Last updated: Oct. 21, 2017
Program for TexasPhage2017
Saturday Oct 21
Convene at 1:30 pm, Hildebrand Equine Center
1:30 – 1:45: Introduction: “Phage Centennial in the Lone Star State”, Ry Young, Director CPT
1:45 – 2:30: Keynote address: Petr Leiman, UTMB Galveston, “Structure and function of contractile injection systems”
2:30 – 4:30: Session I: Structure-function in phages
2:30 – 3:00: Junjie Zhang, Texas A&M, “Structures of the single-stranded RNA virus Qβ reveal its MurA-binding interface and internalized coat proteins”
3:00 – 3:30: Coffee break
3:30 – 4:00: Timothy Palzkill, Baylor College of Medicine, “Mapping protein-protein interactions with Jun-Fos phage display and deep sequencing”
4:00 – 4:15: Denish Piya, Texas A&M, “The multi-component antirestriction system of phage P1”
4:15 – 5:30: Posters
5:30 – 6:30: Phage Phellowship Dinner
6:30 – 8:00: Session II: Phage-host interaction and evolution
6:30 – 7:00: Jim Bull, UT Austin, “Using phages to study evolution: a retrospective”
7:00 – 7:20: John J. Dennehy, CUNY, “Does cell growth rate affect event timing in Escherichia coli?”
7:20 – 7:40: Jimmy Trinh, Texas A&M, “Intracellular competition and cooperation mediate viral decision-making”
7:40 – 8:20: Short student poster talks
Miranda Vogel, UT Austin (undergrad) “T7 internal head proteins interact with the F1 F0 ATPase to enhance phage growth”
Ashley Holt, Texas A&M (undergrad) “A novel lysis protein: how PhiKT disrupts the outer membrane”
Tianyou Yao, Baylor College of Medicine “Predicting the fate of individual E. coli cells following phage infection”
Sunday Oct 22
8:00 – 9:00: Kolaches and coffee in poster room
Poster visits
9:00 – 11:00: Session III: Phage therapeutics
9:00 – 9:30: Anthony Maresso, Baylor College of Medicine, Title TBD
9:30 – 9:50: Pingfeng Yu, Rice University, “Polyvalent bacteriophage therapy to suppress antibiotic resistant bacteria in the environment”
9:50 – 10:10: Khang Ho, UTD, “Resistance to φNPV1 is accompanied by daptomycin sensitivity and susceptibility to osmotic stress in Enterococcus faecalis”
10:10 – 10:30: Coffee break
10:30 – 10:50 Aaron Gunn, Evolution Biotechnologies, “Phage therapy: taking a biological approach”
10:50 – 11:10 Phil Serwer, UTHSC-SA, “Phage therapy strategy”
11:10 – 12:00 Open Discussion: the future of phage therapeutics
12:00: Wrap up and departure
Takeaway box lunches for the road home