Fleming day 30 March - Annual Conference 31 March - 03 April 2020
The Microbiology Society’s flagship Annual Conference 2020 was originally scheduled to take place between 30 March – 3 April 2020 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Due to the continued spread of SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, the Council of the Microbiology Society, as Trustees of the Society, took the difficult decision to cancel this event.
The Scientific Conferences Committee are currently looking to reschedule much of this year’s meeting and scientific sessions to include them in next year’s Annual Conference.
Annual Conference 2021 is now scheduled to take place between 12 –16 April 2021 at Birmingham International Conference Centre (ICC)
While we hope many of our speakers from this year will submit again to the 2021 conference, we understand there are often other commitments, or indeed - pressure to publish their results before then.
In this case, our academic journals at the Microbiology Society are ready and willing to evaluate and review manuscripts in a multitude of different forms. Whether research, short communications or methodologies - we're always here to serve the community, and ensure your work reaches the widest possible audience. If you'd like to discuss transforming your abstract or talk into a manuscript, please contact our Head of Journal Development, Alexander Mulhern at a.mulhern@microbiologysociety.org and he will be happy to offer guidance.
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In celebration of the Society’s 75th anniversary, Annual Conference will include an additional Fleming Showcase day at the start of Annual Conference week. The Microbiology Society’s Fleming Prize is awarded each year to an early career researcher who has achieved an outstanding research record within 12 years of being awarded their PhD. The Fleming Showcase will be used as an opportunity to formally observe the legacy of past Fleming Prize winners and to examine some of the most exciting science from around the globe. The day is organised by a Committee of Past Fleming Prize Winners, which is Chaired by Sir Paul Nurse and will be compèred by academic, writer and television broadcaster, Professor Alice Roberts. This will run on Monday 30 March 2020 and will be followed by the standard 4-days of scientific sessions.
Paul Nurse (Francis Crick Institute, UK); Sarah Coulthurst (University of Dundee, UK); Neil Gow (University of Exeter, UK); Andrew Davison (University of Glasgow, UK); David Grainger (University of Birmingham, UK) and Tracy Palmer (University of Newcastle, UK).
Alice Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK)
11:00 - 11:15
Bonnie Bassler (Princeton University, USA)
11:15 - 12:00
Luke Alphey (The Pirbright Institute, UK)
12:00 - 12:15
Liz Sockett (University of Nottingham, UK)
12:15 - 12:30
Grant Jensen (Caltech, USA)
12:30 - 12:45
Charlene Rodrigues (University of Oxford, UK)
12:45 - 12:50
Rebecca Hall (University of Nottingham, UK)
12:50 - 12:55
Rebecca Devine (University of East Anglia, UK)
12:55 - 13:00
In celebration of the Society’s 75th anniversary, Annual Conference will include an additional Fleming Showcase day at the start of Annual Conference week. The Microbiology Society’s Fleming Prize is awarded each year to an early career researcher who has achieved an outstanding research record within 12 years of being awarded their PhD. The Fleming Showcase will be used as an opportunity to formally observe the legacy of past Fleming Prize winners and to examine some of the most exciting science from around the globe. The day is organised by a Committee of Past Fleming Prize Winners, which is Chaired by Sir Paul Nurse and will be compèred by academic, writer and television broadcaster, Professor Alice Roberts. This will run on Monday 30 March 2020 and will be followed by the standard 4-days of scientific sessions.
Paul Nurse (Francis Crick Institute, UK); Sarah Coulthurst (University of Dundee, UK); Neil Gow (University of Exeter, UK); Andrew Davison (University of Glasgow, UK); David Grainger (University of Birmingham, UK) and Tracy Palmer (University of Newcastle, UK).
Paul Nurse (Francis Crick Institute, UK)
14:00 - 14:45
Edward Holmes (University of Sydney, Australia)
14:45 - 15:00
Mark Pallen (Quadram Institute, UK)
15:00 - 15:15
Stirling Churchman (Harvard Medical School, USA)
15:15 - 15:30
Liam Rooney (University of Strathclyde, UK)
15:30 - 15:35
Anna Yakovleva (University of Cambridge, UK)
15:35 - 15:40
Rommel Gestuveo (University of Glasgow, UK)
15:40 - 15:45
Chris Proctor (University of Ulster, UK)
15:45 - 15:50
15:50 - 16:30
Peter Cotgreave (Microbiology Society, UK)
16:30 - 16:40
Interview with a selection of past Fleming Prize winners including, Sir John Beringer (1979); Adrian Whitehouse (2005) and Nicola Stanley-Wall (2009)
16:40 - 17:05
Alexander Fleming's death-defying worldly-wonder antibiotic drugs have saved us for the last 90 years. But with bacterial resistance growing, doomsday approaches. What better way to fight back than with a musical of epic proportions?
17:05 - 17:25
17:25 - 17:30
The Bacteroidetes are abundant colonisers of humans where they are one of the two dominant phyla. This session will focus on the many and varied interactions of the anaerobic Bacteroidetes with the human host, both as members of the normal resident microbiota and as opportunistic pathogens. Aspects of the physiology, metabolism and molecular genetics of Bacteroidetes, such as Bacteroides, Prevotella and Porphyromonas will be addressed along with potential cancer, Alzheimer’s and other disease associations. In addition to being of interest to researchers working on specific members of the Bacteroidetes, researchers studying oral, gastrointestinal tract and female genital system microbiomes will gain key insights into these important members of the microbiota. Offered papers relating to all aspects of the Bacteroidetes will be considered for presentation within the symposium.
Sheila Patrick (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Garry Blakely (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Susan Butler-Wu (University of Southern California, USA), Kilsyth
10:00 - 10:30
Garry Blakely (University of Edinburgh, UK), Kilsyth
10:30 - 11:00
Lennox Suite
11:00 - 11:30
Jamie English (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Kilsyth
11:30 - 11:45
Deirdre Devine (University of Leeds, UK), Kilsyth
11:45 - 12:00
Mike Curtis (Kings College London, UK), Kilsyth
12:00 - 12:30
Annemarie Boleij (Radboud University, The Netherlands), Kilsyth
12:30 - 13:00
'The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. There is a danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug making them resistant'. Since Alexander Fleming's prophetic warning in 1945, antimicrobial resistance has rapidly developed into a critically important global health threat. How bad is AMR, and what can we do about it? This session will start by looking at the global scale of the AMR problem, then delve into the causes of AMR, and finally address some of the potential solutions. The session aims to bring together scientists with interests in AMR, across the fields of epidemiology, global public health, mechanisms of AMR development and spread, antimicrobial stewardship and discovery of novel therapeutics.
Jody Winter (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Meera Unnikrishnan (Warwick University, UK) and Jennifer Ritchie (University of Surrey, UK)
Hanan Balkhy (World Health Organisation, Switzerland), Cromdale Hall
10:00 - 10:30
Gregory McCallum (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall
10:30 - 10:45
Bryan Wee (University of Edinburgh, UK), Cromdale Hall
10:45 - 11:00
Lennox Suite
11:00 - 11:30
Carolee Carson (Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada), Cromdale Hall
11:30 - 12:00
Thanh Duy Pham (Oxford University Clinical Reseach Unit, Vietnam), Cromdale Hall
12:00 - 12:15
Anne Leonard (University of Exeter, UK), Cromdale Hall
12:15 - 12:30
Laura Piddock (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall
12:30 - 13:00
Microbial life dominates the marine environment. Collectively their biomass greatly exceeds that of all other life forms in the oceans. Marine microbes have thrived in the world’s seas for billions of years and their diversity outweighs all non-microbial marine life combined. Microbes make the oceans work. They form and sustain global biogeochemical cycles, underpin food webs and maintain (or sometimes perturb) ecosystem health. Marine microbes are also a valuable source of biomolecules and enzymes, with great biotechnological potential. The session will bring together microbiologists from a range of fields with a collective interest in Marine Microbiology. The session will broadly cover three overarching themes; ‘marine microbial biogeochemistry’, ‘microbial symbiosis and interaction’, and ‘harnessing the potential of marine microbes’. As well as presentations from established research leaders in the field, the session will also showcase early career researchers.
Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association, UK); Katherine Duncan (University of Strathclyde, UK); James McDonald (Bangor University, UK) and Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK)
Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther
10:00 - 10:05
Ros Rickaby (University of Oxford, UK), Lowther
10:05 - 10:30
Dorothee Kottmeier (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther
10:30 - 10:45
Ro Allen (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther
10:45 - 11:00
Rudolf Amann (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany), Lowther
11:00 - 11:30
Lennox Suite
11:30 - 12:00
Yin Chen (University of Warwick, UK), Lowther
12:00 - 12:30
Heyu Lin (University of Melbourne, Australia), Lowther
12:30 - 12:45
Seth Thomas (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther
12:45 - 12:50
David Green (Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK), Lowther
12:50 - 12:55
Michelle Michelsen (University of Exeter, UK), Lowther
12:55 - 13:00
Microbes produce a fascinating range of chemicals, from simple molecules to complex proteins, many of which are well understood virulence factors playing a pivotal role in pathogenesis. In the environment production of toxins by bacteria, algae and fungi are less well understood despite advances in the tools available for their study. This exciting session will be focus on toxins as virulence factors in the morning and the ecological role of toxins in the environment.
Christine Edwards (Robert Gordon University, UK)
Despoina Mavridou (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto
10:00 - 10:30
Laura Nolan (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto
10:30 - 10:45
Elisa Granato (University of Oxford, UK), Tinto
10:45 - 11:00
Christoph Dehio (University of Basel, Switzerland), Tinto
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Michael Bottery (University of York, UK), Tinto
12:00 - 12:15
Chayan Kumar Saha (Umeå University, Sweden), Tinto
12:15 - 12:30
Brian Ho (University College Longon, UK), Tinto
12:30 - 13:00
This symposium will provide delegates with the opportunity to learn from the experience of those involved in AMR outreach and engagement activities. HEA fellowships will be explored in its wider breadth and an application workshop will allow delegates to receive feedback on how to right an application. The symposium will also create a platform for those involved or wanting to be involved in using digital technologies in teaching by facilitating live demonstrations. Those involved in teaching, wanting to pursue a teaching focused role or keep up to date with new techniques and standards, including post-doctoral demonstrators, are encouraged to attend.
Register on eventbrite.
Tadhg Ó'Cróinín (University College Dublin, Ireland); Nicola Crewe (University of Lincoln, UK); James Edwards (Plymouth University, UK); Alison Graham (University of Newcastle, UK) and Chris Randall (University of Leeds, UK)
Rowshonara Syeda (Public Health England, UK), Moorfoot
10:00 - 10:30
Joanna Verran (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Moorfoot
10:30 - 10:45
Angharad Davies (Swansea University Medical School, UK), Moorfoot
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Catriona Bell (AdvanceHE, UK), Moorfoot
11:30 - 12:30
This session follows the theme of the 75th anniversary meeting by looking at the past history of microbiology and how drawing from lessons of the past informs our research today. It will explore technologies today that are making use of techniques established decades ago, research that is delving into microbial archaeology to better understand pathogens of today and tomorrow, and investigations that are rediscovering and repurposing pharmaceuticals and treatments from previous eras.
Offered reflections on microbial practice in a specific area, application or technique are encouraged with a view to adoption of ‘historic’ ideas, or to highlight novel developments.
Edward Louis (University of Leicester, UK); Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK) and Lori Snyder (Kingston University, UK)
Mark Achtman (University of Warwick, UK), Sidlaw
10:15 - 10:45
Lauren Cowley (University of Bath, UK), Sidlaw
10:45 - 11:00
Lisa Crossman (University of East Anglia, UK), Sidlaw
11:00 - 11:15
James Ebdon (University of Brighton, UK), Sidlaw
11:15 - 11:45
Lennox Suite
11:45 - 12:15
Linda Oyama (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Sidlaw
12:15 - 12:30
Rochelle Hockney (Teesside University, UK), Sidlaw
12:30 - 12:45
Amy Apprill (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA), Sidlaw
12:45 - 13:15
Over the last decade there have been an increasing number of reports of phenotypic changes in microorganisms that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence or genome rearrangements. These so-called epigenetic phenomena represent a number of different underlying mechanisms ranging from DNA modification and chromatin remodelling to inherited conformational changes in cellular proteins. These reversible molecular processes can impact on the expression of large numbers of genes and thus represent a means of rapidly changing the transcriptional programme of a microorganism without genome modification. This session will cover the wide range of epigenetic phenomena in bacteria, fungi and protozoa.
Mick Tuite (University of Kent, UK) and Alessia Buscaino (University of Kent, UK)
Mick Tuite (University of Kent, UK), Fintry
10:15 - 10:30
Margo Oggioni (University of Leicester, UK), Fintry
10:30 - 11:00
Liz Bayne (University of Edinburgh, UK), Fintry
11:00 - 11:30
Lennox Suite
11:30 - 12:00
Fabrice Caudron (Queen Mary University of London, UK), Fintry
12:00 - 12:30
Brenda Lee (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Fintry
12:30 - 12:45
Jon Houseley (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK), Fintry
12:45 - 13:15
The skin is the largest organ of the body. It possesses a complex architecture of differentiated layers of keratinocytes and immune cells, including Langerhans cells, macrophages and dendritic cells that together provide an efficient barrier to pathogens. Nonetheless, the skin remains the natural route of entry and/or site of replication for many viruses, some of which also depend on it for shedding. This symposium will focus on recent breakthroughs in our understanding of virus-host interactions in the skin and the underlying molecular mechanisms behind these. Topics will include virus replication in the skin; virus control of cell differentiation; virus induced cancers at these sites; and immune responses in the skin to insect-delivered viruses. Viral-host interactions at surfaces associated with the skin, such as oral epithelium and the reproductive tract will be included.
Gill Elliott (University of Surrey, UK); Christopher McCormick (University of Southampton, UK) and Gerald Barry (University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
John Doorbar (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Auditorium
10:15 - 10:45
Laura Pokorny (University College London, UK), Pentland Auditorium
10:45 - 11:00
Judith Breuer (University College London, UK), Pentland Auditorium
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Clive McKimmie (University of Leeds, UK), Pentland Auditorium
12:00 - 12:30
Emily Bruce (University of Vermont, USA), Pentland Auditorium
12:30 - 12:45
Dagmar Knebel Moersdorf (University of Cologne, Germany), Pentland Auditorium
12:45 - 13:15
The Bacteroidetes are abundant colonisers of humans where they are one of the two dominant phyla. This session will focus on the many and varied interactions of the anaerobic Bacteroidetes with the human host, both as members of the normal resident microbiota and as opportunistic pathogens. Aspects of the physiology, metabolism and molecular genetics of Bacteroidetes, such as Bacteroides, Prevotella and Porphyromonas will be addressed along with potential cancer, Alzheimer’s and other disease associations. In addition to being of interest to researchers working on specific members of the Bacteroidetes, researchers studying oral, gastrointestinal tract and female genital system microbiomes will gain key insights into these important members of the microbiota. Offered papers relating to all aspects of the Bacteroidetes will be considered for presentation within the symposium.
Sheila Patrick (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Garry Blakely (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Sharon Hillier (MWRIF, USA), Kilsyth
14:00 - 14:30
David Bolam (Newcastle University, UK), Kilsyth
14:30 - 15:00
David Scott (University of Louisville, USA), Kilsyth
15:00 - 15:15
Ekaterina Buzun (Newcastle University, UK), Kilsyth
15:15 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
Jose Munoz (Northumbria University, UK), Kilsyth
16:00 - 16:15
Hannah Gibson (Newcastle Univeristy, UK), Kilsyth
16:15 - 16:30
Jo Santini (University College London, UK), Kilsyth
16:30 - 17:00
Xavier Gomis-Ruth (Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, Spain), Kilsyth
17:00 - 17:30
'The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. There is a danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug making them resistant'. Since Alexander Fleming's prophetic warning in 1945, antimicrobial resistance has rapidly developed into a critically important global health threat. How bad is AMR, and what can we do about it? This session will start by looking at the global scale of the AMR problem, then delve into the causes of AMR, and finally address some of the potential solutions. The session aims to bring together scientists with interests in AMR, across the fields of epidemiology, global public health, mechanisms of AMR development and spread, antimicrobial stewardship and discovery of novel therapeutics.
Jody Winter (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Meera Unnikrishnan (Warwick University, UK) and Jennifer Ritchie (University of Surrey, UK)
Richard Stabler (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Cromdale Hall
14:00 - 14:30
Michael Bottery (University of York, UK), Cromdale Hall
14:30 - 14:45
Emily Bordeleau (McMaster University, Canada), Cromdale Hall
14:45 - 15:00
Katarzyna Mickiewicz (The Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, UK), Cromdale Hall
15:00 - 15:15
Susanne Gebhard (University of Bath, UK), Cromdale Hall
15:15 - 15:45
Lennox Suite
15:45 - 16:15
Muhammad Yasir (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK), Cromdale Hall
16:15 - 16:30
Mo Kaze (University of California, USA), Cromdale Hall
16:30 - 16:45
Paz Aranega Bou (Public Health England, UK), Cromdale Hall
16:45 - 17:00
David Graham (Newcastle University, UK), Cromdale Hall
17:00 - 17:30
This session follows the theme of the 75th anniversary meeting by looking at the past history of microbiology and how drawing from lessons of the past informs our research today. It will explore technologies today that are making use of techniques established decades ago, research that is delving into microbial archaeology to better understand pathogens of today and tomorrow, and investigations that are rediscovering and repurposing pharmaceuticals and treatments from previous eras.
Offered reflections on microbial practice in a specific area, application or technique are encouraged with a view to adoption of ‘historic’ ideas, or to highlight novel developments.
Edward Louis (University of Leicester, UK); Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK) and Lori Snyder (Kingston University, UK)
Filipe Cabreiro (Imperial College London, UK), Sidlaw
14:00 - 14:30
Sarah Williams-Macdonald (Moredun Research Institute, UK), Sidlaw
14:30 - 14:45
Rebecca McHugh (University of Strathclyde, UK), Sidlaw
14:45 - 15:00
Mick Tuite (University of Kent, UK), Sidlaw
15:00 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
Smita Shankar (Impossible Foods, USA), Sidlaw
16:00 - 16:30
Rhys Jones (Swansea University, UK), Sidlaw
16:30 - 16:45
Blessing Anonye (University of Warwick, UK), Sidlaw
16:45 - 17:00
Katherine Smart (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw
17:00 - 17:30
Over the last decade there have been an increasing number of reports of phenotypic changes in microorganisms that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence or genome rearrangements. These so-called epigenetic phenomena represent a number of different underlying mechanisms ranging from DNA modification and chromatin remodelling to inherited conformational changes in cellular proteins. These reversible molecular processes can impact on the expression of large numbers of genes and thus represent a means of rapidly changing the transcriptional programme of a microorganism without genome modification. This session will cover the wide range of epigenetic phenomena in bacteria, fungi and protozoa.
