Program
CSM 2008
The following is the final program.
A word (rtf) document with the information below, can be found here.
A (large) pdf of the program/abstract book can be found here.
Conference program at a glance Horaire du Congrès
Time |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
8:30 |
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Parallel Symposia |
Parallel Symposia |
Parallel Symposia |
10:00 |
CSM Executive |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
10:30 |
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Parallel Symposia |
Parallel Symposia |
Parallel Symposia |
12:00 |
CSM Council |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
12:30 |
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Section Meetings ST148 |
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CSM Annual |
13:00 |
Registration |
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Student Award Symposium I |
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13:30 |
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Student/PDF Education Workshop and Panel ST140 NSERC Presentation |
Student Award |
Student Award Symposium II |
14:30 |
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Poster Session II |
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15:00 |
Official Opening and Welcome ST148; |
Coffee and |
Coffee, Poster |
Coffee Break |
15:30 |
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Fisher Scientific Award Lecture: |
16:00 |
Terry Beveridge tribute ST148: Susan |
Poster Session I |
Poster Session II |
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16:30 |
CSM Roche Award Lecture ST148: |
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Parallel Section Oral |
Closing and invitation to CSM 2009 Concordia |
17:00 |
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CanGene Gold Medal Lecture: |
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18:00 |
Welcome Reception, |
Evening Student |
Exhibitors Reception Evening free |
Banquet, Red and |
DETAILED PROGRAM FOLLOWS BELOW
Detailed program, Day by Day Programme Détaillé
Monday June 9th
10:00 CSM Executive meeting, BioSci 312.
12:00 CSM Council meeting, ST 063. Lunch will be served
13:00 Registration begins: Lobby of ST148/ST140.
15:00 Official Opening: Michael Hynes, LOC Chair (Moderator) ST148
15:00 Welcome, Dr. Robert Woodrow, Associate Vice-President Academic, University of Calgary. ST148
15:05 Opening remarks, Dr. J.S. Murphree, Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary. ST148
15:10 Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Peter Krell, ASM Ambassador to Canada ST148
15:15 Keynote Lecture, Dr. J. Thomas Beatty, University of British Columbia ST148
Studies of Purple Bacteria: From Natural Environments to Industrial Applications
16:15 Tribute to life and work of Dr. Terry Beveridge, Susan Koval, University of Western Ontario ST148
16:30 CSM Roche Award Lecture. Introduced by Colin Bell (President, CSM) ST148
Dr. Miguel Valvano, University of Western Ontario
My personal adventures with microbes: Lipopolysaccharides, macrophages, and opportunistic pathogens18:00 Opening reception, the Den, MacEwan Hall. Conference registration available at Den.
Tuesday June 10th
Morning: Symposium I in ST148, Symposium II in ST140
Symposium I MRSA Infections ST148
Conveners: Glen Armstrong and Tom Louie
08:30 David Heinrichs, University of Western Ontario
Iron acquisition strategies employed by Staphylococcus aureus
09:00 John Conly and Kunyun Zhang, University of Calgary
The Role of Panton Valentine Leukocidin as a Virulence Factor in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcal aureus (CA-MRSA)
09:30 Martin McGavin, University of Toronto
Are atopic dermatitis patients at risk of infection by hyper-virulent Community Acquired MRSA?
10:00 Coffee Break, Foyer of Science Theatres
10:30 Andrew Simor, University of Toronto
MRSA: Infection Control Challenges
11:00 Michael Mulvey, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg MB
Epidemiology of MRSA in Canada
11:30 Manuel Mah, University of Calgary
All That Lives is Holy: Insights About MRSA Prevention from an Expedition to the Sea of Cortez
Conveners: Steve Zimmerly and Michael Hynes
08:30 Laura Frost, University of Alberta,
Regulation of F plasmid transfer: “getting by with a little help from its friends”
09:00 Barbara Funnell, University of Toronto
Plasmid partition mechanisms in bacteria: a role for ATP-dependent DNA binding by the P1 plasmid ParA protein
09:30 David Haniford, University of Western Ontario
Regulation of Tn10/IS10 transposition by the global regulators H-NS and Hfq
10:00 Coffee Break, Foyer of Science Theatres
10:30 Vincent Burrus, Université de Sherbrooke
Integrating conjugative elements: Beyond resistance to antibiotics
11:00 Benoît Cousineau, McGill University
The Ll.LtrB group II intron: a bacterial retroelement
11:30 Andrew Lang, Memorial University
The Gene Transfer Agent of Rhodobacter capsulatus: Regulation and Evolution
12:00 Lunch – many places to eat in Science Theatres area and MacEwan Hall
12:30 Section meetings, ST148. Please attend and have your input into the Society
Afternoon. Workshops/Panels and NSERC presentation.
