NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Colloquium Series
In 1991, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) inaugurated a series of scientific colloquia, several of which are held each year under the auspices of the NAS Council's Committee on Scientific Programs. Each colloquium addresses a scientific topic of broad and topical interest, cutting across two or more traditional disciplines. Typically two days long, colloquia are international in scope and bring together leading scientists in the field. Papers from colloquia are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
COLLOQUIUM
Papers from the National Academy of Sciences Colloquium on Virulence and Defense in Host—Pathogen Interactions: Common Features Between Plants and Animals
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM
Virulence and Defense in Host-Pathogen Interactions: Common Features Between Plants and Animals1
DECEMBER 10–11, 1999
Friday, December 10
Virulence Mechanisms in Pathogens—Chair, R. James Cook
Welcome and Expectations for the Colloquium, Noel T. Keen
Jorge E. Galan, Yale University School of Medicine, “Modulation of the host-cell actin cytoskeleton by the Salmonella type III secretion system”
Frances Jurnak, University of California, Irvine, “Structure and function of pectic enzymes—virulence factors of plant pathogens”
Daniel A. Portnoy, University of California, Berkeley, “Mechanisms of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis”
Alan Collmer, Cornell University, “Pseudomonas syringae effector proteins and their type III secretion and translocation ”
Guy Cornelis, Catholic University, Brussels, Belgium, “Type III secretion and translocation of Yersinia Yops”
Ulla Bonas, University of Halle, Germany, “Type III secretion and targeting of bacterial proteins from plant and animal pathogens by Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria”
Virulence Mechanisms in Pathogens—Chair, John Mekalanos
Jeff Miller, University of California, Los Angeles, “Signal transduction during the Bordetella infectious cycle”
Partho Ghosh, University of California, San Diego, “Structure/function studies with internalin B of Listeria monocytogenes”
Peter Greenberg, University of Iowa, “Communication systems and group behavior in Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
William E. Goldman, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri “Phenotypic variation and intracellular survival of Histoplasma capsulatum”
Brett Finlay, University of British Columbia, “Exploitation of host cells by enteropathogenic E. coli”
David A. Relman, Stanford University, “Global host gene expression responses during infection”
Saturday, December 11
Active Defense Mechanisms in Hosts—Chair, Brian Staskawicz
Kathryn Anderson, Sloan–Kettering Institute, “Drosophila toll receptor pathways”
Jonathan Jones, John Innes Institute, Norwich, England, “Role of toll-like proteins in disease resistance of plants”
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The colloquium organizers wish to thank the following sponsors for their generous financial support for this meeting: Aventis Research & Technologies Gmbh & Co. DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company University of California Biotechnology Program The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals |
Lory Rahme, Harvard University, “Common themes of pathogenesis among plants, insects and mammals”
Gourisankar Ghosh, University of California, San Diego, “The NF-κB pathway in vertebrates”
Jeff Dangl, University of North Carolina, “Perception of pathogen signals by plants”
Gerald Pier, Harvard University, “Innate defense mechanisms on mucosal surfaces: The Pseudomonas aeruginosa—CFTR paradigm”
Active Defense Mechanisms in Hosts—Chair, Frederick Ausubel
Matthew Mulvey, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis “Innate host defenses against uropathogenic E. coli”
Gregory B. Martin, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, “Pathogen recognition and signal transduction mediated by the product of the Pto disease resistance gene”
Carl Nathan, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, NY, “Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in animal defense: Mechanisms of microbial resistance”
Dan Klessig, Rutgers University, “NO and salicylic acid signaling in plant defense”
Robert Hancock, University of British Columbia, “Antimicrobial peptides in animal defense”
Clarence A. Ryan, Washington State University, “Defense signaling and response pathways in plants against pests”
Keynote Address—Chair, Brian J. Staskawicz
David Baltimore, California Institute of Technology, “Isn't microbiology out-dated?”