and Genetic Engineering of Filamentous Fungi, Aspergilli (1) 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room G Convener: Katsuhiko Kitamoto Japan David B Archer UK Solid-state culture of Aspergillus oryzae from sake brewing to bio-ethanol production Yoji Hata Japan Regulated production of biomass-degrading proteins in Aspergillus niger David B Archer UK Cellulolytic enzymes of termites and their symbionts: production and characterization of key enzymes in the protein factory, Aspergillus oryzae Manabu Arioka Japan Global metabolic changes in response to hypoxia by Aspergillus nidulans Naoki Takaya Japan Is it desert or golden mountain? -Exploration of extensive uncharacterized genes in Aspergillus oryzae-   Kazuhiro Iwashita Japan Progress in Cell Biology, Physiology and Genetic Engineering of Filamentous Fungi, Aspergilli (2) 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room G Convener: Katsuya Gomi Japan   Scott E Baker USA Aspergillus oryzae is good at usage of hydrolyzing enzyme on solid-surfaces: Recruitment of polyesterase (cutinase) of A. oryzae by the biosurfactant protein hydrophobin RolA on plastics Keietsu Abe Japan Bioproduction of commercially valuable metabolites in Aspergillus oryzae based on genomic analysis   Hideaki Koike Japan Developing tools for molecular genetic analysis of Aspergilli   Scott E Baker USA Regulation of hemicellulase and cellulase production in Aspergillus oryzae Tetsuo Kobayashi Japan Genome-wide identification of Aspergillus oryzae protease encoding genes and characterization of their products Michio Takeuchi Japan Single Cell Biology Microbe-Plant Interaction 8 September 11:00-13:00 Room J Convener: Teruo Sone Japan Dissecting the roles of iron and reactive oxygen species in virulence and pathogenic lifestyle using a necrotroph and hemibiotroph of maize Gillian B Turgeon USA Fungal infection strategy for escaping from plant innate immunity Marie Nishimura Japan Genomics reveals Magnaporthe-rice interactions Ryohei Terauchi Japan AVR-Pia of Magnaporthe oryzae: expression, secretion and mutation Teruo Sone Japan Japan Society for Culture Collections (JSCC) Annual Meeting 8 September 14:00-16:00 Room K Japan Society for Culture Collections (JSCC) Workshop for Practice of Culture Collections: Database, Tools and Network to Promote Microbial Culture Collections and Systematics 8 September 16:30-18:30 Room K Biodegradation and Bioremediation 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room B Convener: Masao Fukuda Japan Ana Segura Spain Mechanisms of solvent tolerance in Pseudomonas Ana Segura Spain Bioremediation of chloroanilines in agricultural area in Thailand Alisa S. Vangnai Thailand Autochthonous bioaugmentation of artificially crude oil-contaminated sea sands collected at the coasts of Hokkaido, Japan   Naofumi Sakaguchi Japan Degradation and modification of synthetic polymers by esterases from Thermobifida fusca   Wolfgang Zimmermann Germany Evaluation of air-treatment of chlorinated ethylene-contaminated soil and groundwater in slurry system   Ryosuke Tawara Japan Intracellular Parasitism 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room C Convener: Yoshifumi Nishikawa Japan Carmen Buchrieser France Immunomodulatory role of Toxoplasma gondii cyclophilin 18 on a unique strategy for intracellular survival Yoshifumi Nishikawa Japan A pregnant mouse model for abortion by Brucella abortus infection Masato Tachibana Japan Pivotal role of the ptsN in Salmonella virulence gene regulation Sangryeol Ryu Korea, South Intracellular parasitism, the driving force of evolution of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella sp. Carmen Buchrieser France Microbial Ecology in Soil 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room