Microbes in Medicine – a view from Twitter
Posted on November 4, 2019 by Kaisa Berg
The penultimate Focused Meeting of 2019, Microbes in Medicine: A Century of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin, took place in Dublin 24–25 October. We’ve turned to Twitter to look at some of the highlights of the meeting.
Organiser and Chair of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin, Charles Dorman, opened the meeting on Thursday morning.
.@MicrobioSoc Council member and Professor of Microbiology @tcddublin opens the Microbes in Medicine Focused Meeting #MicroMed19 celebrating 100 years of history of the Chair of Microbiology by looking to the future with talks on a wide range of microbes, their effects and uses. pic.twitter.com/agq0mNxI3c
— Peter Cotgreave (@PeterCotgreave) October 24, 2019
The first sessions were well received by the delegates…
A brilliant talk about the history of microbiology in @tcddublin by Tim Foster to kick off the @MicrobioSoc Microbes in Medicine conference. #micromed19 pic.twitter.com/Cyq4JyscGw
— Keenan Lacey (@Keenan__Lacey) October 24, 2019
A fascinating first session at the @MicrobioSoc #MicroMed19 conference. Looking forward to the rest of the programme! pic.twitter.com/t2xUed0rc6
— Sanchutha Sathiananthamoorthy (@Sanchutha1) October 24, 2019
Really nice talk from @staphTCD on Staph aureus, skin colonisation and atopic dermatitis #MicroMed19 @MicrobioSoc
— Helina Marshall (@Linaemar) October 24, 2019
… as were the rest of that day’s talks.
Fascinating talk by Dr Thomas Rogers on the fungal pathogen Aspergillus. Could the global tulip market be contributing to fungal diseases ? #MicroMed19 @MicrobioSoc pic.twitter.com/5BcHBF2Lhx
— Garreth Lawrence (@bio_gar) October 24, 2019
Great talk about the role of temperate phage in evolution of #Pseudomonas by @Siderophile#MicroMed19 @MicrobioSoc @tcddublin pic.twitter.com/1QVwLoRdyE
— Jay Hinton (@jay_salsa) October 24, 2019
“Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the best looking bacterium”. Great talk by Dr Joseph Keane on using host-directed therapy to combat tuberculosis #MicroMed19 @MicrobioSoc @tcddublin pic.twitter.com/Ac1pO0pv0D
— Garreth Lawrence (@bio_gar) October 24, 2019
Glad to see that memes start to be used during conferences! Outstanding talk by Dr Lindsay @hall_lab #MicroMed19 @MicrobioSoc #scicomm #microbiology #microbiome pic.twitter.com/V3Dn0R2Qk0
— Claudio (@ClaudioDelFatti) October 24, 2019
A lot of delegates seized the opportunity to meet up with friends and colleagues.
So much science at the #MicroMed19 conference in Dublin! Thank you @MicrobioSoc for organising this! https://t.co/z6Oa8tEoT4
— Claudio (@ClaudioDelFatti) October 24, 2019
Good to return to @tcddublin to present our PgtE story in context of #10000SalmonellaGenomes at #MicroMed19
— Jay Hinton (@jay_salsa) October 24, 2019
Enjoyed visiting #MoyneInstitute & Gerry Dowd with Gordon Dougan...
Thanks to organisers @staphTCD @MicrobioSoc pic.twitter.com/Dbn22TQKGl
Charles Dorman finished off the first day with a celebratory inaugural lecture.
Slightly overdue but well worth the wait for Charles Dorman’s @tcddublin inaugural lecture at the @MicrobioSoc #micromed19 this evening. Great to c photo of a younger @TadhgOCroinin and hear about his contribution to the story! pic.twitter.com/5UZgXdCc5x
— Evelyn Doyle (@EMD51) October 24, 2019
The excellent Charles Dorman acknowledging some of his previous helpers with Fim including the brilliant @Stilbeing !!! #MicroMed19 @MicrobioSoc @Pharmabiotic pic.twitter.com/sePnoKGfu1
— David Clarke (@cleverflick) October 24, 2019
And the delegates, speakers and organisers went for a well-deserved dinner.
Fantastic conference dinner with @MicrobioSoc #micromed19 delegates pic.twitter.com/BzSFbjAbrU
— Geoghegan Lab (@staphTCD) October 24, 2019
Kevin Devine kicked off day two.
Day 2 #MicroMed19 @MicrobioSoc pic.twitter.com/r1XOEKJG60
— R Wheatley (@RWheatley8) October 25, 2019
A real tour de force from Kevine Devine @tcdgenmicro taking us from the first genome sequence of Bacillus subtilis to recent insights into the PHO response. #micromed19 @MicrobioSoc
— Geoghegan Lab (@staphTCD) October 25, 2019
He was followed by a number of excellent and high-profile speakers.
Paul O’Toole finishing his excellent talk about diet, microbiota, elderly people and colon cancer @Pharmabiotic @MicrobioSoc #MicroMed19 pic.twitter.com/5QMFxm1UNc
— David Clarke (@cleverflick) October 25, 2019
Fantastic and insightful talk by Paul O’Toole on diet-microbiome interactions by dietary supplementation. @tcddublin @MicrobioSoc #MicroMed19 pic.twitter.com/uGjJNqyi6I
— Garreth Lawrence (@bio_gar) October 25, 2019
What a great talk - the importance of history and having access to historical samples in our understanding of science @MicrobioSoc #MicroMed19 https://t.co/CvFnjkcvbf
— Evelyn Doyle (@EMD51) October 25, 2019
We were also reminded by @steve_myco that Salmonella was discovered by Theobald Smith...
— Jay Hinton (@jay_salsa) October 25, 2019
- so Salmonella should really be called SMITHELLA ! pic.twitter.com/2Nv4dKwF7g
Gordon Dougan finished off the Focused Meeting in style.
Great talk by Gordon Dougan to end #micromed19 @MicrobioSoc pic.twitter.com/5SLGrlod50
— Evelyn Doyle (@EMD51) October 25, 2019
Gordon Dougan from @Cambridge_Uni showing us a picture of @U2 performing on the steps of the microbiology department @MicrobiologyTCD back in the day! #Micromed19 @MicrobioSoc @tcddublin pic.twitter.com/CD4TP9U52B
— Keenan Lacey (@Keenan__Lacey) October 25, 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting.
And finally.. thanks to @staphTCD for organising such a stimulating and interesting #micromed19 @MicrobioSoc to celebrate 100 years of microbiology in Trinity College Dublin pic.twitter.com/U1ITACo6qu
— Evelyn Doyle (@EMD51) October 25, 2019
Thank you to delegates, speakers, poster presenters and organisers who attended Microbes in Medicine: A Century of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin over the past two days. We hope you had an enjoyable time, and that we’ll see you at another Society event soon. #MicroMed19 pic.twitter.com/ndfIYU1GWF
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) October 25, 2019
And congratulations prize winners Aisling Towel (sponsored by Access Microbiology) and Vanessa de Las Heras (sponsored by Journal of Medical Microbiology).
Delighted to be able to present some of the work from my PhD in the @staphTCD lab, at the @MicrobioSoc conference in @tcddublin this week. The talks were fantastic, and I was thrilled to be awarded a prize for best poster! #MicroMed19
— Aisling Towell (@aisling_towell) October 25, 2019