Date | Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title of presentation |
Oct. 15 a.m. | Session 1:Soil Microbiology and Ecology |
8:30-9:20 | Roberto Kolter | Harvard University, USA | Opportunities for future research using model root-associated microbial communities |
9:20-10:10 | Niu Ben | Northeast Forestry University, China | After the plant root microbiome...What next? |
10:10-10:30 | Tea break |
10:30-11:20 | Harsh Bais | University of Delaware, USA | Functional role of root-microbiome in plant health and fitness |
11:20-12:10 | Pascale Beauregard | University of Sherbrooke, Canada | Swimming, building and sleeping: the busy life ofB. subtilis on plant root |
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Oct. 15 p.m. | 12:10-14:00 | Lunch (the 1nd floor, International Conference Hotel) |
Session 2:Ecology of social interactions ofBacillus subtilis |
14:00-14:50 | Akos T Kovacs | Technical University of Denmark, Denmark | Bacterial-fungal interaction: harnessing the evolution ofBacillus subtilis |
14:50-15:40 | Anna Dragos | Technical University of Denmark, Denmark | From division of labor to autonomy during biofilm matrix production |
15:40-16:00 | Tea break |
16:00-16:50 | Ines Mandič Mulec | University of Ljubljana, Slovenia | Social behaviours byBacillus subtilis: quorum sensing andkin discrimination |
16:50-17:40 | Stefanic Polonca | University of Ljubljana, Slovenia | Kin discrimination promotes horizontal gene transfer inBacillus subtilis |
