Symbiosis: Cellular, Molecular, Medical and Evolutionary Aspects

<div><div><div>Part I. Transfer of genetic information, nuclear symbiosis, and cellular differentiation</div><div><br></div><div>1. Title: “Viral Symbiosis in the Origins and Evolution of Life with a Particular Focus on the</div><div>Placental Mammals”</div><div>Authors: Frank Ryan</div><div>Corresponding author: Frank Ryan</div><div>e-mail: F.Ryan@sheffield.ac.uk</div><div><br></div><div>2. Title: “Gene Transfer Agents in Symbiotic Microbes”</div><div>Authors: Steen Christensen and Laura R. Serbus</div><div>Corresponding author: Laura R. Serbus</div><div>e-mail: Lserbus@fiu.edu</div><div><br></div><div>3. Title: “Evolution from free-living bacteria to endosymbionts of insects: genomic changes and the</div><div>importance of the chaperonin GroEL”.</div><div>Authors: Beatriz Sabater-Munoz and Christina Toft</div><div>Corresponding author: Beatriz Sabater-Munoz</div><div>e-mail: b.sabater.munyoz@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><div>4. Title: “Epidemiology of nucleus-dwelling Holospora: infection, transmission, adaptation, and</div><div>interaction with Paramecium”</div><div>Authors: Martina Schrallhammer & Alexey Potekhin</div><div>Corresponding author: Martina Schrallhammer</div><div>e-mail: martina.schrallhammer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de</div><div><br></div><div>5. Title: “Trends in symbiont-induced host cellular differentiation”</div><div>Authors: Shelbi L Russell and Jennie Ruelas Castillo</div><div>Corresponding author: Shelbi L Russell</div><div>e-mail: shelbilrussell@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><div>Part II. Origin, adaptations and evolutionary aspects of symbiosis</div><div><br></div><div>6. Title: “We're in this together: Sensation of the host cell environment by endosymbiotic bacteria”</div><div>Authors: Cory D. Dunn, Tamara Somborac , and Bala Anı Akpınar</div><div>Corresponding author: Cory D. Dunn</div><div>e-mail: cory.dunn@helsinki.fi</div><div><br></div><div>7. Title: “Phenotype Heritability in Holobionts: An Evolutionary Model”</div><div>Authors: Saul Huitzil, Santiago Sandoval-Motta, Alejandro Frank, Maximino Aldana</div><div>Corresponding author: Aldana M</div><div>e-mail: max@icf.unam.mx</div><div><br></div><div>8. Title: “The role of constructive neutral evolution in the development of complexity from</div><div>symbioses: A microbe-centric view”</div><div>Author: Ramakrishnan Sitaraman</div><div>Corresponding author: Ramakrishnan Sitaraman</div><div>e-mail: minraj@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><div>9. Title: “Chemiosmosis, evolutionary conflict, and eukaryotic symbiosis”</div><div>Authors: Neil W. Blackstone</div><div>Corresponding author: Neil W. Blackstone</div><div>e-mail: neilb@niu.edu</div><div>10. Title: “Symbiotic origin of apoptosis”</div><div>Authors: Szymon Kaczanowski</div><div>Corresponding author: Szymon Kaczanowski</div><div>e-mail: szymon@ibb.waw.pl</div><div><br></div><div>11. Title: “The puzzling conservation and diversification of lipid droplets from bacteria to</div><div>eukaryotes”</div><div>Authors: Josselin Lupette, Eric Marechal</div><div>Corresponding authors: Josselin Lupette and Eric Marechal</div><div>e-mail: lupettej@msu.edu</div><div>eric.marechal@cea.fr</div><div><br></div><div>Part III. Evolution and role of symbiosis in photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation</div><div><br></div><div>12. Title: “Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes; Current Opinion, Perplexity and a New</div><div>Perspective”</div><div>Authots: Shinichiro Maruyama, Eunsoo Kim</div><div>Corresponding authors: Maruyama S and Kim E.