Welcome to the second edition of this symposium. This virtual symposium is an initiative of the Umeå Hypoxic Research Facility (UHRF) to highlight the role of hypoxia in microbiology.
09:00-09:15 Felipe Cava and Emilio Bueno (Umeå University – Sweden)
Introducing the symposium and Umeå Hypoxia Research Facility.
09:15-09:50 Chris Greening (Monash University – Australia)
Biosynthesis pathway and physiological roles of the methanogenic cofactor F420 in mycobacteria.
09:55-10:30 Benoit Marteyn (Institute Pasteur – France)
Infectious hypoxia caused by Shigella
10:30-10:40 BREAK
10:40-11:15 Laura van Niftrik (Radboud University – The Netherlands)
Relevance, impact, and molecular mechanism of anaerobic ammonium oxidation by anammox bacteria.
11:20-11:55 Lars Bakken (NMBU – Norway)
Biology of denitrification in hypoxia, implications for N2O emission
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
13:00-13:35 Xinhua Chen (Harvard University – USA)
Gut barrier function in C. difficile infection
13:40-14:15 Kyu Y Rhee (Weill Cornell Medical College – USA)
Continuing tales of the tubercle bacillus: waiting to exhale
14:15-15:00 BREAK
15:00-15:35 Yingming Zhao (University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center – USA).
Lactate-mediated Histone Lysine Lactylation: Discovery, Biochemistry and Function
15:40-16:15 Mariana Xavier Byndloss (Vanderbilt University Medical Center – USA)
Disruption of microbiota and intestinal epithelial interactions as a key driver of non-communicable diseases
16:15-16:30 Final remarks, closure
The symposium will be held in Zoom and link will be sent to registered participants before the event.
More information about the Umeå Hypoxia Research Facility at Umeå University.