ST148 Student/PDF Survival and career skills workshop/ panel
Moderators Monica Faria and Hao Ding
13:30 Louise Nelson, UBC Okanagan,
Careers in Government, Industry and Academia: pros and cons
13:50 Harry Deneer, University of Saskatchewan, Senior Editor, CJM
How to publish and not perish: a guide to editorial processes
14:10 Howard Ceri, University of Calgary or alternate
Entrepreneurship 101- starting a company
14:30 Panel discussion and question period
ST140 Education workshop/panel “Microbiology Education: Evolving trends”
Moderator: Bill Huddleston
13:30 Tanya Noel, York University
Integrating inquiry-based learning into large classes
13:50 Shauna Zenteno, Athabasca University
Distance education in Microbiology
14:10 Colin Bell, Acadia University
Block courses in Microbiology: what we have learned
14:30 Panel discussion and question period
13:30 Mario Lamarca of NSERC will give a presentation on the international review
of the Discovery Grants program, proposed changes to grant selection committee structure, and other new developments at NSERC. Followed by question period.
15:00 Coffee Break.
Poster Session I begins at 15:00 in the Lobby of Science Theatres and walkway to Biological Sciences
Abstracts begin on page 38.
17:00 CanGene Gold Medal Award
Joe Harrison, University of Calgary
Multimetal resistance and tolerance in microbial biofilms
Evening: Student mixer at Shanks. Tickets required. Bus pick-up 18:30-18:45 in front of Cascade Hall Residence
Wednesday, June 11th
Morning: Symposium III in ST148, Symposium IV in ST140
Symposium III Microbiology of Petroleum and other Hydrocarbons. ST148
Sponsored by Genome Alberta
Conveners: Tom Jack and Gijs Van Rooijen
08:30 Opening remarks, Gijs Van Rooijen, Genome Alberta
Genomics for Greener Energy08:35 Gerrit Voordouw, University of Calgary
Injection of Nitrate into Oil Fields: novel biotechnology to improve oil quality09:00 Peter Dunfield, University of Calgary
Thermoacidophilic methane oxidation by Verrucomicrobia
09:30 Bill Mohn, University of British Columbia
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 Julia Foght, University of Alberta
Microbes and Oil Sands Tailings: What a Gas!11:00 Michael McInerney, University of Oklahoma
The role of syntrophic metabolism in methanogenesis and hydrocarbon degradation and using other microbial consortia for oil recovery
11:30 Steve Larter, University of Calgary
Syntrophic Bacteria to Beyond SAGD—the life and times of the oil sands petroleum reservoir biosphere.
12:00 Closing Remarks: Tom Jack
Symposium IV Microbial Communities ST140
Conveners: Michael Surette and Howard Ceri
08:30 Paul Stoodley, Alleghany General Hospital, PA
Bacterial biofilms from the environment to infectious disease
09:00 Dennis Cvitkovitch, University of Toronto
The mob mentality of Streptococcus mutans: survival in the oral cavity
09:30 Rees Kassen, University of Ottawa
The interpretation of microbial diversity using experimental evolution
10:00 Coffee Break, Foyer of Science Theatres
10:30 Mike Surette, University of Calgary
Of Flies and Men: Dissecting Polymicrobial Infections in Patients and Model Systems
11:00 Bob Forster, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Lethbridge,
The Rumen Microbial Community – Exploitation using a Metagenomic Approach
11:30 Josh Neufeld, University of Waterloo
Accessing the diversity of complex microbial communities: the footpath behind and the highway ahead.
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Student Award Symposium Session I: see page 33 for details of participants and abstracts.
14:30 Poster session II (Lobby of ST and walkway to Biological Sciences). Abstracts begin pg. 62.
