08 - 11 April 2019
The Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2019 took place between Monday 8 April - Thursday 11 April and was held at the ICC Belfast (formerly Belfast Waterfront), UK.
The Society's Annual Conference attracted over 1,400 attendees for the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. You can see what took place at Conference on YouTube and in the image gallery below.
Annual Conference is designed to cover the breadth of microbiology research and its comprehensive scientific programme had over 30 sessions taking place over four days in a range of formats, including:
Image: surangaw/Thinkstock.
Whilst teaching microbiology in higher education, you may come across challenges such as keeping up to date with the current teaching environment or ensuring students are engaged. During this interactive symposium, delegates will have the opportunity to be part of a network, learn best practices and gain insight and information on issues affecting the teaching landscape. The symposium will give delegates the opportunity to discuss teaching microbiology in higher education and troubleshoot individual challenges. The symposium will discuss elements of the framework of teaching, including degree structures and benchmarking. Topics to be explored include transitioning from schools into higher education and obstacles within postgraduate teaching. Delegates will also benefit from practical examples of teaching and preparing for teaching students as well as managing student expectations when it comes to independent learning. The day will conclude with the opportunity for delegates to share how the Society can better support teaching-active members. This symposium is aimed at anyone involved or interested in teaching in higher education and therefore is not restricted by career stage.
James Edwards (University of Plymouth), Tadhg Ó'Cróinín (University College Dublin), Nicola Crewe (University of Lincoln), Alison Graham (University of Newcastle), Emma Hayhurst (University of South Wales)
Tadhg Ó Cróinín (University College Dublin, Ireland)
10:00 - 10:15
Keynote speaker: Jo Verran (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
10:15 - 11:00
David Coates (University of Dundee, UK)
11:00 - 11:30
Lisa Crossman (University of East Anglia, UK)
11:30 - 11:50
Clare Miller (University of Lincoln, UK)
11:50 - 12:20
12:30 - 13:30
Whilst teaching microbiology in higher education, you may come across challenges such as keeping up to date with the current teaching environment or ensuring students are engaged. During this interactive symposium, delegates will have the opportunity to be part of a network, learn best practices and gain insight and information on issues affecting the teaching landscape. The symposium will give delegates the opportunity to discuss teaching microbiology in higher education and troubleshoot individual challenges. The symposium will discuss elements of the framework of teaching, including degree structures and benchmarking. Topics to be explored include transitioning from schools into higher education and obstacles within postgraduate teaching. Delegates will also benefit from practical examples of teaching and preparing for teaching students as well as managing student expectations when it comes to independent learning. The day will conclude with the opportunity for delegates to share how the Society can better support teaching-active members. This symposium is aimed at anyone involved or interested in teaching in higher education and therefore is not restricted by career stage.
James Edwards (University of Plymouth), Tadhg Ó'Cróinín (University College Dublin), Nicola Crewe (University of Lincoln), Alison Graham (University of Newcastle), Emma Hayhurst (University of South Wales)
13:30 - 14:20
Mark Clements (Middlesex Unviersity, UK)
14:20 - 14:50
Marta Filipa Simões (Edge Hill University, UK)
14:50 - 15:10
Carla Louise Brown (Game Dr. Ltd)
15:10 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
James Chong (University of York, UK)
16:00 - 16:25
Donna M. MacCallum (University of Aberdeen, UK)
16:25 - 16:45
David Lewis (University of Leeds, UK)
16:45 - 17:15
Louise Horsfall (University of Edinburgh)
17:15 - 17:40
17:40 - 17:55
17:55 - 18:00
If you’ve recently been promoted to a laboratory leadership role, or are due to do so in the near future, this session is aimed at helping you to understand what is required of a laboratory leader. The day will comprise a series of interactive workshops taking delegates through key skills involved with running a successful research group. These include – Managing Projects, Managing Assets, Health and Safety, and Managing People. By the end of the day, delegates will have a clear understanding of the basics of essential skills, and have the chance to discuss challenges in laboratory management with course leaders and other attendees at a similar career stage.
Microbiology Society
Meeting Room 2
10:00 - 10:05
Nicola Stonehouse (University of Leeds), Meeting Room 2
10:05 - 11:30
Hall 1
11:30 - 12:00
Nigel Brown, Meeting Room 2
12:00 - 13:00
The prediction of a perfect storm for food-security by Prof John Beddington is now well recited. The United Kingdom has recently reported a 19% fall in agricultural revenue, which was the third largest fall across the EU; additionally, since 2000 agricultural productivity in the UK has plateaued. Elucidating sustainable methods of agriculture that reliably produce high quality and high yielding crops and safe meat using environmentally considerate management is of significant economic, political, societal and environmental interest. The diverse microbial communities associated with crops and livestock significantly influence food safety, yield and quality, as is most obviously demonstrated by pests and disease. Novel and rapid pathogen detection methods are critical to the reduction of indiscriminate antimicrobial use in agriculture which fosters the spread of resistance. There is mounting evidence that microbial species also contribute positively to the safety, health and development of crops and animals, with considerable commercial interest in product formulation. While it seems clear that livestock and crop microbiota play a role in health, the extent and variance of this role across crops and animals, and how these microbiota components interact, is not clear. Elucidating the influence of animal and crop microbiota on the health and safety of agricultural systems is a novel and breaking area analogous to the burgeoning area seeking to understand how the human microbiome affects health. This session aims to highlight work to understand, control and harness agricultural microbiota for increased food security and sustainability, and spans livestock health, food safety, and crop health. Offered papers relating to all microbiological aspects of food security, including animal and plant pathogen spread, detection, prevention (including vaccination), microbiome manipulation and antimicrobial resistance will be considered for presentation within the symposium.
Matthew Goddard (University of Lincoln, UK), Stefania Spano (University of Aberdeen, UK); Martin Welch (University of Cambridge), Sheila Patrick (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Devin Leopold (Oregon State University, USA), Studio
10:00 - 10:30
Anthony Barker (Barworth Research Ltd, UK), Studio
10:30 - 11:00
William Rooney (University of Glasgow, UK), Studio
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Ewen Mullins (Teagasc, Republic of Ireland), Studio
11:45 - 12:15
Indre Navickaite (University of Surrey, UK), Studio
12:15 - 12:30
Ryan Weir (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio
12:30 - 12:45
Jake Newitt (University of East Anglia, UK), Studio
12:45 - 13:00
Influenza viruses, Nipah virus and the MERS coronavirus are examples of current emerging viral threats to human health, all of which have natural reservoirs in wild animal species. In addition, many economically important livestock populations such as horses, swine and poultry are similarly at risk from spill-over virus infections from wild animal populations such as aquatic birds or bats. The consequences of species jumps can be severe, with often devastating pathology resulting from a lack of existing herd immunity. Essential virus-host interactions restrict the host range for the majority of viruses, with absolute dependency upon cellular proteins for aspects of their replicative cycles. Thus, viruses must adapt and gain the ability to extend this host range if they are to either sporadically or persistently infect novel host species. It is therefore critical to understand the mechanisms of adaptation and the rate of viral evolution to enable this adaptation to a new host environment from a “One Health” perspective, enabling us to predict and prepare for new global viral outbreaks. This symposium will bring together the opinions and hard data from front runners in the field studying virus host switching events, examining the interplay between hosts, viral evolution rates, and molecular changes important for efficient virus replication within new host species.
Holly Shelton (Pirbright Institute, UK), Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK), Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK)
Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London, UK), Main auditorium
10:00 - 10:30
Vineet Menachery (University of Texas Medical Branch, USA), Main auditorium
10:30 - 11:00
Gregory Moseley (Monash University, Australia), Main auditorium
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Michaela Conley (University of Glasgow, UK), Main auditorium
11:45 - 12:00
Anna-Bella Failloux (Institut Pasteur), Main auditorium
12:00 - 12:30
Daniel Goncalves-Carneiro (The Rockafeller University, USA), Main auditorium
12:30 - 12:45
Lior Soday (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
12:45 - 13:00
The advent of cheap DNA sequencing techniques has enabled the comprehensive analysis of the microbial species present in a wide range of ecological contexts (the microbiomes). However, we understand little of the metabolic interactions between the different microbes in these communities. Both metabolomics and metabolic modeling can help us to understand these interactions. This session will demonstrate how these different concepts and technologies may be combined to address such questions as: Why do microbes export metabolites? What are the advantages of cooperation between microbial species and how did cooperativity evolve? What is the metabolic basis of interactions between microbes and the multicellular organisms that they grow in, on, or around?
Martin Welch (University of Cambridge, UK), Steve Oliver (University of Cambridge, UK), Nicola Holden (James Hutton Institute, UK), Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK)
Gail Preston (University of Oxford, UK), Arc
10:00 - 10:30
Danny Beste (University of Surrey, UK), Arc
10:30 - 10:45
Miguel Pedro (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal), Arc
10:45 - 11:00
Hall 1
11:00 - 11:30
Katrin Whiteson (UC Irvine, USA), Arc
11:30 - 12:00
Ashley Holmes (The James Hutton Institute, UK), Arc
12:00 - 12:15
Li Liu (Beihang University, China), Arc
12:15 - 12:30
Vanessa Sperandio (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA), Arc
12:30 - 13:00
Microbial Dark Matter has become a popular term to describe the vast uncultured majority of microorganisms in the environment that are currently only known through metabarcoding and metagenome studies. These environmental ‘DNA blueprints’ offer considerable potential to advance our understanding of microbial evolution, diversity and ecosystem functioning, and have stimulated a new wave of microbiology. Major priorities include developing novel approaches to cultivate the previously unknown or ‘uncultured’, and establish new model systems to determine their biology. The rapidly growing recognition of the extent and importance of the uncultured majority demonstrates the substantial progress that has been made, and the enormous potential for future microbiological research. With this session we will aim to bring together microbiologists interested in exploring the vast uncultured majority of microorganisms in the biosphere. We will also aim to attract microbiologists who use culture-based approaches in the hope of stimulating a lively culture-dependent vs. culture-independent discussion.
Michael Cunliffe (University of Plymouth, UK), Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, UK)
Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association & University of Plymouth, UK), Hall 2B
10:00 - 10:05
Javier del Campo (University of Miami, USA), Hall 2B
10:05 - 10:30
Evelien Adriaenssens (University of Liverpool, UK), Hall 2B
10:30 - 10:45
Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK), Hall 2B
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:45
Chris Bowler (Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, France), Hall 2B
11:45 - 12:15
Nathan Chrismas (Marine Biological Association, UK), Hall 2B
12:15 - 12:30
Maiko Kagami (Yokohama National University, Japan), Hall 2B
12:30 - 13:00
The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ proposes that the cause of the recent rapid rise of allergic and autoimmune diseases could be due to a lower exposure to infectious agents including parasites in early childhood. Recent investigations have demonstrated that specific microorganisms, especially parasites, bacteria and viruses, are overlooked or absent in the gut microbiome of humans in developed countries, but the same microbes are found in abundance in similar studies in rural or underdeveloped areas. Which are these organisms and what are their roles in health and disease? How has industrialization molded the gut microbiome and what are the consequences of such changes? Can therapeutic strategies be developed using microorganisms that have been traditionally considered as infectious agents? Should we abandon or revitalize the Hygiene Hypothesis? This session will attempt to tackle some of these questions and explore future aspects in the field.
Anastasios Tsaousis (Unversity of Kent, UK), Eleni Gentekaki (Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand)
Anastasios Tsaousis (Unversity of Kent, UK); Eleni Gentekaki (Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand), Meeting Room 1
10:00 - 10:15
Sally Bloomfield (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Meeting Room 1
10:15 - 10:45
Simon Carding (Quadram Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1
10:45 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Lesley Ogilvie (University of Brighton, UK), Meeting Room 1
11:45 - 12:15
Kirsty Davies (University of Huddersfield, UK), Meeting Room 1
12:15 - 12:20
Harry Jenkins (University of Nottingham, UK)
12:20 - 12:25
Julius Lukes (University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic), Meeting Room 1
12:30 - 13:00
While a large number of microbes peacefully inhabit our body, some have evolved to attack the host and become pathogens. Pathogens are responsible of around 25% of global deaths and the treatment of infectious disease represents a significant economic burden in our society. In addition, the raise of antimicrobial resistance among pathogens is often making treatment very difficult. A deeper understanding of specific mechanisms of pathogenesis is needed to develop novel therapeutic strategies. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens and their hosts are engaged in a continuous crosstalk, which involves thousands of molecules and signalling pathways. The session will cover various strategies of pathogen offence and host defence. Presentations will focus on different virulence mechanisms (e.g., bacterial effectors, bacterial toxins, fungal virulence factors) and pathogen modulation of host functions, as well as host mechanisms of defence and immunity. Abstracts relating to all aspects of microbial pathogenesis, pathogen attack and host response will be considered for presentation as posters, flash posters or short talks within the symposium.