D Convener: Masataka Tsuda Japan Marie-Claire Lett France Ecology of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with grasses Claudine Elmerich France Denitrifiers responsible for low emission of N2O in rice paddy soils: isolation, characterization, and application to mitigate N2O emission from upland soils Keishi Senoo Japan Response of Soil Microbiota to Exposure to Aromatic Pollutants   Masataka Tsuda Japan Changes in methanotrophic and methylotrophic populations in response to methane concentrations in a sediment community Yoichi Kamagata Japan Biofilm / Quorum Sensing 9 September 16:30-18:30 Room D Convener: Nobuhiko Nomura Japan   Satoshi Okabe Japan Cell density dependent RelE-mediated dormancy in Escherichia coli. Satoshi Okabe Japan DSF-mediated biofilm dispersion Lian-Hui Zhang Singapore Influence of Anaerobiosis on Biofilm Formation and Quorum Sensing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sang-Sun Yoon Korea, South Intercellular events in bacteria Masanori Toyofuku Japan New Technologies for Diagnosis and Identification 9 September 11:00-13:00 Room G Convener: Takayuki Ezaki Japan Jean-Claude Piffaretti Switzerland The impact of the new diagnostic technologies in the clinical laboratory Jean-Claude Piffaretti Switzerland Identification of clinically relevant diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets Francisella tularensis Richard Slayden USA Correlation between Microsatellite Typing and Multilocus Sequence Typing in the Molecular Identification of Candida albicans Strains Feng-Yan Bai China Nucleic acid-based Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases at Clinical Laboratories in Korea Han-sung Kim Korea, South Quick respiratory panel assay for screening of bacterial and viral pneumonia Takayuki Ezaki Japan MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry - an efficient tool for identification of bacterial species and its resolution at different taxonomic levels Peter Schumann Germany Current Progress in Microbial Lipid Biotechnology 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room G Convener: Jun Ogawa Japan Toshihiro Nagao Japan Microbial Production of Functional Lipids and Diversification of Their Molecular Species Jun Ogawa Japan Microbial conversion of various unsaturated fatty acids to rare unsaturated fatty acids and functional unsaturated fatty alcohols. Toshihiro Nagao Japan Selective oxidation of fatty acids and fatty alcohols Urlacher Vlada Germany Systems Microbiology 9 September 16:30-18:30 Room G Convener: Victor de Lorenzo Spain Masahiro Okamoto Japan What is in a regulatory network: learning and memory in environmental bacteria Victor de Lorenzo Spain Generic Framework Relating Genotype to Phenotype in the Design of Microbial Systems Michael A. Savageau USA Integrated Comprehensive Workbench for Omics Research: Inference of Genetic Interactions and System Analysis of Metabolic Pathways Masahiro Okamoto Japan Comparative Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Phenomics 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room I Convener: Michael Hecker Germany Julian Parkhill UK Investigating bacterial transmission and evolution using high throughput sequencing Julian Parkhill UK Metagenome-based understanding of phage-host interactions in the human gut Rotem Sorek Israel Novel genome rearrangement mechanisms detected by Helicobacter pylori genome comparison Yoshikazu Furuta Japan Systems wide proteome analysis in Gram-positive bacteria Doerte Becher Germany Biofuels (1) 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room B Convener: Akihiko Kondo Japan Scott E Baker USA Energetic limitations in methane production from biomass Bernhard H. Schink Germany