Workshop Organized by The College of Resources and Environmental Sciences

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

Oct. 15 p.m.

12:10-14:00

Lunch (the 1^nd 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

Date

Time

Speaker

Affiliation

Title of presentation

Oct. 16 a.m.

Session 3:Rhizosphere Microbiology

8:00-8:50

Tino  Krell

Consejo Superior  de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain

Chemotaxis  to root exudate components

8:50-9:40

Yunrong  Chai

Northeastern  University, USA

An adaptive strategy for iron  acquisition and utilization duringBacillus  subtilis biofilm formation