Mick Tuite (University of Kent, UK) and Alessia Buscaino (University of Kent, UK)
Daniel Jarosz (Stanford University, US), Fintry
14:00 - 14:30
Alessia Buscaino (University of Kent, UK), Fintry
14:30 - 15:00
Alyson Hockenberry (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), Fintry
15:00 - 15:15
Min Jung Kwun (Imperial College London, UK), Fintry
15:15 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
Gloria Rudenko (Imperial College London, UK), Fintry
16:00 - 16:30
Ryan Kerr (University of Birmingham, UK), Fintry
16:30 - 16:45
Graham Stewart (University of Surrey, UK), Fintry
16:45 - 17:00
Microbial life dominates the marine environment. Collectively their biomass greatly exceeds that of all other life forms in the oceans. Marine microbes have thrived in the world’s seas for billions of years and their diversity outweighs all non-microbial marine life combined. Microbes make the oceans work. They form and sustain global biogeochemical cycles, underpin food webs and maintain (or sometimes perturb) ecosystem health. Marine microbes are also a valuable source of biomolecules and enzymes, with great biotechnological potential. The session will bring together microbiologists from a range of fields with a collective interest in Marine Microbiology. The session will broadly cover three overarching themes; ‘marine microbial biogeochemistry’, ‘microbial symbiosis and interaction’, and ‘harnessing the potential of marine microbes’. As well as presentations from established research leaders in the field, the session will also showcase early career researchers.
Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association, UK); Katherine Duncan (University of Strathclyde, UK); James McDonald (Bangor University, UK) and Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK)
Jonathan Todd (University of East Anglia, UK), Lowther
14:00 - 14:30
Kasha Cowles (University of East Anglia, UK), Lowther
14:30 - 14:45
Birthe Zaencker (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther
14:45 - 15:00
Connie Lovejoy (Université Laval, Canada), Lowther
15:00 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
Lone Gram (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark ), Lowther
16:00 - 16:30
Monika Dhanji-Rapkova (Cefas, UK), Lowther
16:30 - 16:45
Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Lowther
16:45 - 17:00
Paul Jensen (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA), Lowther
17:00 - 17:30
Microbes produce a fascinating range of chemicals, from simple molecules to complex proteins, many of which are well understood virulence factors playing a pivotal role in pathogenesis. In the environment production of toxins by bacteria, algae and fungi are less well understood despite advances in the tools available for their study. This exciting session will be focus on toxins as virulence factors in the morning and the ecological role of toxins in the environment.
Christine Edwards (Robert Gordon University, UK)
Ben Usher (Durham University, UK), Tinto
14:00 - 14:15
Sophie Howard (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto
14:15 - 14:30
Vitor Manuel Oliveira Vasconcelos (University of Porto, Portugal), Tinto
14:30 - 15:00
Laure Journet (CNRS-Aix Marseille Université, France), Tinto
15:00 - 15:15
Els Faassen (Wageningen University, the Netherlands), Tinto
15:15 - 15:45
Lennox Suite
15:45 - 16:15
Sylvia Soldatou (Robert Gordon University, UK), Tinto
16:15 - 16:30
Katrina Campbell (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Tinto
16:30 - 17:00
This symposium will provide delegates with the opportunity to learn from the experience of those involved in AMR outreach and engagement activities. HEA fellowships will be explored in its wider breadth and an application workshop will allow delegates to receive feedback on how to right an application. The symposium will also create a platform for those involved or wanting to be involved in using digital technologies in teaching by facilitating live demonstrations. Those involved in teaching, wanting to pursue a teaching focused role or keep up to date with new techniques and standards, including post-doctoral demonstrators, are encouraged to attend.
Register on eventbrite.
Tadhg Ó'Cróinín (University College Dublin, Ireland); Nicola Crewe (University of Lincoln, UK); James Edwards (Plymouth University, UK); Alison Graham (University of Newcastle, UK) and Chris Randall (University of Leeds, UK)
Catriona Bell (AdvanceHE, UK), Moorfoot
14:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
Helen Carney (Teesside University, UK), Moorfoot
16:00 - 16:30
Chris Randall (University of Leeds, UK), Helen Carney (Teesside University, UK), Mike Shaw (University of Lincoln, UK), Carla Brown (Game Doctor, UK), Lisa Crossman (University of East Anglia, UK), Thomas Howard (Newcastle University, UK), Harriet Jones (University of East Anglia, UK), Geertje Van Keulen (Swansea University, UK), Moorfoot
16:30 - 17:30
The skin is the largest organ of the body. It possesses a complex architecture of differentiated layers of keratinocytes and immune cells, including Langerhans cells, macrophages and dendritic cells that together provide an efficient barrier to pathogens. Nonetheless, the skin remains the natural route of entry and/or site of replication for many viruses, some of which also depend on it for shedding. This symposium will focus on recent breakthroughs in our understanding of virus-host interactions in the skin and the underlying molecular mechanisms behind these. Topics will include virus replication in the skin; virus control of cell differentiation; virus induced cancers at these sites; and immune responses in the skin to insect-delivered viruses. Viral-host interactions at surfaces associated with the skin, such as oral epithelium and the reproductive tract will be included.
Gill Elliott (University of Surrey, UK); Christopher McCormick (University of Southampton, UK) and Gerald Barry (University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Jonathan Arzt (USDA/ARS Plum Island Animal Diesease Center, USA), Pentland Auditorium
14:00 - 14:30
Valeria Lulla (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Auditorium
14:30 - 14:45
Chris Hill (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Auditorium
14:45 - 15:00
Philip Stevenson (University of Queensland, Australia), Pentland Auditorium
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
Pip Beard (The Pirbright Institute/Roslin Institute, UK), Pentland Auditorium
16:00 - 16:30
James Scarth (University of Leeds, UK), Pentland Auditorium
16:30 - 16:45
Stuart Weston (University of Maryland, USA), Pentland Auditorium
16:45 - 17:00
Betsy Herold (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA), Pentland Auditorium
17:00 - 17:30
'The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. There is a danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug making them resistant'. Since Alexander Fleming's prophetic warning in 1945, antimicrobial resistance has rapidly developed into a critically important global health threat. How bad is AMR, and what can we do about it? This session will start by looking at the global scale of the AMR problem, then delve into the causes of AMR, and finally address some of the potential solutions. The session aims to bring together scientists with interests in AMR, across the fields of epidemiology, global public health, mechanisms of AMR development and spread, antimicrobial stewardship and discovery of novel therapeutics.
Jody Winter (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Meera Unnikrishnan (Warwick University, UK) and Jennifer Ritchie (University of Surrey, UK)
Pranita Tamma (John Hopkins University, USA), Cromdale Hall
10:00 - 10:30
Chloe James (University of Salford, UK), Cromdale Hall
10:30 - 10:45
Michelle Buckner (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall
10:45 - 11:00
Lennox Suite
11:00 - 11:30
Paul Hoskisson (University of Strathclyde, UK), Cromdale Hall
11:30 - 12:00
Chris Furniss (Imperial College London, UK), Cromdale Hall
12:00 - 12:15
Jon Sayers (University of Sheffield, UK), Cromdale Hall
12:15 - 12:30
Aaron Ming Zhi Tan (Newcastle University, UK), Cromdale Hall
12:30 - 12:45
Alice Lanne (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall
12:45 - 13:00
This session will provide participants with useful information about the key areas of business to consider when becoming a scientific entrepreneur. Participants will be given a checklist of considerations from patents and funding to marketing strategies and creating a team. Microbiology entrepreneurs will provide insight into how they transformed their scientific research into business ideas, and the afternoon will conclude with live pitches with professional feedback from invited guests. This session will be useful for those considering or wanting feedback on a business idea.
Register on eventbrite.
Diane Wilkinson (CHAIN Biotechnology Ltd, UK) and Tadhg Ó'Cróinín (University College Dublin, Ireland)
David Mead (Isogenica Ltd, UK), Menteith
10:00 - 11:00
Menteith
11:00 - 12:00
Basil Omar (Chain Biotech); Deborah O'Neil (NovaBiotics Ltd), Menteith
12:00 - 13:00
The ever-increasing drive to improve societal health has provided enormous advances in the medicinal treatment of diseases and conditions. At the heart of many of these advances is the identification and validation of new drugs – relating to both non-infectious and infection-related diseases. Past approaches in drug discovery were primarily based upon demonstrated efficacy in mammalian models. However, nowadays, the pharmaceutical industry requires a validated mechanism of action for new drugs to improve confidence in these products. Identifying these targets and mechanism in mammalian models is highly problematic due to the restricted nature of experimental approaches using mammalian cells, because of the complex nature and genetic redundancy of mammalian biology, and in the field of eukaryotic pathogen research these models are complicated by the high degree of homology between the host and the infection. To aid this research, Eukaryotic microbial models have been employed to in the field of drug discovery particularly relating to identifying targets and mechanism of action in both infection biology and in many other areas beyond this (i.e. identification of the mechanisms of action for novel anti-cancer or anti-epileptic drugs). This session will focus on the use of eukaryotic microbial models for the identification of drug targets and their respective mechanisms of action, ranging from the identification of novel therapeutics for the treatment both in infection and other disease paradigms. It will seek to cover a variety of eukaryotic systems, including yeast, fungi, social microbes and trypanosomes, looking at medical drug discovery and drug target research, in wide ranging fields of medicine.
Robin Williams (Royal Holloway, UK) and Rebecca Hall (University of Birmingham, UK)
Jamal Khalife (Institut Pasteur, France), Kilsyth
10:00 - 10:30
Carol Munro (University of Aberdeen, UK), Kilsyth
10:30 - 11:00
Lennox Suite
11:00 - 11:30
Sergio Giannattasio (Institute of biomembrane and bioenergetic, Italy), Kilsyth
11:30 - 12:00
Valerie Daggett (University of Washington, US), Kilsyth
12:00 - 12:30
Robin Williams (Royal Holloway, UK), Kilsyth
12:30 - 13:00
Microbial life dominates the marine environment. Collectively their biomass greatly exceeds that of all other life forms in the oceans. Marine microbes have thrived in the world’s seas for billions of years and their diversity outweighs all non-microbial marine life combined. Microbes make the oceans work. They form and sustain global biogeochemical cycles, underpin food webs and maintain (or sometimes perturb) ecosystem health. Marine microbes are also a valuable source of biomolecules and enzymes, with great biotechnological potential. The session will bring together microbiologists from a range of fields with a collective interest in Marine Microbiology. The session will broadly cover three overarching themes; ‘marine microbial biogeochemistry’, ‘microbial symbiosis and interaction’, and ‘harnessing the potential of marine microbes’. As well as presentations from established research leaders in the field, the session will also showcase early career researchers.
Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association, UK); Katherine Duncan (University of Strathclyde, UK); James McDonald (Bangor University, UK) and Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK)
Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther
10:00 - 10:05
Alexandra Worden (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), Lowther
10:05 - 10:30
Davis Laundon (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther
10:30 - 10:45
Frederik De Boever (Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK), Lowther
10:45 - 11:00
Johan Decelle (Grenoble Interdisciplinary Research Institute, France), Lowther
11:00 - 11:30
Lennox Suite
11:30 - 12:00
Assaf Vardi (Weizmann Institute, UK), Lowther
12:00 - 12:30
Alan Warren (Natural History Museum, UK), Lowther
12:30 - 12:45
Ingrid Eileen Meyer Cifuentes (Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Germany), Lowther
12:45 - 12:50
Ashley Bell (University of Exeter, UK), Lowther
12:50 - 12:55
Jonathan Inetianbor (University of Nottingham, UK), Lowther
12:55 - 13:00
This forum will consider offered papers on all aspects of microbial (prokaryotic and eukaryotic) metabolism and physiology, including fundamental research on the biochemistry and structure of cells, cell growth and division, cell architecture and differentiation, synthesis and transport of macromolecules, ions and small molecules and the cell cycle; but also on the role of physiology in microbial engineering, signalling and communication, sensing and cellular responses, the molecular mechanisms behind these phenomena and their potential applications
Gillian Fraser (University of Cambridge, UK) and Martin Welch (University of Cambridge, UK)
Cynthia Whitchurch (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK)
10:00 - 10:15
Megan Bergkessel (University of Dundee, UK)
10:15 - 10:30
Natasha Turner (University of Glasgow, UK)
10:30 - 10:45
Harry Beaven (Imperial College London, UK)
10:45 - 11:00
Henrik Strahl (Newcastle University, UK)
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:45
Joanne Purves (University of Leicester, UK)
11:45 - 12:00
Igor Kviatkovski (Imperial College London, UK)
12:00 - 12:15
Carolin Schulte (University of Oxford, UK)
12:15 - 12:30
John Tyson Munnoch (University of Strathclyde, UK)
12:30 - 12:45
Dennis Linton (University of Manchester, UK)
12:45 - 13:00
This workshop will be structured around a typical life-cycle of a retrovirus and will cover virus entry and uncoating, genome replication, particle structure, assembly and egress. Pathogenesis will be covered to demonstrate the diversity of diseases that these viruses cause, together with the host response to infection, and vaccine or antiviral-based treatments or therapies that can be used to combat infection. Both human and animal pathogens will be covered, including the opportunity for clinicians to present studies on ongoing outbreaks or epidemiological studies.
Tamyo Mbisa (Public Health England, UK) and Rachael Tarlinton (Nottingham University, UK)
Marko Noerenberg (University of Oxford, UK)
10:00 - 10:12
Claire Ham (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK)
10:12 - 10:24
Jordan Skittrall (University of Cambridge, UK)
10:24 - 10:36
Genevieve Barr (The Francis Crick Institute, UK)
10:36 - 10:48
Michal Barski (Imperial College London, UK)
10:48 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Rachael Tarlinton (University of Nottingham, UK)
11:30 - 11:42
Maitreyi Shivkumar (De Montford University, UK)
11:42 - 11:54
Jordan Minnell (Imperial College London, UK)
11:54 - 12:06
Mulugeta Kiros (Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiophia)
12:06 - 12:18
Helena Winstone (King's college London, UK)
12:18 - 12:30
This workshop will be structured around a typical life-cycle of DNA viruses and will cover virus entry and uncoating, genome replication, particle structure, assembly and egress. Pathogenesis will be covered to demonstrate the diversity of diseases that these viruses cause, together with the host response to infection, and vaccine or antiviral-based treatments or therapies that can be used to combat infection. Both human and animal pathogens will be covered, including the opportunity for clinicians to present studies on ongoing outbreaks or epidemiological studies.
Gill Elliott (University of Surrey, UK) and Blair Strang (St George's, University of London, UK)
Molly Patterson (University of Leeds, UK)
10:15 - 10:27
Timothy Mottram (University of Leeds, UK)
10:27 - 10:39
Amy Jacobs (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK)
10:39 - 10:51
Jack Ferguson (University of Birmingham, UK)
10:51 - 11:03
Matthew Murray (University College London, UK)
11:03 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:45
Catherine Cherry (Imperial College London, UK)
11:45 - 11:57
Chris Boutell (University of Glasgow, UK)
11:57 - 12:09
Michael Nevels (University of St Andrews, UK)
12:09 - 12:21
Callum Talbot-Cooper (University of Cambridge, UK)
12:21 - 12:33
Lauren Kerr (Cardiff University, UK)
12:33 - 12:45
Leah Hunter (University of Cambridge, UK)
12:45 - 12:57
Finn Grey (University of Edinburgh, UK)
12:57 - 13:09
This workshop will be structured around a typical life-cycle of these viruses and will cover virus entry and uncoating, genome replication, particle structure, assembly and egress. Pathogenesis will be covered to demonstrate the diversity of diseases that these viruses cause, together with the host response to infection, and vaccine or antiviral-based treatments or therapies that can be used to combat infection. Both human and animal pathogens will be covered, including the opportunity for clinicians to present studies on ongoing outbreaks or epidemiological studies.
Holly Shelton (Pirbright Institute, UK); Martina Scallan (University College Cork, Republic of Ireland) and Ed Hutchinson (University of Glasgow, UK)
Joshua Sealy (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry
10:15 - 10:27
Natalia Barbosa (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry
10:27 - 10:39
Richard Urbanowicz (University of Nottingham, UK), Fintry
10:39 - 10:51
Hollie French (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry
10:51 - 11:03
Caroline Warren (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Fintry
11:03 - 11:15
Lennox Suite
11:15 - 11:45
James Kelly (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry
11:45 - 11:57
Elizaveta Elshina (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry
11:57 - 12:09
Simon King (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry
12:09 - 12:21
Mohammad Khalid Zakaria (The Pirbright, UK), Fintry
12:21 - 12:33
Eleanor Gaunt (University of Edinburgh, UK), Fintry
12:33 - 12:45
Hayley Pearson (University of Leeds, UK), Fintry
12:45 - 12:57
Nigel Temperton (University of Kent, UK), Fintry
12:57 - 13:09
This workshop will be structured around a typical life-cycle of these viruses and will cover virus entry and uncoating, genome replication, particle structure, assembly and egress. Pathogenesis will be covered to demonstrate the diversity of diseases that these viruses cause, together with the host response to infection, and vaccine or antiviral-based treatments or therapies that can be used to combat infection. Both human and animal pathogens will be covered, including the opportunity for clinicians to present studies on ongoing outbreaks or epidemiological studies.
Steve Griffin (University of Leeds, UK) and Gerald Barry (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Tiffany Russell (University of Surrey, UK), Sidlaw
10:15 - 10:27
Daniella Lefteri (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
10:27 - 10:39
Jennifer Simpson (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Sidlaw
10:39 - 10:51
Anna Yakovleva (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw
10:51 - 11:03
Peter Simmonds (University of Oxford, UK), Sidlaw
11:03 - 11:15
Lennox Suite
11:15 - 11:45
Sarah Caddy (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw
11:45 - 11:57
Kerry Newbrook (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Sidlaw
11:57 - 12:09
Jake T. Mills (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
12:09 - 12:21
Jinchao Guo (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
12:21 - 12:33
Niluka Goonawardane (University of Oxford, UK), Sidlaw
12:33 - 12:45
David Matthews (University of Bristol, UK), Sidlaw
12:45 - 12:57
Rebecca Chandler-Bostock (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
12:57 - 13:09
This session will highlight advances made in microbial bio-engineering, synthetic microbiology and systems biotechnology that ultimately aims to disrupt the fossil-fuel based economy through the establishment of sustainable manufacturing of metabolites, materials and medicines for a range of applications and sectors. Contributions are invited on topics such as bio-based and/or self-organising building blocks and nanoparticles, bioproduction, biofabrication, smart and hybrid biomaterials, biosensors and bioremediation while submissions on novel tools for design and bio-engineering will also be most welcome.
Geertje van Keulen (Swansea University, UK); Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, UK) and Nick Tucker (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Mark Howarth (University of Oxford, UK)
14:00 - 14:30
Cassandra Rigby (Oxford Expression Technologies, UK)
14:30 - 14:45
Nicholas thomson (Quadram Institue Bioscience, UK)
14:45 - 15:00
Louise Horsfall (University of Edinburgh, UK)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
Diethard Mattanovich (BOKU Vienna, Austria)
16:00 - 16:30
Shmuel Gleizer (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
16:30 - 17:00
Bruna Factor (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
17:00 - 17:15
Dilan Ozkan (Newcastle University, UK)
17:15 - 17:30
Offered papers on all aspects of the genes and genomes of microbes (prokaryotes and eukaryotes) and their mobile elements will be considered, including their sequencing, transcription, translation, regulation, chromosome dynamics, gene transfer, population genetics and evolution, taxonomy and systematics, comparative genomics, metagenomics, bioinformatics, and synthetic biology.
Andrew Preston (University of Bath, UK) and Sarah Maddocks (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK)
Jessica Calland (Milner Centre for Evolution, UK), Kilsyth
14:00 - 14:15
James Connolly (Newcastle University, UK), Kilsyth
14:15 - 14:30
Mukta Das Gupta (Australian National University, Australia), Kilsyth
14:30 - 14:45
Angharad Green (University of Liverpool, UK), Kilsyth
14:45 - 15:00
Luke Hilary (Bangor University, UK), Kilsyth
15:00 - 15:15
Mathew Milner (University of Birmingham, UK), Kilsyth
15:15 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
James Horton (University of Bath, UK), Kilsyth
16:00 - 16:15
Emily Warman (University of Birmingham, UK), Kilsyth
16:15 - 16:30
Joseph Bhart (Swansea University, UK), Kilsyth
16:30 - 16:45
Taya Forde (University of Glasgow, UK), Kilsyth
16:45 - 17:00
Tatsuaki Kurata (Umeå University, Sweden), Kilsyth
17:00 - 17:15
Colman O'Cathail (University of Nottingham, UK), Kilsyth
17:15 - 17:30
The synthesis of viral proteins and genome is dependent on gaining control of the host cell translation machinery, imposing major stress on the host. In response to this stress, infected cells can induce several defence mechanisms to promote cell survival, pathogen elimination or to restrict the use/availability of energy and nutrients. This session will bring together scientists interested in the multiple cellular stress responses triggered, and subsequently manipulated, by viruses. These responses include metabolic stress, pathogen sensing, autophagy, protein quality control, the DNA damage response, inflammation and stress granules. Many of these pathways are essential for the maintenance of the cellular proteostasis network and are intimately linked to antiviral defences. Therefore, this session will illustrate novel and elegant interactions viruses have evolved to manipulate these stress responses by hijacking, co-opting or inactivating their individual components. Through understanding of these interactions fundamental new insight into key biological processes is revealed. Furthermore, it has the potential to identify new opportunities for the development of novel therapeutic antiviral strategies. Thus, this session will be of broad appeal to virologists interested in a particular pathogen and the general process of pathogenesis, but also cell biologists or microbiologists with interest in specific cellular stress responses.
Matthew Reeves (University College London, UK); Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK) and Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK)
Carlos Maluquer de Motes (University of Surrey, UK)
14:00 - 14:12
Andrew Shaw (The Pirbright Institute, UK)
14:12 - 14:24
Pragati Sabberwal (Cardiff University, UK)
14:24 - 14:36
Alice Fletcher-Etherington (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK)
14:36 - 14:48
Parul Sharma (University of Liverpool, UK)
14:48 - 15:00
Valentina Iadevaia (University of Surrey, UK)
15:00 - 15:12
15:12 - 16:00
Raquel Arinto-Garcia (Oxford Expression Technologies, UK)
16:00 - 16:12
Calum Forrest (University College London, UK)
16:12 - 16:24
Andrew Davidson (University of Bristol, UK)
16:24 - 16:36
Matthew Brownsword (University of Surrey, UK)
16:36 - 16:48
Duncan Smith (Mahidol University, Thailand)
16:48 - 17:00
This workshop will involve a range of clinical virology cases. Different aspects of clinical virology that will be covered include: differential diagnosis of encephalitis, management of hepatitis, diversity of rotavirus sequences, and diagnosis of respiratory infections.
Tamyo Mbisa (Public Health England, UK) and Stephen Winchester (Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Peter Simmonds (University of Oxford, UK)
14:00 - 14:12
Neil Almond (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK)
14:12 - 14:24
David Padley (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK)
14:24 - 14:36
Ilaria Epifano (University of Glasgow, UK)
14:36 - 14:48
Neil Berry (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK)
14:48 - 15:00
Nafraa Fallatah (University of Liverpool, UK)
15:00 - 15:12
Jordan Ashworth (University of Edinburgh, UK)
15:12 - 15:24
15:24 - 16:00
Mine Aksular (Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd, UK)
16:00 - 16:12
Alistair McGregor (Texas A&M University, USA)
16:12 - 16:24
Jonathan Ball (University of Nottingham, UK)
16:24 - 16:36
Sheerien Manzoor (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
16:36 - 16:48
Charlotte Houldcroft (University of Cambridge, UK)
16:48 - 17:00
Noha Hassuna (Minia University, Egypt)
17:00 - 17:12
This workshop will be structured around a typical life-cycle of DNA viruses and will cover virus entry and uncoating, genome replication, particle structure, assembly and egress. Pathogenesis will be covered to demonstrate the diversity of diseases that these viruses cause, together with the host response to infection, and vaccine or antiviral-based treatments or therapies that can be used to combat infection. Both human and animal pathogens will be covered, including the opportunity for clinicians to present studies on ongoing outbreaks or epidemiological studies.
Gill Elliott (University of Surrey, UK) and Blair Strang (St George's, University of London, UK)
Vishwananth Bhat Kumble (University of Sussex, UK)
14:00 - 14:12
Sophia Ho (University of Cambridge, UK)
14:12 - 14:24
Tomasz Benedyk (University of Cambridge, UK)
14:24 - 14:36
Benjamin Butt (University of Cambridge, UK)
14:36 - 14:48
Ruben Michael Ceballos (University of Arkansas, USA)
14:48 - 15:00
Carina Bannach (Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd, UK)
15:00 - 15:12
Joanne Kite (University of Surrey, UK)
15:12 - 15:24
15:24 - 16:00
Holli Carden (University of Leeds, UK)
16:00 - 16:12
David Matthews (University of Bristol, UK)
16:12 - 16:24
Blair Strang (St George's, University of London, UK)
16:24 - 16:36
Nikesh Patel (University of Leeds, UK)
16:36 - 16:48
16:48 - 17:00
Ian Groves (University of Cambridge, UK)
17:00 - 17:12
Katherine Harper (University of Leeds, UK)
17:12 - 17:24
This workshop will be structured around a typical life-cycle of these viruses and will cover virus entry and uncoating, genome replication, particle structure, assembly and egress. Pathogenesis will be covered to demonstrate the diversity of diseases that these viruses cause, together with the host response to infection, and vaccine or antiviral-based treatments or therapies that can be used to combat infection. Both human and animal pathogens will be covered, including the opportunity for clinicians to present studies on ongoing outbreaks or epidemiological studies.
Holly Shelton (Pirbright Institute, UK); Martina Scallan (University College Cork, Republic of Ireland) and Ed Hutchinson (University of Glasgow, UK)
Seema Jasim (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry
14:00 - 14:12
David Matthews (University of Bristol, UK), Fintry
14:12 - 14:24
Verónica Ferrando (Institute of Virology Muenster, Germany), Fintry
14:24 - 14:36
Sarah Caddy (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry
14:36 - 14:48
Joe James (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Fintry
14:48 - 15:00
Thomas Peacock (Imperial College London, UK), Fintry
15:00 - 15:12
Michaela Conley (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry
15:12 - 15:24
Lennox Suite
15:24 - 16:00
Deimante Lukosaityte (University of Edinburgh, UK), Fintry
16:00 - 16:12
Sebastian Lewis (University of Bristol, UK), Fintry
16:12 - 16:24
Daniel Goldfarb (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry
16:24 - 16:36
Lucy Eke (University of Surrey, UK), Fintry
16:36 - 16:48
Joanna Wojtus (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry
16:48 - 17:00
Colin Sharp (The Roslin Institute, UK), Fintry
17:00 - 17:12
Sushant Bhat (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry
17:12 - 17:24
This workshop will be structured around a typical life-cycle of these viruses and will cover virus entry and uncoating, genome replication, particle structure, assembly and egress. Pathogenesis will be covered to demonstrate the diversity of diseases that these viruses cause, together with the host response to infection, and vaccine or antiviral-based treatments or therapies that can be used to combat infection. Both human and animal pathogens will be covered, including the opportunity for clinicians to present studies on ongoing outbreaks or epidemiological studies.
Steve Griffin (University of Leeds, UK) and Gerald Barry (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Marc Guimerà Busquets (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Sidlaw
14:00 - 14:12
Trey Landers (University of Louisville, USA), Sidlaw
14:12 - 14:24
Yin Cheung (University of Surrey, UK), Sidlaw
14:24 - 14:36
Joseph Ward (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
14:36 - 14:48
Siu Yi Lee (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
14:48 - 15:00
Joseph Snowden (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
15:00 - 15:12
Kyriaki Nomikou (University of Glasgow, UK), Sidlaw
15:12 - 15:24
Lennox Suite
15:24 - 16:00
Carol McWilliam Leitch (University of Glasgow, UK), Sidlaw
16:00 - 16:12
Alex Borodavka (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw
16:12 - 16:24
Andrew Skidmore (University of Louisville, USA), Sidlaw
16:24 - 16:36
Matthew James (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Sidlaw
16:36 - 16:48
Aziz Almuqrin (University of Bristol, UK), Sidlaw
16:48 - 17:00
Christopher McCormick (University of Southampton, UK), Sidlaw
17:00 - 17:12
Keith Grehan (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw
17:12 - 17:24
This session will highlight advances made in microbial bio-engineering, synthetic microbiology and systems biotechnology that ultimately aims to disrupt the fossil-fuel based economy through the establishment of sustainable manufacturing of metabolites, materials and medicines for a range of applications and sectors. Contributions are invited on topics such as bio-based and/or self-organising building blocks and nanoparticles, bioproduction, biofabrication, smart and hybrid biomaterials, biosensors and bioremediation while submissions on novel tools for design and bio-engineering will also be most welcome.
Geertje van Keulen (Swansea University, UK); Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, UK) and Nick Tucker (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Jon Marles-Wright (Newcastle University, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Craig Allan (Swansea University, UK)
10:30 - 10:45
Richard Kimber (University of Manchester, UK)
10:45 - 11:00
Simone Krings (University of Surrey, UK)
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:45
Saul Purton (University College London, UK)
11:45 - 12:15
Lauren Adams (University of Glasgow, UK)
12:15 - 12:30
Jerzy Karczewski (Fraunhofer, USA)
12:30 - 12:45
Jennifer Wright (Newcastle University, UK)
12:45 - 13:00
Funding advisors will provide participants with greater clarity around fellowship strategies and application processes. Attendees will learn how to find the best fellowships for them and will learn from those who have recently been awarded fellowships. Those wishing to gain personal one-to-one feedback and advise from experts are welcome sign up to attend an allocated time slot during the application surgery. Early and mid-career researchers wanting to explore fellowship application processes are encouraged to attend.
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Daniela Barilla (University of York) and Rachel Asiedu (Microbiology Society, UK)
Daniela Barilla (University of York, UK), Menteith
10:00 - 10:05
Jessica Boname (Medical Research Council, UK), Menteith
10:05 - 10:35
Marianna D'Arco (Royal Society, UK), Menteith
10:35 - 11:05
Menteith
11:05 - 11:25
Lennox Suite
11:25 - 11:50
Divya Shah (Wellcome Trust, UK) and Georgia Walton (Wellcome Trust, UK), Menteith
11:50 - 12:20
Menteith
12:20 - 12:45
This session comprises current research on the microbial cell surface which is relevant to wider microbiology and indeed biology in general. As broad a range of topics as possible will be included, to encompass microbial outer layers and their roles in communication with neighbours and the environment, signal generation, receptors and sensing, evolutionary aspects, and the function of transporters and enzymes in the membrane or cell wall. We hope these will appeal to all interests, from basic science to biomedicine and biotechnology.
Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK) and John Morrissey (University College Cork, Republic of Ireland)
Marc Bramkamp (University of Keil, Germany)
10:00 - 10:30
Robert Huber (Trent University, Canada)
10:30 - 11:00
Jerzy Witwinowski (Institut Pasteur, France)
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:45
Conrad Mullineaux (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
11:45 - 12:15
Dominique Soldati Fevre (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
12:15 - 12:45
Holly Shropshire (University of Warwick, UK)
12:45 - 13:00
A broad session covering the spectrum of public health microbiology applications. Invited speakers cover the practise and application of public health microbiology at the global level (Fatima Serhan, WHO) and at the national level (Gayatri Amirthalingam, PHE Colindale, UK). We cover public health microbiology at the front line including an update on the contentious issue of Lyme disease incidence and epidemiology (Anne Cruickshank, Lyme Disease Action UK); and how genomics can be incorporated fully into national level surveillance and epidemiology of infectious disease as demonstrate by Michael Weigand, CDC Atlanta, USA. We will include offered papers from across the breadth of public health microbiology to deliberately create a broad interest session.
Andrew Preston (University of Bath, UK) and Norman Fry (Public Health England, UK)
Gayatri Amirthalingam (Public Health England, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Sandra Pearson (Lyme Disease Action, UK)
10:30 - 11:00
Anne Cruikshank (Lyme Disease Action, UK)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Sema Nickbakhsh (University of Glasgow, UK)
12:00 - 12:15
Marek Finsterle (Charles University, Czech Republic)
12:15 - 12:30
Suniya Khatun (Public Health England, UK)
12:30 - 12:45
Kathy Raven (University of Cambridge, UK)
12:45 - 13:00
With the United Nations' resolution to eliminate world hunger by 2030 and the globe's population heading toward nine billion, the agriculture industry will need to increase livestock production from the same, or less, land. Livestock is using most of the agricultural land (80% including grazing land and cropland for feed). Africa and Asia are the continents with the largest share of the world's uncultivated land, but attempts to develop and expand current capacity in order to meet the growing food demand are halted by deadly killers in the form of viruses, bacterial and protozoan parasites. This session focuses on neglected livestock diseases that have a large economic impact on poor livestock keepers in Africa and South Asia. WWe will showcase the latest developments in basic and applied biology research in swine fever, animal trypanosomiasis, Brucellosis, bovine TB, coccidiosis, East Coast Fever, porcine cysticercosis, discuss host-pathogen interactions, vaccinology strategies and much more.
Catarina Gadelha (University of Nottingham, UK), Jennifer Ritchie (University of Surrey, UK); Pip Beard (The Pirbright Institute, UK) and Sonja Rueckert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Keith Matthews (University of Edinburgh, UK), Lowther
10:00 - 10:30
Omar Alfituri (The Roslin Institute, UK), Lowther
10:30 - 10:45
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. Ghana), Lowther
10:45 - 11:15
Lennox Suite
11:15 - 11:45
Liam Morrison (The Roslin Institute, UK), Lowther
11:45 - 12:15
Claire Colenutt (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Lowther
12:15 - 12:30
Jo Halliday (University of Glasgow, UK), Lowther
12:30 - 13:00
Bacteria host a diverse range of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) — including plasmids, transposons, integrative-conjugative elements, and prophages — that make a significant impact on the lives of the bacteria they inhabit, and beyond. As vehicles of horizontal gene transfer, MGEs facilitate rapid adaptation, allowing microbes to colonize new environments, exemplified by the alarming spread of resistance genes between lineages. Changes in MGE copy number can alter gene dosage, enhancing evolution through increased mutational supply, while changes to genome architecture or gene expression caused by MGE activity can result in large-scale phenotypic change. MGEs interact with one another in multifarious ways both competitive and collaborative, affecting the success of the microbes that host them. Meanwhile, the functions encoded by MGEs represent a powerful molecular toolkit which has been repurposed by microbes for various services including gene regulation and antagonising neighbours. In this session we will consider the far-reaching contribution that these ubiquitous, diverse, and versatile elements make to microbial life.
Robert Fagan (University of Sheffield, UK) and James Hall (University of Liverpool, UK)
Ellie Harrison (University of Sheffield, UK), Kilsyth
10:00 - 10:30
Paul Fogg (University of York, UK), Kilsyth
10:30 - 10:45
Jose Penades (University of Glasgow, UK), Kilsyth
10:45 - 11:15
Lennox Suite
11:15 - 11:45
Francisco Dionisio (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Kilsyth
11:45 - 12:15
Kornelia Smalla (Julius Kühn Institut, Germany), Kilsyth
12:15 - 12:45
David Walker-Sünderhauf (University of Exeter, UK), Kilsyth
12:45 - 12:50
Lis Algora (University of Strathclyde, UK), Kilsyth
12:50 - 12:55
Adrian Cazares (University of Liverpool, UK), Kilsyth
12:55 - 13:00
Microbes are versatile metabolic factories that have the potential to produce a wide range of metabolites, including small bioactive compounds. Many microbes also have specific symbiotic interactions with multicellular organisms, including insects and other animals. There is now an increasing body of work showing that some microbial metabolites have important roles in controlling the development and/or behaviour of these multicellular organisms. In this symposium the role of metabolites produced by complex microbial communities, such as the gut microbiota, in animal health and development will be explored. This symposium will also discuss the role of specific signalling molecules that are produced by microbes and have been shown to have key roles in regulating the life-cycles of their animal hosts. Finally, in addition to making metabolites, the symposium will hear how microbes can transform one type of molecule into another with potentially serious implications on the health of the host.