Stefania Spano (University of Aberdeen, UK), Sabine Totemeyer (University of Nottingham, UK), Robert Fagan (University of Sheffield, UK), Catarina Gadelha (University of Nottingham, UK)
Andrea Graham (Princeton University, USA), Meeting Room 3
10:00 - 10:30
Jose Bengoechea (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3
10:30 - 11:00
Hall 1
11:00 - 11:30
Bernhard Hube (Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Germany), Meeting Room 3
11:30 - 12:00
Amany Hassan (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 3
12:00 - 12:05
Jack Plume (University of Exeter, UK), Meeting Room 3
12:05 - 12:10
Danielle Carson (Imperial College London, UK), Meeting Room 3
12:10 - 12:15
Marwa Naguib (Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, UK), Meeting Room 3
12:15 - 12:30
Elizabeth Ballou (University of Birmingham, UK), Meeting Room 3
12:30 - 13:00
Ever since the pioneering work of Jenner in the 1790s to protect against smallpox, vaccination has served as a valuable weapon in the disease control armoury, offering the potential to not only prevent but even eradicate bacterial disease. Moreover, in a time of growing antibacterial and multi-drug resistance, and with no immediate reprise on the horizon via the antibiotic pipeline, alternative solutions such as vaccination could make a critical contribution to resolving the AMR crisis. Such possibilities are driven by the huge advances that have been made in vaccine technologies and antigen discovery, combined with a better understanding of bacterial pathogenesis and of the host immune response. This session aims to bring together experts in the field to discuss the current status of vaccine development for important bacterial pathogens, new research directions, and the challenges and ambitions for the future. The session will consider topical issues across the breadth of the vaccine development process including: 1) recent advances in antigen discovery for bacterial pathogens; 2) vaccine immunology and current challenges in generating effective mucosal immunity; 3) translating potential candidates to a successful vaccine; and 4) the challenges that lie ahead in public perception of vaccines and potential impacts of this issue on vaccine uptake.
Angela Nobbs (University of Bristol, UK), Jody Winter (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Andrew Waller (AHT, UK), Hall 2A
10:00 - 10:45
Caroline Cayrou (University of Leicester, UK), Hall 2A
10:45 - 11:00
Jessica Calland (University of Bath, UK), Hall 2A
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Fadil Bidmos (Imperial College London, UK), Hall 2A
11:45 - 12:00
Hayley Lavender (University of Oxford, UK), Hall 2A
12:00 - 12:15
Brendan Wren (LSHTM, UK), Hall 2A
12:15 - 13:00
If you’ve recently been promoted to a laboratory leadership role, or are due to do so in the near future, this session is aimed at helping you to understand what is required of a laboratory leader. The day will comprise a series of interactive workshops taking delegates through key skills involved with running a successful research group. These include – Managing Projects, Managing Assets, Health and Safety, and Managing People. By the end of the day, delegates will have a clear understanding of the basics of essential skills, and have the chance to discuss challenges in laboratory management with course leaders and other attendees at a similar career stage.
Microbiology Society
13:00 - 14:00
Lindsay Murray (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:00 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Lindsay Hall (Quadram Institute, UK), Meeting Room 2
16:00 - 17:30
The prediction of a perfect storm for food-security by Prof John Beddington is now well recited. The United Kingdom has recently reported a 19% fall in agricultural revenue, which was the third largest fall across the EU; additionally, since 2000 agricultural productivity in the UK has plateaued. Elucidating sustainable methods of agriculture that reliably produce high quality and high yielding crops and safe meat using environmentally considerate management is of significant economic, political, societal and environmental interest. The diverse microbial communities associated with crops and livestock significantly influence food safety, yield and quality, as is most obviously demonstrated by pests and disease. Novel and rapid pathogen detection methods are critical to the reduction of indiscriminate antimicrobial use in agriculture which fosters the spread of resistance. There is mounting evidence that microbial species also contribute positively to the safety, health and development of crops and animals, with considerable commercial interest in product formulation. While it seems clear that livestock and crop microbiota play a role in health, the extent and variance of this role across crops and animals, and how these microbiota components interact, is not clear. Elucidating the influence of animal and crop microbiota on the health and safety of agricultural systems is a novel and breaking area analogous to the burgeoning area seeking to understand how the human microbiome affects health. This session aims to highlight work to understand, control and harness agricultural microbiota for increased food security and sustainability, and spans livestock health, food safety, and crop health. Offered papers relating to all microbiological aspects of food security, including animal and plant pathogen spread, detection, prevention (including vaccination), microbiome manipulation and antimicrobial resistance will be considered for presentation within the symposium.
Matthew Goddard (University of Lincoln, UK), Stefania Spano (University of Aberdeen, UK); Martin Welch (University of Cambridge), Sheila Patrick (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Charlotte Nellist (NIAB, UK), Studio
14:00 - 14:30
Unnati Shah (University of Hertfordshire, UK), Studio
14:30 - 14:45
Sariqa Wagley (University of Exeter, UK), Studio
14:45 - 15:00
Hall 1
15:00 - 15:45
Mohammad Ravanbakhsh (Utrect University, Netherlands), Studio
15:45 - 16:15
Jasmin Mertens (University of Pretoria, South Africa ), Studio
16:15 - 16:30
Meritxell Grau Butinyac (Teagasc Environmental Research Centre, Ireland), Studio
16:30 - 16:45
Alexandros Stratakos (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio
16:45 - 17:00
Kenneth Dygico (University College Cork, Ireland), Studio
17:00 - 17:15
Influenza viruses, Nipah virus and the MERS coronavirus are examples of current emerging viral threats to human health, all of which have natural reservoirs in wild animal species. In addition, many economically important livestock populations such as horses, swine and poultry are similarly at risk from spill-over virus infections from wild animal populations such as aquatic birds or bats. The consequences of species jumps can be severe, with often devastating pathology resulting from a lack of existing herd immunity. Essential virus-host interactions restrict the host range for the majority of viruses, with absolute dependency upon cellular proteins for aspects of their replicative cycles. Thus, viruses must adapt and gain the ability to extend this host range if they are to either sporadically or persistently infect novel host species. It is therefore critical to understand the mechanisms of adaptation and the rate of viral evolution to enable this adaptation to a new host environment from a “One Health” perspective, enabling us to predict and prepare for new global viral outbreaks. This symposium will bring together the opinions and hard data from front runners in the field studying virus host switching events, examining the interplay between hosts, viral evolution rates, and molecular changes important for efficient virus replication within new host species.
Holly Shelton (Pirbright Institute, UK), Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK), Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK)
Benhur Lee (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA), Main auditorium
14:00 - 14:30
Karin Darpel (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Main auditorium
14:30 - 15:00
Edward Hutchinson (University of Glasgow, UK), Main auditorium
15:00 - 15:15
Rommel Gestuveo (University of Glasgow, UK), Main auditorium
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Susan VanderWoude (Colorado State University, USA), Main auditorium
16:00 - 16:30
Katie Nightingale (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
16:30 - 16:45
Katharina M. Scherer (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
16:45 - 17:00
The advent of cheap DNA sequencing techniques has enabled the comprehensive analysis of the microbial species present in a wide range of ecological contexts (the microbiomes). However, we understand little of the metabolic interactions between the different microbes in these communities. Both metabolomics and metabolic modeling can help us to understand these interactions. This session will demonstrate how these different concepts and technologies may be combined to address such questions as: Why do microbes export metabolites? What are the advantages of cooperation between microbial species and how did cooperativity evolve? What is the metabolic basis of interactions between microbes and the multicellular organisms that they grow in, on, or around?
Martin Welch (University of Cambridge, UK), Steve Oliver (University of Cambridge, UK), Nicola Holden (James Hutton Institute, UK), Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK)
Ines Thiele (Université du Luxembourg, Luxenbourg), Arc
14:00 - 14:30
Tom O'Brien (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc
14:30 - 14:45
Maureen Ihua (University College Cork, Ireland), Arc
14:45 - 15:00
Orkun Soyer (University of Warwick, UK), Arc
15:00 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Jerry Reen (University of Cork, Ireland), Arc
16:00 - 16:30
James Moir (University of York, UK), Arc
16:30 - 17:00
Duygu Dikicioglu (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc
17:00 - 17:15
Laia Castaño (University of Strathclyde, UK), Arc
17:15 - 17:30
Microbial Dark Matter has become a popular term to describe the vast uncultured majority of microorganisms in the environment that are currently only known through metabarcoding and metagenome studies. These environmental ‘DNA blueprints’ offer considerable potential to advance our understanding of microbial evolution, diversity and ecosystem functioning, and have stimulated a new wave of microbiology. Major priorities include developing novel approaches to cultivate the previously unknown or ‘uncultured’, and establish new model systems to determine their biology. The rapidly growing recognition of the extent and importance of the uncultured majority demonstrates the substantial progress that has been made, and the enormous potential for future microbiological research. With this session we will aim to bring together microbiologists interested in exploring the vast uncultured majority of microorganisms in the biosphere. We will also aim to attract microbiologists who use culture-based approaches in the hope of stimulating a lively culture-dependent vs. culture-independent discussion.
Michael Cunliffe (University of Plymouth, UK), Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, UK)
David Bass (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK), Hall 2B
14:00 - 14:30
Katherine Brown (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2B
14:30 - 14:45
Alexandre Almeida (EMBL-EBI), Hall 2B
14:45 - 15:00
Bryony Williams (University of Exeter, UK), Hall 2B
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK), Hall 2B
16:00 - 16:30
Davis Laundon (Marine Biological Association, UK), Hall 2B
16:30 - 16:45
Rebecca Hall (University of York, UK), Hall 2B
16:45 - 17:00
The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ proposes that the cause of the recent rapid rise of allergic and autoimmune diseases could be due to a lower exposure to infectious agents including parasites in early childhood. Recent investigations have demonstrated that specific microorganisms, especially parasites, bacteria and viruses, are overlooked or absent in the gut microbiome of humans in developed countries, but the same microbes are found in abundance in similar studies in rural or underdeveloped areas. Which are these organisms and what are their roles in health and disease? How has industrialization molded the gut microbiome and what are the consequences of such changes? Can therapeutic strategies be developed using microorganisms that have been traditionally considered as infectious agents? Should we abandon or revitalize the Hygiene Hypothesis? This session will attempt to tackle some of these questions and explore future aspects in the field.
Anastasios Tsaousis (Unversity of Kent, UK), Eleni Gentekaki (Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand)
Henry McSorley (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:00 - 14:30
Amanda Rossiter (University of Birmingham, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:30 - 14:45
Emma Betts (University of Kent, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:45 - 15:00
Pauline Scanlan (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 1
15:00 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Karen Scott (University of Aberdeen, UK), Meeting Room 1
16:00 - 16:30
Aashish R. Jha (University of Stanford, USA), Meeting Room 1
16:30 - 16:45
Yan Shao (Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1
16:45 - 17:00
Christine Moissl-Eichinger (Medical University of Graz, Austria), Meeting Room 1
17:00 - 17:30
While a large number of microbes peacefully inhabit our body, some have evolved to attack the host and become pathogens. Pathogens are responsible of around 25% of global deaths and the treatment of infectious disease represents a significant economic burden in our society. In addition, the raise of antimicrobial resistance among pathogens is often making treatment very difficult. A deeper understanding of specific mechanisms of pathogenesis is needed to develop novel therapeutic strategies. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens and their hosts are engaged in a continuous crosstalk, which involves thousands of molecules and signalling pathways. The session will cover various strategies of pathogen offence and host defence. Presentations will focus on different virulence mechanisms (e.g., bacterial effectors, bacterial toxins, fungal virulence factors) and pathogen modulation of host functions, as well as host mechanisms of defence and immunity. Abstracts relating to all aspects of microbial pathogenesis, pathogen attack and host response will be considered for presentation as posters, flash posters or short talks within the symposium.
