The 15th European Microscopy Congress
Manchester Central, United Kingdom
was held on 16th - 21st September 2012
LS1.5: Uninvited Guests: visualising host-pathogen interactions
Session co-organisers: Spencer Shorte, Pippa Hawes, Cristina Risco
Recent advances in imaging technology have given researchers the freedom to investigate host-pathogen interactions in novel and imaginative ways. The development of new reagents for the study of cell biology has produced exciting results and cemented microscopy as one of the most important techniques in the study of pathogens, both in vitro and in vivo. The purpose of this symposium is to showcase state-of-the-art microscopical techniques currently being used in the study of pathogen structure, entry, replication, egress and spread.
Monday 17th September PM
14:00 The Mimivirus Paradigm: Structural Studies of the Infection Cycle of Giant Viruses
Abraham Minsky (Invited) The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
14:30 Imaging motile parasites during transmission of malaria
Friedrich Frischknecht (Invited) University of Heidelberg, Germany
15:00 Dynamics of HIV-1 assembly
Nolwenn Jouvenet (Invited) Pasteur Institute, France
15:30 Virus Associated Pyramids in Sulfolobus islandicus: A TEM study for their formation and self assembly characteristics
Martin Sachse (Contributed) Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
15:45 Interaction of platelets with bacteria visualized by transmission electron microscopy and electron tomography
Josef Neumüller (Contributed) Medical University of Vienna, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research, Vienna, Austria
Tuesday 18th September AM
10:00 How vaccinia virus manipulates signalling and the cytoskeleton to enhance its spread
Michael Way (Invited) Cancer Research UK
10:30 ESCRT-III and HIV-1 budding
Winfried Weissenhorn (Invited) University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
11:00 Integrated structural cell biology of herpesvirus-host interactions
Kay Grunewald (Invited) Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, UK
11:30 Applying confocal microscopy to study biology of Nairobi sheep disease virus in infected cells
L.Lasecka (Contributed) Institute for Animal Health, UK
11:45 Observation of host-pathogen interactions between isopod crustacean and intracellular bacterium Rahbdochlamydia porcellionis by combination of TEM, FESEM and FISH approach
R.Kostanjsek (Contributed) Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia