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SESSION 1: Zebrafish to study bacteria infections 
Chair: Simon Johnston, University of Sheffield

10:45-11:00 Antonio Pagan (University of Cambridge)

mTor deficiency reveals a trade-off in resistance to mycobacterial infection

11:00-11:15 Phil Elks (University of Sheffield)

Fish-N-Hifs; Hypoxia Signalling in Infection

11:15-11:30 Gillian Tomlinson (University College London)

Tuning the immune response in tuberculosis

11:30-11:45 Stephen Renshaw (University of Sheffield)

Meet the Staph: Modelling bacterial infection dynamics in vivo

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE.

10:00-10:30 Arrival and registration

Posters can be placed upon arrival

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10:30-10:45 Opening remarks

Kerstin and Serge explain meeting and meeting aims

11:45-12:15 Coffee break in poster area

Poster Session 1

12:15-12:30 Paul Martin (University of Bristol) 

Studying inflammation in tissue repair and cancer

SESSION 1: Zebrafish to study bacterial infections 
Chair: Simon Johnston, University of Sheffield
SESSION 2: Inflammation and Immunity 
Chair: Milka Sarris, University of Cambridge

12:30-12:45 Serge Mostowy (Imperial College London)

Cellular microbiology in vivo

12:45-13:00 Milka Sarris (University of Cambridge)

Leukocyte interstitial migration and chemoattractant sensing during infection

13:00-13:15 Yi Feng (University of Edinburgh)

Live imaging host & preneoplastic cell interactions during tumor initiation

13:15-15:00 Buffet lunch in poster area

Poster Session 2

SESSION 3: Dissecting Host-Pathogen Interactions 
Chair: Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

15:00-15:15 Simon Johnston (University of Sheffield)

Inflammation requirements during macrophage clearance of Cryptococcus neoformans infection

15:15-15:30 Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

Identification of host factors in M. marinum and S. typhimurium infection using genome-wide approaches

15:30-15:45 Kerstin Voelz (University of Birmingham)

In vivo phagocyte response to filamentous fungal pathogens

15:45-16:00 Emma Boldock (University of Sheffield)

Human commensals augment bacterial pathogenesis

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-17:00 Plenary Discussion and Summing Up of Meeting

SESSION 3: Dissecting Host-Pathogen Interactions 
Chair: Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
17:00-18:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER 
ANNEMARIE MEIJER (UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN)
Autophagy and lysosome function in the intracellular battle between host and pathogen

18:00-19:00 Drinks in poster area and poster prize giving

19:00-21:00 Optional Dinner Outing

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