| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Two-Component and Chemotactic Signal Transduction |
| Discussion Leader: C. Keith Cassidy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Cynthia Darnell (Duke University, USA)
"Systems Biology Approaches to Understanding Stress in Archaea" |
| 4:00 pm - 4:05 pm | Discussion |
| 4:05 pm - 4:20 pm | Jessica Gullett (The University of Tennessee, USA)
"Regulation of Bacterial Chemotaxis and Cell Length at Division by a Multifunctional CheA1 Histidine Kinase" |
| 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Novel Models and Signaling Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Daniela Keilberg (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Randy Lacey (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)
"Ethylene Stimulates Phototaxis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Through the Ethylene Receptor SynETR1" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Bonnie Chaban (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Building a Bigger Motor – Understanding the Diversity and Evolution of the Epsilon-Proteobacteria Flagellar Motor" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Shuangyu Bi (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"Engineering Chemoreceptors to Detect Novel Molecules" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Katie Thornton (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Exploring Archaeal Swimming Patterns in 3D with Digital Holographic Microscopy" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Signaling, Microbial Physiology and Pathogenesis |
| Discussion Leader: Susanne Brenzinger (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Paula Corsini (University College London, United Kingdom)
"The Regulation of Arsenic Metabolism" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Michael Gebhardt (University of Chicago, USA)
"GigA and GigB Comprise a Signalling Axis Controlling Antibiotic Resistance, Environmental Stress Resistance and Virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Shumin Tan (Tufts University School of Medicine, USA)
"Exploiting Reporter Strains to Unravel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sensing and Response to Environmental Cues" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Julie Huang (Stanford University, USA)
"Finding Its Niche: Survival Strategies of Helicobacter pylori in the Stomach" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Career Panel |
| Discussion Leader: Jonathan Willett (University of Chicago, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Career Discussion" |
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- Nicolas Biais (Brooklyn College, USA)
- Jennifer Leeds (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, USA)
- Tracy Raivio (University of Alberta, Canada)
- Janet Wilson (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
