Symposium Program 2024

Monday, October 21st 2024

MONDAYTOPIC
8.00 – 9.00          Arrival & Registration
9.00 – 9.05Introduction
9.05 – 9.30



Prof. Jörg Vogel (Universität Würzburg, HIRI)
Welcome at HIRI
Exploiting the potential of RNA as a diagnostic, drug, and therapeutic target for new strategies to combat infectious diseases.
9.30 – 10.50








Short talk session 1 (each 15 + 5 min Q&A)
Léa Rémy-Zéphir
A streamlined analytical pipeline for discovering new antibiotics from myxobacteria
Jonas Fiedler
Direct α-Hydroxy Acid Loading onto a Bacterial Thiotemplate Assembly Line via a Multienzyme Gateway
Hiroshi Otani
New capabilities that facilitate discovery of secondary metabolites
Friederike Biermann
Alola and RAIChU: Automating and enhancing interactive visualization of biosynthetic pathways
10.50 – 11.30Coffee break with posters (all posters)
11.30 – 11.50

Invited Talk: Aya Yoshimura
Membrane vesicles carrying natural products mediate interbacterial communication
11.50 – 13.10








Short talk session 2 (each 15 + 5 min Q&A)
Simon Cremers
Development of an untargeted higher throughput elicitor-screening platform for myxobacteria
Flaviana C. Susanto
Exploring the anti-biofilm effect of meropenem, colistin and darobactin using a hydrodynamic microfluidic assay
Simone Edenhart
Regulation of the biosynthesis of the interkingdom signaling arginoketide azalomycin F requires multiple LuxR regulators
Felix Mühlemeyer
Exploring microbial natural products for anthelmintic discovery through C. elegans and S. mansoni screenings
13.10 – 14.30

Lunch break with posters (all posters)
14.15: Section business (Christine Beemelmanns and Nadine Ziemert)
14.30 – 16.30












Short talk session 3 (each 15 + 5 min Q&A)
Lars Höing
Biosynthesis of the bacterial siderophoric antibiotic 3,7-dihydroxytropolone through enzymatic salvaging of catabolic shunt products
Dmytro Bratiichuk
Gromomycins: An unprecedented class of triterpene antibiotic exhibiting biosynthetic uniqueness
Christoph M. Meier
Discovery of origamins: Widespread extensively modified ribosomal peptides adapting a β-helical conformation
Leo Padva
Nitration of a ribosomal pentapeptide generates a noncanonical precursor for nonribosomal peptide synthesis
Juliana Effert
Biosynthesis of bacterial pyrrolizidine alkaloids and production of new derivatives
Alena Strüder
Rediscovery and biosynthesis elucidation of hazimycin in Kitasatospora purpeofusca
16.30 – 17.00
Short break
17.00 – 17.40

Prices for best Talks and Posters
Hendrik Wolff-Price Lecture