Energy from Palm Biomass and Its Local Use for the Biodiversity Conservation and the Creation of Employment around the Kinabatangan in Sabah Malaysia Yoshihito Shirai Japan Strategy for development of cellulose-saccharification technology using multienzyme complex cellulosomes from thermophilic anaerobic microorganisms Akihiko Kosugi Japan Study and manipulation of competitive photosynthetic processes towards efficient hydrogen production Iftach Yacoby USA Biofuels (2) 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room B Convener: Scott E Baker USA   Mitsuyoshi Ueda Japan Metabolic engineering of ethanologenic bacteria capable of producing cellulosic bioethanol Hideshi Yanase Japan Production of bio-fuels and chemicals from biomass by using cell surface engineered microbial cells Akihiko Kondo Japan Microalgae-based Biofuels Jo-Shu Chang Taiwan Microbial production of renewable fuels and chemicals from marine biomass, macroalgae.   Yasuo Yoshikuni USA Current Topics of Animal Vaccines 10 September 12:00-14:00 Room C Convener: Shinya Nagai Japan Yoshihiro Shimoji Japan Use of a gram-positive bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae as a vector for mucosal vaccination of pigs Yoshihiro Shimoji Japan Development of subunit vaccines against porcine pleuropneumonia by oral immunization Han Sang Yoo Korea, South Live vaccine for the prevention of avian colibacillosis   Tetsuji Nagano Japan Analysis of the success of ts mutants as mycoplasma vaccines   Chris Morrow Australia Current Topics of Human Vaccines 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room C Convener: Hiroshi Kiyono Japan Roy Curtiss III USA New mechanisms of vaccine adjuvants: innate immunity and beyond Ken Ishii Japan New genome-based vaccines Maria Grazia Pizza Italy Spick-and-Span for the Development of Transgenic-Rice (MucoRice) based Oral Vaccine   Hiroshi Kiyono Japan New Technologies in Using Recombinant Attenuated Salmonella Vaccine (RASV) Vectors as a Vaccine to Prevent Pneumococcal Infection in Infants Roy Curtiss III USA Tuberculosis 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room D Convener: Sohkichi Matsumoto Japan Eun-Kyeong Jo Korea, South Host Factors having an impact on the growth of <Mycobacterium tuberculosis> Sohkichi Matsumoto Japan Autophagy and innate immunity to mycobacteria Eun-Kyeong Jo Korea, South Genome dynamics in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tone Tonjum Norway Mincle is a receptor for mycobacterial glycolipid, cord factor Yasunobu Miyake Japan ESX / type VII secretion systems of tubercle bacilli, important factors for virulence and protection   Roland Brosch France New Species Concept after Complete Genome Aera 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room E Convener: Takayuki Ezaki Japan Milton da Costa Portugal The Ups and Downs of Chemotaxonomic Analysis for Bacterial Systematics Milton da Costa Portugal Bacterial species in the light of genomics and metagenomics Kostas Konstantinidis USA Shall We Spin out Classical Taxonomy of High Risk Pathogens Even after Complete Genome Era? Takayuki Ezaki Japan Single-cell Genomics: An Innovative Tool for Analyzing Uncultivable Microorganisms 10 September 14:30-16:30 Room G Convener: Yasuo Ohnishi Japan Yuichi Hongoh Japan Large fragments metagenomic analysis targeting an uncultivated archaeal division Takuro Nunoura Japan Genome analysis of unculturable microbial symbionts in the termite gut Yuichi Hongoh Japan A glimpse into the Life of Microbial Dark Matter Tanja Woyke USA single-cell microbial genomes from the environment and the mammalian microbiome Paul Blainey USA Epidemiology 10 September 09:00-11:00 Room I Convener: Katsuhiko Kamei Japan David A. Stevens USA Transition of the