Wednesday, Sep 10, 2025


Time Event
07:30 – 8:45 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome – Opening of the BMMC2025

Session I

Chairman: Zbigniew Kaczyński

09:10 – 09:55 Invited Speaker: Chris Whitfield
vanishing act – the enigmatic salmonella t1 antigen t1 antigen
09:55 – 10:15 O1
Timm Fiebig
novel insights into priming and polymerizing gram-negative group 2 capsular polysaccharides
10:15 – 10:35 O2
Andrea Iovine
structural elucidation of the capsular polysaccharide from Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
10:35 – 10:55 O3
Raffaele D’Amico
from antarctic seas to biotechnological frontiers: investigating the structural and functional properties of Psychrobacter sp. tae2020 capsular polysaccharide
10:55 – 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 – 11:45 O4
Carolina Fontana
structure and biosynthetic aspects of the o-antigen polysaccharides of two E. coli strains related to variants of o99 and o20 genotypes
11:45 – 12:05 O5
Wiesław Kaca
into the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of polymyxin b resistance in proteus mirabilis
12:05 – 12:25 O6
Agata Palusiak
structure of the o-antigen of the klebsiella oxytoca 0.067 lps  and its contribution to serological cross-reactions

Flash Communications I

12:25 – 12:40
F1
Tim A. Mast
the molecular mechanism of bcs3, the capsule polymerase from Haemophilus influenzae serotype b
F2
Małgorzata Marczak
multilayer control of glycosyltransferases by c-di-gmp and tyrosine phosphorylation shapes exopolysaccharide output in rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii
F3
Marco D. Albers
transition transferases prime group 2 capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in gram-negative bacteria
13:00 -14:00 Lunch & Coffee

Session II

Chairman: Miguel A. Valvano

14:15 – 15:00 Invited Speaker:  Sonsoles Martin-Santamaria
molecular mechanisms of the innate immunity receptors: from lps to glycolipids and small molecules
15:00 – 15:20 O9
Katarzyna Zamłyńska
studies on lipids a from brucella citisi and brucella lupini a nodule forming bacteria isolated from cytisus scoparius and lupinus albus, respectively
15:20 – 15:40 O10
Angela Marseglia
structural and conformational insights into bacterial lectin recognition of host receptors
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:35 O11
Ferran Nieto-Fabregat
catalytic insights into kp34gp57, a phage-derived depolymerase targeting Klebsiella k63 capsular polysaccharides
16:35 – 16:55 O12
Antonella Aquilone
bioinformatic identification and modeling of chlorovirus pbcv-1 multidomain protein a111/114r

Flash Communications II

16:55 – 17:10
F4
Iwona Komaniecka
structural characterization of a water-insoluble polysaccharide from pleurotus citrinopileatus and prebiotic potential of its acidic hydrolysate
F5
Sabina Koj
Plesiomonas shigelloides o68 lipopolysaccharide. expanding the array of P. shigelloides strains with unusual hydrophobic properties of the o-antigens
F6
Jakub Smoliński
the mycobacterium bovis bcg substrain pasteur cell contains
a diverse array of lipids
17:10 – 19:00 Free time
17:30 – 18:30 Guided tour of the Krzyżowa Center Optional
19:00 Outdoor Barbecue & Bonfire

 

Types of Contribution

Invited Speaker:  45 minutes (including 5 minutes for Q&A)
Oral Communication (O): 20 minutes (including 5 minutes for Q&A)
Flash Communication (FC): a short presentation (4 minutes,  3 slides max., no Q&A)  of poster data
(questions to be saved for the poster session)