Conferences

Programme

Thursday 8th January 2015
11:00-14:00  Registration, Foyer, Exchange Building, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham     
12:30-14:00 Lunch, The Atrium, Jubilee Campus
14:00-17:00 Session 1 - Lecture Theatre 1, Exchange Building
Chair: Malcolm White (University of St Andrews)
14:00-14:30

Plenary Lecture

“The Immune System of Haloferax volcanii”

Professor Anita Marchfelder (Universität Ulm, Germany)    
14:30-14:50  "Biochemical insights into Archaeoglobus fulgidus DNA polymerase D"
Javier Abellon-Ruiz (Newcastle University)
14:50-15:10 
 "Archaeal replicative primases can perform translesion DNA synthesis"
Stanislaw Jozwiakowski (University of Sussex)
15:10-15:30 "DNA segregation in Sulfolobus: a tale of superhelices and protein roller coasters"
Daniela Barillà (University of York)
15:30-16:00
 Tea/coffee break, Foyer, Exchange Building   
16:00-17:30
 Session 2 - Lecture Theatre 1, Exchange Building
Chair: Bernard Connolly (Newcastle University)
16:00-16:20
 "CRISPR adaptation in Sulfolobus solfataricus"
Clare Rollie (University of St Andrews)
16:20-16:40
 "Active de novo spacer acquisition from the STSV2 virus by CRISPR loci of
Sulfolobus islandicus REY15A: a transcriptome study"
Carlos León-Sobrino (University of Copenhagen)
16:40-17:00
 "Exploring the repair of double stranded DNA breaks in the Sulfolobus species"
Sian Bray (University of Cambridge)
17:00-17:20
 "Structure of Crenactin: An archaeal actin-like protein"
Thierry Izore (MRC-LMB, Cambridge)
17:30-19:00
 Poster session, drinks and snacks provided, Foyer, Exchange Building
19:30-22:00 
 Conference dinner, Piccolino restaurant, Nottingham

Friday 9th January 2015
9:00-10:30 Session 4 - Lecture Theatre 1, Exchange Building
Chair: Nicholas Kent (Cardiff University)
9:00-9:20 
 "Molecular mechanism of TFEalpha/beta in transcription initiation"
Fabian Blombach (University College London)
9:20-9:40 "Regulating the pace of RNAP through the secondary channel"
Thomas Fouqueau (University College London)
9:40-10:00 "Engineering halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH2) by saturation
mutagenesis and in silico docking"
Jennifer Cassidy (University College Dublin)
10:00-10:20
 "A thermohalophilic alcohol dehydrogenase from single amplified genomes of
Red Sea brine pools - The first example of a manganese ADH"
Stefan Grötzinger (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
10:30-11:00
 Tea/coffee break, Foyer, Exchange Building
11:00-12:30
 Session 4 - Lecture Theatre 1, Exchange Building
Chair: Finn Werner (University College London)
11:00-11:20 "Analysis of gene regulatory networks in Pyrococcus furiosus by ChIP-seq"
Robert Reichelt (Universität Regensburg)
11:20-11:40 "Genome plasticity of Thermococcales"
Matteo Cossu (Université Paris Sud - IGM)
11:40-12:00 "Archaeal phylogenomics and the origin of eukaryotes"
Tom Williams (Newcastle University)
12:00-12:15 Award of prizes for best student poster and best student talk, sponsored by SGM
12:15-12:30 Closing remarks and vote on location of next UK Archaea Workshop
12:30-14:00  Lunch, The Atrium, Jubilee Campus

Conferences

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