Epidemiological Survey of Dermatomycoses in Japan Yoshihiro Sei Japan Global epidemiology of the C. neoformans / C. gattii species complex Wieland Meyer Australia Changing Epidemiology of Nosocomial Yeast Fungemia   Shunji Takakura Japan Epidemiology of the mycoses   David A. Stevens USA Joint Symposium Joint Symposium (Interfacial Microbial Engineering, Biofilm / Quorum Sensing, Biofuels) 9 September 14:00-16:00 Room B Convener: Katsutoshi Hori Japan Shuji Nakanishi Japan High Density Cultivation of Methanotrophs for Biocatalysis by Using Organic Solvents as Methane Vectors Xin-Hui Xing China Revolutionary Protein Engineering Using Cell Surface Engineering and Its Applications Mitsuyoshi Ueda Japan Extracellular Electron Transfer (EET): A new vista in microbial metabolism with connections to microbe-mineral interactions, biofilm formation, and bioenergy. Kenneth Nealson USA Page Top Virology Program (Tentative) Virology Symposium Virus and Host Responses 12 September 11:25-12:55 Room A Convener: Klaus Fruh USA Host factors for virus replication 12 September 11:25-12:55 Room D+E Convener: Amelia Nieto Spain Tetsuro Okuno Japan Virus Receptors 12 September 11:25-12:55 Room C Convener: Hisashi Arase Japan Ayato Takada Japan Viruses as Oncolytic Agents 12 September 11:25-12:55 Room F Convener: Tomoki Todo Japan Vaccines 12 September 11:25-12:55 Room H Convener: Duane J. Gubler Singapore Bioinformatics (bridge between divisions) 12 September 11:25-12:55 Room I Convener: Kimihito Ito Japan Takashi Gojobori Japan Viruses and Innate Immunity 13 September 11:25-12:55 Room A Convener: Thomas Stamminger Germany Takashi Fujita Japan Gene Therapy 13 September 11:25-12:55 Room C Convener: Akihiro Iida Japan Dorothee von Laer Germany Virus Taxonomy 13 September 11:25-12:55 Room F Convener: Andrew J. Davison UK Alexander E. Gorbalenya Netherlands Antiviral Drugs 15 September 11:25-12:55 Room A Convener: Eric de Clercq Belgium Charles Boucher Netherlands Viral Glycoproteins 15 September 11:25-12:55 Room D+E Convener: Shibo Jiang USA Viral Diagnosis 15 September 11:25-12:55 Room F Convener: Tetsuya Mizutani Japan Christian Drosten Germany Structure and Assembly: Non-Enveloped Viruses 15 September 11:25-12:55 Room H Convener: Vijay S. Reddy USA B. V. Venkataram Prasad USA Virus Eradication 16 September 11:25-12:55 Room A Convener: Olen Kew USA Akio Nomoto Japan Immune Responses to Virus Infection 16 September 11:25-12:55 Room D+E Convener: Stephen Turner Australia Tetsuro Matano Japan Emerging Viruses 16 September 11:25-12:55 Room C Convener: George F. Gao China Nancy J. Sullivan USA   Erica Ollmann Saphire USA Virus Evolution 16 September 11:25-12:55 Room F Convener: Kimihito Ito Japan Alexander E. Gorbalenya Netherlands RNA Recombination 15 September 11:25-12:55 Room I Convener: Paul Ahlquist USA Jozef Bujarski USA Orthomyxoviruses: Structure, Replication and Assembly 12 September 14:30-16:00 Room A Convener: Wendy S. Barclay UK Adolfo Garcia-Sastre USA Epstein - Barr Virus 12 September 14:30-16:00 Room D+E Convener: Kenzo Takada Japan Parvoviruses 12 September 14:30-16:00 Room C Convener: Arun Srivastava USA Keiya Ozawa Japan Bunyaviruses 12 September 14:30-16:00 Room F Convener: Richard Elliott UK Stuart T. Nichol USA Host response and resistance in Plant Viruses 13 September 14:30-16:00 Room C Convener: Hideki Takahashi Japan Peter Moffett Canada Alpha- and Rubiviruses 12 September 14:30-16:00 Room I Convener: Diane E. Griffin USA Herpes (simplex) viruses 12 September 16:30-18:00 Room A Convener: Yasushi Kawaguchi Japan Tomoki Todo Japan Baculoviruses 12 September 16:30-18:00 Room C Convener: Peter J. Krell Canada Plant Virus-Vector Interactions 12 September 16:30-18:00 Room F Convener: Anna E. Whitfield