11th European Workshop on the Biology of Cyanobacteria
EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON THE BIOLOGY OF CYANOBACTERIA | 7-9 SEPTEMBER 2020 | ONLINE EVENT
Program
PROGRAM
The local organizers of the 11th EWBC are pleased to announce that the BioCyc.org microbial genomes web portal will be presented at the workshop, and a tutorial on how to use BioCyc will also be provided. BioCyc contains predicted metabolic pathways for each organism, enhanced with a range of data imported from other bioinformatics databases.
BioCyc also provides an extensive set bioinformatics tools that include genome informatics (e.g., genome browser and comparative genome browser), metabolic pathway informatics (e.g., metabolic route search tool and zoomable metabolic maps), regulatory informatics, and omics data analysis (e.g., painting transcriptomics and metabolomics data onto pathway diagrams and metabolic map diagrams). BioCyc.org has recently made available a few curated cyanobacterial databases.
Indicated times are Western European Summer Time (WEST TIME).
MONDAY, 7TH OF SEPTEMBER 2020
10:00-10:15
WELCOME
OPENING LECTURE
10:15-10:45
Cyanobacteria toxins and other secondary metabolites: the good, the bad and the ugly Vítor Vasconcelos, CIIMAR, Universidade do Porto
SESSION I. EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGENY
Chair: Annick Wilmotte, University of Liège, Belgium
INVITED LECTURE
10:45-11:15
Evolution of multicellularity traits in cyanobacteria: a phylogenomics perspective Tal Dagan, Kiel University, Germany
SELECTED LECTURES
11:15-11:35
Micro and macro diversity are both important to bloom-forming cyanobacteria interactions with their phages Sarit Avrani, University of Haifa, Israel
11:35-11:55
Distribution of natural competence in cyanobacteria Fabian Nies, Kiel University, Germany
11:55-12:15
Population structure of cosmopolitan cyanobacterium Microcoleus Petr Dvořák, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
12:15-12:45
Break
SESSION II. ECOLOGY AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
Chair: Pedro Leão, CIIMAR, University of Porto, Portugal
INVITED LECTURE
12:45-13:15
Genomic insights into natural product biosynthesis by toxic cyanobacteria David Fewer, HELSUS – Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, Finland
13:15-14:30
Lunch
SELECTED LECTURES
14:30-14:50
Effect of stress in the production and content of Synechococcus marine vesicles Maria del Carmen Muñoz-Marín, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
14:50-15:10
Characterization of new families of water-soluble carotenoid binding proteins in cyanobacteria Maria A. Dominguez-Martin, LBNL Berkeley, USA
15:10-15:30
Beyond microcystins, aeruginoguanidines and microguanidines in Microcystis Muriel Gugger, Institut Pasteur, France
15:30-15:50
Divergent features of the polysaccharidic matrix of three biocrust-forming cyanobacteria cultivated in liquid culture and on sandy substrate Roberto De Philippis, University of Florence, Italy
15:50-16:20
Break
SESSION III. GENE REGULATION
Chair: Iris Maldener, University of Tübingen, Germany
SELECTED LECTURES
16:20-16:40
Regulation of a subtype III-D CRISPR-Cas system in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Raphael Bilger, University of Freiburg, Germany
16:40-17:00
Collective behavior of circadian clocks in Anabaena multicellular filaments Rinat Arbel-Goren, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
17:00-17:20
An sRNA originating from the 3’end of the allophycocyanin operon mediates the inverse regulation between light harvesting and photoprotection through the orange carotenoid protein Diana Kirilovsky, Université Paris-Saclay, France
17:20-17:40
Structure and functions of cyanobacterial RNA polymerase Yulia Yuzenkova, Newcastle University, UK
17:40-18:00
Break
18:00-18:20
DNA-methylation is involved in the regulation of transcription, fine-tuning of DNA replication and DNA repair in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803 Martin Hagemann, University of Rostock, Germany
18:20-18:40
Linking energy sensing with CO2homeostasis in cyanobacteria: unravelling the SbtB-based network Khaled A. Selim, Tübingen University, Germany
18:40-19:00
BioCyc: A Genomic and Metabolic Web Portal with Multiple Omics Analytical
Tools Peter Karp, Bioinformatics Research Group, SRI, California, USA
19:00-
POSTER SESSION
TUESDAY, 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 2020
SESSION III. GENE REGULATION
Chair: Iris Maldener, University of Tübingen, Germany
INVITED LECTURE
10:00-10:30
FUR proteins in Anabaena sp. PCC7120: beyond the control of metal homeostasis Maria Fillat, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
SESSION IV. PHYSIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
Chairs: Annegret Wilde, University of Freiburg, Germany & Asunción Contreras, Unversity of Alicante, Spain
SELECTED LECTURES
10:30-10:50
Direct connection of Photosystem II biogenesis and tetrapyrrole biosynthesis established via the photosynthesis-related rubredoxin RubA Éva Kiss, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
10:50-11:10
Biofilm self-suppression mechanism uncovers a cyanobacterial component required for pilus assembly, DNA competence and protein secretion Rakefet Schwarz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
11:10-11:30
Deciphering the role of type IV pili in cyanobacterial secretion David A. Russo, University Jena, Germany
11:30-12:00
Break
12:00-12:20
Cyanobacteria respond to light and carbon limitation by a concerted rearrangement of the proteome Michael Jahn, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
12:20-12:40
Phototaxis in a wild isolate of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus Yiling Yang, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
12:40-13:00
Deciphering the organization, dynamics, and physiological regulation of
cyanobacterial CO2-concentrating mechanisms Lu-Ning Liu, University of Liverpool, UK
13:00-14:15
Lunch
14:15-14:35
PatA-type response regulators control cell polarity during phototaxis Niels Schuergers, University of Freiburg, Germany
14:35-14:55
How Synechocystis sees with photosynthesis Conrad W. Mullineaux, Queen Mary University of London, U.K.