Stefania Spano (University of Aberdeen, UK), Sabine Totemeyer (University of Nottingham, UK), Robert Fagan (University of Sheffield, UK), Catarina Gadelha (University of Nottingham, UK)
Hayley Newton (University of Melbourne, Australia), Meeting Room 3
14:00 - 14:30
Connor Bowen (University of Dundee, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:30 - 14:35
Nicky O'Boyle (University of Glasgow, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:35 - 14:40
Kieran Sefton (University of Aberdeen, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:40 - 14:45
Francesca Romana Cianfanelli (Biozentrum Universitӓt Basel, Switzerland), Meeting Room 3
14:45 - 15:00
Jorge Galán (Yale University School of Medicine, USA), Meeting Room 3
15:00 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Petra Dersch (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany), Meeting Room 3
16:00 - 16:30
Arnaud Kengmo Tchoupa (University of Warwick, UK), Meeting Room 3
16:30 - 16:45
Rachel Butler (University of Surrey, UK), Meeting Room 3
16:45 - 17:00
Sean Doyle (Maynooth University, Ireland), Meeting Room 3
17:00 - 17:30
Ever since the pioneering work of Jenner in the 1790s to protect against smallpox, vaccination has served as a valuable weapon in the disease control armoury, offering the potential to not only prevent but even eradicate bacterial disease. Moreover, in a time of growing antibacterial and multi-drug resistance, and with no immediate reprise on the horizon via the antibiotic pipeline, alternative solutions such as vaccination could make a critical contribution to resolving the AMR crisis. Such possibilities are driven by the huge advances that have been made in vaccine technologies and antigen discovery, combined with a better understanding of bacterial pathogenesis and of the host immune response. This session aims to bring together experts in the field to discuss the current status of vaccine development for important bacterial pathogens, new research directions, and the challenges and ambitions for the future. The session will consider topical issues across the breadth of the vaccine development process including: 1) recent advances in antigen discovery for bacterial pathogens; 2) vaccine immunology and current challenges in generating effective mucosal immunity; 3) translating potential candidates to a successful vaccine; and 4) the challenges that lie ahead in public perception of vaccines and potential impacts of this issue on vaccine uptake.
Angela Nobbs (University of Bristol, UK), Jody Winter (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Paul Liberator (Pfizer, New York, USA), Hall 2A
14:00 - 14:45
Myrto Vlazaki (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A
14:45 - 15:00
Kin Chan (Public Health England, UK), Hall 2A
15:00 - 15:15
Josefin Bartholdson Scott (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Adam Cunningham (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A
16:00 - 16:45
Adam Finn (University of Bristol, UK), Hall 2A
16:45 - 17:30
A career in academia can be demanding, with many obstacles arising including grant proposals and job applications; dealing with research projects that often take meandering paths; and working in what is generally a competitive field full of fixed term contracts. Delegates will be presented with a toolkit for staying resilient in academia, before learning from the experience of those who have successfully negotiated challenges in their academic careers. This session is aimed at early career researchers and is also relevant to those who are considering changed fields, as moving fields also requires the ability to adapt to change.
Microbiology Society
Meeting Room 2
10:00 - 10:05
Sarah Rourke (Henley Business School, UK), Meeting Room 2
10:05 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Arikana Massiah (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK); Liz Dooley (Janssen Sciences, Ireland); Douglas Browning (University of Birmingham, UK); Christopher Randall (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 2
12:00 - 13:00
The Annual Meeting of Protistology-UK: a symposium on the origins of eukaryotes. The sessions cover phylogenomics & evolutionary biology, cell biology/architecture and chromosome biology, as well as the origins of mitochondria and plastids. Rapid progress is being made in identifying candidate archaeal taxa related to the original ‘host’ component, and in parallel our understanding of the diversity of protists is helping to reshape our view of what the last eukaryotic ancestor resembled, and where the root in the eukaryotic tree lies.
Gareth Bloomfield (University of Cambridge, UK), Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK), Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich), Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, UK)
Tom Williams (University of Bristol, UK), Meeting Room 3
10:00 - 10:30
Gareth Bloomfield (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 3
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:45
Nataliia Annenkova (Limnological Institute SB RAS, Russian Federation), Meeting Room 3
11:45 - 12:00
Debashish Bhattacharya (Rutgers University, USA), Meeting Room 3
12:00 - 12:30
Wendy Gibson (University of Bristol, UK), Meeting Room 3
12:30 - 13:00
The prediction of a perfect storm for food-security by Prof John Beddington is now well recited. The United Kingdom has recently reported a 19% fall in agricultural revenue, which was the third largest fall across the EU; additionally, since 2000 agricultural productivity in the UK has plateaued. Elucidating sustainable methods of agriculture that reliably produce high quality and high yielding crops and safe meat using environmentally considerate management is of significant economic, political, societal and environmental interest. The diverse microbial communities associated with crops and livestock significantly influence food safety, yield and quality, as is most obviously demonstrated by pests and disease. Novel and rapid pathogen detection methods are critical to the reduction of indiscriminate antimicrobial use in agriculture which fosters the spread of resistance. There is mounting evidence that microbial species also contribute positively to the safety, health and development of crops and animals, with considerable commercial interest in product formulation. While it seems clear that livestock and crop microbiota play a role in health, the extent and variance of this role across crops and animals, and how these microbiota components interact, is not clear. Elucidating the influence of animal and crop microbiota on the health and safety of agricultural systems is a novel and breaking area analogous to the burgeoning area seeking to understand how the human microbiome affects health. This session aims to highlight work to understand, control and harness agricultural microbiota for increased food security and sustainability, and spans livestock health, food safety, and crop health. Offered papers relating to all microbiological aspects of food security, including animal and plant pathogen spread, detection, prevention (including vaccination), microbiome manipulation and antimicrobial resistance will be considered for presentation within the symposium.
Matthew Goddard (University of Lincoln, UK), Stefania Spano (University of Aberdeen, UK); Martin Welch (University of Cambridge), Sheila Patrick (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Mark Stevens (Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK), Studio
10:00 - 10:30
Brendha Truccollo (University College Dublin, UK), Studio
10:30 - 10:45
Nadia Andreani (University of Lincoln, UK), Studio
10:45 - 11:00
Hall 1
11:00 - 11:30
Linda Stewart (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio
11:30 - 12:00
Lucy Weinert (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio
12:00 - 12:15
Helen Brown (University of Surrey, UK), Studio
12:15 - 12:30
Leonard Koolman (Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ieland), Studio
12:30 - 12:45
Sabine Tötemeyer (University of Nottingham, UK), Studio
12:45 - 13:00
Influenza viruses, Nipah virus and the MERS coronavirus are examples of current emerging viral threats to human health, all of which have natural reservoirs in wild animal species. In addition, many economically important livestock populations such as horses, swine and poultry are similarly at risk from spill-over virus infections from wild animal populations such as aquatic birds or bats. The consequences of species jumps can be severe, with often devastating pathology resulting from a lack of existing herd immunity. Essential virus-host interactions restrict the host range for the majority of viruses, with absolute dependency upon cellular proteins for aspects of their replicative cycles. Thus, viruses must adapt and gain the ability to extend this host range if they are to either sporadically or persistently infect novel host species. It is therefore critical to understand the mechanisms of adaptation and the rate of viral evolution to enable this adaptation to a new host environment from a “One Health” perspective, enabling us to predict and prepare for new global viral outbreaks. This symposium will bring together the opinions and hard data from front runners in the field studying virus host switching events, examining the interplay between hosts, viral evolution rates, and molecular changes important for efficient virus replication within new host species.
Holly Shelton (Pirbright Institute, UK), Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK), Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK)
Colin Parrish (Cornell University, USA), Main auditorium
10:00 - 10:30
Paul Duprex (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Main auditorium
10:30 - 11:00
Daniella Lefteri (University of Leeds, UK), Main auditorium
11:00 - 11:15
Lauren Kerr (University of Cardiff, UK), Main auditorium
11:15 - 11:30
Hall 1
11:30 - 12:00
Dan Horton (University of Surrey, UK), Main auditorium
12:00 - 12:30
Chris Neil (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Main auditorium
12:30 - 12:45
Elizabeth Wignall-Fleming (University of St Andrews, UK), Main auditorium
12:45 - 13:00
The advent of cheap DNA sequencing techniques has enabled the comprehensive analysis of the microbial species present in a wide range of ecological contexts (the microbiomes). However, we understand little of the metabolic interactions between the different microbes in these communities. Both metabolomics and metabolic modeling can help us to understand these interactions. This session will demonstrate how these different concepts and technologies may be combined to address such questions as: Why do microbes export metabolites? What are the advantages of cooperation between microbial species and how did cooperativity evolve? What is the metabolic basis of interactions between microbes and the multicellular organisms that they grow in, on, or around?
Martin Welch (University of Cambridge, UK), Steve Oliver (University of Cambridge, UK), Nicola Holden (James Hutton Institute, UK), Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK)
Karen Scott (University of Aberdeen, UK), Arc
10:00 - 10:30
Steve Oliver (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc
10:30 - 11:00
Hall 1
11:00 - 11:30
Neil Gow (University of Exeter, UK), Arc
11:30 - 11:45
Stephen Dolan (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc
11:45 - 12:00
Lisa Mair (EMBL, Germany), Arc
12:00 - 12:30
Much of our current focus is towards investigating how microbial pathogens cause disease in humans. However, microbial pathogenesis goes far beyond the infections of humans, as microbes are able to infect a wide range of host species from economically important animals such as fish, crustaceans and domesticated animals through to amoebae and insects and everything in between. In order to be able to achieve this, microbes have evolved a wide range of virulence mechanisms that promote their colonisation, survival and pathogenesis in these diverse environments. Recent technological advances are allowing a greater understanding of these host-pathogen interactions through genomics, epidemiology and molecular pathogenesis. This session provides the opportunity for researchers in this sometimes-overlooked diverse area to come together and present their latest research findings. The session will provide a platform to present in the areas of (i) molecular microbiology, (ii) molecular pathogenesis of host-pathogen interactions (iii) molecular epidemiology (iv) genomics (v) zoonosis.
Nick Waterfield (University of Warwick, UK), Jonathan Shaw (University of Sheffield, UK)
Mark Liles (Auburn University, USA), Hall 2B
10:00 - 10:30
Arnoud H M van Vliet (University of Surrey, UK), Hall 2B
10:30 - 10:45
Amina Yasmin (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Hall 2B
10:45 - 11:00
David MacPhail (University of West Scotland, UK), Hall 2B
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Frederique Le Roux (Sorbonne University, France), Hall 2B
11:45 - 12:15
Adrian Allen (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, UK), Hall 2B
12:15 - 12:30
Paul Langford (Imperial College, London), Hall 2B
12:30 - 13:00
Ever since the pioneering work of Jenner in the 1790s to protect against smallpox, vaccination has served as a valuable weapon in the disease control armoury, offering the potential to not only prevent but even eradicate bacterial disease. Moreover, in a time of growing antibacterial and multi-drug resistance, and with no immediate reprise on the horizon via the antibiotic pipeline, alternative solutions such as vaccination could make a critical contribution to resolving the AMR crisis. Such possibilities are driven by the huge advances that have been made in vaccine technologies and antigen discovery, combined with a better understanding of bacterial pathogenesis and of the host immune response. This session aims to bring together experts in the field to discuss the current status of vaccine development for important bacterial pathogens, new research directions, and the challenges and ambitions for the future. The session will consider topical issues across the breadth of the vaccine development process including: 1) recent advances in antigen discovery for bacterial pathogens; 2) vaccine immunology and current challenges in generating effective mucosal immunity; 3) translating potential candidates to a successful vaccine; and 4) the challenges that lie ahead in public perception of vaccines and potential impacts of this issue on vaccine uptake.
Angela Nobbs (University of Bristol, UK), Jody Winter (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Ingrid Murillo Jelsbak (Biofabri, Spain), Hall 2A
10:00 - 10:45
Adam Cunningham (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A
10:45 - 11:00
Hall 1
11:00 - 11:30
Pauline Paterson (LSHTM, UK), Hall 2A
11:30 - 12:15
Rino Rappuoli (GSK, Siena, Italy), Hall 2A
12:15 - 13:00
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.
