Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Cell Shape Determination
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
"Towards Understanding Cell Shape Determination in Lokiarchaea"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Synthesis and Structure of The Cell Envelope
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
"Defining the Roles of Putative Lipid II Flippases During Vegetative Growth and Spore Formation in Clostridioides difficile "
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
"Fortifying the Cell Envelope in Bacillota (Firmicutes): Self-Assembling Proteins Create Paracrystalline Layers for Enhanced Stability in Vegetative Cells and Spores"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
"An Octameric PqiC Toroid Stabilises the Outer-Membrane Interaction of the PqiABC Transport System."
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
"Evolutionary Tinkering and Functional Repurposing of the LPS Transport Machinery in Bacteria"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
"Molecular Interactions Between Outer Membrane Lipid Asymmetry and Peptidoglycan Integrity Maintenance in Acinetobacter baumannii "
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
"Rapid Proteome-Wide Prediction of Lipid-Interacting Proteins Through Ligand-Guided Structural Genomics"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
"Characterizing Hopanoid Transporters in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens "
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cell Envelope Regulation and Related Behaviors
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:15 am
"Linking the Subcellular Localization of the Tad Pilus to the Cell Cycle in a Predatory Bacterium"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:30 am
"Protein Coopted From a Phage Restriction System Dictates Orthogonal Cell Division Plane Selection in Staphylococcus aureus "
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am
"Contributions of Cytoskeleton Polymerization State and Dynamics to Helicobacter pylori Cell Shape"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
"Acinetobacter baumannii Adapts to Phosphate Starvation by Inducing Ornithine Lipid Synthesis"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:15 am
"The Complex Regulatory Mechanisms of the Rcs Phosphorelay in E. coli "
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
"Catch Me if You Can: Insights Into a Novel Immune Evasion Strategy by Pasteurella multocida "
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:45 am
"Mycomembrane Permeation Screen Identifies Chemical Scaffolds That Promote Whole-Cell Anti-Tuberculosis Efficacy"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General 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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Careers in Science
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Science
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes