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June 7-11, 2010 - Ile de la Réunion, France -
Monday, June 07 2010
09:00 am - 06:00 pm : Topic 1 : Genomics & Evolution
"Genomic comparisons of genetically monomorphic bacterial pathogens"
Mark Achtman
(Environmental Research Institute, Ireland)

"Investigating the worldwide diversity of bacterial pathogens at a genomic level to unravel evolution, epidemiology, and plant-microbe interactions"
Boris A. Vinatzer (Virginia Tech, Atlanta USA)
Tuesday, June 08 2010
09:00 am - 05:30 pm : Topic 2 : Taxonomy & Diagnostics
"Bacterial species in the light of omics"
Kostas Konstantinidis (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA)

"Genomics-based diagnostic marker development for bacterial plant pathogens"
Jan Leach (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA)
Thursday, June 10 2010
09:00 am - 05:30 pm : Topic 3 : Molecular Plant Pathogen Interactions & Plant Resistance
"Bacterial microbe associated molecular patterns (MAMPs): elicitors of plant innate immunity"
Mari-Anne Newman (University of Copenhague, Danemark)              

"Identification of novel innate immunity elicitors using molecular signatures of natural selection"
David Guttman (University of Toronto, Canada)
Friday, June 11 2010
09:00 am - 05:00 pm : Topic 4 : Control, Epidemiology & Ecology
“Epidemiological considerations for the control of arboreal bacterial diseases”
Tim Gottwald (USDA, Fort Pierce, USA)

"Discovery of novel traits in the genomes of biocontrol strains of Pseudomonas spp."
Joyce E. Loper
(University of Oregon, Corvallis, USA)
Update: 29 July 2009

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