Program of the Conference
Tentative program of the conference. Will be updated as more information becomes available.
Wednesday, August 17th
Section II. Modern taxonomy of Cyanobacteria
moderator: Jeff Johansen
9:00 - 9:20
Phylogenetical taxonomy of marine benthic cyanobacteria Entophysalis and Cyanoplacoma (Chroococcales, Entophysalidaceae) from Japan
Masayuki Fukuoka
9:20 - 9:40
Comparison of 2-MIB producing Pseudanabaena species by 16S rRNA and ITS structure analyses and ANI method
Yuko Niiyama & Akihiro Tuji
9:40 - 10:00
Aegeococcus: Genomic insights to a novel sponge-associated Synechococcus-like cyanobacterium
Efthymios Parisis & Spyros Gkelis
10:00 - 10:20
Coffee Break
Section III. Secondary metabolites of Cyanobacteria
moderator: Jan Mareš
10:20 - 11:20 plenary talk
Aetokthonos hydrillicola – more than just an Eagle Killer
Markus Schwark, José A. Martínez Yerena, Steffen Breinlinger, Tabitha J. Phillips, Pavel Hrouzek, Heike Enke, Susan Wilde, Jan Mareš & Timo H. J. Niedermeyer
11:20 - 11:40
Corroboration of the biosynthetic gene cluster for aetokthonostatin, a novel dolastatin from the “Eagle Killer” cyanobacterium
José A. Martínez-Yerena, Jan Mareš, Markus Schwark, Subhasish Saha, Pavel Hrouzek, Roman Sobotka & Timo H. J. Niedermeyer
11:40 - 12:00
On the toxicity and potential pharmacological applicability of cyanobacterial cyclic lipopeptides puwainaphycins
Pavel Hrouzek
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch (included in fee)
13:30 - 13:50
Photoreactive cyanobacterial siderophores an their possible role in microbial communities
Tomáš Galica
13:50 - 14:10
Absence of toxin production on cultured cyanobacteria with toxin biosynthesis genes identification
Rita Cordeiro, Rúben Luz, Joana Azevedo, Vítor Vasconcelos, Vítor Gonçalves & Amélia Fonseca
14:10 - 14:30
Quorum-sensing signals from epibiont mediate the induction of novel microviridins in the mat-forming cyanobacterial genus Nostoc
Subhasish Saha, Paul-Adrian Bulzu, Petra Urajová, Jan Mareš, Grzegorz Konert, João Câmara Manoel, Markéta Macho, Daniela Ewe, Pavel Hrouzek, Jiří Masojídek, Rohit Ghai & Kumar Saurav
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00
Poster Session
after poster session
Barbecue party - university campus - bonfire, draft beer, music (included in fee)