• Principles in Bacterial Pathogenesis
• 43 min
  1. The molecular basis of bacterial pathogenicity: an overview

  • Prof. B. Brett Finlay
• Gram Negative Pathogens
• 50 min
  2. Deciphering shigella invasion of epithelial cells

  • Prof. Philippe Sansonetti
• 43 min
  3. Legionella pneumophila: an intracellular pathogen of phagocytes

  • Dr. Craig Roy
• 57 min
  4. Cholera: a paradigm for understanding emergence, virulence and temporal patterns of disease

  • Prof. John Mekalanos
• 34 min
  5. Bordetella pertussis

  • Prof. Alison Weiss
• 37 min
  6. Salmonellae: molecular basis of infection

  • Prof. Samuel Miller
• 43 min
  7. The diversity of Escherichia coli infections

  • Prof. Michael Donnenberg
• 18 min
  8. Bacterial activation of epithelial signaling

  • Prof. Alice Prince
• 48 min
  9. Human pathogenic Yersinia species

  • Prof. James Bliska
• 32 min
  10. From CagA to CagA: the metamorphoses of the Helicobacter pylori's cytotoxin-associated gene A into the cancer-associated gene A

  • Dr. Antonello Covacci
• 46 min
  11. Dental pathogens

  • Prof. Ann Progulske-Fox
• 35 min
  12. Haemophilus

  • Prof. Robert Munson
• Gram Positive Pathogens
• 53 min
  13. The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: an amazing multifaceted model

  • Prof. Pascale Cossart
• 42 min
  14. The war against extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: intelligence acquisition

  • Prof. William Jacobs
• 48 min
  15. Molecular pathogenesis and prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections

  • Prof. Olaf Schneewind
• 49 min
  16. Streptococcus pyogenes disease and molecular pathogenesis

  • Prof. P. Patrick Cleary
• Host Responses
• 29 min
  17. Microbial recognition and the immune response

  • Dr. Dana Philpott
• 40 min
  18. Enteric pathogens-microbiota-host inter-kingdom chemical interactions

  • Prof. Vanessa Sperandio
• 47 min
  19. Toll-like receptor signalling during infection and inflammation

  • Prof. Luke O'Neill
• 56 min
  20. The human indigenous microbiota

  • Prof. David Relman
• 53 min
  21. Human genetics of infectious diseases: the example of bacterial/mycobacterial infections

  • Dr. Laurent Abel
• 47 min
  22. Role of neutrophils in acute lung injury and repair

  • Prof. Gregory Downey
• Preventatives and Therapeutics
• 35 min
  23. Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

  • Prof. Gerry Wright
• 36 min
  24. Vaccines: a health insurance of the 21st century

  • Prof. Rino Rappuoli
• 41 min
  25. Biodefense vaccines

  • Prof. James Nataro
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 39 min
  26. Vaccines in the modern world

  • Prof. Gordon Dougan
• 39 min
  27. Bacterial infection of epithelial signaling

  • Prof. Alice Prince

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1. Introduction
2. Staphylococcus aureus
3. The envelope of gram-positive bacteria
4. Protein A
5. Sortase A - anchoring proteins
6. S. aureus sortase A mutants
7. Sortase A cleavage of LPXTG peptides
8. Sortase A catalyzed transpeptidation
9. LPXTG peptide bound to sortase A
10. Deposition of protein A in the envelope
11. Protein A on the staphylococcal surface
12. Signal peptides of staphylococcal surface proteins
13. Distribution of surface proteins in cell wall envelope
14. SPs address proteins to specific locations
15. Protein traffic to the cell wall envelope of S. aureus
16. Fate of S. aureus injected into mice bloodstream
17. Abscess formation in the kidney of mice
18. Architecture of day 2 lesions
19. Architecture of day 5 lesions
20. SEM of staphylococci in host tissues
21. Sortase mutants cannot form abscesses
22. Sortase A is essential for persistence in host
23. Sortase mutants in renal tissue
24. Surface abscesses in wt and srtA mutants
25. Surface proteins involved in abscess formation
26. What are the protective antigens of staphylococci?
27. Surface proteins and protective immunity
28. Vaccine against abscess with IsdAB/SdrDE
29. Staphylococcal abscesses enable persistence
30. Heme-iron transport in staphylococci
31. Sortase B and the IsdC anchor structure
32. Protein topologies in the cell wall of staphylococci
33. Staphylococcal envelope associated proteins
34. Eap and Emp
35. Lack of envelope associated proteins
36. Eap mutants form abscesses
37. Emp mutants cannot form abscesses
38. Distribution of Eap, Emp in abscess formation
39. Eap and Emp vaccines
40. Vaccine protection against lethal challenge
41. S. aureus and human lung infections
42. Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in mice
43. Murine pneumonia model
44. Mechanisms of Hla assembly and function
45. Hla is an essential virulence factor for S. aureus
46. Active immunization with Hla
47. Passive immunization with Hla antibodies
48. Summary and acknowledgments

Topics Covered

• The envelope of gram-positive bacteria
• Anchoring proteins
• Signal peptides of staphylococcal surface proteins
• Protein traffic to the cell wall envelope of S. aureus
• Fate of S. aureus injected into mice bloodstream
• Abscess formation
• What are the protective antigens of staphylococci?
• Surface proteins and protective immunity
• Staphylococcal abscesses enable persistence
• Protein topologies in the cell wall of staphylococci
• Vaccine protection against lethal challenge
• S. aureus and human lung infections
• Active/passive immunization

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Series:

• Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Microbiology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Infectious Diseases

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on November 2, 2009

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Olaf Schneewind has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.