Program

OTCGS 2018 Program

Sunday, February 25
Time	Session/Lecture info
14:30-19:00
14:30-15:00	Registration & coffee
15:00-15:30	Nir Friedman , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Elucidating Mechanisms of Cellular Decisions by Genetic Screens of Transcriptional Response
15:30-16:00	Ilan Rosenshine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Extraction of nutrients from mammalian cells by pathogenic E. coli
16:00-16:30	Yitzhak Pilpel, Weizmann Institute of Science Errors and edits in the Central Dogma
16:30-17:00	Ron Milo , Weizmann Institute of Science The Biomass Distribution on Earth
17:00-19:00	Cocktail & Breakout session: getting to know each other - introducing junior and senior participants

Monday, February 26
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00
08:30-09:00
09:00-15:00	Optimization and trade-offs in antimicrobial treatments
09:00-09:30	Martin Ackerman, ETH Bacterial life in fluctuating environments: individuality and collective effects
09:30-10:00	Sophie Helaine, Imperial College Salmonella persisters during infection
10:00-10:15	Avia Mizrachi, Weizmann Institute of Science Phenotypic variability in response to oxidative stress unveils a link between chloroplast redox dynamics and cell fate in marine diatoms
10:15-10:30	Jean Hausser, Weizmann Institute of Science Universal cancer tasks, evolutionary tradeoffs, and the functions of driver mutations
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-11:30	Avigdor Eldar Evolutionary response to quorum-sensing inhibition conflicts with antibiotics resistance
11:30-12:00	Nathalie Balaban, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Optimization and trade offs in the evolution of antibiotic resistance
12:00-12:30	Matthias Heineman, University of Groningen To grow or persist, or where to invest your resources?
12:30-12:45	Thomas Julou, Basel University "En avoir ou pas": E. coli's response to lactose is governed by the availability of preexisting Lac proteins
12:45-13:00	Yifan Yang, University of Paris Descartes Temporal scaling of aging as an adaptive strategy of Escherichia coli
13:00-15:00	Lunch & Poster session
14:30-18:00	Antibiotic resistance
15:00-15:30	Roy Kishony, Technion Understanding, predicting and manipulating the evolution of antibiotic resistance
15:30-15:45	Yael Korem, Weizmann Institute of Science A bacterial growth law out of steady-state
15:45-16:00	Maria Luisa Romero Romero, Weizmann Institute of Science Simple yet functional Phosphate-loop proteins
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-17:00	Judith Berman , Tel Aviv University Clearing the FoG: Antifungal tolerance, a subpopulation effect associated with persistent
17:00-17:30	Ravid Straussman, Weizmann Institute of Science The tumor microbiome and its effects on chemoresistance
17:30-17:45	Michael Klutstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Characterization of Growth Advantage in Stationary Phase (GASP) in Eukaryotes
17:45-18:00	Michal Polonsky, Weizmann Institute of Science Induction of CD4 T cell memory by local cellular collectivity

Tuesday, February 27
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00
08:30-09:00	Registration & coffee
09:00-14:30	Differentiation and multicellular organization
09:00-09:30	Sigal Ben-Yehuda, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Intercellular molecular trade via bacterial nanotubes
09:30-10:00	Johan Paulsson, Harvard Medical School Optimizations and trade-offs in the control of fluctuations
10:00-10:15	Nils Becker, DKFZ Heidelberg Hidden long-range memory controls cell cycle lengths within lineage trees
10:15-10:30	Philipp Thomas, Imperial College London Stochastic gene expression in growing cell populations
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-11:30	Rotem Sorek, Weizmann Institute of Science Survival strategies in phage-bacteria interaction
11:30-12:00	Kirsten Jung, LMU The importance of external pyruvate for bacterial populations
12:00-12:15	Uri Gophna, Tel Aviv University Cost minimization and optimization of a selfish intein
12:15-12:30	Simon van Vliet, Eawag & ETH Zurich Cell-cell interactions lead to spatial patterns of gene expression in bacterial groups
12:30-14:30	Lunch & Poster session
14:30-18:30	Single cell dynamics
14:30-15:00	Victor Sourjik, Max Plank Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Signaling and metabolic noise in bacteria
15:00-15:30	Jeff Gore, MIT Evolving promoters de novo
15:30-15:45	Bianca Sclavi, CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay Effect of gene position in the genome and in the cell on transcription regulation
15:45-16:00	Yusuke Himeoka, Tokyo University Theory for Transitions Between Exponential and Stationary Phases: Universal Laws for Lag Time
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-17:00	Sasha Levy, Stony Brook University Dynamics and trade-offs during the early stages of clonal evolution
17:00-17:30	Michael Springer, Harvard Medical School Why are there so few sensors?
17:30-18:00	Naama Barkai, Weizmann Institute of Science Tradeoff between growth and preparation in budding yeast

Registration & Abstract
Submission Deadline:

January 25, 2018

Organizing committee

Naama Barkai

Weizmann Institute of Science

Nathalie Balaban

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Coordinator

Irit Veksler
irit.veksler@weizmann.ac.il
Phone: +972(8)-934-4245

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OTCGS 2018 Program

Sunday, February 25

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