David Clarke (University College Cork, Ireland); Gunnar Schroeder (Queen's University, Belfast) and Conor Feehily (Teagasc Moorepark, Republic of Ireland)
Nicolas Cenac (IRSD, France), Fintry
10:15 - 10:45
Jason Crawford (Yale University, US), Fintry
10:45 - 11:15
Lesley Hoyles (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Fintry
11:15 - 11:30
Maya Kamat (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:15
Jeroen Raes (KU Leuven, Belgium), Fintry
12:15 - 12:45
Elena Vikström (Linköping University, Sweden), Fintry
12:45 - 13:15
The synthesis of viral proteins and genome is dependent on gaining control of the host cell translation machinery, imposing major stress on the host. In response to this stress, infected cells can induce several defence mechanisms to promote cell survival, pathogen elimination or to restrict the use/availability of energy and nutrients. This session will bring together scientists interested in the multiple cellular stress responses triggered, and subsequently manipulated, by viruses. These responses include metabolic stress, pathogen sensing, autophagy, protein quality control, the DNA damage response, inflammation and stress granules. Many of these pathways are essential for the maintenance of the cellular proteostasis network and are intimately linked to antiviral defences. Therefore, this session will illustrate novel and elegant interactions viruses have evolved to manipulate these stress responses by hijacking, co-opting or inactivating their individual components. Through understanding of these interactions fundamental new insight into key biological processes is revealed. Furthermore, it has the potential to identify new opportunities for the development of novel therapeutic antiviral strategies. Thus, this session will be of broad appeal to virologists interested in a particular pathogen and the general process of pathogenesis, but also cell biologists or microbiologists with interest in specific cellular stress responses.
Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK); Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK); Matthew Reeves (UCL, UK) and Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK)
Gerry McInerney (Karolinska Institute, Sweden), Pentland Level 3
10:15 - 10:45
Alessia Ruggieri (University of Heidelberg, Denmark), Pentland Level 3
10:45 - 11:15
Lennox Suite
11:15 - 11:45
Sophie Schumann (University of Leeds, UK), Pentland Level 3
11:45 - 12:00
Michele Brocard (University of Surrey, UK), Pentland Level 3
12:00 - 12:15
Christiane Wobus (University of Michigan, US), Pentland Level 3
12:15 - 12:45
Rachel Edgar (Imperial College, UK), Pentland Level 3
12:45 - 13:15
This session will highlight advances made in microbial bio-engineering, synthetic microbiology and systems biotechnology that ultimately aims to disrupt the fossil-fuel based economy through the establishment of sustainable manufacturing of metabolites, materials and medicines for a range of applications and sectors. Contributions are invited on topics such as bio-based and/or self-organising building blocks and nanoparticles, bioproduction, biofabrication, smart and hybrid biomaterials, biosensors and bioremediation while submissions on novel tools for design and bio-engineering will also be most welcome.
Geertje van Keulen (Swansea University, UK); Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, UK) and Nick Tucker (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Yuemei Lin (Technical University Delft, the Netherlands)
14:00 - 14:30
Mariel Perez-Zabaleta (Royal institute of Technology, Sweden)
14:30 - 14:45
David Pearce (University of East Anglia, UK)
14:45 - 15:00
Thomas Thompson (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:45
Dorinde Kleinegris (Norce Research, Norway)
15:45 - 16:15
Suzy Clare Moody (Solent University, UK)
16:15 - 16:30
Jasmine Bird (Newcastle University, UK)
16:30 - 16:45
Charles Begley (University of Strathclyde, UK)
16:45 - 17:00
Emilia Wojcik (University of Manchester, UK)
17:00 - 17:15
Joshua Loh (Northumbria University, UK)
17:15 - 17:30
Funding advisors will provide participants with greater clarity around fellowship strategies and application processes. Attendees will learn how to find the best fellowships for them and will learn from those who have recently been awarded fellowships. Those wishing to gain personal one-to-one feedback and advise from experts are welcome sign up to attend an allocated time slot during the application surgery. Early and mid-career researchers wanting to explore fellowship application processes are encouraged to attend.
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Daniela Barilla (University of York) and Rachel Asiedu (Microbiology Society, UK)
Daniela Barilla (University of York, UK), Menteith
14:00 - 15:30
Tung Le (Royal Society, UK), Menteith
15:30 - 15:50
Jessica Blair (University of Birmingham, UK), Menteith
15:50 - 16:10
Paul Fogg (University of York, UK), Menteith
16:10 - 16:30
Menteith
16:30 - 17:30
This session, under the umbrella of Protistology-UK, will complement the new UK initiative “Darwin Tree of Life Project”, which aims to sequence and annotate the genomes of 66,000 UK species of animals, plants protists and fungi. This initiative is part of the “Earth BioGenome Project”, which targets to sequence all 1.5 million known eukaryotic species on earth. Protists and fungi are the main contributors to this list and we will explore their vast diversity, not only within the UK, but globally. Speakers will discuss which branches of the eukaryotic tree of life have been over/underestimated based on recent metagenomics data and which regions have been undersampled to explore and discover potentially new branches of the eukaryotic tree.
Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK) and Sonja Rueckert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Jackie Parry (President of PU-K, Lancaster University, UK), Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK) and Sonja Rueckert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK), Sidlaw
14:00 - 14:15
Genoveva Esteban (Bournemouth University, UK), Sidlaw
14:15 - 14:45
Kacper Maciszewski (University of Warsaw, Poland), Sidlaw
14:45 - 15:00
Frank Nitsche (University of Cologne, Germany), Sidlaw
15:00 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
Alastair Simpson (Dalhousie University, Canada), Sidlaw
16:00 - 16:30
Georgia Ward (Natural History Museum, UK), Sidlaw
16:30 - 16:45
Micah Dunthorn (Dusseldorf University, Germany), Sidlaw
16:45 - 17:15
Microbes are versatile metabolic factories that have the potential to produce a wide range of metabolites, including small bioactive compounds. Many microbes also have specific symbiotic interactions with multicellular organisms, including insects and other animals. There is now an increasing body of work showing that some microbial metabolites have important roles in controlling the development and/or behaviour of these multicellular organisms. In this symposium the role of metabolites produced by complex microbial communities, such as the gut microbiota, in animal health and development will be explored. This symposium will also discuss the role of specific signalling molecules that are produced by microbes and have been shown to have key roles in regulating the life-cycles of their animal hosts. Finally, in addition to making metabolites, the symposium will hear how microbes can transform one type of molecule into another with potentially serious implications on the health of the host.
David Clarke (University College Cork, Ireland); Gunnar Schroeder (Queen's University, Belfast) and Conor Feehily (Teagasc Moorepark, Republic of Ireland)
Christine Beemelmanns (Leibniz Institutre for Natiral Product Research, Germany), Fintry
14:00 - 14:30
Nicky O'Boyle (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry
14:30 - 14:45
Robert Quinn (Michigan State University, USA), Fintry
14:45 - 15:00
Paolina Garbeva (Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands), Fintry
15:00 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
Tine Licht (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark), Fintry
16:00 - 16:30
Sofia Arnaouteli (University of Dundee, UK), Fintry
16:30 - 16:33
Mariangela Jessica Alfeo (University of Pavia, Italy), Fintry
16:33 - 16:36
Jorge Gutierrez-Merino (University of Surrey, UK), Fintry
16:36 - 16:39
Libby Clements (Teesside University, UK), Fintry
16:39 - 16:42
Alanna Reid (Queen's University, Belfast), Fintry
16:42 - 16:45
Priti Saxena (South Asian University, India), Fintry
16:45 - 16:48
Austin Campbell (University of Michigan, USA), Fintry
16:48 - 16:51
Andrew Matthews (University of Exeter, UK), Fintry
16:51 - 16:54
Jeremy Murray (CEPAMS Shanghai, China), Fintry
17:00 - 17:30
This session comprises current research on the microbial cell surface which is relevant to wider microbiology and indeed biology in general. As broad a range of topics as possible will be included, to encompass microbial outer layers and their roles in communication with neighbours and the environment, signal generation, receptors and sensing, evolutionary aspects, and the function of transporters and enzymes in the membrane or cell wall. We hope these will appeal to all interests, from basic science to biomedicine and biotechnology.
Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK) and John Morrissey (University College Cork, Republic of Ireland)
Carolina Coelho (University of Exeter, UK)
14:00 - 14:30
Johan Thevelein (KU Leuven University, Belgium)
14:30 - 15:00
Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK)
15:00 - 15:15
Daniel Walker (University of Glasgow, UK)
15:15 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
Kirsten Jung (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
16:00 - 16:30
Delma Childers (University of Aberdeen, UK)
16:30 - 17:00
Gordon Williamson (University of Strathclyde, UK)
17:00 - 17:15
A broad session covering the spectrum of public health microbiology applications. Invited speakers cover the practise and application of public health microbiology at the global level (Fatima Serhan, WHO) and at the national level (Gayatri Amirthalingam, PHE Colindale, UK). We cover public health microbiology at the front line including an update on the contentious issue of Lyme disease incidence and epidemiology (Anne Cruickshank, Lyme Disease Action UK); and how genomics can be incorporated fully into national level surveillance and epidemiology of infectious disease as demonstrate by Michael Weigand, CDC Atlanta, USA. We will include offered papers from across the breadth of public health microbiology to deliberately create a broad interest session.
Andrew Preston (University of Bath, UK) and Norman Fry (Public Health England, UK)
Fatima Serhan (WHO, Switzerland)
14:00 - 14:30
Iruka Okeke (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Nigeria)
14:30 - 15:00
Direk Limmathurotsakul (Mahidol University, Thailand)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
Michael Weigand (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA)
16:00 - 16:30
Robert Will (University of Cambridge, UK)
16:30 - 16:45
Joanna Long (University of Edinburgh, UK)
16:45 - 17:00
Mujitapha Bello (hospital Paediatric BayeroHasiya, Nigeria)
17:00 - 17:15
Hao Chung The (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam)
17:15 - 17:30
With the United Nations' resolution to eliminate world hunger by 2030 and the globe's population heading toward nine billion, the agriculture industry will need to increase livestock production from the same, or less, land. Livestock is using most of the agricultural land (80% including grazing land and cropland for feed). Africa and Asia are the continents with the largest share of the world's uncultivated land, but attempts to develop and expand current capacity in order to meet the growing food demand are halted by deadly killers in the form of viruses, bacterial and protozoan parasites. This session focuses on neglected livestock diseases that have a large economic impact on poor livestock keepers in Africa and South Asia. WWe will showcase the latest developments in basic and applied biology research in swine fever, animal trypanosomiasis, Brucellosis, bovine TB, coccidiosis, East Coast Fever, porcine cysticercosis, discuss host-pathogen interactions, vaccinology strategies and much more.
Catarina Gadelha (University of Nottingham, UK), Jennifer Ritchie (University of Surrey, UK); Pip Beard (The Pirbright Institute, UK) and Sonja Rueckert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Guy Palmer (Washington State University, US), Lowther
14:00 - 14:30
Sara Louise Cosby (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Lowther
14:30 - 14:45
Fiona Tomley (Royal Veterinary College, UK), Lowther
14:45 - 15:15
Lennox Suite
15:15 - 15:45
Chiara Trevisan (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium), Lowther
15:45 - 16:15
Luke Woodford (University of St Andrews, UK), Lowther
16:15 - 16:30
Sandra Blome (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany), Lowther
16:30 - 17:00
Bacteria host a diverse range of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) — including plasmids, transposons, integrative-conjugative elements, and prophages — that make a significant impact on the lives of the bacteria they inhabit, and beyond. As vehicles of horizontal gene transfer, MGEs facilitate rapid adaptation, allowing microbes to colonize new environments, exemplified by the alarming spread of resistance genes between lineages. Changes in MGE copy number can alter gene dosage, enhancing evolution through increased mutational supply, while changes to genome architecture or gene expression caused by MGE activity can result in large-scale phenotypic change. MGEs interact with one another in multifarious ways both competitive and collaborative, affecting the success of the microbes that host them. Meanwhile, the functions encoded by MGEs represent a powerful molecular toolkit which has been repurposed by microbes for various services including gene regulation and antagonising neighbours. In this session we will consider the far-reaching contribution that these ubiquitous, diverse, and versatile elements make to microbial life.
Robert Fagan (University of Sheffield, UK) and James Hall (University of Liverpool, UK)
Eva Heinz (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK), Kilsyth
14:00 - 14:30
Iolanda Domingues (University of Exeter, UK), Kilsyth
14:30 - 14:45
Xavier Charpentier (Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, France), Kilsyth
14:45 - 15:00
Jan Roelof van der Meer (Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland), Kilsyth
15:00 - 15:30
Lennox Suite
15:30 - 16:00
Alvaro San Millan (Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Spain), Kilsyth
16:00 - 16:30
Suzanne Humphrey (University of Glasgow, UK), Kilsyth
16:30 - 16:45
Carolin Wendling (ETH, Switzerland), Kilsyth
16:45 - 17:00
Eva Top (University of Idaho, USA), Kilsyth
17:00 - 17:30
The synthesis of viral proteins and genome is dependent on gaining control of the host cell translation machinery, imposing major stress on the host. In response to this stress, infected cells can induce several defence mechanisms to promote cell survival, pathogen elimination or to restrict the use/availability of energy and nutrients. This session will bring together scientists interested in the multiple cellular stress responses triggered, and subsequently manipulated, by viruses. These responses include metabolic stress, pathogen sensing, autophagy, protein quality control, the DNA damage response, inflammation and stress granules. Many of these pathways are essential for the maintenance of the cellular proteostasis network and are intimately linked to antiviral defences. Therefore, this session will illustrate novel and elegant interactions viruses have evolved to manipulate these stress responses by hijacking, co-opting or inactivating their individual components. Through understanding of these interactions fundamental new insight into key biological processes is revealed. Furthermore, it has the potential to identify new opportunities for the development of novel therapeutic antiviral strategies. Thus, this session will be of broad appeal to virologists interested in a particular pathogen and the general process of pathogenesis, but also cell biologists or microbiologists with interest in specific cellular stress responses.
Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK); Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK); Matthew Reeves (UCL, UK) and Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK)
Jan Rehwinkel (University of Oxford, UK), Pentland Level 3
14:00 - 14:30
Mike Gale (University of Washington, US), Pentland Level 3
14:30 - 15:00
Jason Mercer (University of Birmingham, UK), Pentland Level 3
15:00 - 15:30
Betty Lau (University of Glasgow, UK), Pentland Level 3
15:30 - 15:45
Lennox Suite
15:45 - 16:15
Chad Swanson (King's College London, UK), Pentland Level 3
16:15 - 16:30
Rupert Beale (Francis Crick Institute, UK), Pentland Level 3
16:30 - 17:00
Jane McKeating (University of Oxford, UK), Pentland Level 3
17:00 - 17:30
This forum includes offered papers on any area and any organism relevant to environmental, ecological, applied and industrial microbiology, including (non-human) host–microbe communities and interactions, marine and freshwater microbiology, soil and geomicrobiology, air-, cryo- and extremophile microbiology, climate change, biotechnology, bio-processing and bio-engineering, food microbiology, and other applied and industrial microbial processes, including microbe-mediated biodegradation and bioremediation.
Christine Edwards (Robert Gordon University, UK); Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association, UK); Katherine Duncan (University of Strathclyde, UK) and James MacDonald (Bangor University, UK)
Haoxiang Wu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
09:30 - 09:40
Eleanor Furness (Aberystwyth University, UK)
09:40 - 09:50
Matt Lloyd Jones (University of Exeter, UK)
09:50 - 10:00
Natashia Sydney (Aberystwyth University, UK)
10:00 - 10:10
Birte Blunk (University of Nottingham, UK)
10:10 - 10:20
10:20 - 10:50
Bethany Pettifor (Bangor University, UK)
10:50 - 11:00
Tongmin Sa (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
11:00 - 11:10
Radheshyam Yadav (Central University of Punjab, India)
11:10 - 11:20
Lea Deinert (University of Limerick, Ireland)
11:20 - 11:30
Chloe Wright (University of East Anglia, UK)
11:30 - 11:40
Ornella Carrión (University of East Anglia, UK)
11:40 - 11:50
Sam Prudence (University of East Anglia, UK)
11:50 - 12:00
During this workshop AdvanceHE will equip participants with the knowledge and skills to identify unconscious biases, understand their potential for impacting on decision making and develop techniques to minimise that impact. This interactive workshop will explore the way the brain processes information and makes shortcuts and assumptions on our behalf, without us even noticing. Participants will take part in discussions on strategies and mechanisms for managing our brain’s processing and ultimately, ensuring our actions are based on sound rationale and are not unconsciously biased. This session is suited to those in managerial positions or involved in staff management practices such as recruitment, appraisal and performance management. Those wanting to learn more about unconscious bias are also encouraged to attend.
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Irfaan Arif (AdvanceHE, UK)
Menteith
09:30 - 10:00
Menteith
10:00 - 10:50
Lennox Suite
10:50 - 11:20
Menteith
11:20 - 11:45
Menteith
11:45 - 12:20
Menteith
12:20 - 12:30
This session, under the umbrella of Protistology-UK, will complement the new UK initiative “Darwin Tree of Life Project”, which aims to sequence and annotate the genomes of 66,000 UK species of animals, plants protists and fungi. This initiative is part of the “Earth BioGenome Project”, which targets to sequence all 1.5 million known eukaryotic species on earth. Protists and fungi are the main contributors to this list and we will explore their vast diversity, not only within the UK, but globally. Speakers will discuss which branches of the eukaryotic tree of life have been over/underestimated based on recent metagenomics data and which regions have been undersampled to explore and discover potentially new branches of the eukaryotic tree.
Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK) and Sonja Rueckert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Neil Hall (Erlham Institute, UK), Sidlaw
09:30 - 10:00
Sarah K. Hu (Woods Hole, Oceanographic Institution, USA), Sidlaw
10:00 - 10:30
Lennox Suite
10:30 - 11:00
Thomas Richards (University of Exeter, UK), Sidlaw
11:00 - 11:30
Sandra Baldauf (Uppsala University, Sweden), Sidlaw
11:30 - 12:00
Offered papers will be presented in areas related to infections caused by prokaryote and eukaryote pathogens of human, veterinary or botanical significance including epidemiology, diagnosis, identification, typing, pathogenesis, treatment, antimicrobial agents and resistance, prevention, virulence factors, host responses and immunity, transmission, and models of infection at the cell, tissue or whole organism level.