USA Shinya Tsuda Japan Filoviruses 12 September 16:30-18:00 Room H Convener: Ayato Takada Japan   Arenaviruses 12 September 16:30-18:15 Room I Convener: Sean. P. J. Whelan USA Shigeru Morikawa Japan HTLV and Animal Retroviruses 12 September 16:30-18:00 Room D+E Convener: Jonathan P. Stoye UK Toshiki Watanabe Japan HIV/SIV Molecular Biology 13 September 14:30-16:00 Room A Convener: Eric Freed USA Malcolm A. Martin USA Paramyxoviruses 13 September 14:30-16:00 Room D+E Convener: Amiya K. Banerjee USA Calici- and Astroviruses 13 September 14:30-16:00 Room F Convener: Ian Goodfellow UK Stacey Schultz-cherry USA Transmission & Epidemiology of Arboviral Diseases 13 September 14:30-16:00 Room H Convener: Ichiro Kurane Japan Ikuo Takashima Japan Picornaviruses 15 September 16:30-18:00 Room C Convener: Raul Andino USA Thomas Michiels Belgium Viroid and Satellite Viruses 15 September 14:30-16:00 Room C Convener: Teruo Sano Japan   Circoviruses and Anelloviruses 14 September 14:30-16:00 Room D+E Convener: Jimmy Kwang Singapore Hans Nauwynck Belgium Hepatitis B 14 September 14:30-16:00 Room D+E Convener: Yasuhito Tanaka Japan Koji Ishii Japan Plant Virus Replication and Translation 14 September 14:30-16:00 Room C Convener: Peter Nagy USA W. Allen Miller USA Papillomaviruses 14 September 14:30-16:00 Room F Convener: Kei Kawana Japan Reo, Rota and Orbiviruses 14 September 14:30-16:00 Room H Convener: Terence S. Dermody USA Koki Taniguchi Japan Virus Movement in Plants 14 September 16:30-18:15 Room C Convener: Manfred Heinlein Switzerland Peter Palukaitis Korea, South Viruses and Cancer 14 September 16:30-18:00 Room F Convener: Kunitada Shimotohno Japan Ethel-Michele de Villiers Germany Viral Zoonoses 14 September 14:30-16:00 Room I Convener: Noël Tordo France Akio Yamada Japan HIV/SIV Pathogenesis 15 September 14:30-16:00 Room A Convener: Satya Dandekar USA Roger Le Grand France Cytomegaloviruses 15 September 14:30-16:00 Room D+E Convener: Klaus Frueh USA Jin Hyun Ahn Korea, South Virus Suppression of RNA Silencing 13 September 16:30-18:00 Room F Convener: Jozsef Burgyan Italy Juan Antonio Garcia Spain Flaviviruses 15 September 14:30-16:00 Room H Convener: Pei Yong Shi USA Richard J. Kuhn USA Emerging viruses in vegetable and fruit crops 15 September 14:30-16:00 Room I Convener: Thierry Candresse France Nobuyuki Yoshikawa Japan Positive Strand RNA Viruses: Replication 15 September 11:25-12:55 Room C Convener: Bert L. Semler USA James H. Strauss USA Prions and BSE 15 September 16:30-18:00 Room F Convener: Motohiro Horiuchi Japan Tetsuyuki Kitamoto Japan Plant Virus Expression Vectors 15 September 16:30-18:00 Room H Convener: Andrew O. Jackson USA Steve A. Lommel USA Rhabdoviruses 15 September 14:30-16:00 Room F Convener: Matthias J. Schnell USA Karl-Klaus Conzelmann Germany Orthomyxoviruses: Pathogenesis 16 September 14:30-16:00 Room D+E Convener: Kanta Subbarao USA Sylvie van der Werf France Adenoviruses 16 September 14:30-16:00 Room C Convener: Niklas Arnberg Sweden Albert Heim Germany Plant DNA viruses 16 September 14:30-16:00 Room F Convener: Bruno Gronenborn France Virus Entry, Trafficking and Membrane Fusion 16 September 14:30-16:00 Room H Convener: Yusuke Yanagi Japan John A. T. Young USA Phage 16 September 14:30-16:00 Room I Convener: Fumio Arisaka Japan Hepatitis C 16 September 14:30-16:00 Room A Convener: Guangxiang Luo USA Virus Ecology and Tropical virus diseases 16 September 16:30-18:00 Room C Convener: Lesley Torrance UK Keiko Natsuaki Japan Hantaviruses and West Nile Virus 16 September 16:30-18:00 Room H Convener: John Mackenzie Australia Fungal viruses 16 September 16:30-18:00 Room I Convener: Donald L. Nuss USA Bradley I. Hillman USA
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