Caister Academic Press has announced eleven new book titles that are due to be published in early 2008.

Leishmania Edited by: Peter J. Myler and Nicolas Fasel more info

RNA and the Regulation of Gene Edited by: Kevin V. Morris more info

Legionella Molecular Microbiology Edited by: Klaus Heuner and Michele Swanson more info

Molecular Oral Microbiology ISBN 978-1-904455-24-0 Edited by: Anthony H. Rogers more info

Epigenetics ISBN: 978-1-904455-23-3 Edited by: Jörg Tost more info

Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology ISBN: 978-1-904455-22-6 Edited by: Thomas C. Mettenleiter and Francisco Sobrino more info

Segmented Double-Stranded RNA Viruses: Structure and Molecular Biology ISBN: 978-1-904455-21-9 Edited by: John T. Patton more info

Acinetobacter Molecular Microbiology ISBN: 978-1-904455-20-2 Edited by: Ulrike Gerischer more info

Pseudomonas: Genomics and Molecular Biology ISBN: 978-1-904455-19-6 Editor: Pierre Cornelis more info

Microbial Biodegradation: Genomics and Molecular Biology ISBN: 978-1-904455-17-2 Editor: Eduardo Díaz more info

The Cyanobacteria: Molecular Biology, Genomics and Evolution ISBN: 978-1-904455-15-8 Editors: Antonia Herrero and Enrique Flore more info


RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS

Real-Time PCR in Microbiology ISBN: 978-1-904455-18-9 Edited by: Ian M. Mackay more info

Coronaviruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology ISBN: 978-1-904455-16-5 Edited by: Volker Thiel more info

Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular Biology ISBN: 978-1-904455-14-1 Edited by: Stephen McGrath and Douwe van Sinderen more info

Candida: Comparative and Functional Genomics ISBN: 978-1-904455-13-4 Edited by: Christophe d'Enfert and Bernhard Hube more info

Bacillus: Cellular and Molecular Biology ISBN: 978-1-904455-12-7 Edited by: Peter Graumann more info

AIDS Vaccine Development: Challenges and Opportunities ISBN: 978-1-904455-11-0 Edited by: Wayne Koff, Patricia Kahn and Ian D. Gust more info

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The 2007 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages meeting
August 7 - 12, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Microbiology Conferences

Tuesday, August 7
12 noon - 7:30 pm	Registration Check-in	Main Lounge
5:00 - 7:30 pm	Reception and Dinner Buffet	Tripp Commons
7:30 pm	Oral Session I	Union Theater
9:00 pm	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
10:30 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, August 8
7:00 am	Registration Continues	Annex
8:00 am	Poster Setup	Great Hall/RRE/Cap View
9:00 am	Oral Session II	Union Theater
10:30 am	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
12:30 pm	Luncheon Buffet	Tripp Commons
2:00 - 5:00 pm	Poster Session A (Odd Numbered)/Refreshment Session	GH/RRE/ CapView
2:00 - 5:00 pm	EcoliWiki One-on-One Training	Langdon Room
5:30 pm	Picnic	Lakeshore Picnic Area
7:30 pm	Oral Session III	Union Theater
9:00 pm	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
10:30 pm	Adjourn
Thursday, August 9
9:00 am	Oral Session IV	Union Theater
10:30 am	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
12:30 pm	Luncheon Buffet	Tripp Commons
1:30 pm	EcoliWiki Workshop	Langdon Room
2:30 - 5:00 pm	Poster Session B (Voluntary)/Refreshment Session	GH/RRE/ Cap View
2:00 - 5:00 pm	EcoliWiki One-on-One Training	Langdon Room
3:00 pm	Hatch Echols Tennis Tournament	Natatorium Courts
6:00 pm	Dinner Buffet	Tripp Commons
7:30 pm	Oral Session V	Union Theater
9:00 pm	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
10:30 pm	Adjourn
Friday, August 10
9:00 am	Oral Session VI	Union Theater
10:30 am	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
12:30 pm	Luncheon Buffet	Tripp Commons
2:00 - 5:00 pm	Poster Session C (Even Numbered)/Refreshment Session *Posters must be taken down by the end of the evening 10:30  pm	GH/RRE/ Cap View
2:00 - 5:00 pm	EcoliWiki One-on-One Training	Langdon Room
5:30 pm	Dinner Buffet	Tripp Commons
7:30 pm	Oral Session VII	Union Theater
9:00 pm	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
10:30 pm	Adjourn
Saturday, August 11
9:00 am	Oral Session VIII	Union Theater
10:30 am	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
12:30 pm	Luncheon Buffet	Tripp Commons
2:00 - 5:00 pm	Oral Session IX	Union Theater
3:30 pm	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
6:00 - 7:00 pm	Social Hour	Reception Room
7:00 pm	Final Banquet	Great Hall
9:30 pm	Social/Music	Union Terrace
Sunday, August 12
9:00 am	Oral Session X	Union Theater
10:30 am	Refreshment Break	Union Theater Lobby
12:30 pm	Luncheon Buffet
1:30 pm	Conference Adjourns