Nicola Holden (The James Hutton Institute, UK) and Michael Cunliffe (University of Plymouth, UK)
Jess Friedersdorff (Aberystwyth University, UK), Studio
14:00 - 14:15
Bianca Reeksting (University of Bath, UK), Studio
14:15 - 14:30
Siobhan O'Brien (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany), Studio
14:30 - 14:45
Matthew Twigg (Ulster University, UK), Studio
14:45 - 15:00
Rebecca Tonner (University of Strathclyde, UK), Studio
15:00 - 15:15
Severine Rangama (University of Warwick, UK), Studio
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Hoang Tran (Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam), Studio
16:00 - 16:15
Andrew Curson (University of East Anglia, UK), Studio
16:15 - 16:30
Natashia Sydney (Aberystwyth University, UK), Studio
16:30 - 16:45
Eoin O'Connor (Maynooth University, Ireland), Studio
16:45 - 17:00
Michael Christopher Macey (The Open University, UK), Studio
17:00 - 17:15
Lucie Malard (Northumbria University, UK), Studio
17:15 - 17:30
The Annual Meeting of Protistology-UK: a symposium on the origins of eukaryotes. The sessions cover phylogenomics & evolutionary biology, cell biology/architecture and chromosome biology, as well as the origins of mitochondria and plastids. Rapid progress is being made in identifying candidate archaeal taxa related to the original ‘host’ component, and in parallel our understanding of the diversity of protists is helping to reshape our view of what the last eukaryotic ancestor resembled, and where the root in the eukaryotic tree lies.
Gareth Bloomfield (University of Cambridge, UK), Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK), Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich), Alison Smith (University of Cambridge, UK)
Toni Gabaldon (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain), Meeting Room 3
14:00 - 14:30
Scottie Robinson (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:30 - 15:00
Alemao G. Carpinteyro Sanchez (University of Strathclyde, UK), Meeting Room 3
15:00 - 15:05
Andrew Keith Watson (Sorbonne Université, France), Meeting Room 3
15:05 - 15:10
Chloe E. Huseyin (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 3
15:10 - 15:15
Sat Chodha (University of Sheffield, UK), Meeting Room 3
15:15 - 15:20
Ian Hu (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 3
15:20 - 15:25
15:30 - 16:00
Purificación López-García (Université Paris Sud, France), Meeting Room 3
16:00 - 16:30
Thijs J. G. Ettema (Wageningen University, The Netherlands), Meeting Room 3
16:30 - 17:00
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.
Sarah Kuehne (University of Birmingham) and Ed Louis (University of Leicester, UK)
Sarah Earle (University of Oxford, UK), Main auditorium
14:00 - 14:15
Megan De Ste Croix (University of Leicester, UK), Main auditorium
14:15 - 14:30
Nicholas Tucker (University of Strathclyde, UK), Main auditorium
14:30 - 14:45
Oyeronke Ayansola (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Main auditorium
14:45 - 15:00
Marta Matuszewska (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
15:00 - 15:15
Elise Iracane (University College Dublin, Ireland), Main auditorium
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
João Oliveira Pacheco (University College Dublin, Ireland), Main auditorium
16:00 - 16:15
Franziska Huff (University College Cork, Ireland), Main auditorium
16:15 - 16:20
Emily Warman (University of Birmingham, UK), Main auditorium
16:20 - 16:25
Laura Carrilero (University of Sheffield, UK), Main auditorium
16:25 - 16:30
James Hall (University of Liverpool, UK and University of Sheffield, UK), Main auditorium
16:30 - 16:45
Nichola Wong (University of East Anglia, UK), Main auditorium
16:45 - 17:00
Mathew Beale (Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK), Main auditorium
17:00 - 17:15
Douglas Browning (University of Birmingham, UK), Main auditorium
17:15 - 17:30
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 Duncan Wilson (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Valerie Soo (London Institute of Medical Sciences, UK), Hall 2A
14:00 - 14:15
Dean Frawley (Maynooth University, Ireland), Hall 2A
14:15 - 14:30
Ashraf Zarka (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A
14:30 - 14:45
Jon Cherry (Newcastle University, UK), Hall 2A
14:45 - 15:00
Owain Bryant (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A
15:00 - 15:15
Caroline Pearson (University of York, UK), Hall 2A
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Noemi Montini (University College Cork,UK), Hall 2A
16:00 - 16:15
Dennis Linton (University of Manchester, UK), Hall 2A
16:15 - 16:30
Alessandra da Silva Dantas (University of Exeter, UK), Hall 2A
16:30 - 16:45
Liam Rooney (University of Strathclyde, UK), Hall 2A
16:45 - 17:00
Loly Kotta-Loizou (Imperial College London, UK), Hall 2A
17:00 - 17:15
Julia Monjares-Feria (Queen's University of Belfast, UK), Hall 2A
17:15 - 17:30
Much of our current focus is towards investigating how microbial pathogens cause disease in humans. However, microbial pathogenesis goes far beyond the infections of humans, as microbes are able to infect a wide range of host species from economically important animals such as fish, crustaceans and domesticated animals through to amoebae and insects and everything in between. In order to be able to achieve this, microbes have evolved a wide range of virulence mechanisms that promote their colonisation, survival and pathogenesis in these diverse environments. Recent technological advances are allowing a greater understanding of these host-pathogen interactions through genomics, epidemiology and molecular pathogenesis. This session provides the opportunity for researchers in this sometimes-overlooked diverse area to come together and present their latest research findings. The session will provide a platform to present in the areas of (i) molecular microbiology, (ii) molecular pathogenesis of host-pathogen interactions (iii) molecular epidemiology (iv) genomics (v) zoonosis.
Nick Waterfield (University of Warwick, UK), Jonathan Shaw (University of Sheffield, UK)
David Clarke (Cork University, Ireland), Hall 2B
14:00 - 14:30
Sara Louise Cosby (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B
14:30 - 14:45
Joseph Chappell (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2B
14:45 - 15:00
Caterina Guzman Verri (National University of Costa Rica, Costa Richa), Hall 2B
15:00 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Theocharis Tsoleridis (School of Life Sciences, UK), Hall 2B
16:00 - 16:15
Colman O'Cathail (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2B
16:15 - 16:30
Nicholas Johnson (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Hall 2B
16:30 - 16:45
Dagmara A. Niedziela (Teagasc Grange, Ireland), Hall 2B
16:45 - 17:00
Carmen Buchrieser (Institut Pasteur, France), Hall 2B
17:00 - 17:30
This workshop will involve a range of clinical virology cases or short papers which relate to studies relevant to clinical virology network. Different aspects of clinical virology will be covered, including differential diagnosis of encephalitis, management of hepatitis, diversity of rotavirus sequences, and diagnosis of respiratory infections. Contributions from early career researchers are particularly welcomed.
Stephen Winchester (Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK) and Tamyo Mbisa (Public Health England, UK)
Megan Goddard (University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, UK), Arc
14:00 - 14:12
Daniel Bradshaw (Public Health England, UK), Arc
14:12 - 14:24
Sophie May (Barts Health Trust, UK), Arc
14:24 - 14:36
Lynne Renwick (Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK), Arc
14:36 - 14:48
Stephanie Harris (King's College Hospital, UK), Arc
14:48 - 15:00
Flávia Fonseca Bagno (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil), Arc
15:00 - 15:12
Heli Harvala (NHS Blood and Transplant, UK), Arc
15:12 - 15:24
15:24 - 16:00
Peter Simmonds (KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), Kenya), Arc
16:00 - 16:12
Hannah Howson-Wells (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK), Arc
16:12 - 16:24
Patrick McClure (University of Nottingham, UK), Arc
16:24 - 16:36
Joseph G Chappell (University of Nottingham, UK), Arc
16:36 - 16:48
Heli Harvala (NHS Blood and Transplant, UK), Arc
16:48 - 17:00
Jon Hubb (Barts Health NHS Trust, UK), Arc
17:00 - 17:12
This session will be of interest to CVN members., Arc
17:15 - 18:00
The innate immune system represents the first line of defence against infection for all living organisms. In recent years, our knowledge of the battle between viruses and innate immunity has increased substantially. This workshop will highlight novel cellular defence mechanisms and uncover the myriad evasion strategies viruses use to overcome these barriers to replication. The workshop will cover the breadth of virology – human, non-human animal, plant and bacterial where appropriate – with contributions from early career researchers particularly welcomed.
Martina Scallan (University College Cork) and Kate Bishop (The Francis Crick Institute)
Hanan Moshrif (Imperial College London, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:00 - 14:12
Matthew Murray (University College London,UK), Meeting Room 1
14:12 - 14:24
Anasua Deb (University of St Andrews, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:24 - 14:36
Connor Bamford (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:36 - 14:48
Meredith Stewart (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:48 - 15:00
Jordan Clark (MRC - University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 1
15:00 - 15:12
Antonio Alcami (Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Spain), Meeting Room 1
15:12 - 15:24
Meeting Room 1
15:24 - 16:00
Delphine Depierreux (Cambridge University, UK), Meeting Room 1
16:00 - 16:12
Olivier Touzelet (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 1
16:12 - 16:24
Gregory Moseley (Monash University, Australia), Meeting Room 1
16:24 - 16:36
Patricia A. Thibault (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA), Meeting Room 1
16:36 - 16:48
Peter Simmonds (University of Oxford, USA), Meeting Room 1
16:48 - 17:00
Brian McSharry (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 1
17:00 - 17:12
Aine McKnight (Queen Mary University of London,UK), Meeting Room 1
17:12 - 17:24
The assembly of the virus particle, egress from the cell, receptor binding and uncoating are critical events in the life cycle of all viruses. This workshop will focus on the molecular mechanisms involved in these processes, and the interplay between virus and host. The workshop will cover the breadth of virology – human, non-human animal, plant and bacterial – with contributions from early career researchers particularly welcomed.
Gill Elliott (University of Surrey) and Colin Crump (University of Cambridge)
Weining Wu (London School of Tropical Medcine, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:00 - 14:12
Frank Charlton (School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:12 - 14:24
Efstathios S Giotis (Imperial College London, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:24 - 14:36
Ziyue Zeng (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:36 - 14:48
Samantha Hover (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:48 - 15:00
Martin Mayora-Neto (University of Kent, UK), Meeting Room 2
15:00 - 15:12
Chun Goddard (The University of Nottingham, UK), Meeting Room 2
15:12 - 15:24
15:24 - 16:00
Elle Campbell (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 2
16:00 - 16:12
Tomasz Benedyk (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2
16:12 - 16:24
Mark Boyce (University of Oxford, UK and Diamond Light Source UK), Meeting Room 2
16:24 - 16:36
Ben Butt (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2
16:36 - 16:48
Stacey Human (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 2
16:48 - 17:00
Sophia Ho (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2
17:00 - 17:12
Joseph Snowden (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 2
17:12 - 17:24
As populations increase, sustainability in life as we know it presents a challenge: energy, water, food are compromised with concomitant threat of pollution and damage to ecosystem function. Microbes offer a wide range of solutions and we are approaching an exciting time where the tools and the knowledge are in place to make best use them (microbial resource management), not only to provide solutions such as bioplastics from waste feedstocks, but also facilitate remediation to deliver the safe sustainable, biobased circular economy.
John Milledge (University of Greenwich, UK), Christine Edwards (Robert Gordon University, UK), Edward Louis (University of Leicester, UK)
Willy Verstraete (Universiteit Gent, Belgium), Meeting Room 2
10:00 - 10:30
Robyn Wright (University of Warwick, UK), Meeting Room 2
10:30 - 10:45
Linda Lawton (Robert Gordon University, UK), Meeting Room 2
10:45 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Dr Louise Horsfall (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 2
11:45 - 12:15
Eduardo Leao de Almeida (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 2
12:15 - 12:30
David Leak (University of Bath, UK), Meeting Room 2
12:30 - 13:00
This session will involve a range of clinical virology cases which relate to studies relevant to the Clinical Virology Network (CVN).
Stephen Winchester (Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Patrick O'Connor (World Health Organisation, Europe), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
10:00 - 10:30
Karen Jordan (Clinical Virology Network, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Wililam Irving (University of Nottingham, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
11:30 - 12:00
Margaret Stanley (University of Cambridge, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
12:00 - 12:30
Julian Hiscox (Liverpool, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
12:30 - 13:00
Mammalian models often provide the standard systems for disease research since they reproduce cell systems equivalent to humans. Although these approaches provide a suitable translation to human systems, they are hard to manipulate, provide significant costs, and may raise ethical considerations regarding the use of animals for research. To address some of these issues, alternative models such as microbial systems or organoid cultures are increasingly being considered to reduce or replace the use of animals in research – an approach called ‘3Rs’ (Replacement, Reduction or Refinement).
Microbial systems provide a tractable model enabling a range of experimental procedures and approaches that are often not possible in mammalian systems. These include the ability to: (1) rapidly ablate single and multiple genes or to introduce specific mutations in a single isogenic cell line to characterise change in cell function; (2) to carry out pharmacogenetic screens to determine mechanism of action of drugs or bioactive natural products; and (3) to produce multiple grams of isogenic cells for analysis of cell signalling, development, acute cell response, metabolomics or organelle function. These and other methodologies provide unique research approaches to enhance the process of discovery.
