TECHNICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF EXTREMOPHILES

TECHNICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF EXTREMOPHILES FROM JUNE 26 TO JUNE 29

Venue: University of Alicante campus.
CONTACT HOURS: 32

COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

CERTIFICATES

Certificate of Attendance (minimum of 80% attendance, will be handed in the last day of class)
Certificate of Achievement: Students need to pass their evaluation to obtain this certificate, it will be delivered after receiving final grades before the end of October 2017.

Requirements: Intermediate English Level

Registration: From March 15 until the course is full.
Online registration available: www.isp.ua.es

E-mail: summercourses@ua.es

DIRECTOR:

Dr. Josefa Antón Botella
Dpt. Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología

Universidad de Alicante

Monday 26
9:00 - 10:00 h	Course presentation Josefa Antón Botella. Associate professor of Microbiology. University of Alicante
10:00 - 11.00 h	Opening lecture: *CRISPR: from brine to brain.* Francisco J.M. Mojica. Associate professor of Microbiology. University of Alicante
11:00 - 11.30 h	Coffee break
11:30 - 14:30 h	Lab session. FISH (I). José Luis Sanz Martín. Microbiology Professor. Autonomous University of Madrid María Gomariz. Researcher. University of Alicante LA: Sara Díaz*
14:30 - 16.00 h	Lunch
16:00 -19:00 h	Lab session. Viruses from Hypersaline environments (I). FISH (II) Elina Roine. Programme in Molecular Virology. University of Helsinky José Luis Sanz Martín. Microbiology Professor. Autonomous University of Madrid
Tuesday 27
8:30 - 10:45 h	Lab sesión. Gene transfer in thermophiles and Halophiles (I) José Berenguer Carlos. Microbiology Professor. Autonomous University of Madrid Mª José Bonete Pérez. Biochemistry Professor. University of Alicante Julia Esclapez Espliego. Associate Professor of Biochemistry. University of Alicante LA: Ana López and Mercedes Sánchez. Researchers.* Autonomous University of Madrid
10:30 - 11:00 h	Coffee break
11:10 - 14:00 h	Lab session. Electron microscopy of samples from extreme environments Mª Asunción de los Ríos Murillo. CSIC Scientist. Institut of Natural Resources Jacek Wierzchos. CSIC Scientist. Institut of Natural Resources
11:15 - 14:00 h	Computer room session. Genomics and metagenomics of extreme environments *Manuel Martínez García. Associate professor of Microbiology.* University of Alicante *Ana Belén Martín Cuadrado. Researcher. University of Alicante*
14:30 - 16.00 h	Lunch
16:00 - 18:00 h	Lab session. Extremophile culture (I) Juan Miguel González Grau. CSIC Scientist. The Institut of Natural Resources and Agrobiology
16:00 - 18:00 h	Lab session. Viruses from hypersaline environments (II) Josefa Antón Botella. Associate professor of Microbiology. University of Alicante
Wednesday 28
9:00 - 10:00 h	Invited talk: Metaproteomics of natural environments *Joseph Christie-Oleza. Natural Environment Research Council Fellow. University of Warwick*
10:30 - 11:00 h	Lab session. Extremophile culture (II) Juan Miguel González Grau. CSIC Scientist. The Institut of Natural Resources and Agrobiology
10:30 - 11:00 h	Coffee break
11:15 - 14:00 h	Lab session. Electron microscopy of samples from extreme environments Mª Asunción de los Ríos Murillo**. CSIC Scientist. Institut of Natural Resources Jacek Wierzchos. CSIC Scientist. Institut of Natural Resources
11:15 -14:00 h	Computer room session. Genomics and metagenomics of extreme environments *Manuel Martínez García. Associate professor of Microbiology.* University of Alicante *Ana Belén Martín Cuadrado. Researcher. University of Alicante*
14:00 -15:30 h	Lunch
15:30 -16:30 h	Viruses from hypersaline environments (III) Elina Roine. Programme in Molecular Virology. University of Helsinky
16:00 -17:30 h	Lab session. Recombinant expression and characterization of extremozymes José Berenguer Carlos. Microbiology Professor. Autonomous University of Madrid Mª José Bonete Pérez. Biochemistry Professor. University of Alicante Julia Esclapez Espliego. Associate Professor of Biochemistry. University of Alicante Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa. Associate Professor of Biochemistry. University of Alicante
17:30 -19:00 h	*Applications of Extremophiles: Quorum sensing and quorum quenching enzymes* *Inmaculada Llamas.* Associate professor of Microbiology. University of Granada Marta Torres. Researcher, University of Granada. Inmaculada Sampedro. Ramón y Cajal Researcher. University of Granada LA: José Carlos Reina*
Thursday 29
9:00 - 10:00 h	*Lecture: Microfluidics for (micro)biology* Aurelio Hidalgo. Molecular Biology Department. Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa"
10:00 - 11:00 h	Lab session. Gene transfer in thermophiles and halophiles (II). Encapsulation of extremophiles in microdroplets (I) José Berenguer Carlos. Microbiology Professor. Autonomous University of Madrid Aurelio Hidalgo. Molecular Biology Department. Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa"
11:00 - 11:30 h	Coffee break
11:30 - 14:00 h	Lab session. Gene transfer in thermophiles and halophiles (III). Encapsulation of extremophiles in microdroplets (II) José Berenguer Carlos. Microbiology Professor. Autonomous University of Madrid Aurelio Hidalgo. Molecular Biology Department. Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa"
14:00 - 15:00 h	Lunch
15:00 - 18:00 h	General discussion
18:00 - 19:00 h	Closing lecture. Microbiology of an oligotrophic extreme environment: the subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt *Ricardo Amils.* Microbiology Professor. Autonomous University of Madrid
Important Information	Laboratory supervisors (University of Alicante): Borja Aldeguer, Leticia Asensio, Mónica Lluesma, Loles Ramos and Cristina López LA: Laboratory assistants * Simultaneous activities, in small groups All the activities will take place in the Laboratory Edificio de Ciencias IV (SIGUA: 0004PB0018), except the Microscopy sessions (in the Servicios Técnicos de Investigación), the Metagenomic session (CI/INF2, SIGUA: 0010PB020), and the course presentation, general discussion and lectures (Sala de Juntas de la Facultad de Ciencias, SIGUA: 0007P1005). Before the microscopy sessions students will attend a short lecture in classroom 5 (SIGUA: 007PB076) This course has received funding from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through grant BIO2015-71815-REDT and the European Commission through grants GA685474 "Metafluidics" and GA 635595 "Carbazymes"

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