The tentative program
of
9th International Weigl Conference,
Rzeszow, June 27-29, 2024
Day 1 (June 27th)
09:00 – 16:00 Registration
11:30 – 11:50 Opening Ceremony
Sylwester Czopek – Rector of the University of Rzeszow
Konrad Fijołek – President of the city of Rzeszow
Andriy Sibirny – Chair of the Organizing Committee
Grzegorz Węgrzyn – Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee
Plenary Lecture
12:00 – 12:45 Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel laureate, Technion University, Haifa, Israel
Ubiquitin- mediated intracellular proteolysis - from basic mechanisms through human diseases and into drug targeting
Session 1
Molecular genetics of microorganisms
Chair: Grzegorz Węgrzyn, University of Gdansk, Poland
Co-Chair: Ann-Katrin Llarena, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
12:50 – 13:10 Dagmara Jakimowicz, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Organisation of Streptomyces linear chromosome
13:10 – 13:30 Przemysław Płociński, University of Lodz, Poland
Targeting bacterial RNA metabolism with novel antimicrobial drugs
13:30 – 13:50 Marcin Wolański, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Multilevel regulation of gene expression in bacterial secondary metabolite gene clusters of Actinomycetes
13:50 – 14:10 Ann-Katrin Llarena, Food Safety Unit, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
Diversity in regulatory region of Shiga toxin encoding bacteriophages
14:10 – 14:30 Grzegorz Węgrzyn, University of Gdansk, Poland
Small, regulatory RNA molecules encoded by lambdoid bacteriophages, resembling herpesviral microRNAs, play roles in the regulation of development of both the virus and its host
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
Session 2
Environmental microbiology and taxonomy
Chair: Patrycja Golińska, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
Co-Chair: Volker Müller, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 – 15:30 Ewa Łojkowska, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG, Gdansk, Poland
Genotypic and phenotypic analyses on bacteria from family Pectobacteriaceae associated with potato soft rot and blackleg diseases in Poland
15:30 – 16:00 Volodymyr Ivanytsia, I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine
The microbiome of the Black Sea is a promising source for the search for producers of antibiotic compounds
16:00 – 16:30 Volker Müller, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
Acetogenic bacteria in a circular bioeconomy: Carbon dioxide utilization and hydrogen storage
16:30 – 17:00 Vartul Sangal, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Distinct microbial communities in acidic forest soil environments with capacities to produce novel biomolecules
17:00 – 17:30 Aniketkumar K. Gade, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Soil Fungi: An Environment-friendly Approach
18:00 – 20:00
Poster session together with Reception
Day 2 (June 28th)
Session 3
Medical microbiology
Chair: Andrzej Gamian, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Co-Chair: Stefan Tyski, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Co-Chair: Beate Averhoff, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
10:00 – 10:30 Beate Averhoff, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany
Acinetobacter baumannii an emerging pathogen: Host adaptation and persistence
10:30 – 11:00 Agnieszka Rybak-Wolf, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC) Berlin, Germany
Modelling viral encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus 1 infection cerebral organoids
11:00 – 11:20 Tomasz Niedziela, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Pertussis — defeated or re-emerging? Bacteria, vaccines & immune correlates of protection
11:20 – 11:40 Sabina Górska, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Bifidobacterium postbiotics as a possible strategy for the treatment of allergies
11:40 – 12:00 Mariola Paściak, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Giving proteomic ID to Actinobacteria: MALDI-TOF mass spec to boost the diagnostic lab capacity
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
Session 4
Immunology, vaccine development
Chair: Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, University of Szczecin, Poland
Co-Chair: Jacek Jemielity, University of Warsaw, Poland
13:30 – 14:00 Jolanta Łukasiewicz, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw
Klebsiella pneumoniae O antigens as targets for active and passive immunization against nosocomial infection
14:00 – 14:30 Andriy Sibirny, University of Rzeszow, Poland, Institute of Cell Biology,
NAS of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
Toward anti-COVID oral vaccine based on humanized Komagataella phaffii with surface displayed RBD
14:30 – 15:00 Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, University of Szczecin, Poland
T cells exhaustion in viral and cancer diseases
15:00 – 15:30 Jacek Jemielity, University of Warsaw, Poland
Chemical modification of mRNA for therapeutic applications
15:30 – 16:00 Ernest Kuchar, Warsaw Medical University, Poland
Evaluation of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine in Children
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
Session 5
Biotechnology
Chair: Andriy Sibirny, University of Rzeszow, Poland, and Institute of Cell Biology, NAS of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
Co-Chair: Christopher V. Rao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
16:30 – 16:50 Volkmar Passoth, Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala, Sweden
Microbial oils and biochemicals from lignocellulose
16:50 – 17:10 Patrick Fickers, Liege University, Gembloux, Belgium
Regulation of AOX1 promoter in a formate dehydrogenase-deficient Pichia pastoris strain
17:10 – 17:30 Milan Čertik, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia
Oleaginous microorganisms as a platform for production of attractive lipid commodities
17.30 – 17.50 Zbigniew Lazar, Wroclaw University of Environmental Sciences, Poland
Utilization of volatile fatty acids for production of valuable compounds Yarrowia lipolytica transformants
17.50 – 18.10 Justyna Ruchala, University of Rzeszow, Poland
Construction of the recombinant yeasts Komagataella phaffii and Candida famata producing bacterial antibiotics aminoriboflavin and roseoflavin
18.10 – 18.30 Roksolana Vasylyshyn, Institute of Cell Biology, NAS of Ukraine, Lviv, and University of Rzeszow, Poland
New genes involved in xylose and L-arabinose alcoholic fermentation in thermotolerant yeast Ogataea polymorpha
19:30 – 23:00 Gala dinner
Day 3 (June 29th)
Plenary Lecture
9:15 – 10:00 Christopher V. Rao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Exploiting overflow metabolism in Rhodotorula toruloides for fuel and chemical production
Session 6
Cell and Molecular Biology
Chair: Alicja Jozkowicz, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Co-Chair: Patricia Wadowski, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
10:00 – 10:30 Jan Potempa, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
A dirty game periodontal pathogens play with neutrophils
10:30 – 11:00 Patricia Wadowski, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Toll-like receptor pathways in viral infections and (micro-) thrombosis
11:00 – 11:30 Olena Dmytruk, Institute of Cell Biology, NAS of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine
Selective autophagy of cytosolic proteins in the methylotrophic yeast Komagataella phaffii (Pichia pastoris)
11:30 – 12:00 Ewa Chrostek, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Intracellular life of an antiviral bacterium
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
Session 7
Miscellaneous
Chair: Jaroslaw Dziadek, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
Co-Chair: Agnieszka Rybak-Wolf, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC) Berlin, Germany
13:30 – 13:50 Jaroslaw Dziadek, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
CCA-adding enzyme of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its role tRNA maturation and decay
13:50 – 14:10 Stefan Tyski, Department of Pharmacutical Microbiology and Laboratory Diagnostic, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland
European Standards (EN) regarding disinfectants and antiseptics as defense mechanism against infections
14:10 – 14:30 Katarzyna Potrykus, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Modified nucleotides acting as bacterial alarmones
14:30 – 14:50 Joanna Kozieł, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
The corruption of innate immunity by Streptococcus anginosus
14:50 – 15:10 Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz, University of Gdansk, Poland
UPEC Uncovered: Advances in Understanding Metabolic and Genetic Drivers of Virulence
15:10 – 15:20 It will be selected from among the participants' abstracts
15:20 – 15:30 It will be selected from among the participants' abstracts
15:30 – 16:00 Best Poster Awards. Closing Ceremony