Organoid cell culture also provides a model for research where self-organising stem cells are embedding in a 3-dimensional matrix and allowed to form organotypic structures. These mimic the architecture, physiology and pathophysiology of the original tissue and enable precise and functionally relevant research questions to be asked. Organoids have been used in the field of virology to ask new questions about host-virus interactions. Organoid models have also been employed for pre-clinical evaluation of vaccines and therapeutics, thereby contributing to “replacement”.
This session will (a) demonstrated the breadth of research that microbial models are currently being used for in 3Rs research relating to the study of diseases, and (b) the use of organoid models in viral research. The session will include eukaryotic models such as the social amoeba Dictyostelium and yeast, and organoid models such as the brain, gut and lung. Talks will focus on the innovative use of these models to enhance our understanding of the basic cell and molecular biology of a range of diseases, from the analysis of the fundamental cellular role of key proteins involved in complex neurodegenerative diseases, to the analysis of human proteins using microbial models, to the use of these models in compound screening for drug discovery. The session will therefore provide an excellent introduction to the use of microbial and organoid animal replacement/reduction models in medical and veterinary research to improve our understanding of disease.
Robin SB Williams (Royal Holloway, UK), Pip Beard (Pirbright Institute, UK)
Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A
10:00 - 10:30
Sally Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A
10:30 - 11:00
Ultan F. Power (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2A
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Sasirekha Ramani (Baylor College of Medicine, USA), Hall 2A
11:45 - 12:15
Neil Mabbott (The Roslin Institute, UK), Hall 2A
12:15 - 12:45
Samantha Saunders (University of Bristol, UK), Hall 2A
12:45 - 13:00
Much of our current focus is towards investigating how microbial pathogens cause disease in humans. However, microbial pathogenesis goes far beyond the infections of humans, as microbes are able to infect a wide range of host species from economically important animals such as fish, crustaceans and domesticated animals through to amoebae and insects and everything in between. In order to be able to achieve this, microbes have evolved a wide range of virulence mechanisms that promote their colonisation, survival and pathogenesis in these diverse environments. Recent technological advances are allowing a greater understanding of these host-pathogen interactions through genomics, epidemiology and molecular pathogenesis. This session provides the opportunity for researchers in this sometimes-overlooked diverse area to come together and present their latest research findings. The session will provide a platform to present in the areas of (i) molecular microbiology, (ii) molecular pathogenesis of host-pathogen interactions (iii) molecular epidemiology (iv) genomics (v) zoonosis.
Nick Waterfield (University of Warwick, UK), Jonathan Shaw (University of Sheffield, UK)
Lisa Nolan (University of Georgia, USA), Hall 2B
10:00 - 10:30
Robyn McKenna (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B
10:30 - 10:45
James Pickup (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B
10:45 - 11:00
Ternenge Thaddaeus Apaa (University of Nottingham), Hall 2B
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1
11:15 - 11:45
Dr Colin Berry (University of Cardiff, Wales, UK), Hall 2B
11:45 - 12:15
Amy C. Richards (University of Edinburgh, UK), Hall 2B
12:15 - 12:30
Gonzalo Yebra (University of Edinburgh, UK), Hall 2B
12:30 - 12:45
Daniel Blake (FERA Science Limited, UK), Hall 2B
12:45 - 13:00
The discovery of the microbial pangenome has been one of the most fundamentally important discoveries in the field of microbial genomics and evolution. The concept that any given microbial species has a core genome that can account for 50% or less of its core genetic content has diven research focussing on the role the accessory genome plays in microbial evolution, and on the nature of the pangenome across a myriad of microbial species and genera. This symposium will provide a first ever synposis of the field of microbial pangenome research, and will be of interest to anyone conducting research with microbial genomes and research in microbial evolutionary genomics. The symposium will focus on the impact the accessory genome can have in generating defined phenotypic clusters within a species. It will also delve into the controversy over whether selection acts upon the pangenome or its generation and maintenance is a result of neutral evolution. The symposium will also investigate the fascinating and contentious issue of pangenomes and horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes. And finally the symposium will look at newly developed tools for the advanced study of the microbial pangenome.
Alan McNally (Birmingham, UK), Rob Jackson (University of Reading, UK), Samuel Sheppard (University of Bath, UK); Richard Harrison (NIAB EMR, UK)
Julian Parkhill (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
10:00 - 10:30
Eva Stukenbrock (University of Kiel, Germany), Main auditorium
10:30 - 11:00
Hall 1
11:00 - 11:30
James McInerney (University of Nottingham, UK), Main auditorium
11:30 - 12:00
Jesse Shapiro (University of Montréal, Canada), Main auditorium
12:00 - 12:30
Sion Bayliss (University of Bath, UK), Main auditorium
12:30 - 12:45
Fiona Whelan (University of Nottingham, UK), Main auditorium
12:45 - 13:00
The availability of antiviral small molecules and vaccines has historically lagged behind those targeting bacteria. Accordingly, the public health issues represented by both common and emerging virus infections are considerable, with effective treatments lacking in many cases. Research aimed at translating laboratory findings into either novel or improved anti-viral strategies is therefore a priority. This workshop will highlight ongoing research into burgeoning therapies for important human and animal viral pathogens, encompassing all stages of therapeutic development ranging from the test tube to in vivo studies. This year we are delighted to announce that our longer workshop sessions will accommodate plenary speakers for the first time. Our speaker for the Antivirals and Vaccines Virology workshop will be Stuart Cockerill (Reviral Ltd, UK) who will present on 'Design, identification and clinical progression of RV521, an inhibitor of respiratory syncytial virus fusion'. We look forward to welcoming Stuart Cockerill and all interested delegates to the session.
Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK) and Silke Schepelmann (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK)
Stuart Cockerill (Reviral Ltd, UK), Meeting Room 1
10:00 - 10:30
Lindsay Broadbent (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 1
10:30 - 10:42
Munir Iqbal (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1
10:42 - 10:54
Dagmara Bialy (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1
10:54 - 11:06
Emma Brown (Leeds University, UK), Meeting Room 1
11:06 - 11:18
Hall 1
11:18 - 11:45
Joseph Abraham-Oyiguh (Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria), Meeting Room 1
11:45 - 11:57
Stephen Polyak (University of Washington, USA), Meeting Room 1
11:57 - 12:09
Adam Taylor (Griffith University, Australia), Meeting Room 1
12:09 - 12:21
Victor Iliev (University of Glasgow, UK), Meeting Room 1
12:21 - 12:33
Pengxiang Chang (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1
12:33 - 12:45
Ariadna Miquel-Clopes (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK), Meeting Room 1
12:45 - 12:57
Hall 1
12:57 - 14:00
The existence of every organism rests on accurate control of gene expression, with each step of the mRNA life cycle being an opportunity for regulation. Therefore the control of expression of both virus and host RNA during virus infection is fundamental to the life cycle of all viruses. Indeed, virus replication, gene expression and manipulation of the host environment all rest upon RNA production. Furthermore to persist or propagate viruses have evolved complex mechanisms of gene expression regulation to balance their need for production of viral products with the synthesis of antiviral cellular proteins. This encompasses transcription activation, control and termination including epigenetic regulation and recruitment of host factors to promoters and transcriptional enhancers. In addition, the production of non-coding RNAs is essential for some viruses to manipulate the cellular environment and support virus replication. Protein production often requires complex post-transcriptional processing of viral RNAs and nuclear export, facilitated by hijacking host cell systems. In addition, the contribution of epitranscriptomic regulation has recently been highlighted as a novel aspect of viral regulation. This symposium will provide an overview of the regulation of virus gene expression of diverse viruses and the many ways in which viruses manipulate cellular gene expression to support productive virus infection. This year we are delighted to announce that our longer workshop sessions will accommodate plenary speakers for the first time. Our speaker for the Gene expression and replication workshop will be Adrian Whitehouse (Unviersity of Leeds, UK), who will present on 'a novel m6A reader essential for KSHV replication'. We look forward to welcoming Adrian Whitehouse and all interested delegates to the session.
Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK), Chris McCormick (University of Southampton, UK)
Adrian Whitehouse (University of Leeds, UK), Studio
10:00 - 10:30
Emma Poole (Cambridge University, UK ), Studio
10:30 - 10:42
Thomas Sanford (University of Cambridge,UK), Studio
10:42 - 10:54
Chen-Hsuin Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK), Studio
10:54 - 11:06
Hall 1
11:06 - 11:45
Nicole Doyle (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Studio
11:45 - 11:57
Marietta Müller (University of Leeds, UK), Studio
11:57 - 12:09
Alexander Walker (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, UK), Studio
12:09 - 12:21
Hadrien Peyret (John Innes Centre, UK), Studio
12:21 - 12:33
Yaqi Zhou (University of Sussex, UK), Studio
12:33 - 12:45
Alex Borodavka (University of Leeds, UK), Studio
12:45 - 12:57
Hall 1
12:57 - 14:00
Understanding disease development mechanistically at the cellular, genetic and whole organism level is a vital element in the development of novel therapeutic strategies such as vaccines and small molecule inhibitors. To this end, this workshop will serve as a forum for the presentation of new and exciting data, pertaining to all aspects of the pathogenesis of virus infection. The workshop will cover the breadth of virology – human, non-human animal, plant and bacterial – with contributions from early career researchers particularly welcomed. This year we are delighted to announce that our longer workshop sessions will accommodate plenary speakers for the first time. Our speaker for the Pathogenesis workshop will be Lisa Ng from the Singapore Immunology Network who will present on cellular and molecular mechanism of arbovirus pathogenesis: implications for disease interventions. We look forward to welcoming Lisa and all interested delegates to the session.
Pip Beard (Pirbright Institute, UK) and Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK)
Lisa Ng (Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore), Meeting Room 3
10:00 - 10:30
Elihu Aranday-Cortes (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 3
10:30 - 10:42
Giulia Dowgier (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3
10:42 - 10:54
Calum Forrest (University of Birmingham, UK), Meeting Room 3
10:54 - 11:06
Hall 1
11:06 - 11:35
Sushant Bhat (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3
11:35 - 11:47
Paul Digard (University of Edinburgh), Meeting Room 3
11:47 - 11:59
Kevin Maringer (University of Surrey, UK), Meeting Room 3
11:59 - 12:11
Phoebe Stevenson-Leggett (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3
12:11 - 12:23
Alberto Domingo López-Muñoz (Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Spain), Meeting Room 3
12:23 - 12:35
Woonsung Na (Chonnam National University), Meeting Room 3
12:35 - 12:47
Hall 1
12:47 - 13:45
As populations increase, sustainability in life as we know it presents a challenge: energy, water, food are compromised with concomitant threat of pollution and damage to ecosystem function. Microbes offer a wide range of solutions and we are approaching an exciting time where the tools and the knowledge are in place to make best use them (microbial resource management), not only to provide solutions such as bioplastics from waste feedstocks, but also facilitate remediation to deliver the safe sustainable, biobased circular economy.
John Milledge (University of Greenwich, UK), Christine Edwards (Robert Gordon University, UK), Edward Louis (University of Leicester, UK)
13:00 - 14:00
Dr Kirsten Benjamin (Amyris, USA), Meeting Room 2
14:00 - 14:30
Anna Birke (University of Strathclyde, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:30 - 14:45
Aritha Dornau (University of York, UK), Meeting Room 2
14:45 - 15:00
Dr Maria Tuohy (National University of Ireland, Republic of Ireland), Meeting Room 2
15:00 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Dr Jean-Marc Darran (Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands), Meeting Room 2
16:00 - 16:30
Noah Mesfin (Oxford Brookes University, UK), Meeting Room 2
16:30 - 16:45
Ainsley Beaton (University of Strathclyde, UK), Meeting Room 2
16:45 - 17:00
Paola Branduardi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Meeting Room 1
17:00 - 17:30
This session will involve a range of clinical virology cases which relate to studies relevant to the Clinical Virology Network (CVN).
Stephen Winchester (Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
13:00 - 14:00
Tim Brooks (Public Health England, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
14:00 - 14:30
Tamyo Mbisa (Public Health England, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
14:30 - 15:00
Richard Tedder (Imperial College London, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite)
15:00 - 15:30
Understanding disease development mechanistically at the cellular, genetic and whole organism level is a vital element in the development of novel therapeutic strategies such as vaccines and small molecule inhibitors. To this end, this workshop will serve as a forum for the presentation of new and exciting data, pertaining to all aspects of the pathogenesis of virus infection. The workshop will cover the breadth of virology – human, non-human animal, plant and bacterial – with contributions from early career researchers particularly welcomed. This year we are delighted to announce that our longer workshop sessions will accommodate plenary speakers for the first time. Our speaker for the Pathogenesis workshop will be Lisa Ng from the Singapore Immunology Network who will present on cellular and molecular mechanism of arbovirus pathogenesis: implications for disease interventions. We look forward to welcoming Lisa and all interested delegates to the session.
