International Symposium | THINKING BIG ABOUT SMALL BEINGS: RECENT ADVANCES ON MICROBIAL DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND BIODISCOVERY

Iterei Flora hides lots os small beings! foto por Lea Correa Pinto

—– Original Message —– From: Marcelo Meletti To: Undisclosed recipients: Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:53 PM Subject: THINKING BIG ABOUT SMALL BEINGS: RECENT ADVANCES ON MICROBIAL DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND BIODISCOVERY SAVE THE DATE  The São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP, within the scope of the Biota-FAPESP Program, invite you to the International Symposium THINKING BIG ABOUT SMALL BEINGS: RECENT ADVANCES ON MICROBIAL DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND BIODISCOVERY The aim of this Symposium is to provide presentations and debates to the Brazilian scientific community on the most recent advances of the research of microbial diversity, ecology and biodiscovery; to forge the interest on the importance and new strategies for the research on microbiology and related sciences; as well as to discuss the future of the research on microbiology and related areas, aiming to stimulate collaborations between Brazilian and international researchers. Dates: April 28th, 29th and 30th – 2014 Venue: FAPESP – Rua Pio XI, 1500 – Alto da Lapa Update information: www.fapesp.br/eventos/biota_microorganismos Registration: www.fapesp.br/eventos/biota_microorganismos/inscricao Official language: English PRELIMINARY PROGRAM April 28th – 2014 13:30 Registration 14:00 Opening session 14:30 Biodiscovery opportunities from Actinobacteria of extreme environments Alan T. Bull (School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Kent, UK) 15:20 Magnetotactic bacteria: biology, diversity and biotechnology Ulysses Garcia Casado Lins (Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) 16:10 Coffee break 16:30 The plant microbiome: ecology and functionality of bacterial endophytes and how plants can benefit Angela Sessitsch (Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Tulln, Austria) 17:20 Searching for anti-cancer and anti-parasite leads from filamentous fungi Cedric Pearce (Mycosynthetix, Inc., Hillsborough, USA) April 29th – 2014 8:30 Successful drug discovery informed by Actinobacterial systematics Michael Goodfellow (School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) 9:20 Microbial diversity of Brazilian environments: from basic to applied Alexandre Soares Rosado (Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) 10:10 Coffee Break 10:30 Physiological and phylogenetic diversity of microbial life in hypersaline environments Aharon Oren (The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel) 11:20 Full genome sequencing of Samba virus: a giant virus of the Mimiviridae family isolated from Negro River, in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest Jônatas Santos Abrahão (Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil) 12:10 Lunch (restaurants around FAPESP) 14:10 Marine Actinomycete biodiversity: implications for natural product discovery Paul R. Jensen (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA) 15:00 The structure and rearrangements of a complete polyketide synthase module during its catalytic cycle David H. Sherman (Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA) 15:50 Coffee Break 16:10 Microbial collections and biological resources centers Manuela da Silva (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 17:00 Microbial diversity of the deep-sea piezophilic microorganisms, and their pressure adapted mechanisms Chiaki Kato (Institute of Biogeoscience, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan) April 30th – 2014 8:30 Discovering natural products from myxobacteria with emphasis on rare producer strains in combination with improved analytical methods Rolf Müller (Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany) 9:20 Brazilian biodiversity as an inexhaustible source of tools for biotechnology – bioproducts generating bacteria Luiziana Ferreira da Silva (Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil). 10:10 Coffee Break 10:30 Technology’s big impact on microbial small-molecule research Robert H. Cichewicz (Natural Products Discovery Group, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA) Event free of charge / Limited registration  Information Tel.: (11) 3838-4216 meletti@fapesp.br   Parking suggestion: Pio Park – Rua Pio XI, 1320 Tonimar – Rua Jorge Americano, 89