2nd Münster Symposium on

Infection Biology

I n t e r n a t i o n a l W o r k s h o p

M a y 0 2 / 0 3 , 2 0 1 9

Venue: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

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REGISTRATION

Registration in necessary to attend the workshop, with our without poster presentation. Posters must be in English. Follow the instructions:

https://forms.gle/5wgWpa7pcHg4nTL5A

Official language of the workshop: English

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Thursday, 2 May, 2019 09:00 Welcome Address (Organizing Committee)

Roxane Piazza, Ulrich Dobrindt and Waldir Elias

Session I

Chair: Sandra C. Sampaio (Scientific Division, Butantan Institute)

09:10 09:25 09:40 09:55

Welcome Address German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH-São Paulo) Introduction to programmes for intensification of cooperative research activities between German and Brazilian researchers Marcio Weichert German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH

São Paulo) Christiane Wolf (German Research Foundation, DFG) Anna Barkhausen (German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD) Alexandre Roccatto, São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP

Session II

Chair: Roxane Piazza

10:10 Talk 1

Aldo Lima

Federal University of Ceará, Brazil “Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli subclinical and clinical infections”

10:40

Coffee break – Poster session

11:30 Talk 2

Rita C. Ruiz

Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil “Cytotoxic autotransporter proteins in the pathogenesis of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli”

12:00 Talk 3

Waldir P. Elias

Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil “Dispersin of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli: a multitasking protein”

12:30 Lunch

Session III

14:00 Talk 4

Chair: Waldir Elias Ulrich Dobrindt

Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany “Characterization of diarrheagenic E. coli isolated from cases of urinary tract infection”

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14:30 Talk 5

Rodrigo T. Hernandes

State University of São Paulo, Brazil “Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: phylogeny and virulence”

15:00 Talk 6

Isabel C. A. Scaletsky

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil “Identification of novel virulence genes in atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by transposon mutagenesis”

15:30 Talk 7

Tânia A. T. Gomes

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil “The Type III Secretion System (T3SS) of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) can mediate adherence”

16:00 Talk 8

Uri Gophna

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel “Friend or Foe? What is the role of antibiotic-resistant E. coli in pouchitis? Lessons from metagenomes”

16:30

Coffee break – Poster session

18:30

End of Day 1

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Friday, 3 May 2019 Session IV

09:00 Talk 9

Chair: Ulrich Dobrindt Cristiano G. Moreira

State University of São Paulo, Brazil “Escherichia coli biofilm, toxin, and chemical signals: what exactly are these bugs chit chatting about us?”

09:30 Talk 10 Mauricio Farfan

University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile “Host (gut microbiota)-pathogen interaction: Role of the microbiota in the virulence regulation of diarrheagenic E. coli”

10:00 Talk 11

Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira

Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil “Genetic diversity and development of vaccine strategies to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli”

10:30 Talk 12

Beatriz E. C. Guth

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil “Epidemiology and virulence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Brazil: what we have learned”

11:00

Coffee break

Session V

11:30 Talk 13

Chair: Waldir Elias Christian Rüter

Institute of Infectiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany “EHEC derived Outer Membrane Vesicle (OMV): Delivery of Virulence Factors and Interactions with Host Cells”

12:00 Talk 14

Roberto Vidal

University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile “A pipeline to obtain chimeric solutions against STEC infections”

12:30 Talk 15

Roxane M. F. Piazza

Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil “Accuracy in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli diagnosis is due to sensitivity and specificity of the antibody”

13:00

Closing Session

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Venue: Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 -Butantã São Paulo – SP, 05503-900, Brazil

Scientific Organisation:

Waldir P. Elias, Instituto Butantan, Brazil

Roxane M. F. Piazza, Instituto Butantan, Brazil

Ulrich Dobrindt, University of Münster, Germany Supported by:

Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Fundação Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

Divisão de Desenvolvimento Científico do Instituto Butantan

DWIH São Paulo (German Centre for Research and Innovation, Brazil)

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

ERANet-LAC *The cover photo was kindly provided by Dr. rer. nat. Johannes Putze, University of Münster, Germany

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