For the love of Salmonella: A Symposium to honor Professor John R. Roth

Free one-day symposium open to the public to celebrate over five decades of scientific and academic achievements by Distinguished Professor John R. Roth.

Contact: Please direct all queries to the event organizer, Carol Nickles (cnickles@ucdavis.edu, 530-304-4023).

Organizing Committee: Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, wdheyer@ucdavis.edu

Stephen Kowalczykowski, sckowalczykowski@ucdavis.edu

Neil Hunter, nhunter@ucdavis.edu

Program: The Symposium will begin at 8:30 AM on Friday Nov. 4, 2022 and will conclude at 5 PM.

8:00 AM Registration desk

8:00 AM Coffee & Pastries

9:00 AM Welcome by Steve Kowalczykowski, Neil Hunter, and Wolf-Dietrich Heyer

Session Chair Patrick Higgins, Ph.D. (University of Alabama, Birmingham)

9:10 AM Nancy Kleckner, Ph.D. (Harvard University) “Mitotic and meiotic chromosomes (and E.coli)”

9:40 AM Kelly Hughes, Ph.D. (University of Utah) “The flagellar type 3 secretion-specificity switch”

10:10 AM Coffee break

10:40 AM Julianne Grose, Ph.D. (Brigham Young University) “Is this a case when evolution is too slow for adaptation? PASsing glucose in eukaryotic cells”

11:10 AM Paul Rainey, Ph.D. (Max Planck Institute) “REPINs are genetic endosymbionts”

12:00 PM Lunch

Session Chair Stanley Maloy, Ph.D. (San Diego State University)

1:15 PM Anca Segall, Ph.D. (San Diego State University) “Bacterial genetics, or there and back again”

1:45 PM Michael Ailion, Ph.D. (University of Washington, Seattle) “The genetics of virgin birth”

2:15 PM Jim Sawitzke, Ph.D. (EMBL Monerotondo -Italy) “CloneIt - a new advanced cloning method”

2:45 PM Coffee break

3:15 PM Sandy Parkinson, Ph.D. (University of Utah) “Dissecting E. coli's three-protein brain”

3:45 PM Mike Mahan, Ph.D. (UC Santa Barbara) “Molecular diagnostics for COVID, flu and sepsis”

4:15PM Nathan Weyand, Ph.D. (Ohio University) “Mousing around with Neisseria”

4:45 PM END of scientific program

Group photo

5:00 PM Aperitif in AGR entry Hall (by invitation only)

6:00 PM Welcome by Steve Kowalczykowski and introduction of John Roth

John Roth

6:30 PM Dinner in AGR Hall of Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center (by invitation only)

This event is possible due to generous donations from the Office of Research, the College of Biological Sciences – Dean’s Office, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Storer Endowment, Novozymes, and the Genetics Society of America.

COVID-19 Requirement: We expect attendants to be vaccinated to the fullest recommended extent. A testing requirement may be introduced depending on the conditions at the time of the event.

Lodging: Blocks of rooms have been reserved at three local hotels. You are responsible for making your own reservations. The list of participating hotels are:

Aggie Inn: Online booking link: https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/LX29P6. Or call the hotel directly.

Palm Court Hotel: Online booking link: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.05536.html?groupId=1A8WG2U9 Or call the hotel directly.

University Park Inn and Suites. No online link, guests need to call the hotel directly 530.756.0910 to book and ask for the, "Roth Symposium" group room rate.

The last day to book is October 3, 2022.

Hyatt Place UC Davis: Online booking link: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/california/hyatt-place-uc-davis/smfzu?corp_id=01836. $189 for any room type except suites; includes free breakfast. Parking is $17. Click on the “Book Now” button, where you will see room options for the UC Davis Discount. Phone (530)756-9500. Subject to availability.

Travel: Sacramento Airport (SMF) is conveniently located – 25 min by car from Davis. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is 90-120 min by car.

Ground transport:

College Cab info: (530) 756-4444, CollegeCabCompany@gmail.com, website: www.CollegeCabUCDavis.com.

Lyft or Uber

John Roth Undergraduate Research Fund

We have started a campaign for the John Roth Undergraduate Research Fund, to honor John’s pioneering contributions to science, teaching and mentoring. Please join us and contribute to this endeavor https://give.ucdavis.edu/go/RothAward.

Should anyone wish to mail in a donation, they can follow the following instructions:

• If it’s a check, please make the check out to “UC Davis Foundation.”
• In the memo line of the check (or on a separate sheet of paper included with the check/cash), please write: “Roth Fund.”
• Please mail the gift to: UC Davis Gift Administration, 202 Cousteau Place, Suite 185, Davis, CA 95618

This event is possible through generous support by the Dean of College of Biological Sciences, Office of Research, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Storer Lectureship Endowment, and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.

We hope you can make it!

Best wishes

Wolf Heyer

Steve Kowalczykowski

Neil Hunter