Vibrio2024: The International Meeting on the Biology of Vibrios

Day 1: October 20th (Sunday)

6:30pm

Welcome reception starts

7:00pm

Welcome plenary session

1. Salvador Almagro-Moreno, University of Central Florida, USA (3 mins)

Welcome and acknowledgements

2. Karl Klose, University of Texas San Antonio, USA (3 mins)

Overview and logistics

3. Ronnie Gavilan, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú (3 mins)

Speaker introductions

4. Cesar Vasquez Sanchez, Minister of Health, Government of Perú (7 mins)

Welcome

5. Cesar Cabezas, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú (7 mins)

The Latin America Cholera Epidemic

6. Oscar Escalante, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú (7 mins)

Vibrios in Peru: past and future perspectives

7:30-9.30pm

Welcome reception

Day 2: October 21st (Monday)

8:30-10:00 am

Session 1. QS, biotic and abiotic sensing of the environment: Who is out there?

Chairs: Julia van Kessel and Wai-Leung Ng

1.1. Long talk (20+5) Wai-Leung Ng, Tufts University, USA

Connection of quorum sensing and antiviral defense in Vibrio cholerae

1.2. Short talk (12+3) Neta Sal-Man, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Enteric pathogens communication can be intercepted by microbiome-produced metabolites.

1.3. Long talk (20+5) Kai Papenfort, University of Jena, Germany

From Strings of Nucleotides to Collective Behavior: Lessons from Vibrio cholerae and its Phages

1.4. Short talk (12+3) Caetano Antunes, University of Kansas, USA

Vibrio cholerae interactions with the gut commensal Enterocloster citroniae

10:00-10:30 am

Coffee break

10:30-12:00 pm

Session 2. Antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic toxins: Stay away from me!

Chairs: Dor Salomon and Stefan Pukatzki

2.1. Long talk (20+5) Stefan Pukatzki, CUNY, USA

The cholera bacterium: human pathogen and bacterial predator

2.2. Short talk (12+3) Gustavo Espinosa-Vergara, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Toxins secreted by Vibrio cholerae provide fitness advantage in an environmental niche

2.3. Long talk (20+5) Karla Satchell, Northwestern University, USA

MARTX toxins drive context-dependent virulence in Vibrios

2.4. Short talk (12+3) Shir Mass, Tel Aviv University, Israel

A T6SS in the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus secretes an arsenal of anti-eukaryotic effectors and contributes to virulence

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00-2:30 pm

Session 3. Vibrio physiology: How does this work?

Chairs: Karl Klose and Fabian Rivera-Chavez

3.1. Long talk (20+5) Fabian Rivera-Chavez, University of California San Diego, USA

Molecular remodeling of gut metabolism by cholera toxin

3.2. Short talk (12+3) Nikhil Thomas, Dalhousie University, Canada

Discovery of a novel single channel chitoporin required for Vibrio sp. environmental fitness

3.3. Long talk (20+5) Seiji Kojima, University of Nagoya, Japan

Flagellar motility of marine Vibrio: mechanism of flagellar rotation and assembly at cell pole

3.4. Short talk (12+3) Venus Stanton, University of Texas San Antonio, USA

Localization of the flagellins in the Vibrio cholerae polar flagellum

2:30-3:00 pm

Coffee break

3:00-4:30 pm

Session 4. Vibrio epidemiology: Is there a doctor on board?

Chairs: Jaime Martinez-Urtaza and Craig Baker Austin

4.1. Long talk (20+5) Craig Baker Austin, CEFAS, UK

Stemming the rising tide of Vibrio disease

4.2. Short talk (12+3) Chonchanok Muangnapoh, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Marine plastic debris as a vehicle of antimicrobial resistant Vibrio spp.

4.3. Long talk (20+5) Chao Yang, Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection, China

Genomic Epidemiology and Evolution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in China and Beyond

4.4. Short talk (12+3) Eric Nelson, University of Florida, USA

Impact of phage predation on cholera diagnostics in an antibiotic polluted world

4:30-6:00 pm

Poster session I

Dinner (on your own)

Day 3: October 22nd (Tuesday)

8:30-10:00 am

Session 5. Vibriophages and anti-phage defense systems: Should I wear a mask?

Chairs: Andrew Camilli and Kim Seed

5.1. Long talk (20+5) Andrew Camilli, Tufts University USA

A Vibrio cholerae and Phage Arms Race Centered On NAD+ Depletion

5.2. Short talk (12+3) Landon Getz, University of Toronto, Canada

Vibrio parahaemolyticus integrons encode novel antiphage defences

5.3. Long talk (20+5) Kim Seed, University of California Berkeley, USA

Mechanisms underpinning Vibrio cholerae - phage conflict in cholera endemic region

5.4. Short talk (12+3) Jojo Prentice, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA

Cell-lysis sensing: theory and experiments with Vibrio cholerae

10:00-10:30 am

Coffee break

10:30-12:00 pm

Session 6. Vibrio-host interactions: Sorry, is this bothering you?