Pip Beard (Pirbright Institute, UK) and Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK)
Hannah Beaumont (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 3
13:45 - 13:57
Alice Fletcher-Etherington (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK), Meeting Room 3
13:57 - 14:09
Beatriz Sanz-Bernardo (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:09 - 14:21
Joe James (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:21 - 14:33
Sanaria Al Katy (University of Liverpool, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:33 - 14:45
Amin Asfor (The Pirbright institute, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:45 - 14:57
Hall 1
14:57 - 15:40
Sharon Brookes (APHA-Weybridge, UK), Meeting Room 3
15:40 - 15:52
Samuel Hardy (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3
15:52 - 16:04
Alexandra Hardy (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research,UK), Meeting Room 3
16:04 - 16:16
Luke Jones (The Pirbright Institute,UK), Meeting Room 3
16:16 - 16:28
Pouria Akhbari (University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health, UK), Meeting Room 3
16:28 - 16:40
Mammalian models often provide the standard systems for disease research since they reproduce cell systems equivalent to humans. Although these approaches provide a suitable translation to human systems, they are hard to manipulate, provide significant costs, and may raise ethical considerations regarding the use of animals for research. To address some of these issues, alternative models such as microbial systems or organoid cultures are increasingly being considered to reduce or replace the use of animals in research – an approach called ‘3Rs’ (Replacement, Reduction or Refinement).
Microbial systems provide a tractable model enabling a range of experimental procedures and approaches that are often not possible in mammalian systems. These include the ability to: (1) rapidly ablate single and multiple genes or to introduce specific mutations in a single isogenic cell line to characterise change in cell function; (2) to carry out pharmacogenetic screens to determine mechanism of action of drugs or bioactive natural products; and (3) to produce multiple grams of isogenic cells for analysis of cell signalling, development, acute cell response, metabolomics or organelle function. These and other methodologies provide unique research approaches to enhance the process of discovery.
Organoid cell culture also provides a model for research where self-organising stem cells are embedding in a 3-dimensional matrix and allowed to form organotypic structures. These mimic the architecture, physiology and pathophysiology of the original tissue and enable precise and functionally relevant research questions to be asked. Organoids have been used in the field of virology to ask new questions about host-virus interactions. Organoid models have also been employed for pre-clinical evaluation of vaccines and therapeutics, thereby contributing to “replacement”.
This session will (a) demonstrated the breadth of research that microbial models are currently being used for in 3Rs research relating to the study of diseases, and (b) the use of organoid models in viral research. The session will include eukaryotic models such as the social amoeba Dictyostelium and yeast, and organoid models such as the brain, gut and lung. Talks will focus on the innovative use of these models to enhance our understanding of the basic cell and molecular biology of a range of diseases, from the analysis of the fundamental cellular role of key proteins involved in complex neurodegenerative diseases, to the analysis of human proteins using microbial models, to the use of these models in compound screening for drug discovery. The session will therefore provide an excellent introduction to the use of microbial and organoid animal replacement/reduction models in medical and veterinary research to improve our understanding of disease.
Robin SB Williams (Royal Holloway, UK), Pip Beard (Pirbright Institute, UK)
Arjan Kortholt (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Hall 2A
14:00 - 14:30
Sarah Annesley (University of Latrobe, Australia), Hall 2A
14:30 - 15:00
Esther Sweeney (Univeristy of Warwick, UK), Hall 2A
15:00 - 15:12
Robin Williams (Royal Holloway University of London, UK), Hall 2A
15:12 - 15:24
Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK), Hall 2A
15:24 - 15:28
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Catherine Pears (University of Oxford, UK), Hall 2A
16:00 - 16:30
Flaviano Giorgini (University of Leicester, UK), Hall 2A
16:30 - 17:00
Katherine Ansbro (University of Sheffield, UK), Hall 2A
17:00 - 17:12
Robyn Wright (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2A
17:12 - 17:24
Eleanor Warren (Royal Holloway University of London, UK), Hall 2A
17:24 - 17:28
Microbial small metabolites comprise a staggering proportion of medicinal therapeutics and other high-value compounds. We are in the midst of a renaissance in natural products biology, which is driven in part by the need to discover new antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance. Recent advances in DNA sequencing, bioinformatics and analytical chemistry have aided/guided the discovery and bioengineering of novel molecules and enhanced our understanding on their role in the producers’ complex developmental life cycles. The technical advances have also provided the means by which to answer exciting questions about how production of natural products evolved, how they are regulated and what their role is in microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions. This symposium aims to bring together the community of researchers investigating various aspects of microbial natural products including: discovery and biosynthesis, chemical ecology and interactions, genomics, evolution, regulation, physiology, development and cell biology.
Geertje van Keulen (Swansea University, UK), Ryan Seipke (University of Leeds, UK), Katherine Duncan (University of Strathclyde, UK), Lorena Fernández-Martínez (Edge Hill University, UK)
Matt Hutchings (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B
14:00 - 14:30
Linda Oyama (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B
14:30 - 14:45
Audam Chhun (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B
14:45 - 15:00
Alexia Hapeshi (Univeristy of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B
15:00 - 15:15
Sarah Worsley (Univesity of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1
15:30 - 16:00
Francisco Barona-Gómez (Cinevestav UGA-Langebio, Mexico), Hall 2B
16:00 - 16:30
Thomas C. McLean (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B
16:30 - 16:45
Bohdan Bilyk (University of Leeds, UK), Hall 2B
16:45 - 17:00
Sholeem Griffin (University of Malta, Malta), Hall 2B
17:00 - 17:15
Gavin Thomas (University of York, UK), Hall 2B
17:15 - 17:30
The discovery of the microbial pangenome has been one of the most fundamentally important discoveries in the field of microbial genomics and evolution. The concept that any given microbial species has a core genome that can account for 50% or less of its core genetic content has diven research focussing on the role the accessory genome plays in microbial evolution, and on the nature of the pangenome across a myriad of microbial species and genera. This symposium will provide a first ever synposis of the field of microbial pangenome research, and will be of interest to anyone conducting research with microbial genomes and research in microbial evolutionary genomics. The symposium will focus on the impact the accessory genome can have in generating defined phenotypic clusters within a species. It will also delve into the controversy over whether selection acts upon the pangenome or its generation and maintenance is a result of neutral evolution. The symposium will also investigate the fascinating and contentious issue of pangenomes and horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes. And finally the symposium will look at newly developed tools for the advanced study of the microbial pangenome.
Alan McNally (Birmingham, UK), Rob Jackson (University of Reading, UK), Samuel Sheppard (University of Bath, UK); Richard Harrison (NIAB EMR, UK)
Laura Eme (Uppsala University, Sweden), Main auditorium
14:00 - 14:30
Kelly Wyres (University of Melbourne, Australia), Main auditorium
14:30 - 14:45
Kate Baker (University of Liverpool, UK), Main auditorium
14:45 - 15:15
Hall 1
15:15 - 16:00
Anita Schurch (University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands), Main auditorium
16:00 - 16:30
Nicholas Waters (National University of Ireland, Ireland), Main auditorium
16:30 - 16:45
Christopher Connor (Institute of Microbiology and Infection, UK), Main auditorium
16:45 - 17:00
Mike Brockhurst (University of Sheffield, UK), Main auditorium
17:00 - 17:30
The availability of antiviral small molecules and vaccines has historically lagged behind those targeting bacteria. Accordingly, the public health issues represented by both common and emerging virus infections are considerable, with effective treatments lacking in many cases. Research aimed at translating laboratory findings into either novel or improved anti-viral strategies is therefore a priority. This workshop will highlight ongoing research into burgeoning therapies for important human and animal viral pathogens, encompassing all stages of therapeutic development ranging from the test tube to in vivo studies. This year we are delighted to announce that our longer workshop sessions will accommodate plenary speakers for the first time. Our speaker for the Antivirals and Vaccines Virology workshop will be Stuart Cockerill (Reviral Ltd, UK) who will present on 'Design, identification and clinical progression of RV521, an inhibitor of respiratory syncytial virus fusion'. We look forward to welcoming Stuart Cockerill and all interested delegates to the session.
Stephen Griffin (University of Leeds, UK) and Silke Schepelmann (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, UK)
Eleanor Bentley (University of Liverpool, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:00 - 14:12
Nazia Thakur (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:12 - 14:24
Giuditta De Lorenzo (University of Glasgow, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:24 - 14:36
Lee Sherry (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:36 - 14:48
Natalie Kingston (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 1
14:48 - 15:00
Rebecca Shipley (University of Sussex, UK), Meeting Room 1
15:00 - 15:12
The existence of every organism rests on accurate control of gene expression, with each step of the mRNA life cycle being an opportunity for regulation. Therefore the control of expression of both virus and host RNA during virus infection is fundamental to the life cycle of all viruses. Indeed, virus replication, gene expression and manipulation of the host environment all rest upon RNA production. Furthermore to persist or propagate viruses have evolved complex mechanisms of gene expression regulation to balance their need for production of viral products with the synthesis of antiviral cellular proteins. This encompasses transcription activation, control and termination including epigenetic regulation and recruitment of host factors to promoters and transcriptional enhancers. In addition, the production of non-coding RNAs is essential for some viruses to manipulate the cellular environment and support virus replication. Protein production often requires complex post-transcriptional processing of viral RNAs and nuclear export, facilitated by hijacking host cell systems. In addition, the contribution of epitranscriptomic regulation has recently been highlighted as a novel aspect of viral regulation. This symposium will provide an overview of the regulation of virus gene expression of diverse viruses and the many ways in which viruses manipulate cellular gene expression to support productive virus infection. This year we are delighted to announce that our longer workshop sessions will accommodate plenary speakers for the first time. Our speaker for the Gene expression and replication workshop will be Adrian Whitehouse (Unviersity of Leeds, UK), who will present on 'a novel m6A reader essential for KSHV replication'. We look forward to welcoming Adrian Whitehouse and all interested delegates to the session.
Nicolas Locker (University of Surrey, UK), Chris McCormick (University of Southampton, UK)
Michael Knight (University of Oxford, UK), Studio
14:00 - 14:12
Skye Storrie (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio
14:12 - 14:24
Amy Jacobs (Imperial College London, UK), Studio
14:24 - 14:36
Morgan R. Herod (University of Leeds, UK), Studio
14:36 - 14:48
Laura Dunn (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Studio
14:48 - 15:00
Siu Yi Lee (University of Leeds, UK), Studio
15:00 - 15:12
Li Dong (University of Glasgow, UK), Studio
15:12 - 15:24
Hall 1
15:24 - 15:55
Peter O' Hare (Imperial College, UK), Studio
15:55 - 16:07
Matthew James (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio
16:07 - 16:19
Amr Bayoumy (Imperial College London, UK), Studio
16:19 - 16:38
Ted Fajardo (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio
16:38 - 16:50
Ibrahim Elbusifi (Imperial College London, UK), Studio
16:50 - 17:02
Chris Hill (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio
17:02 - 17:14
Matthew Brownsword (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Studio
17:14 - 17:26
In this session, delegates will be introduced to the topic of research and publishing ethics, and what to do when you suspect research malpractice. Delegates will hear case studies of previous ethics cases from Editors of Microbiology Society journals and be given practical tools for monitoring and improving their research and publishing ethics. This session is aimed at those who wish to take a proactive step in dealing with research ethics and therefore is not restricted by career stage.
Microbiology Society
Meeting Room 2
09:30 - 09:45
Meeting Room 2
09:45 - 10:15
Meeting Room 2
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:10
Meeting Room 2
11:10 - 12:00
Extremophilic microorganisms thrive in environments, which were once deemed inhospitable for life. The study of extremophiles has provided ground breaking information that has allowed us to challenge the paradigms of modern biology and has allowed us to redefine the limits of life. Our understanding of the physiological adaptation mechanisms that microorganisms employ to life in such extreme environmental conditions has provided a unique prospective on the fundamental features of life. Extremophiles are thought to represent the first form of life on early Earth and are therefore, critical for evolutionary studies related to the origins of life, and are important for studying life elsewhere in the Solar System. Furthermore, the application of enzymes from extremophiles has opened up a new era for biotechnology. The major advances within the field are due to a combination techniques, including field work, omics technologies and also single cell techniques. This session will bring together a diverse audience of microbiologist that are interested in understanding the effect of environmental parameters on the diversity and physiology of microorganisms.
