Bacterial and archaeal cell division: diverse mechanisms and models

The meeting compares bacterial and archaeal division mechanisms, integrating FtsZ-ring organization, divisome assembly, chromosome segregation and cell-envelope remodeling. Non-model organisms and FtsZ-independent systems broaden the comparative perspective, including links to the evolution of eukaryotic cytokinesis. Methods span genetics, biochemistry, live imaging, structural biology, biophysics, computation and in-vitro reconstruction.