Symposium 1 - Interface with the Environment: Slime, Envelope and Cell Wall

Monday, 8 September 2008 10:30 - 12:00, Hall A

Co-Chair Brigitte Berger-Bächi Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of ZurichSwitzerland
Co-Chair Mark Enright Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
Teichoic acid polymers and their toles in staphylococcal infections
  • Andreas Peschel, University of Tublingen, Germany
Surface modulation in response to defensins
  • Hans-Georg Sahl, Institut for Medizinische Mikrobiologle and Immunolgie, Germany
The regulation of biofilm formation by BarA and BarB in Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Beate Jonas, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
A matter of life and death: The walK/walR essential signal transduction pathway and cell wall homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus
  • Tarek Msadek, Institut Pasteur, France