PROGRAMME
 

08.55

 
  Welcome address
Hans Adolfsson, Vice Chancellor of Umeå University
Yaowen Wu, Director of UCMR

09.15
  Session I
Chairperson: Gemma Atkinson

Invited talk

Cardiovascular complications during Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Anne-Marie Fors-Connolly, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University
09.30

 
  Uncovering novel roles for Beclin 1 in autophagy initiation using chemically induced protein translocation
Dale Corkery, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
09.45

 
  Cryo-electron tomography of poliovirus-infected cells reveals the role of autophagy membranes in enterovirus assembly and release
Selma Dahmane, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University
10.00

 
  Infection of hepatitis C virus predominantly blocks Rift Valley fever virus infection in human liver cells
Koushikul Islam, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University
10.15   Coffee break + poster view

10.45
  Session II
Chairperson: Marta Bally


Keynote
SARS-CoV-2 entry into cells and its inhibition
Stefan Pöhlmann, University of Göttingen, Germany
11.30

 
  Invited talk
Herpes virus and Alzheimer's disease
Hugo Lövheim, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University
11.45
 
  Deciphering the role of the typhoid toxin in carcinogenesis
Maria Lopez Chiloeches, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
12.00    Lunch break

13.00
  Session III
Chairperson: Teresa Frisan

Invited talk

Theoretical models for predicting the origins of the mitochondria
Eric Libby, IceLab and Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umeå University
13.15
 
  The X-factor: An investigation into the role of RsbX in Listeria moncytogenes
Ana Oliveira, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
13.30   Poster elevator pitches
14.30   Poster sessions + Coffee break
15.30   Session IV
Chairperson: Constantin Urban

Invited talk
The CoVUm project: Host-pathogen interactions, immune response and clinical outcome of COVID-19
Johan Normark, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University
15.45

 
  Intracellular infection model reveals heterogeneity and significant antibiotic tolerance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Marta Putrinš, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia
16.00
 
  Development of monoclonal antibodies as antiviral therapy against hantaviruses
Janne Tynell, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University
16.15

 
  Binding kinetics of human noroviruses to histo-blood group antigens predict susceptibility of human intestinal enteroids to infection
Konrad Thorsteinsson, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University
16.30
 
  Keynote
Emmanuelle Charpentier,
Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin
17.15
 
  Closing remarks
Constantin Urban