Program for the VAAM International Workshop 2018 in Frankfurt

Friday, 31st August 2018

17:00-18:00 Registration

Poster Session
Chair: Yi-Ming Shi

18:00-19:00 Welcome and Short Introductions of Posters (20 á 2 Min) - even numbers

19:00-20:30 Postersession plus Snack and Drinks

Saturday, 1st September 2018

Lecture Session I
Chair: Gerald Lackner

09:00                         
L1              V. Wiebach
“Lipolanthines – Ribosomally synthesized lipopeptides with anti-staphylococcal activity“

09:20                         
L2              R. Hermenau
“Gramibactin a bacterial siderophore with a diazeniumdiolate ligand system“

09:40                         
L3              I. Burkhardt
“In vitro characterization of DMATS1 from the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium fujikuroi“

10:00                         
L4              S. Wenski
“Fabclavine biosynthesis: multiple mechanisms for natural product diversification in a peptide, polyketide, polyamine hybrid“

10:20         Coffee Break

Lecture Session II           
CHAIR: Yvonne Mast

11:00                         
L5              P. Michael
“LC-MS based dereplication and isolation of a compound from arctic marine bryozoan Dendrobeania murrayana“

11:20
L6              C. Bader
“Comparison of DI-FTICR and LC-QTOF for the comprehensive profiling of myxobacterial secondary metabolomes“

11:40                         
L7              C. Senges
“The secreted metabolome of Streptomyces chartreusis: implication for bacterial chemistry and metabolite functional analysis“

12:00          Group Picture

12:30          Lunch

Lecture Session III
CHAIR: Jürgen Breitenbach / Helge B. Bode

14:00                         
L8              J. Watzel
“Structure-function analysis of a new docking domain class identified in the PAX peptide producing NRPS of Xenorhabdus bovienii“

14:20                         
L9              F. Ecker
“An insect’s isoprenyl Diphosphate synthase controls product specificity through metal ions“

14:40      
key lecture     
L10            M. Schmeing
“Studying bacillamide synthesis by any means necessary“

15:40         VAAM Business Meeting

16:00         Coffee break

Poster Session
CHAIR: Nicholas Tobias

17:00-18:00         Short Introduction of Posters (20  à 2 Min) - odd numbers

18:00-20:00         Poster Session plus Snack and Drinks

Sunday, 2nd September 2018

Lecture Session IV           
CHAIR: Markus Nett

09:30                        
L11            J. Rinkel
“Spinodiene synthases: an unusual diterpene cyclase from Saccharopolyspora spinosa“

09:50                        
L12            F. Panter
“Self-resistance guided genome mining uncovers the pyxidicycline class of myxobacterial natural products“

10:10                        
L13            D. Dehm
“Systems analysis of orphan natural product biosynthetic gene clusters by
reporter-guided screening of symbiotic cyanobacteria“

10:30                        
L14           Y. Mast
“SARP-driven activation of antibiotic gene clusters “

10:50                        
L15           Y.-M. Shi
“Phenazine antibiotic cocktails via diversity-oriented biosynthesis“

11:10         Coffee Break

12:00         Poster Awards and Closing Remarks