A wonderful mobilome journey in the land of Bacillus cereus sensu lato
Celebration of Jacques Mahillon’s emeritus
Auditorium Croix du Sud 01 - Louvain-la-Neuve
Hosted by the Earth and Life Institute
November 10, 2022
10:00: Welcome address
First Session: The Bacill’Home - Chair: Pr Claude BRAGARD (ELIm, UCLouvain, Belgium)
10:05: Dr Marc HEYNDRICKX (ILVO, Melle, Belgium)
The Bacillus cereus group: recent insights in taxonomy and food safety and quality issues
10:50: Dr Didier LERECLUS (INRAE, Jouy-en-Josas, France)
Bacillus thuringiensis gene regulation: toxemic, necrotrophic and sporulating saga
11:35: Pr Bernard HALLET (LIBST, UCLouvain, Belgium)
From Tn4430 to Tn4430 and back
12:20: Walking dinner
Second Session: The Mobilome - Chair: Pr Annika GILLIS (ELIm, UCLouvain, Belgium)
2:00: Pr Elisabeth GROHMANN (Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Berlin, Germany)
Firmicutes conjugative plasmid transfer
2:45: Pr Rob LAVIGNE (KU Leuven, Belgium)
The bacteriophage Monopoly game
3:30: Dr Nancy FAYAD (Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon)
Bacillus cereus s.l. a forty-year mobilome journey: the grand tour
4:15: Pr Jacques MAHILLON (ELIm, UCLouvain, Belgium)
On the road again…
16:30: Break
17:00 - Bioingénieurs à l’honneur - Faculty of Bioscience Engineering - Sud 09
18:30 – Cocktail party