16:30 Section symposia –three parallel sessions in ST148, ST140, ST143
Section A: Applied and Environmental Microbiology ST148
Moderator: Chris Yost, University of Regina
16:30 Jonathan Van Hamme, Thompson Rivers University
1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctane sulfonate (TH-PFOS) biodegradation by Gordonia sp. strain NB4-1Y Abstract A63
16:45 Julius Csotonyi, University of Manitoba
Novel halophilic aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs, including a gammaproteobacterial representative, from a Canadian hypersaline spring system. Abstract A7
17:00 Kasia Stevens, University of Calgary
Burkholderia cenocepacia requires flagella for biofilm formation. Abstract A53
17:15 Guylaine Talbot, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Lennoxville
Distribution of Trophic Bacterial Groups in a Plug-Flow Type Anaerobic Bioreactor Fed with Swine Manure Using Real-Time RT-PCR Analyses. Abstract A57
17:30 Ranjana Sharma, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Lethbridge
Prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 intermediate lineages from cattle isolates in Alberta and characterization of selected virulence. Abstract A46
17:45 Kelly Shannon, University of Guelph
Effect of nitrate on the expression of the nitric oxide reductase gene (cnorB) in Pseudomonas mandelii strain PD30 in an agricultural soil. Abstract A45
Moderator: David Heinrichs, University of Western Ontario
16:30 Logan Donaldson, York University,
Functional insights from the structure of the S. aureus VraR DNA binding domain. Abstract B14
16:45 Rebekah DeVinney, University of Calgary
The Vibrio parahaemolyticus chromosome I type III secretion system contributes to the evasion of phagocytosis by Crassostrea gigas hemocytes. Abstract B12
17:00 Tyler Field, University of Calgary
Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from the Sputum of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Patients during Pulmonary Exacerbation: Identification, Population Dynamics and Biochemical Characterization. Abstract B19
17:15 Alfredo Menendez, University of British Columbia
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium target gall bladder epithelial cells in vivo. Abstract B24
17:30 Tara Moriarty, University of Calgary
Identification of host and B. burgdorferi proteins mediating the primary stages of microvascular emigration in vivo Abstract B25
17:45 Lisa Nelson, University of Calgary
Employing the rat prostate as a model for identifying Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors necessary for mucosal infections. Abstract B28
Moderators: Kesen Ma, Waterloo, and Brian Driscoll, McGill
16:30 Denice Bay, University of Calgary
Exploring suppressor of groEL mutation (SUG) protein function in Escherichia coli using bioinformatic and proteomic approaches Abstract C2
16:45 John Smit University of British Columbia
Exploring the capabilities of the Caulobacter crescentus Type I secreted S-layer for recombinant protein secretion and surface display Abstract C28
17:00 Rahat Zaheer, McMaster University
Pit accessory protein (OrfA) is required for transport via OrfA-Pit phosphate system in S. meliloti. Abstract C40
17:15 Amy Turnbull, University of Calgary
A cysteine requirement for complete Salmonella typhimurium swarm cell differentiation. Abstract C33
17:30 Tim Strozen, University of Saskatchewan
Isolation of mutants defective for secretion of a type II secretion system substrate: evidence for the activity of GspAB and other factors in assembly of the secretin in Vibrio choleraeAbstract C29
17:45 Ashkan Golshani, Carleton University,
Identification of novel genes involved in protein synthesis using a chemical-genetics screening in yeast Abstract C12
EVENING: Free for dinner and exploration !
18:00 Exhibitors’ reception in courtyard of Admin Building (Exhibitors, Executive and LOC)
Thursday June 12th
Morning: Symposium V in ST148, Symposium VI in ST140
Symposium V Agricultural Microbiology ST148
Conveners: Brent Selinger and Bala Sampathkumar
08:30 Chris Yost, University of Regina
Protecting the safety of fresh produce by improving the microbial quality of irrigation water: A study of the Qu’Appelle River in Southern Saskatchewan
09:00 Rick Holley, University of Manitoba
Recycling zoonotic pathogens in the food supply
09:30 Doug Inglis, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Lethbridge
Campylobacter, campylobacteriosis, and livestock: an iconoclastic approach
10:00 Coffee Break, Foyer of Science Theatres
10:30 Larry Kawchuk, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Lethbridge
Advances in Plant Disease Silencing and Resistance
11:00 Cheryl Patten, University of New Brunswick
Molecular interactions between plants and beneficial bacteria in the rhizosphere
11:30 Michael Bidochka, Brock University
Potential of insect pathogenic fungi for biocontrol
Symposium VI Bacterial secretion systems and membrane proteins ST140
Conveners: Raymond J. Turner and Sui-Lam Wong
08:30 Franck Duong, UBC
Studying translocon function in a membranous puck
09:00 Ken Jarrell, Queen’s University
Archaeal signal peptidases and their role in surface structures
09:30 Russell Bishop, McMaster University
Structure and Function of an Outer Membrane Sensory Transducer in Escherichia coli O157:H7
10:00 Coffee Break, Foyer of Science Theatres
10:30 Samantha Gruenheid, McGill University
Identification and characterization of the type III secreted effector protein NleA
11:00 Natalie Strynadka, UBC
Piecing together the Type III Secretion Injectisome
11:30 Christian Baron, Université de Montréal
Structure and Chemical Biology Approaches to Disarm Bacterial Pathogens: The Model of Type IV Secretion Systems
12:00 Lunch: grab something to eat and be sure to come back for the AGM
12:30 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF CSM/SCM ST148
13:30 Student Award Symposium Session II. See page 33 for details of speakers and abstracts.
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Fisher Scientific Award Lecture ST148:
Dr. John McCormick, University of Western Ontario
Molecular carpentry of bacterial superantigens: structure-function to application
16:30 Closing of meeting and invitation to CSM 2009, Concordia University
18:00 President’s Banquet, Red and White Club. Dinner at 18:30. After dinner and awards presentations, dance to the sounds of the Woodhouse Big Band.