Andrew Edwards (Imperial College London, UK); Duncan Wilson (University of Exeter, UK) and Helen Brown (Cardiff University, UK)
Abigail Walker-Jacobs (King's College London, UK), Cromdale Hall
09:30 - 09:45
Vishal Gor (University of Tsukuba, Japan), Cromdale Hall
09:45 - 10:00
Jemma Franklin (University of Nottingham, UK), Cromdale Hall
10:00 - 10:15
Henry Oswin (University of Bristol, UK), Cromdale Hall
10:15 - 10:30
Lennox Suite
10:30 - 11:00
Jordan Skittrall (University of Cambridge, UK), Cromdale Hall
11:00 - 11:15
Anatte Margalit (Maynooth University, Ireland), Cromdale Hall
11:15 - 11:30
Aleksandra Debowski (University of Australia, Australia), Cromdale Hall
11:30 - 11:45
Niamh Harrington (University of Warwick, UK), Cromdale Hall
11:45 - 12:00
Protozoa, like many eukaryotic cells, organise their molecules, structures and organelles into specialised microenvironments to accomplish particular cellular functions like energy production, cell division, nutrient update and secretion of communication signals. Protozoan parasites, however, have an extra level of constraint: they must perform these vital eukaryotic functions while the organism avoids elimination by the host immune system. The dynamic parasite cell session will provide a showcase for the latest cell biology research done in parasites, illustrate the use of dynamic methods to interrogate cellular function, and explore mechanisms of parasite cell motility, endocytosis, DNA replication, metabolism, host interactions and all things cellular.
Catarina Gadelha (University of Nottingham, UK)
Ross Waller (University of Cambridge, UK), Tinto
09:30 - 10:00
David Smith (Moredun Research Institute, UK), Tinto
10:00 - 10:15
Dominique Soldati-Favre (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Tinto
10:15 - 10:45
Lennox Suite
10:45 - 11:00
Jake Baum (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto
11:00 - 11:30
Moritz Treeck (The Francis Crick Institute, UK), Tinto
11:30 - 12:00
The synthesis of viral proteins and genome is dependent on gaining control of the host cell translation machinery, imposing major stress on the host. In response to this stress, infected cells can induce several defence mechanisms to promote cell survival, pathogen elimination or to restrict the use/availability of energy and nutrients. This session will bring together scientists interested in the multiple cellular stress responses triggered, and subsequently manipulated, by viruses. These responses include metabolic stress, pathogen sensing, autophagy, protein quality control, the DNA damage response, inflammation and stress granules. Many of these pathways are essential for the maintenance of the cellular proteostasis network and are intimately linked to antiviral defences. Therefore, this session will illustrate novel and elegant interactions viruses have evolved to manipulate these stress responses by hijacking, co-opting or inactivating their individual components. Through understanding of these interactions fundamental new insight into key biological processes is revealed. Furthermore, it has the potential to identify new opportunities for the development of novel therapeutic antiviral strategies. Thus, this session will be of broad appeal to virologists interested in a particular pathogen and the general process of pathogenesis, but also cell biologists or microbiologists with interest in specific cellular stress responses.
Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK); Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK); Matthew Reeves (UCL, UK) and Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK)
Ed Mocarski (Emory University, US), Pentland Level 3
09:30 - 10:00
Gemma Kelly (University of Melbourne, Australia), Pentland Level 3
10:00 - 10:30
Lennox Suite
10:30 - 11:00
Dalan Bailey (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Pentland Level 3
11:00 - 11:15
Ian Humphreys (University of Cardiff, UK), Pentland Level 3
11:15 - 11:45
Lea Meyer (University of Glasgow, UK), Pentland Level 3
11:45 - 12:00
The eukaryotic domain of life is hugely under-sampled by genome sequencing, and as a result our understanding of eukaryotic abundance, diversity, ecology, and genome evolution remains limited. High-throughput and long-read sequencing technologies now make it possible for individual labs to carry out eukaryote genome sequencing projects. But the complexity of microbial eukaryotic genomes, and their enormous variation in structure and content, make analysis of the resulting data challenging. The available bioinformatic tools are developing rapidly, and the best tools to use often depend on properties of the data at hand. In this workshop, we will discuss the challenges presented by analysis of microbial eukaryotic genomes and deal with best practice approaches for de novo eukaryotic genome assembly, annotation, and subsequent comparative and phylogenomic analyses. Please note, this is an interactive session without a formal break. Catering will be provided for delegates in the room.
Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK) and Sonja Rueckert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
Jeena Rajan (EMBL-EBI, UK), Menteith
13:00 - 13:30
Anna Karnkowska (University of Warsaw, EU), Martin Kolisko (University of South Bohemia, EU) and Tom Williams (University of Bristol, UK), Menteith
13:30 - 16:30
Offered papers will be presented in areas related to infections caused by prokaryote and eukaryote pathogens of human, veterinary or botanical significance including epidemiology, diagnosis, identification, typing, pathogenesis, treatment, antimicrobial agents and resistance, prevention, virulence factors, host responses and immunity, transmission, and models of infection at the cell, tissue or whole organism level.
Andrew Edwards (Imperial College London, UK); Duncan Wilson (University of Exeter, UK) and Helen Brown (Cardiff University, UK)
Vivien Price (University Hospitals Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall
13:00 - 13:15
James Garnett (King's College London, UK), Cromdale Hall
13:15 - 13:30
Thomas O'Brien (University of Cambridge, UK), Cromdale Hall
13:30 - 13:45
Massimiliano Baldassarre (University of Aberdeen, UK), Cromdale Hall
13:45 - 14:00
Sergio Gaston Caspe (University of Edinburgh, UK), Cromdale Hall
14:00 - 14:15
Daniel Moody (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Cromdale Hall
14:15 - 14:30
Lennox Suite
14:30 - 15:00
Christopher Rooney (University of Leeds, UK), Cromdale Hall
15:00 - 15:15
Conor McGrath (University of East Anglia, UK), Cromdale Hall
15:15 - 15:30
Daniel Yara (University of East Anglia, UK), Cromdale Hall
15:30 - 15:45
Brenda Morris (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Cromdale Hall
15:45 - 16:00
Naoise McGarry (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Cromdale Hall
16:00 - 16:15
Joana Alves (The Roslin Institute, UK), Cromdale Hall
16:15 - 16:30
Bacteriophages have come to the forefront in recent years, in particular due to their exciting applications in treatment of resilient bacterial infections. This session will bring together various topics on phage biology ranging from fascinating fundamental biology to phage genetic engineering and novel therapeutic applications.
Meera Unnikrishnan (University of Warwick, UK) and Robert Fagan (University of Sheffield, UK)
Graham Hatfull (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Moorfoot
13:00 - 13:30
Rebecca Weiser (Cardiff University, UK), Moorfoot
13:30 - 13:45
Meaghan Castledine (University of Exeter, UK), Moorfoot
13:45 - 14:00
Lone Brøndsted (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Moorfoot
14:00 - 14:30
Moorfoot
14:30 - 15:00
Mark Enright (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Moorfoot
15:00 - 15:30
Charlie Durant (University of Leicester, UK), Moorfoot
15:30 - 15:45
David Picton (Durham University, UK), Moorfoot
15:45 - 16:00
Martha Clokie (University of Leicester, UK), Moorfoot
16:00 - 16:30
Protozoa, like many eukaryotic cells, organise their molecules, structures and organelles into specialised microenvironments to accomplish particular cellular functions like energy production, cell division, nutrient update and secretion of communication signals. Protozoan parasites, however, have an extra level of constraint: they must perform these vital eukaryotic functions while the organism avoids elimination by the host immune system. The dynamic parasite cell session will provide a showcase for the latest cell biology research done in parasites, illustrate the use of dynamic methods to interrogate cellular function, and explore mechanisms of parasite cell motility, endocytosis, DNA replication, metabolism, host interactions and all things cellular.
Catarina Gadelha (University of Nottingham, UK)
Kasturi Haldar (University of Notre Dame, USA), Tinto
13:00 - 13:30
Pieter Steketee (The Roslin Institute, UK), Tinto
13:30 - 13:45
Catherine Merrick (University of Cambridge, UK), Tinto
13:45 - 14:15
Lennox Suite
14:15 - 14:45
Yash Pandya (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Tinto
14:45 - 15:15
Nick Bailey (Newcastle University, UK), Tinto
15:15 - 15:30
Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas (University of Cambridge, UK), Tinto
15:30 - 16:00
The synthesis of viral proteins and genome is dependent on gaining control of the host cell translation machinery, imposing major stress on the host. In response to this stress, infected cells can induce several defence mechanisms to promote cell survival, pathogen elimination or to restrict the use/availability of energy and nutrients. This session will bring together scientists interested in the multiple cellular stress responses triggered, and subsequently manipulated, by viruses. These responses include metabolic stress, pathogen sensing, autophagy, protein quality control, the DNA damage response, inflammation and stress granules. Many of these pathways are essential for the maintenance of the cellular proteostasis network and are intimately linked to antiviral defences. Therefore, this session will illustrate novel and elegant interactions viruses have evolved to manipulate these stress responses by hijacking, co-opting or inactivating their individual components. Through understanding of these interactions fundamental new insight into key biological processes is revealed. Furthermore, it has the potential to identify new opportunities for the development of novel therapeutic antiviral strategies. Thus, this session will be of broad appeal to virologists interested in a particular pathogen and the general process of pathogenesis, but also cell biologists or microbiologists with interest in specific cellular stress responses.
Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK); Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK); Matthew Reeves (UCL, UK) and Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK)
Steeve Boulant (Heidelberg University, Germany), Pentland Level 3
13:00 - 13:30
Ingrida Olendraite (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Level 3
13:30 - 13:45
Michaela Dermendjieva (University of St Andrews, UK), Pentland Level 3
13:45 - 14:00
Connor Bamford (University of Glasgow, UK), Pentland Level 3
14:00 - 14:15
Sonja Best (NIAID, US), Pentland Level 3
14:15 - 14:45
Lennox Suite
14:45 - 15:15
Frank Van Kuppeveld (University of Utrecht, Netherlands), Pentland Level 3
15:15 - 15:45
Mohammad Khalid Zakaria (International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Italy), Pentland Level 3
15:45 - 16:00
Leo James (MRC LMB, UK), Pentland Level 3
16:00 - 16:30
Registration
09:00 - 11:00
Alice Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK) Fleming Showcase
11:00 - 11:15
Bonnie Bassler (Princeton University, USA) Fleming Showcase
11:15 - 12:00
Luke Alphey (The Pirbright Institute, UK) Fleming Showcase
12:00 - 12:15
Liz Sockett (University of Nottingham, UK) Fleming Showcase
12:15 - 12:30
Grant Jensen (Caltech, USA) Fleming Showcase
12:30 - 12:45
Charlene Rodrigues (University of Oxford, UK) Fleming Showcase
12:45 - 12:50
Rebecca Hall (University of Nottingham, UK) Fleming Showcase
12:50 - 12:55
Rebecca Devine (University of East Anglia, UK) Fleming Showcase
12:55 - 13:00
Paul Nurse (Francis Crick Institute, UK) Fleming Showcase
14:00 - 14:45
Edward Holmes (University of Sydney, Australia) Fleming Showcase
14:45 - 15:00
Mark Pallen (Quadram Institute, UK) Fleming Showcase
15:00 - 15:15
Stirling Churchman (Harvard Medical School, USA) Fleming Showcase
15:15 - 15:30
Liam Rooney (University of Strathclyde, UK) Fleming Showcase
15:30 - 15:35
Anna Yakovleva (University of Cambridge, UK) Fleming Showcase
15:35 - 15:40
Rommel Gestuveo (University of Glasgow, UK) Fleming Showcase
15:40 - 15:45
Chris Proctor (University of Ulster, UK) Fleming Showcase
15:45 - 15:50
Fleming Showcase
15:50 - 16:30
Peter Cotgreave (Microbiology Society, UK) Fleming Showcase
16:30 - 16:40
Interview with a selection of past Fleming Prize winners including, Sir John Beringer (1979); Adrian Whitehouse (2005) and Nicola Stanley-Wall (2009) Fleming Showcase
16:40 - 17:05
Alexander Fleming's death-defying worldly-wonder antibiotic drugs have saved us for the last 90 years. But with bacterial resistance growing, doomsday approaches. What better way to fight back than with a musical of epic proportions? Fleming Showcase
17:05 - 17:25
Fleming Showcase
17:25 - 17:30
Location: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF Social 1. Fleming Showcase drinks reception
19:30 - 22:00
Registration
07:00 - 09:00
Opening address – Judith Armitage, Microbiology Society President , Pentland Auditorium Opening address
09:15 - 09:20
Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol, UK), Pentland Auditorium Hot Topic Lecture 1: The “post-truth” world, science, and vaccinations
09:20 - 09:50
Susan Butler-Wu (University of Southern California, USA), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
10:00 - 10:30
Hanan Balkhy (World Health Organisation, Switzerland), Cromdale Hall AMR
10:00 - 10:30
Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:00 - 10:05
Despoina Mavridou (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
10:00 - 10:30
Rowshonara Syeda (Public Health England, UK), Moorfoot Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
10:00 - 10:30
Ros Rickaby (University of Oxford, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:05 - 10:30
Mark Achtman (University of Warwick, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
10:15 - 10:45
Mick Tuite (University of Kent, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
10:15 - 10:30
John Doorbar (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
10:15 - 10:45
Garry Blakely (University of Edinburgh, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
10:30 - 11:00
Gregory McCallum (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
10:30 - 10:45
Margo Oggioni (University of Leicester, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
10:30 - 11:00
Dorothee Kottmeier (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:30 - 10:45
Laura Nolan (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
10:30 - 10:45
Joanna Verran (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Moorfoot Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
10:30 - 10:45
Bryan Wee (University of Edinburgh, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
10:45 - 11:00
Lauren Cowley (University of Bath, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
10:45 - 11:00
Ro Allen (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:45 - 11:00
Elisa Granato (University of Oxford, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
10:45 - 11:00
Angharad Davies (Swansea University Medical School, UK), Moorfoot Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
10:45 - 11:00
Laura Pokorny (University College London, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
10:45 - 11:00
Lennox Suite Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
11:00 - 11:30
Lennox Suite AMR
11:00 - 11:30
Lisa Crossman (University of East Anglia, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
11:00 - 11:15
Liz Bayne (University of Edinburgh, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
11:00 - 11:30
Rudolf Amann (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany), Lowther Marine microbiology
11:00 - 11:30
Christoph Dehio (University of Basel, Switzerland), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
11:00 - 11:30
Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
11:00 - 11:30
Judith Breuer (University College London, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
11:00 - 11:30
James Ebdon (University of Brighton, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
11:15 - 11:45
Jamie English (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
11:30 - 11:45
Carolee Carson (Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada), Cromdale Hall AMR
11:30 - 12:00
Lennox Suite Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
11:30 - 12:00
Lennox Suite Marine microbiology
11:30 - 12:00
Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
11:30 - 12:00
Catriona Bell (AdvanceHE, UK), Moorfoot Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
11:30 - 12:30
Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
11:30 - 12:00
Deirdre Devine (University of Leeds, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
11:45 - 12:00
Lennox Suite Back to the future
11:45 - 12:15
Mike Curtis (Kings College London, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
12:00 - 12:30
Thanh Duy Pham (Oxford University Clinical Reseach Unit, Vietnam), Cromdale Hall AMR
12:00 - 12:15
Fabrice Caudron (Queen Mary University of London, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
12:00 - 12:30
Yin Chen (University of Warwick, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:00 - 12:30
Michael Bottery (University of York, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
12:00 - 12:15
Clive McKimmie (University of Leeds, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
12:00 - 12:30
Anne Leonard (University of Exeter, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
12:15 - 12:30
Linda Oyama (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
12:15 - 12:30
Chayan Kumar Saha (Umeå University, Sweden), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
12:15 - 12:30
Annemarie Boleij (Radboud University, The Netherlands), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
12:30 - 13:00
Laura Piddock (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
12:30 - 13:00
Rochelle Hockney (Teesside University, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
12:30 - 12:45
Brenda Lee (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
12:30 - 12:45
Heyu Lin (University of Melbourne, Australia), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:30 - 12:45
Brian Ho (University College Longon, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
12:30 - 13:00
Emily Bruce (University of Vermont, USA), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
12:30 - 12:45
Amy Apprill (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA), Sidlaw Back to the future
12:45 - 13:15
Jon Houseley (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
12:45 - 13:15
Seth Thomas (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:45 - 12:50
Dagmar Knebel Moersdorf (University of Cologne, Germany), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
12:45 - 13:15
David Green (Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:50 - 12:55
Michelle Michelsen (University of Exeter, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:55 - 13:00
Amy Apprill (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA), Sidlaw Back to the future
12:45 - 13:15
Jon Houseley (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
12:45 - 13:15
Dagmar Knebel Moersdorf (University of Cologne, Germany), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
12:45 - 13:15
Sharon Hillier (MWRIF, USA), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
14:00 - 14:30
Richard Stabler (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
14:00 - 14:30
Filipe Cabreiro (Imperial College London, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
14:00 - 14:30
Daniel Jarosz (Stanford University, US), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
14:00 - 14:30
Jonathan Todd (University of East Anglia, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
14:00 - 14:30
Ben Usher (Durham University, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
14:00 - 14:15
Catriona Bell (AdvanceHE, UK), Moorfoot Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
14:00 - 15:30
Jonathan Arzt (USDA/ARS Plum Island Animal Diesease Center, USA), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
14:00 - 14:30
Sophie Howard (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
14:15 - 14:30
David Bolam (Newcastle University, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
14:30 - 15:00
Michael Bottery (University of York, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
14:30 - 14:45
Sarah Williams-Macdonald (Moredun Research Institute, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
14:30 - 14:45
Alessia Buscaino (University of Kent, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
14:30 - 15:00
Kasha Cowles (University of East Anglia, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
14:30 - 14:45
Vitor Manuel Oliveira Vasconcelos (University of Porto, Portugal), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
14:30 - 15:00
Valeria Lulla (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
14:30 - 14:45
Emily Bordeleau (McMaster University, Canada), Cromdale Hall AMR
14:45 - 15:00
Rebecca McHugh (University of Strathclyde, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
14:45 - 15:00
Birthe Zaencker (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
14:45 - 15:00
Chris Hill (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
14:45 - 15:00
David Scott (University of Louisville, USA), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
15:00 - 15:15
Katarzyna Mickiewicz (The Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
15:00 - 15:15
Mick Tuite (University of Kent, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
15:00 - 15:30
Alyson Hockenberry (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
15:00 - 15:15
Connie Lovejoy (Université Laval, Canada), Lowther Marine microbiology
15:00 - 15:30
Laure Journet (CNRS-Aix Marseille Université, France), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
15:00 - 15:15
Philip Stevenson (University of Queensland, Australia), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
15:00 - 15:30
Ekaterina Buzun (Newcastle University, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
15:15 - 15:30
Susanne Gebhard (University of Bath, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
15:15 - 15:45
Min Jung Kwun (Imperial College London, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
15:15 - 15:30
Els Faassen (Wageningen University, the Netherlands), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
15:15 - 15:45
Lennox Suite Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
15:30 - 16:00
Lennox Suite Back to the future
15:30 - 16:00
Lennox Suite Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
15:30 - 16:00
Lennox Suite Marine microbiology
15:30 - 16:00
Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
15:30 - 16:00
Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
15:30 - 16:00
Lennox Suite AMR
15:45 - 16:15
Lennox Suite Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
15:45 - 16:15
Jose Munoz (Northumbria University, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
16:00 - 16:15
Smita Shankar (Impossible Foods, USA), Sidlaw Back to the future
16:00 - 16:30
Gloria Rudenko (Imperial College London, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
16:00 - 16:30
Lone Gram (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark ), Lowther Marine microbiology
16:00 - 16:30
Helen Carney (Teesside University, UK), Moorfoot Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
16:00 - 16:30
Pip Beard (The Pirbright Institute/Roslin Institute, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
16:00 - 16:30
Hannah Gibson (Newcastle Univeristy, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
16:15 - 16:30
Muhammad Yasir (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
16:15 - 16:30
Sylvia Soldatou (Robert Gordon University, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
16:15 - 16:30
Jo Santini (University College London, UK), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
16:30 - 17:00
Mo Kaze (University of California, USA), Cromdale Hall AMR
16:30 - 16:45
Rhys Jones (Swansea University, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
16:30 - 16:45
Ryan Kerr (University of Birmingham, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
16:30 - 16:45
Monika Dhanji-Rapkova (Cefas, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
16:30 - 16:45
Katrina Campbell (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Tinto Microbial toxins as weapons of warfare?
16:30 - 17:00
Chris Randall (University of Leeds, UK), Helen Carney (Teesside University, UK), Mike Shaw (University of Lincoln, UK), Carla Brown (Game Doctor, UK), Lisa Crossman (University of East Anglia, UK), Thomas Howard (Newcastle University, UK), Harriet Jones (University of East Anglia, UK), Geertje Van Keulen (Swansea University, UK), Moorfoot Teaching microbiology in higher education symposium
16:30 - 17:30
James Scarth (University of Leeds, UK), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
16:30 - 16:45
Paz Aranega Bou (Public Health England, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
16:45 - 17:00
Blessing Anonye (University of Warwick, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
16:45 - 17:00
Graham Stewart (University of Surrey, UK), Fintry Epigenetic phenomena in micro-organisms
16:45 - 17:00
Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Lowther Marine microbiology
16:45 - 17:00
Stuart Weston (University of Maryland, USA), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
16:45 - 17:00
Xavier Gomis-Ruth (Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, Spain), Kilsyth Bacteroidetes: The microbiota and beyond
17:00 - 17:30
David Graham (Newcastle University, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
17:00 - 17:30
Katherine Smart (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw Back to the future
17:00 - 17:30
Paul Jensen (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA), Lowther Marine microbiology
17:00 - 17:30
Betsy Herold (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA), Pentland Auditorium Viruses that get under your skin – virus infections of skin and associated epithelia
17:00 - 17:30
Graham Hatfull (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Pentland Auditorium Peter Wildy Prize Lecture – Who wouldn’t want to discover a new virus?
17:40 - 18:30
Drinks reception and poster presentations (Batch A)
18:30 - 20:00
Jo Verran (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Society Promotion: Bad Bugs Bookclub
19:00 - 19:10
Location: The Real Mary King’s Close, 2 Warriston’s Close, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1PG Social 2. Historical underground tour of Edinburgh
20:00 - 22:00
Registration
07:30 - 09:00
Martin Blaser (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA), Pentland Auditorium Prize Medal Lecture – Antibiotics at the crossroads
09:00 - 09:50
Pranita Tamma (John Hopkins University, USA), Cromdale Hall AMR
10:00 - 10:30
David Mead (Isogenica Ltd, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: Entrepreneurship
10:00 - 11:00
Jamal Khalife (Institut Pasteur, France), Kilsyth Identifying novel eukaryotic drug targets and mechanisms of action
10:00 - 10:30
Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:00 - 10:05
Cynthia Whitchurch (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
10:00 - 10:15
Marko Noerenberg (University of Oxford, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
10:00 - 10:12
Alexandra Worden (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:05 - 10:30
Claire Ham (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
10:12 - 10:24
Megan Bergkessel (University of Dundee, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
10:15 - 10:30
Molly Patterson (University of Leeds, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
10:15 - 10:27
Joshua Sealy (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
10:15 - 10:27
Tiffany Russell (University of Surrey, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
10:15 - 10:27
Jordan Skittrall (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
10:24 - 10:36
Timothy Mottram (University of Leeds, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
10:27 - 10:39
Natalia Barbosa (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
10:27 - 10:39
Daniella Lefteri (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
10:27 - 10:39
Chloe James (University of Salford, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
10:30 - 10:45
Carol Munro (University of Aberdeen, UK), Kilsyth Identifying novel eukaryotic drug targets and mechanisms of action
10:30 - 11:00
Davis Laundon (Marine Biological Association, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:30 - 10:45
Natasha Turner (University of Glasgow, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
10:30 - 10:45
Genevieve Barr (The Francis Crick Institute, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
10:36 - 10:48
Amy Jacobs (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
10:39 - 10:51
Richard Urbanowicz (University of Nottingham, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
10:39 - 10:51
Jennifer Simpson (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
10:39 - 10:51
Michelle Buckner (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
10:45 - 11:00
Frederik De Boever (Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
10:45 - 11:00
Harry Beaven (Imperial College London, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
10:45 - 11:00
Michal Barski (Imperial College London, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
10:48 - 11:00
Jack Ferguson (University of Birmingham, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
10:51 - 11:03
Hollie French (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
10:51 - 11:03
Anna Yakovleva (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
10:51 - 11:03
Lennox Suite AMR
11:00 - 11:30
Menteith Essential Skills: Entrepreneurship
11:00 - 12:00
Lennox Suite Identifying novel eukaryotic drug targets and mechanisms of action
11:00 - 11:30
Johan Decelle (Grenoble Interdisciplinary Research Institute, France), Lowther Marine microbiology
11:00 - 11:30
Henrik Strahl (Newcastle University, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
11:00 - 11:15
Virology workshop: Retroviruses
11:00 - 11:30
Matthew Murray (University College London, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
11:03 - 11:15
Caroline Warren (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
11:03 - 11:15
Peter Simmonds (University of Oxford, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
11:03 - 11:15
Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
11:15 - 11:45
Virology workshop: DNA viruses
11:15 - 11:45
Lennox Suite Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
11:15 - 11:45
Lennox Suite Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
11:15 - 11:45
Paul Hoskisson (University of Strathclyde, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
11:30 - 12:00
Sergio Giannattasio (Institute of biomembrane and bioenergetic, Italy), Kilsyth Identifying novel eukaryotic drug targets and mechanisms of action
11:30 - 12:00
Lennox Suite Marine microbiology
11:30 - 12:00
Rachael Tarlinton (University of Nottingham, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
11:30 - 11:42
Maitreyi Shivkumar (De Montford University, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
11:42 - 11:54
Joanne Purves (University of Leicester, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
11:45 - 12:00
Catherine Cherry (Imperial College London, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
11:45 - 11:57
James Kelly (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
11:45 - 11:57
Sarah Caddy (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
11:45 - 11:57
Jordan Minnell (Imperial College London, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
11:54 - 12:06
Chris Boutell (University of Glasgow, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
11:57 - 12:09
Elizaveta Elshina (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
11:57 - 12:09
Kerry Newbrook (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
11:57 - 12:09
Chris Furniss (Imperial College London, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
12:00 - 12:15
Basil Omar (Chain Biotech); Deborah O'Neil (NovaBiotics Ltd), Menteith Essential Skills: Entrepreneurship
12:00 - 13:00
Valerie Daggett (University of Washington, US), Kilsyth Identifying novel eukaryotic drug targets and mechanisms of action
12:00 - 12:30
Assaf Vardi (Weizmann Institute, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:00 - 12:30
Igor Kviatkovski (Imperial College London, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
12:00 - 12:15
Mulugeta Kiros (Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiophia) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
12:06 - 12:18
Michael Nevels (University of St Andrews, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
12:09 - 12:21
Simon King (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
12:09 - 12:21
Jake T. Mills (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
12:09 - 12:21
Jon Sayers (University of Sheffield, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
12:15 - 12:30
Carolin Schulte (University of Oxford, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
12:15 - 12:30
Helena Winstone (King's college London, UK) Virology workshop: Retroviruses
12:18 - 12:30
Callum Talbot-Cooper (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
12:21 - 12:33
Mohammad Khalid Zakaria (The Pirbright, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
12:21 - 12:33
Jinchao Guo (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
12:21 - 12:33
Aaron Ming Zhi Tan (Newcastle University, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
12:30 - 12:45
Robin Williams (Royal Holloway, UK), Kilsyth Identifying novel eukaryotic drug targets and mechanisms of action
12:30 - 13:00
Alan Warren (Natural History Museum, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:30 - 12:45
John Tyson Munnoch (University of Strathclyde, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
12:30 - 12:45
Lauren Kerr (Cardiff University, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
12:33 - 12:45
Eleanor Gaunt (University of Edinburgh, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
12:33 - 12:45
Niluka Goonawardane (University of Oxford, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
12:33 - 12:45
Alice Lanne (University of Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall AMR
12:45 - 13:00
Ingrid Eileen Meyer Cifuentes (Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Germany), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:45 - 12:50
Dennis Linton (University of Manchester, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
12:45 - 13:00
Leah Hunter (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
12:45 - 12:57
Hayley Pearson (University of Leeds, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
12:45 - 12:57
David Matthews (University of Bristol, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
12:45 - 12:57
Ashley Bell (University of Exeter, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:50 - 12:55
Jonathan Inetianbor (University of Nottingham, UK), Lowther Marine microbiology
12:55 - 13:00
Finn Grey (University of Edinburgh, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
12:57 - 13:09
Nigel Temperton (University of Kent, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
12:57 - 13:09
Rebecca Chandler-Bostock (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
12:57 - 13:09
Finn Grey (University of Edinburgh, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
12:57 - 13:09
Nigel Temperton (University of Kent, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
12:57 - 13:09
Rebecca Chandler-Bostock (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
12:57 - 13:09
Mark Howarth (University of Oxford, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
14:00 - 14:30
Jessica Calland (Milner Centre for Evolution, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
14:00 - 14:15
Carlos Maluquer de Motes (University of Surrey, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
14:00 - 14:12
Peter Simmonds (University of Oxford, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
14:00 - 14:12
Vishwananth Bhat Kumble (University of Sussex, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
14:00 - 14:12
Seema Jasim (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
14:00 - 14:12
Marc Guimerà Busquets (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
14:00 - 14:12
Andrew Shaw (The Pirbright Institute, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
14:12 - 14:24
Neil Almond (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
14:12 - 14:24
Sophia Ho (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
14:12 - 14:24
David Matthews (University of Bristol, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
14:12 - 14:24
Trey Landers (University of Louisville, USA), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
14:12 - 14:24
James Connolly (Newcastle University, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
14:15 - 14:30
Pragati Sabberwal (Cardiff University, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
14:24 - 14:36
David Padley (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
14:24 - 14:36
Tomasz Benedyk (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
14:24 - 14:36
Verónica Ferrando (Institute of Virology Muenster, Germany), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
14:24 - 14:36
Yin Cheung (University of Surrey, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
14:24 - 14:36
Cassandra Rigby (Oxford Expression Technologies, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
14:30 - 14:45
Mukta Das Gupta (Australian National University, Australia), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
14:30 - 14:45
Alice Fletcher-Etherington (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
14:36 - 14:48
Ilaria Epifano (University of Glasgow, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
14:36 - 14:48
Benjamin Butt (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
14:36 - 14:48
Sarah Caddy (University of Cambridge, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
14:36 - 14:48
Joseph Ward (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
14:36 - 14:48
Nicholas thomson (Quadram Institue Bioscience, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
14:45 - 15:00
Angharad Green (University of Liverpool, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
14:45 - 15:00
Parul Sharma (University of Liverpool, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
14:48 - 15:00
Neil Berry (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
14:48 - 15:00
Ruben Michael Ceballos (University of Arkansas, USA) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
14:48 - 15:00
Joe James (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
14:48 - 15:00
Siu Yi Lee (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
14:48 - 15:00
Louise Horsfall (University of Edinburgh, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
15:00 - 15:30
Luke Hilary (Bangor University, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
15:00 - 15:15
Valentina Iadevaia (University of Surrey, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
15:00 - 15:12
Nafraa Fallatah (University of Liverpool, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
15:00 - 15:12
Carina Bannach (Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
15:00 - 15:12
Thomas Peacock (Imperial College London, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
15:00 - 15:12
Joseph Snowden (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
15:00 - 15:12
Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
15:12 - 16:00
Jordan Ashworth (University of Edinburgh, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
15:12 - 15:24
Joanne Kite (University of Surrey, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
15:12 - 15:24
Michaela Conley (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
15:12 - 15:24
Kyriaki Nomikou (University of Glasgow, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
15:12 - 15:24
Mathew Milner (University of Birmingham, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
15:15 - 15:30
Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
15:24 - 16:00
Virology workshop: DNA viruses
15:24 - 16:00
Lennox Suite Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
15:24 - 16:00
Lennox Suite Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
15:24 - 16:00
Bioproduction and biomaterials
15:30 - 16:00
Lennox Suite Genetics and genomics forum
15:30 - 16:00
Diethard Mattanovich (BOKU Vienna, Austria) Bioproduction and biomaterials
16:00 - 16:30
James Horton (University of Bath, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
16:00 - 16:15
Raquel Arinto-Garcia (Oxford Expression Technologies, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
16:00 - 16:12
Mine Aksular (Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
16:00 - 16:12
Holli Carden (University of Leeds, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
16:00 - 16:12
Deimante Lukosaityte (University of Edinburgh, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
16:00 - 16:12
Carol McWilliam Leitch (University of Glasgow, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
16:00 - 16:12
Calum Forrest (University College London, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
16:12 - 16:24
Alistair McGregor (Texas A&M University, USA) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
16:12 - 16:24
David Matthews (University of Bristol, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
16:12 - 16:24
Sebastian Lewis (University of Bristol, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
16:12 - 16:24
Alex Borodavka (University of Cambridge, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
16:12 - 16:24
Emily Warman (University of Birmingham, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
16:15 - 16:30
Andrew Davidson (University of Bristol, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
16:24 - 16:36
Jonathan Ball (University of Nottingham, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
16:24 - 16:36
Blair Strang (St George's, University of London, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
16:24 - 16:36
Daniel Goldfarb (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
16:24 - 16:36
Andrew Skidmore (University of Louisville, USA), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
16:24 - 16:36
Shmuel Gleizer (Weizmann Institute, Israel) Bioproduction and biomaterials
16:30 - 17:00
Joseph Bhart (Swansea University, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
16:30 - 16:45
Matthew Brownsword (University of Surrey, UK) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
16:36 - 16:48
Sheerien Manzoor (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
16:36 - 16:48
Nikesh Patel (University of Leeds, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
16:36 - 16:48
Lucy Eke (University of Surrey, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
16:36 - 16:48
Matthew James (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
16:36 - 16:48
Taya Forde (University of Glasgow, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
16:45 - 17:00
Duncan Smith (Mahidol University, Thailand) Virology workshop: Cell stress and viruses
16:48 - 17:00
Charlotte Houldcroft (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
16:48 - 17:00
Virology workshop: DNA viruses
16:48 - 17:00
Joanna Wojtus (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
16:48 - 17:00
Aziz Almuqrin (University of Bristol, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
16:48 - 17:00
Bruna Factor (University of São Paulo, Brazil) Bioproduction and biomaterials
17:00 - 17:15
Tatsuaki Kurata (Umeå University, Sweden), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
17:00 - 17:15
Noha Hassuna (Minia University, Egypt) Virology workshop: Clinical Virology
17:00 - 17:12
Ian Groves (University of Cambridge, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
17:00 - 17:12
Colin Sharp (The Roslin Institute, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
17:00 - 17:12
Christopher McCormick (University of Southampton, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
17:00 - 17:12
Katherine Harper (University of Leeds, UK) Virology workshop: DNA viruses
17:12 - 17:24
Sushant Bhat (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Fintry Virology workshop: Negative strand viruses
17:12 - 17:24
Keith Grehan (University of Leeds, UK), Sidlaw Virology workshop: Positive strand and double-strand RNA viruses
17:12 - 17:24
Dilan Ozkan (Newcastle University, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
17:15 - 17:30
Colman O'Cathail (University of Nottingham, UK), Kilsyth Genetics and genomics forum
17:15 - 17:30
Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London, UK), Pentland Auditorium Hot Topic Lecture 2: COVID-2019. An emerging respiratory virus
17:50 - 18:20
Drinks reception
18:30 - 20:00
Location: Akva Bar, 129 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh EH3 9QG Social 3. Early career microbiologists networking evening
19:30 - 23:00
Registration
07:30 - 09:00
Julian Parkhill (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Auditorium Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture – Twenty years of sequence-gazing
09:00 - 09:50
Jon Marles-Wright (Newcastle University, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
10:00 - 10:30
Daniela Barilla (University of York, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
10:00 - 10:05
Marc Bramkamp (University of Keil, Germany) Outer layers of microbiology
10:00 - 10:30
Gayatri Amirthalingam (Public Health England, UK) Public health microbiology
10:00 - 10:30
Keith Matthews (University of Edinburgh, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
10:00 - 10:30
Ellie Harrison (University of Sheffield, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
10:00 - 10:30
Jessica Boname (Medical Research Council, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
10:05 - 10:35
Nicolas Cenac (IRSD, France), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
10:15 - 10:45
Gerry McInerney (Karolinska Institute, Sweden), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
10:15 - 10:45
Craig Allan (Swansea University, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
10:30 - 10:45
Robert Huber (Trent University, Canada) Outer layers of microbiology
10:30 - 11:00
Sandra Pearson (Lyme Disease Action, UK) Public health microbiology
10:30 - 11:00
Omar Alfituri (The Roslin Institute, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
10:30 - 10:45
Paul Fogg (University of York, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
10:30 - 10:45
Marianna D'Arco (Royal Society, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
10:35 - 11:05
Richard Kimber (University of Manchester, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
10:45 - 11:00
Jason Crawford (Yale University, US), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
10:45 - 11:15
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. Ghana), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
10:45 - 11:15
Jose Penades (University of Glasgow, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
10:45 - 11:15
Alessia Ruggieri (University of Heidelberg, Denmark), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
10:45 - 11:15
Simone Krings (University of Surrey, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
11:00 - 11:15
Jerzy Witwinowski (Institut Pasteur, France) Outer layers of microbiology
11:00 - 11:15
Anne Cruikshank (Lyme Disease Action, UK) Public health microbiology
11:00 - 11:30
Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
11:05 - 11:25
Bioproduction and biomaterials
11:15 - 11:45
Lesley Hoyles (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
11:15 - 11:30
Outer layers of microbiology
11:15 - 11:45
Lennox Suite Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
11:15 - 11:45
Lennox Suite The secret life of mobile genetic elements
11:15 - 11:45
Lennox Suite Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
11:15 - 11:45
Lennox Suite Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
11:25 - 11:50
Maya Kamat (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
11:30 - 11:45
Public health microbiology
11:30 - 12:00
Saul Purton (University College London, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
11:45 - 12:15
Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
11:45 - 12:15
Conrad Mullineaux (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) Outer layers of microbiology
11:45 - 12:15
Liam Morrison (The Roslin Institute, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
11:45 - 12:15
Francisco Dionisio (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
11:45 - 12:15
Sophie Schumann (University of Leeds, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
11:45 - 12:00
Divya Shah (Wellcome Trust, UK) and Georgia Walton (Wellcome Trust, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
11:50 - 12:20
Sema Nickbakhsh (University of Glasgow, UK) Public health microbiology
12:00 - 12:15
Michele Brocard (University of Surrey, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
12:00 - 12:15
Lauren Adams (University of Glasgow, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
12:15 - 12:30
Jeroen Raes (KU Leuven, Belgium), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
12:15 - 12:45
Dominique Soldati Fevre (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Outer layers of microbiology
12:15 - 12:45
Marek Finsterle (Charles University, Czech Republic) Public health microbiology
12:15 - 12:30
Claire Colenutt (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
12:15 - 12:30
Kornelia Smalla (Julius Kühn Institut, Germany), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
12:15 - 12:45
Christiane Wobus (University of Michigan, US), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
12:15 - 12:45
Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
12:20 - 12:45
Jerzy Karczewski (Fraunhofer, USA) Bioproduction and biomaterials
12:30 - 12:45
Suniya Khatun (Public Health England, UK) Public health microbiology
12:30 - 12:45
Jo Halliday (University of Glasgow, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
12:30 - 13:00
Jennifer Wright (Newcastle University, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
12:45 - 13:00
Elena Vikström (Linköping University, Sweden), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
12:45 - 13:15
Holly Shropshire (University of Warwick, UK) Outer layers of microbiology
12:45 - 13:00
Kathy Raven (University of Cambridge, UK) Public health microbiology
12:45 - 13:00
David Walker-Sünderhauf (University of Exeter, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
12:45 - 12:50
Rachel Edgar (Imperial College, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
12:45 - 13:15
Lis Algora (University of Strathclyde, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
12:50 - 12:55
Adrian Cazares (University of Liverpool, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
12:55 - 13:00
Elena Vikström (Linköping University, Sweden), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
12:45 - 13:15
Rachel Edgar (Imperial College, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
12:45 - 13:15
Yuemei Lin (Technical University Delft, the Netherlands) Bioproduction and biomaterials
14:00 - 14:30
Daniela Barilla (University of York, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
14:00 - 15:30
Jackie Parry (President of PU-K, Lancaster University, UK), Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK) and Sonja Rueckert (Edinburgh Napier University, UK), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
14:00 - 14:15
Christine Beemelmanns (Leibniz Institutre for Natiral Product Research, Germany), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
14:00 - 14:30
Carolina Coelho (University of Exeter, UK) Outer layers of microbiology
14:00 - 14:30
Fatima Serhan (WHO, Switzerland) Public health microbiology
14:00 - 14:30
Guy Palmer (Washington State University, US), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
14:00 - 14:30
Eva Heinz (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
14:00 - 14:30
Jan Rehwinkel (University of Oxford, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
14:00 - 14:30
Genoveva Esteban (Bournemouth University, UK), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
14:15 - 14:45
Mariel Perez-Zabaleta (Royal institute of Technology, Sweden) Bioproduction and biomaterials
14:30 - 14:45
Nicky O'Boyle (University of Glasgow, UK), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
14:30 - 14:45
Johan Thevelein (KU Leuven University, Belgium) Outer layers of microbiology
14:30 - 15:00
Iruka Okeke (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Nigeria) Public health microbiology
14:30 - 15:00
Sara Louise Cosby (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
14:30 - 14:45
Iolanda Domingues (University of Exeter, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
14:30 - 14:45
Mike Gale (University of Washington, US), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
14:30 - 15:00
David Pearce (University of East Anglia, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
14:45 - 15:00
Kacper Maciszewski (University of Warsaw, Poland), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
14:45 - 15:00
Robert Quinn (Michigan State University, USA), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
14:45 - 15:00
Fiona Tomley (Royal Veterinary College, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
14:45 - 15:15
Xavier Charpentier (Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, France), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
14:45 - 15:00
Thomas Thompson (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
15:00 - 15:15
Frank Nitsche (University of Cologne, Germany), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
15:00 - 15:30
Paolina Garbeva (Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
15:00 - 15:30
Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK) Outer layers of microbiology
15:00 - 15:15
Direk Limmathurotsakul (Mahidol University, Thailand) Public health microbiology
15:00 - 15:30
Jan Roelof van der Meer (Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
15:00 - 15:30
Jason Mercer (University of Birmingham, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
15:00 - 15:30
Bioproduction and biomaterials
15:15 - 15:45
Daniel Walker (University of Glasgow, UK) Outer layers of microbiology
15:15 - 15:30
Lennox Suite Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
15:15 - 15:45
Tung Le (Royal Society, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
15:30 - 15:50
Lennox Suite Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
15:30 - 16:00
Lennox Suite Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
15:30 - 16:00
Outer layers of microbiology
15:30 - 16:00
Public health microbiology
15:30 - 16:00
Lennox Suite The secret life of mobile genetic elements
15:30 - 16:00
Betty Lau (University of Glasgow, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
15:30 - 15:45
Dorinde Kleinegris (Norce Research, Norway) Bioproduction and biomaterials
15:45 - 16:15
Chiara Trevisan (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
15:45 - 16:15
Lennox Suite Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
15:45 - 16:15
Jessica Blair (University of Birmingham, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
15:50 - 16:10
Alastair Simpson (Dalhousie University, Canada), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
16:00 - 16:30
Tine Licht (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:00 - 16:30
Kirsten Jung (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany) Outer layers of microbiology
16:00 - 16:30
Michael Weigand (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA) Public health microbiology
16:00 - 16:30
Alvaro San Millan (Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Spain), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
16:00 - 16:30
Paul Fogg (University of York, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
16:10 - 16:30
Suzy Clare Moody (Solent University, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
16:15 - 16:30
Luke Woodford (University of St Andrews, UK), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
16:15 - 16:30
Chad Swanson (King's College London, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
16:15 - 16:30
Jasmine Bird (Newcastle University, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
16:30 - 16:45
Menteith Essential Skills: How to secure a fellowship
16:30 - 17:30
Georgia Ward (Natural History Museum, UK), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
16:30 - 16:45
Sofia Arnaouteli (University of Dundee, UK), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:30 - 16:33
Delma Childers (University of Aberdeen, UK) Outer layers of microbiology
16:30 - 17:00
Robert Will (University of Cambridge, UK) Public health microbiology
16:30 - 16:45
Sandra Blome (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany), Lowther Starve the livestock pathogen, feed the world
16:30 - 17:00
Suzanne Humphrey (University of Glasgow, UK), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
16:30 - 16:45
Rupert Beale (Francis Crick Institute, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
16:30 - 17:00
Mariangela Jessica Alfeo (University of Pavia, Italy), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:33 - 16:36
Jorge Gutierrez-Merino (University of Surrey, UK), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:36 - 16:39
Libby Clements (Teesside University, UK), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:39 - 16:42
Alanna Reid (Queen's University, Belfast), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:42 - 16:45
Charles Begley (University of Strathclyde, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
16:45 - 17:00
Micah Dunthorn (Dusseldorf University, Germany), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
16:45 - 17:15
Priti Saxena (South Asian University, India), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:45 - 16:48
Joanna Long (University of Edinburgh, UK) Public health microbiology
16:45 - 17:00
Carolin Wendling (ETH, Switzerland), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
16:45 - 17:00
Austin Campbell (University of Michigan, USA), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:48 - 16:51
Andrew Matthews (University of Exeter, UK), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
16:51 - 16:54
Emilia Wojcik (University of Manchester, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
17:00 - 17:15
Jeremy Murray (CEPAMS Shanghai, China), Fintry Microbes and their metabolites: Metabolic networks underpinning microbe-host interactions
17:00 - 17:30
Gordon Williamson (University of Strathclyde, UK) Outer layers of microbiology
17:00 - 17:15
Mujitapha Bello (hospital Paediatric BayeroHasiya, Nigeria) Public health microbiology
17:00 - 17:15
Eva Top (University of Idaho, USA), Kilsyth The secret life of mobile genetic elements
17:00 - 17:30
Jane McKeating (University of Oxford, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
17:00 - 17:30
Joshua Loh (Northumbria University, UK) Bioproduction and biomaterials
17:15 - 17:30
Hao Chung The (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam) Public health microbiology
17:15 - 17:30
Manu Prakash (Stanford University, USA) , Pentland Auditorium Unilever Colworth Prize Lecture: Frugal science: a practical guide to making science accessible to all
17:40 - 18:30
Drinks reception and poster presentations (Batch B)
18:30 - 20:00
Society Promotion: Meet the Policy team
19:00 - 19:10
Passport to Prizes – prize draw
19:30 - 20:00
Location: Ghillie Dhu, 2 Rutland Place, Edinburgh EH1 2AD Social 4. Quiz night
20:00 - 23:00
Haoxiang Wu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
09:30 - 09:40
Menteith Essential Skills: Unconscious bias
09:30 - 10:00
Neil Hall (Erlham Institute, UK), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
09:30 - 10:00
Abigail Walker-Jacobs (King's College London, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
09:30 - 09:45
Ross Waller (University of Cambridge, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
09:30 - 10:00
Ed Mocarski (Emory University, US), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
09:30 - 10:00
Eleanor Furness (Aberystwyth University, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
09:40 - 09:50
Vishal Gor (University of Tsukuba, Japan), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
09:45 - 10:00
Matt Lloyd Jones (University of Exeter, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
09:50 - 10:00
Natashia Sydney (Aberystwyth University, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
10:00 - 10:10
Menteith Essential Skills: Unconscious bias
10:00 - 10:50
Sarah K. Hu (Woods Hole, Oceanographic Institution, USA), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
10:00 - 10:30
Jemma Franklin (University of Nottingham, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
10:00 - 10:15
David Smith (Moredun Research Institute, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
10:00 - 10:15
Gemma Kelly (University of Melbourne, Australia), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
10:00 - 10:30
Birte Blunk (University of Nottingham, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
10:10 - 10:20
Henry Oswin (University of Bristol, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
10:15 - 10:30
Dominique Soldati-Favre (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
10:15 - 10:45
Environmental and applied microbiology forum
10:20 - 10:50
Lennox Suite Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
10:30 - 11:00
Lennox Suite Infection Forum
10:30 - 11:00
Lennox Suite Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
10:30 - 11:00
Lennox Suite The dynamic (parasite) cell
10:45 - 11:00
Bethany Pettifor (Bangor University, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
10:50 - 11:00
Lennox Suite Essential Skills: Unconscious bias
10:50 - 11:20
Tongmin Sa (Chungbuk National University, Korea) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
11:00 - 11:10
Thomas Richards (University of Exeter, UK), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
11:00 - 11:30
Jordan Skittrall (University of Cambridge, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
11:00 - 11:15
Jake Baum (Imperial College London, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
11:00 - 11:30
Dalan Bailey (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
11:00 - 11:15
Radheshyam Yadav (Central University of Punjab, India) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
11:10 - 11:20
Anatte Margalit (Maynooth University, Ireland), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
11:15 - 11:30
Ian Humphreys (University of Cardiff, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
11:15 - 11:45
Lea Deinert (University of Limerick, Ireland) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
11:20 - 11:30
Menteith Essential Skills: Unconscious bias
11:20 - 11:45
Chloe Wright (University of East Anglia, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
11:30 - 11:40
Sandra Baldauf (Uppsala University, Sweden), Sidlaw Exploring the eukaryotic tree of life
11:30 - 12:00
Aleksandra Debowski (University of Australia, Australia), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
11:30 - 11:45
Moritz Treeck (The Francis Crick Institute, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
11:30 - 12:00
Ornella Carrión (University of East Anglia, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
11:40 - 11:50
Menteith Essential Skills: Unconscious bias
11:45 - 12:20
Niamh Harrington (University of Warwick, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
11:45 - 12:00
Lea Meyer (University of Glasgow, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
11:45 - 12:00
Sam Prudence (University of East Anglia, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology forum
11:50 - 12:00
Menteith Essential Skills: Unconscious bias
12:20 - 12:30
Jeena Rajan (EMBL-EBI, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: Bioinformatics
13:00 - 13:30
Vivien Price (University Hospitals Birmingham, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
13:00 - 13:15
Graham Hatfull (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Moorfoot Phage biology
13:00 - 13:30
Kasturi Haldar (University of Notre Dame, USA), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
13:00 - 13:30
Steeve Boulant (Heidelberg University, Germany), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
13:00 - 13:30
James Garnett (King's College London, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
13:15 - 13:30
Anna Karnkowska (University of Warsaw, EU), Martin Kolisko (University of South Bohemia, EU) and Tom Williams (University of Bristol, UK), Menteith Essential Skills: Bioinformatics
13:30 - 16:30
Thomas O'Brien (University of Cambridge, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
13:30 - 13:45
Rebecca Weiser (Cardiff University, UK), Moorfoot Phage biology
13:30 - 13:45
Pieter Steketee (The Roslin Institute, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
13:30 - 13:45
Ingrida Olendraite (University of Cambridge, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
13:30 - 13:45
Massimiliano Baldassarre (University of Aberdeen, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
13:45 - 14:00
Meaghan Castledine (University of Exeter, UK), Moorfoot Phage biology
13:45 - 14:00
Catherine Merrick (University of Cambridge, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
13:45 - 14:15
Michaela Dermendjieva (University of St Andrews, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
13:45 - 14:00
Sergio Gaston Caspe (University of Edinburgh, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
14:00 - 14:15
Lone Brøndsted (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Moorfoot Phage biology
14:00 - 14:30
Connor Bamford (University of Glasgow, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
14:00 - 14:15
Daniel Moody (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
14:15 - 14:30
Lennox Suite The dynamic (parasite) cell
14:15 - 14:45
Sonja Best (NIAID, US), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
14:15 - 14:45
Lennox Suite Infection Forum
14:30 - 15:00
Moorfoot Phage biology
14:30 - 15:00
Yash Pandya (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
14:45 - 15:15
Lennox Suite Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
14:45 - 15:15
Christopher Rooney (University of Leeds, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
15:00 - 15:15
Mark Enright (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Moorfoot Phage biology
15:00 - 15:30
Conor McGrath (University of East Anglia, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
15:15 - 15:30
Nick Bailey (Newcastle University, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
15:15 - 15:30
Frank Van Kuppeveld (University of Utrecht, Netherlands), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
15:15 - 15:45
Daniel Yara (University of East Anglia, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
15:30 - 15:45
Charlie Durant (University of Leicester, UK), Moorfoot Phage biology
15:30 - 15:45
Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas (University of Cambridge, UK), Tinto The dynamic (parasite) cell
15:30 - 16:00
Brenda Morris (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
15:45 - 16:00
David Picton (Durham University, UK), Moorfoot Phage biology
15:45 - 16:00
Mohammad Khalid Zakaria (International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Italy), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
15:45 - 16:00
Naoise McGarry (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
16:00 - 16:15
Martha Clokie (University of Leicester, UK), Moorfoot Phage biology
16:00 - 16:30
Leo James (MRC LMB, UK), Pentland Level 3 Thriving under stress: manipulation of cellular responses by viruses
16:00 - 16:30
Joana Alves (The Roslin Institute, UK), Cromdale Hall Infection Forum
16:15 - 16:30
Alexander Fleming was the first President of the Microbiology Society (1945–1947) and received a Nobel Prize for his discovery of penicillin. In celebration of the Society’s 75th anniversary, Annual Conference will include an additional 'Fleming Showcase' day at the start of Annual Conference week. The event will be available to book separately to the rest of the conference and will run on Monday 30 March 2020, followed by the standard four days of scientific sessions.
The Microbiology Society's Fleming Prize is awarded each year to an early career researcher who has achieved an outstanding research record within 12 years of being awarded their PhD. The Fleming Showcase will be used as an opportunity to formally observe the legacy of past Fleming Prize winners and to examine some of the most exciting science from around the globe.
The day is organised by a committee of Past Fleming Prize Winners, which is chaired by Sir Paul Nurse and will be compèred by academic, writer and television broadcaster, Professor Alice Roberts.
| Ticket | Fleming Showcase (30 March 2020) |
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Student member |
Free for those registered for any part of the main Annual Conference |
| Other delegates | £60 |
Upon registration, you should receive an automated confirmation email. Please contact conferences@microbiologysociety.org if after 24 hours this has not been received.
Registration for the main Annual Conference requires a separate booking. More information can be found on the 'Registration' tab.
These sessions are an opportunity for the best early career microbiologists to present their work in front of world-leading scientists, including Sir Paul Nurse FRS.
The day will focus on the influence of both established and up-and-coming scientists in addressing global challenges and will offer an opportunity to hear the legacy of past Fleming Prize winners.
We invite the community to submit questions for our panel of previous Fleming Prize winners, including:
This is your chance to find out about their research, careers and scientific lives. Chairing the panel session are two members from our Early Career Microbiologists’ Forum; Nicky O’Boyle and Justine Rudkin. We will also record the event as a resource to share with the community.
This special day is organised by its own Committee of Past Fleming Prize Winners who have created the content for the day and will judge the 5-minute thesis submissions. The Committee comprises:
Members get heavily subsidised registration fees for Annual Conference and other Society events. Join now to enjoy these discounts and many other opportunities that are designed for microbiologists at all stages of their career.
| Ticket | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
4 days |
| Non-member | £239 | £478 | £718 | £861 |
| Full member | £135 | £270 | £405 | £486 |
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Concessionary/ |
£83 | £166 | £249 | £299 |
| Affiliate member | £219 | £458 | £697 | £840 |
| Student member | £73 | £146 | £219 | £263 |
The Microbiology Society's Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. To ensure the meeting remains of value for this broad microbiology community, ticket prices have not increased from last year beyond the rate of inflation and a 10% discount is available for anyone registering for 4 days of the meeting. Moreover, early career microbiologists and students can attend the Fleming Showcase for free.
Upon registration you should receive an automated confirmation email. Please contact conferences@microbiologysociety.org if after 24 hours this has not been received.
If you need a letter of invitation for a visa application, we will be happy to supply this after we have received full payment. To find out if you need a visa to visit the UK, please visit the UK visa and immigration website.
It is the policy of the Microbiology Society not to supply an invitation letter to any delegate without payment and we will not reply to any request from an unregistered delegate. When the delegate has paid, the Conference office will email back a confirmation/receipt letter and, upon request, a letter of invitation, which may be used to obtain the necessary visa.
Please note that all conference delegates are responsible for their own travel and visa arrangements; the Microbiology Society will not take any responsibility for travel or visa problems.
All registration fees must be paid in full BEFORE arrival at the conference. Any outstanding registration fees must be paid before admittance will be granted to the conference.
Refunds are not provided, however substitutions of attendees can be made at any time by contacting conferences@microbiologysociety.org.
Annual Conference attracts over 1,600 attendees for the UK’s largest annual gathering of microbiologists. It is designed to cover the breadth of microbiology research and its oral abstracts and posters reflect this comprehensive scientific programme.
The Society has produced a guide to give delegates some tips on how to write a great abstract.
All speakers are requested to check their presentation titles and timings. Please note, individual presentation times within a session may have been changed by the Session Organiser since you were originally invited.
Please use widescreen (16:9) format for PowerPoint presentations. Please also consider the readability of your slides. We recommend using a dark sans serif font on a light background and avoiding all-capitals and green or red/pink text. For further guidance, please refer to the British Dyslexia Association guidance.
Speakers are required to upload a copy of their PowerPoint slides at least two hours prior to their presentation time from the Speaker Preview area. This will be situated in Lomond Foyer (on Level 0). Dedicated AV technicians will be available to assist you during the opening hours.
| Sunday 29 March | 16:00–20:00 |
| Day 1 (Fleming Showcase): Monday 30 March | 07:30–17:30 |
| Day 2: Tuesday 31 March | 07:30–17:30 |
| Day 3: Wednesday 1 April | 07:30–17:30 |
| Day 4: Thursday 2 April | 07:30–17:30 |
| Day 5: Friday 3 April | 08:30–14:00 |
For abstracts that are awarded a poster, Annual Conference provides an excellent platform for emerging scientific research.
Posters will also be rotated half-way through the event this year.
For 2020, all posters will be divided into two blocks and will remain up for two days each. See the document below for more information.
Poster sessions
Those who are presenting a poster must ensure the work is presented as below. Incorrectly formatted posters will not be displayed.
We have produced a guide on how to give a poster presentation, which can be downloaded below:
This year’s Annual Conference now includes an event app.
This is available as a free download for all registered delegates. It has primarily been designed to help you make personal connections with other attendees (subject to your permissions).
The software also offers live event notifications, personalised schedules across the whole of Annual Conference week and options to search all of this year’s 1,000+ abstracts.
Download the Attendify app in your App Store and search for ‘Microbiology Society AC20’.
Each year, the Young Microbiologist of the Year Competition recognises and rewards excellence in science communication by a Microbiology Society member who is a postgraduate student or postdoctoral researcher, having gained their PhD in the last two years.
During the Annual Conference, judges will be visiting posters and listening to offered orals by delegates who have entered the competition via the abstract submission. Finalists will be notified in early summer if they have been selected, and will be invited to give a 10-minute oral presentation (plus 5 minutes for questions) at the final at the Society’s Annual General Meeting in September 2020.
There will be poster prizes available to recognise the best poster presenters over the course of the entire Annual Conference. Please see below for details of each prize. All poster prize winners will be invited to present their poster again at the Society's Annual General Meeting in September 2020.
All poster presenters will be entered into the People's Choice Poster Prize, which will identify the three most popular posters presented during the Annual Conference. All delegates will be asked to choose their favourite three posters that they visited and submit these on the voting slip provided in their delegate bag. Winners will be notified in the week commencing 11 May.
All members of the Early Career Microbiologists' (ECM) Forum who are presenting a talk or poster will be considered for the ECM Forum Poster Prize. This prize will be judged by the Executive Committee and will recognise the most promising ECM presenters. The winners will receive a prize and certificate.
Please note, the deadline for joining the ECM Forum in order to be considered for the Early Career Microbiologists' Forum Poster Prize is 3 March 2020.
A diverse and vibrant city, Edinburgh is steeped in history. As well as being the capital city of Scotland, it is the leading festival city in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Full of cultural and historical sites to visit, Edinburgh has both a medieval Old Town and an elegant Georgian New Town, both of which are situated around the terrain of the volcanic Arthur's Seat, the Pentland Hills and Edinburgh's Waterfront.
Edinburgh is also globally recognised as a world-leading authority in the sciences and remains home to some of the leading centres of microbiological research in Europe. Current researchers follow in the footsteps of past scientists who have advanced medicine: from the discovery of chloroform anaesthesia and the development of the hypodermic syringe to the development of MRI scanner and insulin. Today, pioneering research is underway into regenerative medicine, in vitro imaging, bio-informatics and cancer treatment, as well as food security and animal welfare.
But Edinburgh's most famous scientist is arguably Alexander Fleming, a medical scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of penicillin and who was the first President of the Microbiology Society. To celebrate the Society's 75th Anniversary in 2020, Annual Conference is taking place in the city close to Fleming's heart and where he served as Rector of Edinburgh University.
Annual Conference will take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
The Exchange
Edinburgh
EH3 8EE
General enquiries: +44(0)131 300 3000
The award-winning EICC is a centre of excellence for world class events and conferences in the heart of Edinburgh.
EICC's impressive facilities include adaptable auditoria, break-out suites and spacious exhibition and reception areas, which will all be for the exclusive use of the Microbiology Society and its delegates during the week of Annual Conference 2020.
The EICC considers the environmental impacts affecting every procurement decision associated with the running of events.
Preference is given to products and services certified by recognised authorities such as Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EMS ISO 14001, Eco Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS), Green Globe and other applicable sustainability standards.
All food is freshly prepared on the premises from seasonal ingredients sourced within 200 miles of Edinburgh. The catering team adheres to an environmentally-sound approach to the disposal of waste including food, packaging, cooking oils and liquids.
The EICC’s strategic direction is to build on its reputation as a 'green business' and to develop its reputation for best practice in sustainability. They aim to achieve 20% reduction of our overall CO2 per m2 by 2020 relative to 2013 baseline.
EICC won the coveted Sustainable Event Excellence Award in March 2018.
Delegate travel is the biggest contributor to the carbon emissions involved with Annual Conference, we would therefore like to encourage all delegates to offset their carbon footprint.
A carbon offset is a way to compensate for your emissions by funding an equivalent carbon dioxide saving elsewhere.
You can calculate and offset your carbon footprint from travelling to the conference by using this carbon calculator, this supports international projects and sustainable development worldwide.
The Society is again teaming up with Nipperbout to provide a free crèche at the Annual Conference 2020. The crèche will be available to all children of delegates between the ages of 0 and 12 years.
All registered delegates will be offered the opportunity to make use of these free childcare services, which will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note the crèche will be closed for lunch and parents are responsible for providing food for their children. Lunch is not provided by the Society or the crèche as part of this offer. It is imperative that you collect your child/children at lunchtime as the staff require a half hour break. Water and healthy snacks will be available during crèche hours.
How to register your crèche place
In order to register, visit the Nipperbout portal.
Existing account holders
Members who have already used the system can use their existing account to log in and request to register for the event using the event code: MSA300320
First registrant login: MSA300320
Password: MSA
Members who haven’t used the system before and want to register for crèche will be asked to create an account.
You can change your password once you have set up your account. Booking is on a first-come, first-served basis. Confirmation of your booking will be sent prior to the conference.
Please note that you are entering into an agreement with Nipperbout and not the Microbiology Society.
Nipperbout is an award-winning event childcare company with over 25 years of experience. For more information please visit the Nipperbout website.
We hope that this assists your attendance at the conference. Should you have any questions, please contact: registration@nipperbout.com
Email conferences@microbiologysociety.org for further information.
Annual Conference is returning to Edinburgh in 2020. This is Annual Conference's most popular destination city and the Society encourages all delegates to secure accommodation and to make travel plans as early as possible as hotel rooms fill-up quickly.
To support you in securing your accommodation we provide links to our booking and accommodation services via Reservation Highway.
This travel and venue agency have secured negotiated rates at hotels to suit a broad range of budgets.
Book Accommodation
A booking form is also available below for those who prefer not to book online.
If you require any further information for personal or group hotel bookings, please call 01423 525577 (during office hours) or email admin@reservation-highway.co.uk at any time.
Visitors to Scotland's capital are served with two major railway stations, an airport providing UK and international flights to Edinburgh and an extensive road network.
Edinburgh International Airport is within 6 miles of the EICC. The Airlink 100 runs between Edinburgh Airport and the city centre every 10 minutes at peak times, with the journey taking 20 minutes. This service starts at 4:30 and runs until 00:22. Tickets cost £3.50 single and £6.00 return. Delegates are advised to disembark at Haymarket Railway Station and to follow signs for EICC on foot (five-minute walk).
The N22 bus also departs from the Airport and runs every 30 minutes through the night until the Airlink service starts again. For more information about these services, visit the Lothian Buses website.
EICC has an established relationship with Virgin Atlantic, who can offer discounted flights between Edinburgh and London on their new service, Virgin Atlantic Little Red. For more information on discounted flights, visit the Virgin Atlantic website.
Edinburgh has two railway stations:
For more information on the rail network within the UK, please visit East Coast, National Rail or Trainline; a one-stop shop for train and coach travel.
If you are travelling using a sat nav, please use the postcode EH3 8EE. The main entrance is on Morrison Street.
Edinburgh's main bus terminal is located at St Andrews Square. Visit Lothian Buses for more information on local bus services. Bus connections stretch right across the UK. For details of these routes please visit: www.nationalexpress.com or www.citylink.co.uk.
For information about travel by coach please visit the National Express website.
The ECM Forum Co-chairing Scheme provides ECM Forum members with the opportunity to be involved in the chairing of scientific sessions at the Annual Conference. The Co-Chairs will not receive any monetary value in co-chairing and will not take the place of a session Chair, but will receive a fantastic professional development opportunity to learn about being a session chair from more experienced colleagues.
ECM Forum members are eligible to apply. Applications should be made when submitting an abstract via Oxford Abstract. All applications will be reviewed by the Society's Divisions and successful Co-Chairs will be introduced to the relevant session Chair in February.
Co-Chairs will receive a letter of thanks from the ECM Forum Executive Committee confirming that they participated in the Co-Chairing Scheme, and will be recognised in the conference programme.
For questions about the ECM Forum Co-chairing Scheme, please contact profdev@microbiologysociety.org.
In addition to the scientific programme, the Society will be hosting a series of Essential Skills sessions for all delegates wishing to enhance their professional skills in microbiology. Please register your interest in advance – spaces are limited and complimentary when registering for the day.
Please note, sessions will operate on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive with plenty of time to secure your place.
Tuesday 31 March, 10:00–17:30
This symposium will deliver sessions dedicated to pertinent areas of interest for those involved in teaching in higher education. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn from the experience of those involved in AMR outreach and engagement activities. HEA fellowships will be explored in its wider breadth and an application workshop will allow delegates to receive feedback on how to write an application. The symposium will also create a platform for those involved in using and creating digital platforms for teaching microbiology with live demonstrations. Participants will have the opportunity to explore these platforms and hear from experts about its use. Those involved in teaching, wanting to pursue a teaching focused role or keep up to date with new techniques and standards, including post-doctoral demonstrators, are encouraged to attend.
Register hereWednesday 1 April, 10:00–13:00
This session will provide participants with useful information about the key areas of business to consider when becoming a scientific entrepreneur. Participants will be given a checklist of considerations from patents and funding to marketing strategies and creating a team. Microbiology entrepreneurs will provide insight into how they transformed their scientific research into business ideas. Those interested in practicing presenting their business ideas or wanting feedback are invited to submit their proposal. This session will also be useful for those considering a business idea.
Register hereThursday 2 April, 10:00–17:30
Funding advisors will provide participants with greater clarity around fellowship strategies and application processes. Attendees will learn how to find the best fellowships for them and will learn from those who have recently been awarded fellowships. Those wishing to gain personal one-to-one feedback and advise from experts are welcome sign up to attend an allocated time slot during the application surgery. Early and mid-career researchers wanting to explore fellowship application processes are encouraged to attend.
Register hereFriday 3 April, 09:30–12:00
This workshop will equip participants with the knowledge and skills to identify unconscious biases, understand their potential for impacting on decision making and develop techniques to minimise that impact. This interactive workshop will explore the way the brain processes information and makes shortcuts and assumptions on our behalf, without us even noticing. Participants will take part in discussions on strategies and mechanisms for managing our brain’s processing and ultimately, ensuring our actions are based on sound rationale and are not unconsciously biased. This session is suited to those in managerial positions or involved in staff management practices such as recruitment, appraisal and performance management. Those wanting to learn more about unconscious bias are also encouraged to attend.
Register hereThe Annual Conference has been accredited by the Royal Society of Biology (144 CPD credits), the Institute of Biomedical Science (category: Professional Activity) and the Royal College of Pathologists (28 CPD credits).
Those wishing to claim CPD credits should sign a daily register held at the Professional Development information desk, which is located in the exhibition hall. Further information can be requested by email at profdev@microbiologysociety.org.
Society Conference Grants are available to support eligible members wishing to present at the Annual Conference. Support is also available for members requiring support for caring costs associated with conference attendance. Full information is available on the Society Conference Grant page.
Members not eligible for a Society Conference Grant can apply to the Travel Grant scheme. This supports attendance at events taking place in the period 1 April–30 June and also includes the full duration of the Annual Conference 2020.
The Microbiology Society Annual Conference is a key feature in the calendar of a microbiologist – from undergraduates to those more established in their career.
The scientific event is designed to offer ample opportunities for formal networking for both these groups at the meeting itself. Just as importantly, the social programme offers informal opportunities for delegates to make new friends and forge future collaborations.
Below you can find out more about the social programme for Edinburgh:
Annual Conference delegates are invited to join the Society and Fleming Committee for an evening reception.
The event is taking place in the Grand Gallery at the National Museum of Scotland - walking distance from the EICC and one of Scotland's most beautiful spaces.
Rising up through the four storeys, the museum has a spectacular array of objects that tell the history of the pioneering Scots who revolutionised modern science, including Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin.
Whether you have attended the Fleming Showcase earlier in the day – or if you're arriving to attend another day of Annual Conference later in the week – all guests are warmly invited to this free drinks reception.
Explore Edinburgh’s hidden history deep underneath the Royal Mile.
VisitScotland’s five star-rated attraction The Real Mary King’s Close will be opened up exclusively for registered Society delegates on the Tuesday evening of Conference.
The space is a warren of concealed underground streets and houses, which date back to the 1600’s, where real people lived, worked and died. Through actors, displays and guides, you’ll discover tales of the plague victims, murderers and their prey – all of whom have become the ghosts that haunt the city.
The evening will include drinks and light bites and will typically take guests between two and two and a half hours to complete.
The Early Career Microbiologists’ Forum Executive Committee will be hosting an evening social event where attendees can network with other early career microbiologists over food and refreshments.
This evening will be a great opportunity to meet potential collaborators and scientists from the breadth of the microbiology discipline.
Whether it’s your first time in Edinburgh or Annual Conference and you’d like to meet new people and brush up on your networking skills, or you’d just like to come and enjoy an evening of fun and socialising, be sure to join the Wednesday networking event.
The ever-popular Annual Conference quiz will be taking place at Ghillie Dhu – a dramatically-vaulted Georgian converted church.
The quiz will start here at 20:30 with prizes up for grabs. Taking place in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle in the West End of the city centre, the evening is designed to give you a flavour of Scotland and its historical capital.
Meet old and new friends and get together in teams of six+ to compete for the prized Society quiz medal.
Edinburgh is the perfect destination if you’re looking to add a weekend on to the end of your Annual Conference. This historical city plays host to the world’s best known comedy festival and has something for everyone – regardless of your taste, style or budget.
The city has great shopping, ranging from some of the most exclusive luxury brands to independent talent and equally diverse food options, from pop-up street food through to Michelin-starred restaurants. From the rich history that you’ll find in every street to the various green spaces dotted around the city, Scotland’s capital is the perfect extended getaway for delegates.
Visit This is Edinburgh to find out more about all of the best things to do, see and enjoy in this historical capital.
Annual Conference provides the ultimate gathering location for over 1,600 microbiologists and other professionals of related fields from over 30 countries.
If you have missed out on exhibiting at this event there are still a number of sponsorship opportunities available to help promote your company to a key audience of delegates. Please email exhibitions@microbiologysociety.org today to discuss package options to suit you.
We also hold a number of other events throughout the year where you can exhibit or sponsor at. Full details can be found on our exhibitor and sponsorships page.
We have been made aware of rogue agencies contacting our exhibitors out of the blue claiming to be from the Society.
If you are unsure about whether the communication is genuine or fraudulent please contact the Society directly.
We have Gold, Silver and Bronze packages, or Pick and Mix options that can be tailored to your needs and budget.
Detailed information about available exhibition packages can be found in the Exhibition and Sponsorship pack, which can be downloaded below.
Exhibition pack Annual Conference 2020
To book your exhibition or sponsorship place, please download the fillable registration form below and return to exhibitions@microbiologysociety.org with your logo and website link:
Booking form Annual Conference 2020
Download the floorplan showing the available exhibition spaces or contact exhibitions@microbiologysociety.org
Floorplan Annual Conference 2020
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Annual Conference 2020 Hotel List