BactoMontréal IV

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)

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Soutenu par l’Université de Montréal et par la Faculté de médecine.

9-9:30Arrival and coffee / Arrivée et café
9:30-9:40Introduction
9:40-10:00Talk 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
10:00-10:20Talk 2 – Paula Armoa Ortiz (Calmettes lab, Armand Frappier)
Structural and functional characterization of a putative effector protein of Helicobacter pylori
10:20-10:40Talk 3 – Florence Deschênes (Burrus lab, UdeS)
Fertility inhibition of resistance plasmids by Salmonella Genomic Island 1 via relaxosome assembly interference
10:40-11:00Talk 4 – Ophélie d’Udekem (Reyes lab, McGill)
Transient multivalent interactions promote the coordination of activities at the bacterial replisome
11:00-11:30Coffee and Cookies / Café et cookies
11:30-11:50Talk 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
11:50-12:10Talk 6 – Margot Dessartine (Côté lab, UdeS)
Type 1 fimbriae-mediated collective protection against type 6 secretion system attacks
12:10-12:30Talk 7 – Cecile Berne (Brun lab, UdeM)
Life and Death in Caulobacter biofilms
12:30-14:30Posters 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