Karen Olsson-Francis (the Open University, UK), Joanne Santini (Univeristy College London, UK) and André Antunes (Edge Hill University, UK)
Robert Kelly (North Carolina Sate University, US), Meeting Room 3
09:30 - 10:00
Thomas Thompson (Queens University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3
10:00 - 10:15
Hall 1
10:15 - 11:00
David Prangishvili (Institute Pasteur, France), Meeting Room 3
11:00 - 11:30
Tessa Quax (Universität Freiburg, Germany), Meeting Room 3
11:30 - 12:00
Hall 1
12:00 - 13:00
The relationship between hosts and microbes, good or bad is undisputed. From their important role in maintaining a healthy gut barrier and in digestion/absorption of nutrients, to their capacity to cause infection and disease, we have uncovered the many intricate associations between microbes and their host. The problems microbes can cause keep us in an ongoing battle to control their numbers, but can we use these microbes and our relationships with them to our own advantage? This session will explore the use of microbes as tools that we can utilise in the fight against disease, either directly as alternatives to antibiotics and as novel drug delivery systems, to modulation of the host environment and priming of the host immune system, to controlling the of transmission and spread of disease.
Justine Rudkin (University of Oxford, UK), Jose Bengoechea (Queen's University Belfast, UK), David Clarke (University College, Cork, Ireland)
Martha Clokie (University of Leicester, UK), Studio
09:30 - 10:00
Aras Kadioglu (University of Liverpool, UK), Studio
10:00 - 10:30
Hall 1
10:30 - 11:00
Jess Tyson (University of Nottingham, UK), Studio
11:00 - 11:30
Christian Møller-Olsen (University of Warwick, UK), Studio
11:30 - 11:45
Kim Summers (University of Birmingham, UK), Studio
11:45 - 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.
Sarah Maddocks (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK); Meera Unnikrishna (Warwick Medical School, UK); Rebecca Hall (University of Birmingham, UK); Daniela Delneri (University of Manchester, UK)
Andrew Edwards (Imperial College London, UK), Hall 2A
09:30 - 09:45
Michael Ormsby (University of Glasgow, UK), Hall 2A
09:45 - 10:00
Rininta Firdaus (University of Nottingham, UK and Pancasila University, Indonesia), Hall 2A
10:00 - 10:15
Ross Waller (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A
10:15 - 10:30
Hall 1
10:30 - 11:00
Timothy Kidd (The University of Queensland, Australia and Queen’s University Belfast, UK), Hall 2A
11:00 - 11:15
Gerard Sheehan (Maynooth University, Ireland), Hall 2A
11:15 - 11:30
Andrew O'Connor (University College Dublin, Ireland), Hall 2A
11:30 - 11:45
Claudia Feriotti (Queen’s University Belfast, UK), Hall 2A
11:45 - 12:00
Hall 1
12:00 - 13:00
The Irish Fungal Society has been in existence since 2011 when it was established to promote the study of fungi in Ireland. The society incorporates a broad spectrum of interests including medical mycology, fungal biotechnology and the use of fungi as model organisms to study biological processes. Our 2018 Annual scientific meeting is being held as part of the Microbiology Society’s Annual Conference in Belfast and this session will bring together fungal infection case studies, offered papers and Keynote presentations on translational fungal biology. All Microbiology Society Delegates are welcome!
Gary Moran (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Alida Talento (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), John Morrissey (University College Cork, Ireland)
Jane Usher (University of Exeter, UK), Meeting Room 1
09:30 - 10:00
Sarmad Waqas (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Meeting Room 1
10:00 - 10:15
Edel Hyland (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 1
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
David Fitzpatrick (Maynooth University, Ireland), Meeting Room 1
11:00 - 11:30
Steve Oliver (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 1
11:30 - 12:00
Marine unicellular eukaryotes (protists) offer a wealth of taxonomic and physiological diversity for investigating cellular biology and features in the eukaryotic lineage. However, a lack of genetic tools in marine protist strains hinders our ability to manipulate these organisms and reveal underlying controls on gene expression and function that ultimately define the microbes’ roles in ecosystem processes. Speakers in this session will describe exciting new progress and challenges faced in developing nascent marine protist model systems spanning eukaryotic phylogeny.
Adam Jones (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA); Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK)
Adam Jones (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA), Arc
09:30 - 09:40
Julius Lukes (Czech Academy of Sciences Invited speaker, Czech Republic), Arc
09:40 - 09:55
Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK), Arc
09:55 - 10:10
Ian Hu (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc
10:10 - 10:25
Hall 1
10:25 - 11:00
Atle Bones (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Arc
11:00 - 11:15
Jackie Collier (Stony Brook University, USA), Arc
11:15 - 11:30
Angela Piersanti (University of Camerino, Italy), Arc
11:30 - 11:45
Arc
11:45 - 12:00
Microbial small metabolites comprise a staggering proportion of medicinal therapeutics and other high-value compounds. We are in the midst of a renaissance in natural products biology, which is driven in part by the need to discover new antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance. Recent advances in DNA sequencing, bioinformatics and analytical chemistry have aided/guided the discovery and bioengineering of novel molecules and enhanced our understanding on their role in the producers’ complex developmental life cycles. The technical advances have also provided the means by which to answer exciting questions about how production of natural products evolved, how they are regulated and what their role is in microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions. This symposium aims to bring together the community of researchers investigating various aspects of microbial natural products including: discovery and biosynthesis, chemical ecology and interactions, genomics, evolution, regulation, physiology, development and cell biology.
Geertje van Keulen (Swansea University, UK), Ryan Seipke (University of Leeds, UK), Katherine Duncan (University of Strathclyde, UK), Lorena Fernández-Martínez (Edge Hill University, UK)
Nadine Ziemert (Tuebingen, Germany), Hall 2B
09:30 - 10:00
Emmanuel Lorenzo de los Santos (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B
10:00 - 10:15
Joshua Burns (Robert Gordon University, UK), Hall 2B
10:15 - 10:30
Hall 1
10:30 - 11:00
Wenjung Zhang (Berkeley, USA), Hall 2B
11:00 - 11:30
Maxime Couturier (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2B
11:30 - 11:45
Alicia Russell (John Innes Centre, UK), Hall 2B
11:45 - 12:00
Virus infections of the central nervous system (CNS) can cause devastating diseases in humans and animals leading to encephalitis, aseptic meningitis and/or myelitis. Despite an extensive protective barrier, a diverse range of viruses can gain access to the CNS via a number of routes including infection of the peripheral nervous system, haematopoietic cells that migrate into CNS tissue, and endothelial cells of the blood brain barrier. Antiviral immune responses can both protect the CNS and limit spread of infection, but frequently contribute to severe pathology of viral CNS diseases. Viruses causing CNS disease include alphaviruses, astroviruses, enteroviruses, flaviviruses, herpesviruses, HIV, lyssaviruses, and paramyxoviruses. This one-day symposium will provide an overview of a range of neurotropic viruses and the diseases they cause, including their clinical impacts, molecular epidemiology, replication and penetration of the CNS.
Colin Crump (University of Cambridge, UK), Kate Bishop (Francis Crick Institute, UK), Stephen Winchester (Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Fiona McGill (Univeristy of Liverpool, UK), Main auditorium
09:30 - 10:00
Diane Griffin (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Main auditorium
10:00 - 10:30
Hall 1
10:30 - 11:00
Fanni Gergley (CRUK, University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
11:00 - 11:30
Lynn Enquist (Princeton Univeristy, USA), Main auditorium
11:30 - 12:00
Delegates will have the opportunity to find out the key elements to include in a standard and academic CV and will be given practical tips for making their CVs stand out. The workshop will end with an interactive workshop where delegates will peer-review each other’s CVs in groups – so make sure to bring a draft with you. This session is suitable for anyone who is in need of feedback on their CV and therefore is not restricted by career stage.
Miriam Windsor (Pirbright Institute, UK) and the Microbiology Society
Peer review is an essential part of the dissemination of research, but how much do you know about the intricacies of the process? As well as showing delegates how to peer-review a paper, this interactive session will also show attendees what happens behind the scenes – what the Society’s Editorial staff do, and how peer reviewers are selected. As a key part of an academic scientist’s career, this session is aimed at early career researchers but is also suitable for all those who are interested in learning how the Society manages peer review. There will also be an opportunity to meet some of the Society’s Editors during this session.
Microbiology Society
Meeting Room 2
13:00 - 13:30
Meeting Room 2
13:30 - 14:00
Meeting Room 2
14:00 - 14:30
Meeting Room 2
14:30 - 15:00
Meeting Room 2
15:00 - 15:20
Meeting Room 2
15:20 - 16:00
Extremophilic microorganisms thrive in environments, which were once deemed inhospitable for life. The study of extremophiles has provided ground breaking information that has allowed us to challenge the paradigms of modern biology and has allowed us to redefine the limits of life. Our understanding of the physiological adaptation mechanisms that microorganisms employ to life in such extreme environmental conditions has provided a unique prospective on the fundamental features of life. Extremophiles are thought to represent the first form of life on early Earth and are therefore, critical for evolutionary studies related to the origins of life, and are important for studying life elsewhere in the Solar System. Furthermore, the application of enzymes from extremophiles has opened up a new era for biotechnology. The major advances within the field are due to a combination techniques, including field work, omics technologies and also single cell techniques. This session will bring together a diverse audience of microbiologist that are interested in understanding the effect of environmental parameters on the diversity and physiology of microorganisms.
Karen Olsson-Francis (the Open University, UK), Joanne Santini (Univeristy College London, UK) and André Antunes (Edge Hill University, UK)
Donald Cowan (University of Pretoria, South Africa), Meeting Room 3
13:00 - 13:30
Sharon Ruiz Lopez (University of Manchester, UK), Meeting Room 3
13:30 - 13:45
Stephen Kelly (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3
13:45 - 14:00
John E Hallsworth (Queen's University, Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3
14:00 - 14:30
Hall 1
14:30 - 15:00
Cristina Dorador (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile), Meeting Room 3
15:00 - 15:30
Richard Wormald (University of Huddersfield, UK), Meeting Room 3
15:30 - 15:45
Sophie Nixon (University of Manchester, UK), Meeting Room 3
15:45 - 16:00
Olga Golyshina (Bangor University, UK), Meeting Room 3
16:00 - 16:30
The relationship between hosts and microbes, good or bad is undisputed. From their important role in maintaining a healthy gut barrier and in digestion/absorption of nutrients, to their capacity to cause infection and disease, we have uncovered the many intricate associations between microbes and their host. The problems microbes can cause keep us in an ongoing battle to control their numbers, but can we use these microbes and our relationships with them to our own advantage? This session will explore the use of microbes as tools that we can utilise in the fight against disease, either directly as alternatives to antibiotics and as novel drug delivery systems, to modulation of the host environment and priming of the host immune system, to controlling the of transmission and spread of disease.
Justine Rudkin (University of Oxford, UK), Jose Bengoechea (Queen's University Belfast, UK), David Clarke (University College, Cork, Ireland)
Laure Bindels (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Studio
13:00 - 13:30
Thomas Clarke (Imperial College London, UK), Studio
13:30 - 14:00
Christine Jordan (Imperial College London, UK), Studio
14:00 - 14:15
Elaine Waters (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland), Studio
14:15 - 14:30
Jessica Lewis (Monash University, Australia), Studio
14:30 - 14:45
Hall 1
14:45 - 15:00
Beth McGraw (Penn State University, USA), Studio
15:00 - 15:30
Ewa Chrostek (University of Liverpool, UK), Studio
15:30 - 16:00
Allison Zwarycz (Aberystwyth University, UK), Studio
16:00 - 16:05
David Sünderhauf (University of Exeter, UK), Studio
16:05 - 16:10
Helen Brown (University of Surrey, UK), Studio
16:10 - 16:15
Alison Low (University of Edinburgh, UK), Studio
16:15 - 16:20
Angeziwa Chunga Chirambo (University of Liverpool, UK), Studio
16:20 - 16:25
Katharine Coyte (University of Oxford, UK), Studio
16:25 - 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.