14:55-15:15
From cyanobacteria to mammals: role of ergothionein and the glutathione system in the tolerance to stresses and the detoxication of metabolic byproducts Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, Université Paris-Saclay, France
15:15-15:30
Break
SELECTED SHORT TALKS BY YOUNG RESEARCHERS
Danny Ducat, Michigan State University, USA
15:30-15:45
mRNA localisation, reaction centre biogenesis and thylakoid membrane targeting in cyanobacteria Moontaha Mahbub, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, UK
15:45-16:00
Comparative genomics of Anabaena/ Dolichospermum/ Aphanizomenon reveals a correlation between phylogeny and natural product biosynthetic capability Rafael Vicentini Popin, University of Helsinki
16:00-16:15
Cyanobacterial contractile injection systems work in a new mode of action Gregor Weiss, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
16:15-16:30
Cyanobacterial extracellular vesicles: a secretion mechanism to deal with copper-induced stress? Steeve Lima, i3S, University of Porto, Portugal
16:30-16:45
The function of small protein NsiR6 in nitrogen depletion and global examination of small translated ORFs Vanessa Krauspe, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
16:45-17:00
Cyanobacterial blooms driven the nitrogen–phosphorus metabolism in Brazilian soda lakes Thierry Alexandre Pellegrinetti, University of São Paulo, Brazil
17:00-17:15
A reversibly inducible CRISPRi-Cas system targeting Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Virginia M. Johnson, Washington University, Missouri, USA
17:15-17:40
Break
SELECTED LECTURES
17:40-18:00
Structure-Function of the Cyanobacterial Cytochrome b6f Lipoprotein Complex William A. Cramer, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
18:00-18:20
Light-catalyzed production of fatty acids and their derivatives from CO2 using cyanobacteria Wim Vermaas, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
18:30-
POSTER SESSION
WEDNESDAY, 9TH OF SEPTEMBER 2020
SESSION IV. PHYSIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
Chairs: Annegret Wilde, University of Freiburg, Germany & Asunción Contreras, Unversity of Alicante, Spain
INVITED LECTURE
10:00-10:30
Orchestration of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in Unicellular Cyanobacteria Karl Forchhammer, Universität Tübingen, Germany
SELECTED LECTURES
10:30-10:50
Coupling cell division to heterocyst development in Anabaena Cheng-Cai Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
10:50-11:10
Cyanobacterial membrane transporters potentially involved in the marine diatom-heterocystous cyanobacteria symbioses Enrique Flores, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
SESSION V. BIOENERGETICS
Chair: Paulo Oliveira, i3S & IBMC, Portugal
INVITED LECTURE
11:10-11:40
Structure and function of the cyanobacterial carbon concentrating complex I Marc M. Nowaczyk, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
11:40-12:00
Break
SELECTED LECTURES
12:00-12:20
Chlorophyll f is synthesized by a non-oxygen-evolving super-rogue photosystem II complex Josef Komenda, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
12:20-12:40
Marine Cyanobacteria Tune Energy Transfer Efficiency in their Light-harvesting Antennae by Modifying Pigment Coupling Nir Keren, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
12:40-13:00
Disassembly of homo-oligomeric IM30 rings into intrinsically disordered monomers results in formation of a thylakoid membrane-protecting carpet Dirk Schneider, University Mainz, Germany
13:00-13:20
Testing the Capacity of Heterologous Metabolic Sinks to Replace Photoprotective Mechanisms in Cyanobacteria Maria Santos-Merino, Michigan State University, USA
13:20-14:30
Lunch
SESSION VI. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Chair: Elke Dittmann, University of Potsdam, Germany
INVITED LECTURE
14:30-15:00
Pooled CRISPRi screening of Synechocystis for improved growth, tolerance, and productivity Paul Hudson, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED LECTURES
15:00-15:20
Engineering cyanobacteria for stable production of commodity chemicals around the clock Filipe Branco dos Santos, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
15:20-15:40
Enduracididine production by heterologous expression of two genes involved in cyanobacteria guanitoxin biosynthesis Marli F. Fiore, University of São Paulo, Brazil
15:40-16:00
Remodeling of photosynthetic electron transport in Synechocystis PCC 6803 for future hydrogen production from water MatthiasRögner, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
16:00-16:30
Break
SELECTED LECTURES
16:30-16:50
Orthogonal degron system for controlled protein degradation in cyanobacteria Jonathan K. Sakkos, Michigan State University, USA
16:50-17:10
Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for heterologous production of terpenes Pia Lindberg, Uppsala University, Sweden
17:10-17:30
Synthetic biology strategies for the optimization of artificial pathways in cyanobacterial engineering Pauli Kallio, University of Turku, Finland
17:30-17:50
Probing the limits of phototrophic productivity Ralf Steuer, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
17:50-18:10
NADPH-availability is a limiting factor for photobiocatalytic biotransformations Robert Kourist, Graz University of Technology, Austria