HONORARY PATRONAGE

THE RECTOR OF WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES-SGGW

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW

Committee on Microbiology, Division II Polish Academy of Sciences

Committee of Veterinary Sciences, Division II Polish Academy of Sciences

Celestynów Cultural Society & “Koprówka” Association

DIAGMOL 2014

Program of the XV Conference

"Molecular biology in diagnostics of infectious diseases and biotechnology"

In memory of Professor Marek Niemiałtowski

Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Crystal Hall; Saturday, 25 October 2014

10:00   Welcome [Prof. Marian Binek]

Conference opening [Prof. Alojzy Szymański, Rector of WULS-SGGW]

S Session I

Commemoration of Professor Marek Niemiałtowski

[Chair: Prof. Marian Binek, Prof. Teresa Zaniewska]

10:15   Prof. Teresa Zaniewska

10:20   Prof. Karl Maramorosch (USA)

10:30   Prof. Włodzimierz Kluciński

10:40   Prof. Tomasz Borecki

10:50   Prof. Andriy Sibirny (Ukraine)

11:00   Dr. Bogusława Filipowicz, “Koprówka” Association
11:10   Dr. Ada Schollenberger
11:15   Koncert " ... naucz nas liczyć dni nasze"

muzyka - Justyna Sychora (skrzypce), wiersze czyta - Teresa Zaniewska

11:30 - 11:45  Coffee Break / Poster Session

S Session II

Professor Kazimierz Bassalik Award and Distinctions       of the Committee on Microbiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the best microbiological research done by Polish microbiologists in Polish laboratories in 2013

[Chair: Prof. Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Prof. Anna Skorupska, Prof. Marian Binek]

11:45   Prof. K. Bassalik Award: Bukowski M., Lyzen R., Helbin W.M., Bonar E., Szalewska-Pałasz A., Węgrzyn G., Dubin G., Dubin A., Władyka B.: A regulatory role for Staphylococcus aureus toxin–antitoxin system PemIK. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3012 [Speaker Dr. Benedykt Władyka]

12:05   Distinction: Ginda K., Bezulska M., Ziółkiewicz M., Dziadek J., Zakrzewska-Czerwińska J., Jakimowicz D.: ParA of Mycobacterium smegmatis co-ordinates chromosome segregation with the cell cycle and interacts with the polar growth determinant DivIVA. Molecular Microbiology (2013) 87(5), 998-1012 [Speaker Dr hab. Dagmara Jakimowicz]

12:25   Distinction: Kantyka T., Pyrć K., Gruca M., Smagur J., Plaza K., Guzik K., Zeglen S., Ochman M., Potempa J.: Staphylococcus aureus proteases degrade lung surfactant protein a potentially impairing innate immunity of the lung. J Innate Immun. 2013; 5(3): 251-260 [Speaker Dr. Tomasz Kantyka]

12:45   S Company presentation: Promega - your partner in Molecular Diagnostics and Research [Speaker: Marta Gosztowtt (Field Application Specialist), Promega GmbH]

13:00 – 14:15  Lunch / Poster Session

S Session III – Plenary lecture

[Chair: Prof. Marian Binek, Prof. Włodzimierz Kluciński]

14:15     TGFβ1 and not IL-10 contributes to porcine NK cell dysfunction during foot-and-mouth virus infection [Speaker: Dr hab. Felix N. Toka]

S Young Scientists - Selected Presentations & Discussion

[Chair: Prof. Anna Skorupska, Prof. Marcin W. Bańbura, Dr hab.Felix N. Toka]

14:45 – 16:45              (Duration of each presentation 10 min.)

• Ewa Bok: Prevalence and expression of intestinal virulence factors in phylogenetic structure of commensal  Escherichia coli derived from cattle and pigs
• Michał Bukowski: A novel RFLP-based approach to typing species of Staphylococcus genus
• Magdalena Efenberger: Archaea in association with primary endodontic infection
• Marek Fol:  M. tuberculosis – still unknown bacteria
• Ewelina Iwan: Evaluation of cytokine secretion in dendritic cells isolated from cattle infected with bovine leukemia virus (BLV)
• Dariusz Izak: Identification and analysis of plasmids in selected Staphylococcus aureus strains and the acquisition of S. aureus plasmidless derivates
• Monika Janczak: Computational analysis of a toxin-antitoxin system of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
• Katarzyna Markowska: The effect of silver nanoparticles on autolysis and permeability of Listeria monocytogenes cell envelopes
• Agnieszka Napiórkowska: Mutations in the pncA gene as an additional marker in tracing the transmission of PZA-resistant M. tuberculosis strains between patients
• Agnieszka Sałamaszyńska-Guz: Elucidation of the role of the S4 domain in the activity of Campylobacter jejuni Cj0588 protein
• Ewa Tomal: The study of bio-molecular films using spectroscopic ellipsometry and X-ray reflectivity
• Tomasz Walter: Characteristic of the genome and active mobilome elements of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain for the propagation of therapeutic phages

16:45   Discussion

American Society for Microbiology Award for best oral presentation.

17:00   S Conference closing

Członkowie komitetu naukowego, wykładowcy i współprowadzący sesje

[Members of scientific committee, lecturers, session chair]

• Dr hab. Marcin W. Bańbura - Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW; Head, Department of Preclinical Science
• Prof. Marian Binek - Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW; Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine WULS-SGGW; President, Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences
• Prof. Tomasz Borecki - Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW
• Dr. Bogusława Filipowicz  - Warsaw University; Secretary, Celestynów Cultural Society & “Koprówka” Association
• Dr. Małgorzata Gieryńska - Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW
• Prof. Eugenia Gospodarek – Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
• Prof. Adam Jaworski - University of Łódź
• Prof. Włodzimierz Kluciński - Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW; Chairman, Committee of Veterinary Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Prof. Karl Maramorosch - Department of Entomology, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
• Dr. Ada Schollenberger - Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW
• Prof. Andriy Sibirny – Member, NAS of Ukraine; Director, Institute of Cell Biology, NAS of Ukraine;  Head Department of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology; President Ukrainian Society for Cell Biology (Ukraine)
• Prof. Anna  Skorupska - Marie Curie-Skłodowska University (Lublin)
• Dr Lidia Szulc-Dąbrowska - Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW
• Dr. hab. Felix N. Toka - Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW
• Prof. Grzegorz Węgrzyn  - Gdańsk University; Prorector;  Chairman, Committee on Microbiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Prof. Teresa Zaniewska - Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW