The NY/BIG conference is a meeting of Bacillus researchers located in the Northeastern United States.
NY/BIG would like to thank the following groups and organizations for their support of the meeting: New York University, the Department of Biology at NYU, the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology at NYU, Columbia University, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University.
| Time | Presenter (Institution) Presentation Title |
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| Patrick Eichenberger (NYU) An analysis of spore surface properties in Bacillus subtilis |
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| Bradford Taylor (Xavier lab, SKI) Metabolomics and ecology of the intestinal microbiota |
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| Valerie Carabetta (Dubnau lab, PHRI) YfmK is a novel Nε-lysine acetyltransferase that acetylates the histone-like protein Hbsu and controls nucleoid compaction in Bacillus subtilis |
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| Allison Fay (Glickman lab, SKI) A DnaK client protein is a previously unknown essential cofactor in mycobacterial mycolic acid transport |
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| Heather Feaga (Dworkin lab, Columbia) A mechanism for ribosome dimerization in B. subtilis |
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| Andrew Varble (Marraffini lab, Rockefeller) Recombination between phages and CRISPR-cas loci disseminates immunity during infection |
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| Lunch Break |
| Time | Presenter (Institution) Presentation Title |
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| KEYNOTE: Jeanne Salje (PHRI, MRC) Orientia tsutsugamushi and the obligate intracellular bacterial lifestyle |
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| Evan Waldron (Neiditch lab, PHRI) Structure and function of a cell-cell signaling system in Gram-negative bacteria |
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| Wei Dong (Setlow lab, UConn) Fluoride ion movement into and out of Bacillus spores |
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| Minsuk Kong(Ramamurthi lab, NIH) Targeted drug delivery using synthetic bacterial spores |
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| Hande Boyaci (Darst lab, Rockefeller) Structural Basis of Mycobacterial RNAP Inhibition by Fidaxomicin |
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| Coffee Break |
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| Kristen Gulino (Ghedin lab, NYU) Examining phage-host interactions in waste water |
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| Jillian Chase (Jeruzalmi lab, CUNY) Mechanisms of Opening and Closing of the Bacterial Replicative Helicase |
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| Aaron Mychack (Janakiraman lab, CUNY) A synergistic role for two predicted cytoplasmic membrane proteins of E. coli in cell envelope integrity |
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| Bing Hao (UConn) The crystal structure of a Bacillus megaterium spore germinant receptor |
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| Yu-Cheng Lin(Dietrich lab, Columbia) Pathways of Metabolic Electron Flow in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms |
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| Wine & Cheese Reception |