Program

Online Meeting via Zoom 09:30-13:30 (GMT+3)

MICREC 2020 Program

Monday, April 26
Time	Session/Lecture info
09:30-09:40	Openning remarks
09:30-09:40
09:40-11:25	Session 1- Microbes-Environment Interplay
09:40-10:05	Anne-Marie Delort, Institute of Chemistry of Clermont-Ferrand, France The cloud microbiota – microorganisms-H2O2 interactions
10:05-10:30	Orit Sivan, Ben-Gurion University Anaerobic oxidation of methane in lake sediments
10:30-10:50	Yeala Shaked, Interuniversity Institute of Marine Sciences in Eilat & HUJI Active collection and mining of dust-nutrients by colonies of the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
10:50-10:55	Yana Beizman Magen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Wet-dry cycles protect surface-colonizing bacteria from antibiotics
10:55-11:00	Omri Gilhar, Weizmann Institute of Science The plant enhances multigenerational effects on growth and root colonization in B. subtilis
11:00-11:05	Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan, Weizmann Institute of Science A rhizosphere interplay between cypress trees and root-associated bacteria during drought
11:05-11:25	Break
11:25-12:45	Session 2 - Microbial colonization and succession
11:25-11:50	Joana Falcão Salles, University of Groningen, The Netherlands The ecology of bacterial invasions
11:50-12:10	Nadav Kashtan, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, HUJI Bacterial life in naturally occurring surface-associated microdroplets
12:10-12:30	Eyal Rahav, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research The hitchhike's guide to bacterial transport: the role of viable dust-borne microbes deposition into marine environments
12:30-12:45	Break
12:45-13:30	Session 3 - Chemically mediated microbial interactions- Part 1
12:45-13:10	Georg Pohnert, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany Exploration of chemical signals from marine microalgae that structure the marine environment
13:20-13:30	Elisa Korenblum, Plant Sciences Institute, ARO Rhizosphere social influencers - bacteria mediate root metabolite exudation
13:30-15:30	Networking and mingling in "Gather" platfor
13:30-15:30

Tuesday, April 27
Time	Session/Lecture info
09:30-11:15	Session 4 - From small microbes to big data
09:30-09:55	Yinon Rudich, Weizmann Institute of Science Long range transport of bacteria in the atmosphere by desert dust
09:55-10:15	Jonathan Friedman, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, HUJI High-throughput measurements of microbial interactions using nanodroplet technology
10:15-10:35	Shiri Freilich, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, ARO Community modelling: using genomics for delineating trophic networks in natural ecosystems
10:35-10:40	Segula Masaphy , MIGAL and Tel Hai College Fungal functional diversity in forest soil
10:40-10:45	Katherine Marsay, University of Ariel Characterization of the plastic-associated microbiome in the Mediterranean Sea
10:45-10:50	Roee Ben Nissan, Weizmann Institute of Science Conversion of Escherichia coli to generate all biomass carbon from CO2
10:50-11:15	Break
11:15-12:25	Session 5 - Microbial ecology at the microscale
11:15-11:35	Avigdor Eldar, Tel Aviv University Short-range quorum sensing controls horizontal gene transfer at micron scale in bacterial communities
11:35-11:55	Daniel Dar, California Institute of Technology Illuminating the microscale heterogeneity of bacterial populations via imaging-transcriptomics
11:55-12:00	Maria Dally, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, HUJI Cellular localization of two Rickettsia symbionts in the digestive system and within the ovaries of the Mirid bug, Macrolophous pygmaeus
12:00-12:05	Avia Mizrachi, Weizmann Institute of Science Single-cell heterogeneity in response to oxidative stress reveals cell fate regulation pathways in a marine diatom
12:05-12:10	Noa Barak-Gavish, Weizmann Institute of Science Behavioral switch in bacteria in response to algal signals
12:10-12:25	Break
12:25-13:30	Session 6 - Applied microbial ecology
12:25-12:50	Willy Verstraete, Ghent University, Belgium Engineering microbial cleantech for environmental sustainability
12:50-13:10	Eddie Cytryn, Institute of Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences, ARO Making sense of antibiotic resistance in the environment
13:10-13:30	Adi Levi, Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences and Achva Academic College Science and policy- How can microorganisms make a big impact?
13:30-15:30	Networking and mingling in "Gather" platform
13:30-15:30

Wednesday, April 28
Time	Session/Lecture info
09:30-11:15	Session 7 - Antagonistic microbial interactions
09:30-09:55	Uri Gophna, Tel Aviv University Genetic and ecological interactions between halophilic archaea and their viruses
09:55-10:20	Assaf Vardi, Weizmann Institute of Science Viral infection in algal blooms- a journey across scales
10:20-10:40	Miguel Frada, Interuniversity Institute of Marine Sciences in Eilat & HUJI Life cycle complexities in marine phytoplankton and the Interplay with viruses
10:40-11:00	Edouard Jurkevitch, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, HUJI Lay down your arms and hope for the best: survival of obligate bacterial predators under prey depletion
11:00-11:05	Lilach Iasur Kruh, ORT Braude College Host plant and its parasitic weed exchange endophytic bacteria
11:05-11:10	Xin You, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany Go with the flow: Changes of particle stability and infectivity of phages during transport in soil
11:10-11:15	Yoav Avrahami, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Detection and characterization of mixotrophy in coccolithophores
11:15-12:00	45 min break+mingling in "Gather" platform
11:15-12:00
12:00-13:30	Session 8 -Chemically mediated microbial interactions- Part 2
12:00-12:25	Yael Helman, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, HUJI Microbial interactions governing bacterial swarms
12:25-12:45	Ilana Kolodkin-Gal, Weizmann Institute of Science Controlling the bio-controllers: the molecular basis of antibiotic production and plant resistance within rhizosphere communities
12:45-13:05	Asaf Levy, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, HUJI The extracellular contractile injection system - an environmental microbial cell-free nano weapon
13:05-13:10	Nitzan Aframian, Tel Aviv University Dormant phages communicate to control exit from lysogeny
13:10-13:15	Adi Abada Manelis, Weizmann Institute of Science Aerobic bacteria produce nitric oxide through denitrification during microbial interactions
13:15-13:20	Rotem Sela, Haifa University Quorum-sensing signaling by chironomid egg masses` microbiota, affect haemagglutinin/protease (HAP) production by Vibrio cholerae
13:20-13:30	Closing remarks
13:30-15:30	Networkng and mingling in "Gather" platform
13:30-15:30

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MICREC 2020 Program

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