Symposium Program
9:00-9:05 Opening Remarks
9:05-10:00 Keynote
Convener: Adam Bass, MD, Columbia University
Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
“Fusobacterium association with colon cancer: what could it mean?”
10:05-11:35 Cancer—Session I
Convener: Yiping Han, PhD, Columbia University
10:05-10:35
Jie Hong, PhD, Shanghai Jiaotong University
“Fusobacterium nucleatum targets lncRNA ENO1-IT1 to promote glycolysis and oncogenesis in colorectal cancer”
10:35-11:05
Hideo Baba, MD, PhD, Kumamoto University
“Fusobacterium nucleatum and esophageal cancer”
11:05-11:35
Gilad Bachrach, PhD, Hebrew University
“Tumor targeting by Fusobacterium nucleatum”
11:35-12:05 Break
12:05-1:35 Cancer—Session II
Convener: Jorg Vogel, PhD, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research
12:05-12:35
Shuji Ogino, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, & Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
“Integrative analyses of lifestyle, microbiota, and tumor immunity give insight into etiologies”
12:35-1:05
Robert Holt, PhD, University of British Columbia
“F. nucleatum and Host Immunity”
1:05-1:35
Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
“Aspirin and Fusobacterium nucleatum”
1:35-2:05 Break
2:05-3:35 Virulence Factors—Session I
Convener: Gilad Bachrach, PhD, Hebrew University
2:05-2:35
Jorg Vogel, PhD, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research
“The RNA road to understanding Fusobacterium nucleatum”
2:35-3:05
Emma Allen-Vercoe, PhD, University of Guelph
“Predation of Fusobacterium Nucleatum by Bdellovibrio spp: potential for therapeutic exploitation”
3:05-3:35
Yiping Han, PhD, Columbia University
“Novel insights into the virulence properties of FadA”
3:35-4:05 Break
4:05-5:35 Virulence Factors—Session II
Convener: Yiping Han, PhD, Columbia University
4:05-4:35
Hung Ton-That, PhD, UCLA
“Experimental approaches to define virulent determinants in Fusobacterium nucleatum”
4:35-5:05
Daniel Slade, PhD, Virginia Tech
“Taming the Beast: Bypassing RM Systems in Fusobacterium”
5:05-5:35
Renate Lux, PhD, UCLA
“The rad operon of Fusobacterium nucleatum”