Montreal Bacteriology Meeting
Symposium de bactériologie à Montréal

Tuesday June 4, 2024; 9h-14:30h
Mardi 4 juin, 2024; 9h-14:30h
Université de Montréal, Pav. Roger Gaudry
(Hall d’honneur et salle K500)
Soutenu par l’Université de Montréal et par la Faculté de médecine.
| 9-9:30 | Arrival and coffee / Arrivée et café |
| 9:30-9:40 | Introduction |
| 9:40-10:00 | Talk 1 – Annabelle Mathieu-Denoncourt (Dupurthuy lab, UdeM) The outer membrane protein OmpV of Vibrio cholerae participates to antimicrobial resistance by modulating the expression of the RND-efflux pump vexAB |
| 10:00-10:20 | Talk 2 – Paula Armoa Ortiz (Calmettes lab, Armand Frappier) Structural and functional characterization of a putative effector protein of Helicobacter pylori |
| 10:20-10:40 | Talk 3 – Florence Deschênes (Burrus lab, UdeS) Fertility inhibition of resistance plasmids by Salmonella Genomic Island 1 via relaxosome assembly interference |
| 10:40-11:00 | Talk 4 – Ophélie d’Udekem (Reyes lab, McGill) Transient multivalent interactions promote the coordination of activities at the bacterial replisome |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee and Cookies / Café et cookies |
| 11:30-11:50 | Talk 5 – Sumaiya Jusab (Nguyen lab, McGill) The role of the type 3 secretion system on the long-term survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in airway epithelial cells |
| 11:50-12:10 | Talk 6 – Margot Dessartine (Côté lab, UdeS) Type 1 fimbriae-mediated collective protection against type 6 secretion system attacks |
| 12:10-12:30 | Talk 7 – Cecile Berne (Brun lab, UdeM) Life and Death in Caulobacter biofilms |
| 12:30-14:30 | Posters and Pizza / Affiches et pizza |
Directions: The Hall d’Honneur is directly under the tower of Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, entrance L4. Access it easily from the subway by taking the escalator up the mountain. For car parking information see here.

Organizers: Marylise Duperthuy, Sven van Teeffelen