3RD WORKSHOP IN MICROBIAL
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
02 - 04 July 2025 | Auditorium of the Ribeirão Preto Law School, University of São Paulo
Registrations open until May 31st, 2025
Applications with abstract submission will be prioritized
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ABOUT THE EVENT
We invite the microbiology community to attend the 3rd Workshop in Microbial Molecular Biology, which will be held on 2-4 of July, 2025 at the Ribeirão Preto Law School Auditorium (USP-RP/Brazil). The Conference will cover most aspects of Molecular Microbiology, featuring international speakers and researchers from the many institutions of São Paulo State. Topics will include: Molecular Machines, Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interaction, Bacteriophages and Genetics and Physiology of microorganisms. Posters session will further extend discussions and exchange of ideas between researchers, undergraduate and graduate students. We will select abstracts from the original poster submission for oral presentations. Registration is free of charge.
Please note that places are limited and we will prioritize registrations that include submission for posters/oral presentations.
Five abstract submissions will be selected for a 15 min oral presentation (in english) and receive a certificate. Prizes for best oral and posters presentations will be awarded by the Molecular Microbiology Journal
MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY: A new vision and expanded scope Molecular Microbiology encompasses all areas of microbiology from basic to translational research. The journal aims at attracting research content of the highest quality and novelty. It will publish studies of all microbes that provide significant new biological insights and contribute to a deeper understanding of the molecular principles underlying basic physiological processes or interactions between microbes their hosts or the environment. We encourage cross-disciplinary approaches. The journal will thereby strengthen its service to the broader microbiology research community
Check out the full event program !
Summarized schedule
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Registration |
until 31/05/2025 |
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Registration results |
10/06/2025 |
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Event date |
02-04/07/2025 |
CONFERENCES
"Structural hybrid methods to probe secretion systems of pathogenic bacteria"
- Natalie Strynadka
- Department of Biochemistry, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
"Peptidoglycan amidase activation during bacterial cell division"
- Allister Crow
- Gibbet Hill Campus, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
"Citrus Huanglongbing is a pathogen-triggered immune disease and CRISPR genome editing in disease resistance improvement"
- Nian Wang
- Citrus Research and Education Center, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, United States
"Integrative structural studies of the flagellar filament from Leptospira"
- Alejandro Buschiazzo
- Laboratorio de Microbiología molecular y estructural, Unidad de Cristalografía de proteínas, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Mataojo 2020, Montevideo, Uruguay
"Exploring phage-host interactions: A next-generation toolkit for pathogen control and rapid diagnostics"
- Martin Loessner
- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
"The Schitoviridae DNA-ejectosome couples transcription to genome ejection"
- Gino Cingolani
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
"L-form bacteria: antibiotics, lytic enzymes, oxidative stress and recurrent infection"
- Jeff Errington
- School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
"Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV: Recycling old targets for new antibacterials"
- Neil Osheroff
- Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
SYMPOSIA
! Four symposia will discuss cutting-edge research on Microbiology, featuring 30-min presentations from invited speakers from distinct institutions from São Paulo State, in addition to talks selected from poster submissions.
MOLECULAR MACHINES
MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION
BACTERIOPHAGES
GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
MOLECULAR MACHINES
SYMPOSIUM 1 – chair Leonardo Talachia Rosa
- Gisele Cardoso De Amorim – UFRJ – Rio de Janeiro – In-person
- Roberto Kopke Salinas – IQ-USP – São Paulo – In-person
- Mario Tyago Murakami – LNBR-CNPEM – Campinas – In-person
- SHORT TALK 1 – TBD – In-person
- SHORT TALK 2 – TBD – In-person
MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION
SYMPOSIUM 2 – chair Cristiane Rodrigues Guzzo Carvalho – In-person
- Gustavo Henrique Goldman – FCFRP-USP – Ribeirão Preto – In-person
- Taicia Pacheco Fill – IQ-UNICAMP – Campinas – In-person
- Ana Lucia Tabet Oller do Nascimento – Instituto Butantan – São Paulo – In-person
- SHORT TALK 3 – TBD – In-person
- SHORT TALK 4 – TBD – In-person
BACTERIOPHAGES
SYMPOSIUM 3 – chair Layla Farage Martins – In-person
- Henrique Ferreira – IB-UNESP – Rio Claro – In-person
- Germán Gustavo Sgro – FCFRP-USP – Ribeirão Preto – In-person
- Layla Farage Martins – IQ-USP – In-person
- SHORT TALK 5 – TBD – In-person
- SHORT TALK 6 – TBD – In-person
GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
SYMPOSIUM 4 – chair Regina Lucia Baldini
- João Carlos Setubal – IQ-USP – São Paulo – In-person
- Rogério Ferreira Lourenço – IB-UNICAMP – Campinas – In-person
- Lívia Soares Zaramela – FMRP-USP – Ribeirão Preto – In-person
- SHORT TALK 7 – TBD – In-person
- SHORT TALK 8 – TBD – In-person
For more informations about the assigned speakers, click here.