From: Archives of Virology (2007) 152: 1045
"This timely book reviews in considerable detail the numerous scientific challenges and problems that have made the search for an effective AIDS vaccine so far unsuccessful. The editors have secured the help of over 40 internationally known experts in AIDS vaccine research and have assembled a 19-chapter volume that is essential reading for all those interested in current attempts at developing an AIDS vaccine .... The book contains about 500 scientific references and a wealth of up to date information. It is highly recommended for everyone interested in what is no doubt one of the most challenging public health issues of the 21st century." ... read more

Full details at AIDS Vaccine Development

• Bacillus subtilis: Web links
• Bacillus subtilis: Cellular and Molecular Biology

Bacillus subtilis is one of the best understood prokaryotes in terms of molecular biology and cell biology. Its superb genetic amenability and relatively large size have provided the powerful tools required to investigate a bacterium from all possible aspects. Recent improvements in fluorescence microscopy techniques have provided novel and amazing insight into the dynamic structure of a single cell organism. Research on B. subtilis has been at the forefront of bacterial molecular biology and cytology, and the organism is a model for differentiation, gene/protein regulation, and cell cycle events in bacteria.

Bacillus subtilis is a ubiquitous soil bacterium that can be easily isolated from soil, using starch as an energy source and a relatively high salt concentration. Ideally, the soil sample is heated up to 100°C for 30 minutes, allowing only for enduring spores to be cultured from the sample. B. subtilis is unique in that it can choose between at least three different genetic programs when nutrients or other resources become scarce, and/or cell density reaches a critical threshold. To survive or adapt to adverse conditions, cells can enter stationary phase, which is characterized by the formation of single motile cells (exponentially growing cells usually grow in chains and are non-motile), differentiate into enduring and metabolically inactive spores, or become competent and take up DNA from the environment for acquisition of new genetic material. In all three cases, strikingly different genetic programs are turned on that guide the cell through the differentiation processes. In addition to this, B. subtilis shows social behavior, in that the cells communicate with each other and form multicellular structures in the form of swarming cells and biofilms. Two-component systems, cascades of different sigma factors, regulatory RNAs, and specific proteolysis of target proteins form an intricate regulatory network, which is beginning to be unraveled not only in terms of specific steps but also in terms of whole complex processes that are connected with each other. Most strikingly, it has become clear that many proteins have specific subcellular addresses in bacterial cells. These findings have established the field of “bacterial cell biology,” and B. subtilis has been a forerunner in this field. Many vital processes are disturbed if proteins lose their specific localization, but the fundamental question of how proteins are targeted and specifically located in a cell lacking intracellular compartments is still unclear for most cases. Therefore, it has become important to also study proteins in terms of their localization within the cell, in addition to analyzing their biochemistry and regulation. We are beginning to understand why a bacterial cell functions as a whole entity and in 3D, i.e. how it is spatially organized, and even how bacteria talk to each other or give their life for the sake of the whole community.

• Bacillus subtilis: Web links
• Bacillus subtilis: Cellular and Molecular Biology