Chairs: Kim Orth and Ned Ruby

6.1. Long talk (20+5) Kim Orth, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School USA

Molecular conversations between the V. parahaemolyticus and the host

6.2. Short talk (12+3) Jeff Withey, Wayne State University, USA

Pandemic Vibrio cholerae biotypes exhibit differences in duration of fish colonization

6.3. Long talk (20+5) Ned Ruby, California Institute of Technology, USA

A rhythmically produced symbiont sRNA that enters the host nucleus and controls gene expression

6.4. Short talk (12+3) Franz Zingl, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA

Impact of Vibrio cholerae serotype on pathogenicity and colonization

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00-2:30 pm

Session 7. Virulence regulation: This might hurt

Chairs: Jyl Matson and Fitnat Yildiz

7.1. Long talk (20+5) Fitnat Yildiz University of California Santa Cruz, USA

Mechanisms and Consequences of Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae

7.2. Short talk (12+3) David Zamorano-Sanchez, UNAM Cuernavaca, Mexico

Drivers of a c-di-GMP Trigger Phosphodiesterase in Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

7.3. Long talk (20+5) Tetsuya Iida, Osaka University, Japan

Pathogenicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in humans

7.4. Short talk (12+3) Paula Watnick, Boston Children’s Hospital

Exploring the role of chitin in V. cholerae colonization of the arthropod intestine

2:30-3:00 pm

Coffee break

3:00-4:30 pm

Session 8. Vibrio populations and genomics: We are in this together

Chairs: Salvador Almagro-Moreno and Chonchanok Muangnapoh

8.1. Long talk (20+5) Munirul Alam, International Center for Diarrheal disease Research, Bangladesh

Vibrio cholerae dynamics in its natural environment

8.2. Short talk (12+3) Mario Lopez-Perez, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Spain

Allelic variations and gene cluster modularity act as non-linear bottlenecks for cholera emergence

8.3. Long talk (20+5) Carla Mavian, University of Florida, USA

13 years of genomic surveillance of Vibrio Cholerae in Haiti

8.4. Short talk (12+3) Alfonso Soler-Bistue, CONICET Argentina

Law and order in Vibrio genome: how the chromosomal position of key loci impacts bacterial fitness and physiology.

4:30-6:00 pm

Poster session II

Dinner (on your own)

Day 4: October 23rd (Wednesday)

8:30-10:00 am

Session 9. Vibrio evolution and ecology: Making history

Chairs: Mark Mandel and Alecia Septer

9.1. Long talk (20+5) Alecia Septer University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA

The Vibrio-Squid symbiosis as a model to study T6SS impacts on Eco-Evo dynamics

9.2. Short talk (12+3) Sarah Svensson, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, China,

Reverse ecology: harnessing gene association signals for understanding Vibrio adaptation strategies

9.3. Long talk (20+5) Didier Mazel, Pasteur Institute, France

Sedentary chromosomal integrons as an untapped treasure trove of streamlined anti-phage systems

9.4. Short talk (12+3) Eric Stabb, University of Illinois Chicago

Convergence of natural and directed-experimental evolution in Vibrio fischeri luxR

10:00-10:30 am

Coffee break

10:30-12:00 pm

Session 10. Aquaculture and seafood disease: It’s the economy…

Chairs: Carmen Amaro and Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon

10.1. Long talk (20+5) Carla Hernández, Universidad de Valencia, Spain

Insights into the pathogenicity of Vibrio vulnificus in aquaculture hosts

10.2. Short talk (12+3) Steph Smith, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA

Comparative genomics of host-associated Vibrio bacteria reveals key metabolic changes preceding oyster mortality events

10.3. Long talk (20+5) Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon, CNRS, France

Polymicrobial synergy between Vibrio and the OsHV-1 virus in the Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome

10.4. Short talk (12+3) Daniel Oyanedel, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile

Assessing the virulence potential of the Vibrio community in healthy Pacific Oysters from Chilean aquaculture farms.

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00-2:30 pm

Session 11. Vibrios and climate change: It’s getting hot in here!

Chairs: Munirul Alam and Blake Ushijima

11.1. Long talk (20+5) Blake Ushijima, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA

Climate change and coral disease: how environmental factors influence Vibrio coralliilyticus pathogenesis

11.2. Short talk (12+3) Cheryl Whistler, University of New Hampshire, USA

Climate and aquaculture impacts on the seasonal ecology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus populations in the Northeast US

11.3. Long talk (20+5) Jaime Martinez-Urtaza, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Global expansion of Vibrio in a warming planet

11.4. Short talk (12+3) Amy Marie Campbell, University of Southampton, UK

Reshaping the evolutionary history of Vibrio parahaemolyticus ST3: the explosive parallel emergence of distinct populations in disparate climates of Asia and South America amidst El Niño

2:30-3:00 pm

Coffee break

3:00-3:45 pm

Session 12: Colloquium: Vibrio research in the Americas

Chairs: Ronnie Gavilan and Salvador Almagro-Moreno

Roundtable (45) (35+10) (~7 min each)

Carlos Blondel, Universidad Andres Bello (Chile)

Paula Lucia Diaz Guevara, Instituto Nacional de Salud (Colombia)

Ronnie Gavilan, Instituto Nacional de Salud (Peru)

Michael Hughes, Center For Disease Control (USA)

Dalia Rodrigues, FIOCRUZ (Brasil)

Maria-Rosa Viñas, ANLIS-MALBRÁN (Argentina)

David Zamorano Sanchez, UNAM (Mexico)

3.45-4.15 pm

Final announcements (next meeting, awards, summary), discussion of the International Vibrio Society

7:00 pm

Gala Dinner at "Mangos Restaurant"

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