SPEAKERS
International speakers
Natalie Strynadka
University of British Columbia
Structural hybrid methods to probe secretion systems of pathogenic bacteria
Allister Crow
University of Warwick
Peptidoglycan amidase activation during bacterial cell division
Nian Wang
University of Florida
Citrus Huanglongbing is a pathogen-triggered immune disease and CRISPR genome editing in disease resistance improvement
Alejandro Buschiazzo
Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Integrative structural studies of the flagellar filament from Leptospira
Gino Cingolani
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Schitoviridae DNA-ejectosome couples transcription to genome ejection
Jeff Errington
University of Sydney
L-form bacteria: antibiotics, lytic enzymes, oxidative stress and recurrent infection
Neil Osheroff
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV: Recycling old targets for new antibacterials
Martin Loessner
ETH Zurich
Exploring phage-host interactions: A next-generation toolkit for pathogen control and rapid diagnostics
Joana Azeredo
Universidade do Minho
Mehmet Berkmen
New England BIolabs
Melanie Berkmen
Suffolk University, Boston
National speakers
João Carlos Setubal
IQ-USP - São Paulo
Surveying the worldwide species and strain diversity of some interesting bacterial genera
Gisele Cardoso de Amorim
UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro
Structural insights and antivirulence strategies targeting the Type VI Secretion System of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Roberto Kopke Salinas
IQ-USP - São Paulo
Characterization of interactions and dynamics of a Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) substrate using NMR spin relaxation experiments
Mário Tyago Murakami
LNBR-CNPEM - Campinas
Exploring the microbial dark matter from Brazilian biodiversity: From bioprospection to biotechnological applications
Gustavo Henrique Goldman
FCFRP-USP - Ribeirão Preto
Aspergillus fumigatus pyripyropene is a transkingdom secondary metabolite effector
Taicia Pacheco Fill
IQ-Unicamp - Campinas
Metabolomics strategies to understand microbial biological interactions
Ana Lucia Tabet Oller Nascimento
Instituto Butantan - São Paulo
Mining leptospiral genomes targeting proteins involved in host-pathogen interactions
Layla Farage Martins
IQ-USP - São Paulo
Germán Gustavo Sgro
FCFRP-USP - Ribeirão Preto
Cryo-EM structure analysis of phage ΦXacm4-11 that infects the phytopathogen Xanthomonas citri
Rogério Ferreira Lourenço
IB-UNICAMP - Campinas
Proteins that modulate DNA topology in a group of bacteria that are important in cystic fibrosis
Henrique Ferreira
IB-UNESP - Rio Claro
Bacteriophages and their enzymes for a greener agriculture and a potential alternative to conventional antibiotics
Lívia Soares Zaramela
FMRP-USP - Ribeirão Preto
Role of carbohydrates in host-microbes interactions
ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE
Prof. Dr. Germán Gustavo Sgro
Depto. Ciências Biomoleculares - FCFRP-USP
Prof. Dr. José Freire da Silva Neto
Depto. de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos - FMRP-USP
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Talachia Rosa
Depto. de Bioquímica e Biologia Tecidual - IB-UNICAMP
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. Dr. Germán Gustavo Sgro
Prof. Dr. José Freire da Silva Neto
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Talachia Rosa
Profa. Dra. Cristina E. Alvarez Martinez
Depto. Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia - IB-UNICAMP
Prof. Dr. Marcio Vinicius Bertacine Dias
Depto. Microbiologia - ICBII-USP
Profa. Dra. Marilis do Valle Marques
Depto. Microbiologia - ICBII-USP
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo da Silva Galhardo
Depto. Microbiologia - ICBII-USP
Registrations open until May 31st, 2025.
Applications with abstract submission will be prioritized.
Contact
Address
Auditorium of the Ribeirão Preto Law School, University of São Paulo | Address: R5M3+P8 – Subsetor Oeste – 11 (N-11), Ribeirão Preto – SP, 14040-900
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
