PROGRAM
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
Khaled A. Selim, Tübingen University, Germany
18:40-19:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
Matthias Rögner, 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
PHOTOBIOCAT INVITED LECTURE
18:10-18:30
PRIZES AND CLOSING REMARKS