</div><div>e-mail: maruyama@tohoku.ac.jp; ekim1@amnh.org</div><div><br></div><div>13. Title: “The photosynthetic adventure of Paulinella spp.”</div><div>Authors: Przemysław Gagat, Katarzyna Sidorczuk, Filip Pietluch, Paweł Mackiewicz</div><div>Corresponding authors: Pawel Mackiewicz and Przemysław Gagat</div><div>e-mail: pamac@smorfland.uni.wroc.pl</div><div>przemyslaw.gagat@uwr.edu.pl</div><div><br></div><div>14. Title: “The evolutionary aspects of legume nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis”</div><div>Authors: Defeng Shen and Ton Bisseling</div><div>Corresponding author: Ton Bisseling</div>e-mail: ton.bisseling@wur.nl</div><div><br></div><div>15. Title: “Early molecular dialogue between legumes and rhizobia: why are they so important?”</div><div>Authors: Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez, Maria del Rocio Reyero-Saavedra, Mariel C. Isidra-Arellano, and Maria</div><div>del Socorro Sanchez-Correa</div><div>Corresponding author: Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez</div><div>e-mail: oswaldovaldesl@unam.mx</div><div><br></div><div>Part IV. Diversity of nematode and insect symbionts</div><div><br></div><div>16. Title: “The Wolbachia Symbiont: Here, There and Everywhere”</div><div>Authors: Emilie Lefoulon, Jeremy M. Foster, Alex Truchon, C.K.S. Carlow and Barton E. Slatko</div><div>Corresponding author: Barton E. Slatko</div>e-mail: slatko@neb.com</div><div><br></div><div>17. Title: “Molecular regulators of entomopathogenic nematode-bacterial symbiosis”</div><div>Authors: Ioannis Eleftherianos and Christa Heryanto</div><div>Corresponding author: Ioannis Eleftherianos</div><div>e-mail: ioannise@gwu.edu</div><div><br></div>18. Title: “The Diversity of Symbiotic Systems in Scale Insects”<div>Authors: Teresa Szklarzewicz, Anna Michalik and Katarzyna Michalik</div><div>Corresponding author: Teresa Szklarzewicz</div><div>e-mail: teresa.szklarzewicz@uj.edu.pl</div><div><br></div><div>19. Title: “Bacterial Symbionts of Tsetse Flies: Relationships and Functional Interactions between</div><div>Tsetse and their Symbionts”</div><div>Authors: Geoffrey M. Attardo, Francesca Scolari, and Anna Malacrida</div><div>Corresponding author: Attardo GM</div><div>e-mail: gmattardo@ucdavis.edu</div><div><br></div><div>Part V. Symbiosis, adaptive and immune responses, and therapeutic interventions</div><div><br></div><div>20. Title: “Our microbiome: on the challenges, promises, and hype”</div><div>Authors: Sara Federici, Jotham Suez, Eran Elinav</div><div>Corresponding author: Eran Elinav</div><div>e-mail: eran.elinav@weizmann.ac.il</div><div><br></div><div>21. Title: “Endosymbiont-mediated adaptive responses to stress in holobionts”</div><div>Authors: Siao Ye, Evan Siemann</div>Corresponding author: Siao Ye<div>e-mail: thomasyesiao@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><div>22. Title: “Microbial Metabolites as Molecular Mediators of Host-Microbe Symbiosis in Colorectal</div><div>Cancer”</div><div>Authors: Keane JM, Joyce SA, Gahan CGM, Hyland NP, Houston A</div><div>Corresponding author: Hyland NP</div><div>e-mail: n.hyland@ucc.ie</div><div><br></div><div>23. Title: “The macrophages and intestinal symbiosis”</div><div>Authors: Malgorzata Kloc, Ahmed Uosef, Mahmoud Elshawwaf, Ahmed Adel Abbas Abdelshafy, Kamal</div><div>Mamdoh Kamal Elsaid, Jacek Z. Kubiak, Rafik Mark Ghobrial</div><div>Corresponding author: Malgorzata Kloc</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>