Sarah Maddocks (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK); Meera Unnikrishna (Warwick Medical School, UK); Rebecca Hall (University of Birmingham, UK); Daniela Delneri (University of Manchester, UK)
Shakib Alhagh (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A
13:00 - 13:15
Dean Walsh (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A
13:15 - 13:30
Josephine Moran (University of Manchester, UK), Hall 2A
13:30 - 13:45
Rebecca Weiser (Cardiff University, UK), Hall 2A
13:45 - 14:00
Alexandra Woodacre (University of Northampton, UK), Hall 2A
14:00 - 14:15
Birte Hollmann (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A
14:15 - 14:30
Hall 1
14:30 - 15:00
Greg Joyner (University of Liverpool, UK), Hall 2A
15:00 - 15:15
Katherine Pline (University of Sheffield, UK), Hall 2A
15:15 - 15:30
Robert Cogger-Ward (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A
15:30 - 15:45
Michael McArthur (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2A
15:45 - 16:00
Mimi Asogwa (University of Aberdeen, UK), Hall 2A
16:00 - 16:15
Jack Law (University of York, UK), Hall 2A
16:15 - 16:30
Angharad Green (University of Liverpool, UK), Hall 2A
16:30 - 16:45
Abdu Aldarhami (University of Plymouth, UK), Hall 2A
16:45 - 17:00
Marine unicellular eukaryotes (protists) offer a wealth of taxonomic and physiological diversity for investigating cellular biology and features in the eukaryotic lineage. However, a lack of genetic tools in marine protist strains hinders our ability to manipulate these organisms and reveal underlying controls on gene expression and function that ultimately define the microbes’ roles in ecosystem processes. Speakers in this session will describe exciting new progress and challenges faced in developing nascent marine protist model systems spanning eukaryotic phylogeny.
Adam Jones (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA); Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK)
Chris Howe (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc
13:00 - 13:15
Elena Casacuberta (Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Spain), Arc
13:15 - 13:30
Thomas Mock (University of East Anglia, UK), Arc
13:30 - 13:45
Sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/mrvhzIsNNn06ffHM2, Arc
13:45 - 14:30
Hall 1
14:30 - 15:00
Arc
15:00 - 16:15
Adam Jones (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA), Arc
16:15 - 16:30
Microbial small metabolites comprise a staggering proportion of medicinal therapeutics and other high-value compounds. We are in the midst of a renaissance in natural products biology, which is driven in part by the need to discover new antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance. Recent advances in DNA sequencing, bioinformatics and analytical chemistry have aided/guided the discovery and bioengineering of novel molecules and enhanced our understanding on their role in the producers’ complex developmental life cycles. The technical advances have also provided the means by which to answer exciting questions about how production of natural products evolved, how they are regulated and what their role is in microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions. This symposium aims to bring together the community of researchers investigating various aspects of microbial natural products including: discovery and biosynthesis, chemical ecology and interactions, genomics, evolution, regulation, physiology, development and cell biology.
Geertje van Keulen (Swansea University, UK), Ryan Seipke (University of Leeds, UK), Katherine Duncan (University of Strathclyde, UK), Lorena Fernández-Martínez (Edge Hill University, UK)
Margharita Sosio (Naicons, Italy), Hall 2B
13:00 - 13:30
Alex Mullins (University of Cardiff, UK), Hall 2B
13:30 - 13:45
Asif Fazal (University of Leeds, UK), Hall 2B
13:45 - 14:00
Rebecca Elizabeth McHugh (University of Strathclyde, UK), Hall 2B
14:00 - 14:15
Tim Walker (University College, London, UK), Hall 2B
14:15 - 14:30
Hall 1
14:30 - 15:00
Winifred Akwani (University of Surrey, UK), Hall 2B
15:00 - 15:15
Rebecca Devine (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B
15:15 - 15:30
Blessing Anonye (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B
15:30 - 15:45
Benjamin Thomas (Aberystwyth University, UK), Hall 2B
15:45 - 16:00
Virus infections of the central nervous system (CNS) can cause devastating diseases in humans and animals leading to encephalitis, aseptic meningitis and/or myelitis. Despite an extensive protective barrier, a diverse range of viruses can gain access to the CNS via a number of routes including infection of the peripheral nervous system, haematopoietic cells that migrate into CNS tissue, and endothelial cells of the blood brain barrier. Antiviral immune responses can both protect the CNS and limit spread of infection, but frequently contribute to severe pathology of viral CNS diseases. Viruses causing CNS disease include alphaviruses, astroviruses, enteroviruses, flaviviruses, herpesviruses, HIV, lyssaviruses, and paramyxoviruses. This one-day symposium will provide an overview of a range of neurotropic viruses and the diseases they cause, including their clinical impacts, molecular epidemiology, replication and penetration of the CNS.
Colin Crump (University of Cambridge, UK), Kate Bishop (Francis Crick Institute, UK), Stephen Winchester (Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
Dorian McGavern (NIH, USA), Main auditorium
13:00 - 13:30
Helen Groves (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Main auditorium
13:30 - 13:45
Stephen Graham (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
13:45 - 14:00
Robyn Klein (Washington University, USA), Main auditorium
14:00 - 14:30
Hall 1
14:30 - 15:00
Heli Harvala (University College London, UK), Main auditorium
15:00 - 15:30
Valeria Lulla (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium
15:30 - 15:45
Neil Berry (NIBSC, UK), Main auditorium
15:45 - 16:00
Alan Winston (Imperial College London, UK), Main auditorium
16:00 - 16:30
Tadhg Ó Cróinín (University College Dublin, Ireland) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
10:00 - 10:15
Keynote speaker: Jo Verran (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
10:15 - 11:00
David Coates (University of Dundee, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
11:00 - 11:30
Lisa Crossman (University of East Anglia, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
11:30 - 11:50
Clare Miller (University of Lincoln, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
11:50 - 12:20
Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
12:30 - 13:30
Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
12:30 - 13:30
Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
13:30 - 14:20
Mark Clements (Middlesex Unviersity, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
14:20 - 14:50
Marta Filipa Simões (Edge Hill University, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
14:50 - 15:10
Carla Louise Brown (Game Dr. Ltd) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
15:10 - 15:30
Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
15:30 - 16:00
James Chong (University of York, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
16:00 - 16:25
Donna M. MacCallum (University of Aberdeen, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
16:25 - 16:45
David Lewis (University of Leeds, UK) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
16:45 - 17:15
Louise Horsfall (University of Edinburgh) Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
17:15 - 17:40
Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
17:40 - 17:55
Pre-Conference symposium: Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education
17:55 - 18:00
Bar 1 Early Career Microbiologists’ pre-Conference networking
18:00 - 20:00
Robert Insall (Cancer Research UK, Beatson Institute), Main auditorium Hot Topic Lecture - Creating a path - how single cells can solve mazes, see round corners, and find out where they ought to go
09:20 - 09:50
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
10:00 - 10:05
Devin Leopold (Oregon State University, USA), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
10:00 - 10:30
Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
10:00 - 10:30
Gail Preston (University of Oxford, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
10:00 - 10:30
Michael Cunliffe (Marine Biological Association & University of Plymouth, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
10:00 - 10:05
Anastasios Tsaousis (Unversity of Kent, UK); Eleni Gentekaki (Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
10:00 - 10:15
Andrea Graham (Princeton University, USA), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
10:00 - 10:30
Andrew Waller (AHT, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
10:00 - 10:45
Nicola Stonehouse (University of Leeds), Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
10:05 - 11:30
Javier del Campo (University of Miami, USA), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
10:05 - 10:30
Sally Bloomfield (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
10:15 - 10:45
Anthony Barker (Barworth Research Ltd, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
10:30 - 11:00
Vineet Menachery (University of Texas Medical Branch, USA), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
10:30 - 11:00
Danny Beste (University of Surrey, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
10:30 - 10:45
Evelien Adriaenssens (University of Liverpool, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
10:30 - 10:45
Jose Bengoechea (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
10:30 - 11:00
Miguel Pedro (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
10:45 - 11:00
Katherine Helliwell (Marine Biological Association, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
10:45 - 11:15
Simon Carding (Quadram Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
10:45 - 11:15
Caroline Cayrou (University of Leicester, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
10:45 - 11:00
William Rooney (University of Glasgow, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
11:00 - 11:15
Gregory Moseley (Monash University, Australia), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1 Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
11:00 - 11:30
Hall 1 Offence and defence
11:00 - 11:30
Jessica Calland (University of Bath, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1 Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
11:15 - 11:45
Hall 1 How viruses jump the species barrier
11:15 - 11:45
Microbial dark matter
11:15 - 11:45
Hall 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
11:15 - 11:45
Hall 1 Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
11:15 - 11:45
Hall 1 Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
11:30 - 12:00
Katrin Whiteson (UC Irvine, USA), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
11:30 - 12:00
Bernhard Hube (Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Germany), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
11:30 - 12:00
Ewen Mullins (Teagasc, Republic of Ireland), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
11:45 - 12:15
Michaela Conley (University of Glasgow, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
11:45 - 12:00
Chris Bowler (Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, France), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
11:45 - 12:15
Lesley Ogilvie (University of Brighton, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
11:45 - 12:15
Fadil Bidmos (Imperial College London, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
11:45 - 12:00
Nigel Brown, Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
12:00 - 13:00
Anna-Bella Failloux (Institut Pasteur), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
12:00 - 12:30
Ashley Holmes (The James Hutton Institute, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
12:00 - 12:15
Amany Hassan (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
12:00 - 12:05
Hayley Lavender (University of Oxford, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
12:00 - 12:15
Jack Plume (University of Exeter, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
12:05 - 12:10
Danielle Carson (Imperial College London, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
12:10 - 12:15
Indre Navickaite (University of Surrey, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
12:15 - 12:30
Li Liu (Beihang University, China), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
12:15 - 12:30
Nathan Chrismas (Marine Biological Association, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
12:15 - 12:30
Kirsty Davies (University of Huddersfield, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
12:15 - 12:20
Marwa Naguib (Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
12:15 - 12:30
Brendan Wren (LSHTM, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
12:15 - 13:00
Harry Jenkins (University of Nottingham, UK) Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
12:20 - 12:25
Ryan Weir (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
12:30 - 12:45
Daniel Goncalves-Carneiro (The Rockafeller University, USA), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
12:30 - 12:45
Vanessa Sperandio (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
12:30 - 13:00
Maiko Kagami (Yokohama National University, Japan), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
12:30 - 13:00
Julius Lukes (University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
12:30 - 13:00
Elizabeth Ballou (University of Birmingham, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
12:30 - 13:00
Jake Newitt (University of East Anglia, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
12:45 - 13:00
Lior Soday (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
12:45 - 13:00
Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
13:00 - 14:00
Lindsay Murray (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
14:00 - 15:30
Charlotte Nellist (NIAB, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
14:00 - 14:30
Benhur Lee (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
14:00 - 14:30
Ines Thiele (Université du Luxembourg, Luxenbourg), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
14:00 - 14:30
David Bass (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
14:00 - 14:30
Henry McSorley (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
14:00 - 14:30
Hayley Newton (University of Melbourne, Australia), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
14:00 - 14:30
Paul Liberator (Pfizer, New York, USA), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
14:00 - 14:45
Unnati Shah (University of Hertfordshire, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
14:30 - 14:45
Karin Darpel (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
14:30 - 15:00
Tom O'Brien (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
14:30 - 14:45
Katherine Brown (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
14:30 - 14:45
Amanda Rossiter (University of Birmingham, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
14:30 - 14:45
Connor Bowen (University of Dundee, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
14:30 - 14:35
Nicky O'Boyle (University of Glasgow, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
14:35 - 14:40
Kieran Sefton (University of Aberdeen, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
14:40 - 14:45
Sariqa Wagley (University of Exeter, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
14:45 - 15:00
Maureen Ihua (University College Cork, Ireland), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
14:45 - 15:00
Alexandre Almeida (EMBL-EBI), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
14:45 - 15:00
Emma Betts (University of Kent, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
14:45 - 15:00
Francesca Romana Cianfanelli (Biozentrum Universitӓt Basel, Switzerland), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
14:45 - 15:00
Myrto Vlazaki (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
14:45 - 15:00
Hall 1 Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
15:00 - 15:45
Edward Hutchinson (University of Glasgow, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
15:00 - 15:15
Orkun Soyer (University of Warwick, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
15:00 - 15:30
Bryony Williams (University of Exeter, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
15:00 - 15:30
Pauline Scanlan (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
15:00 - 15:30
Jorge Galán (Yale University School of Medicine, USA), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
15:00 - 15:30
Kin Chan (Public Health England, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
15:00 - 15:15
Rommel Gestuveo (University of Glasgow, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
15:15 - 15:30
Josefin Bartholdson Scott (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1 Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 How viruses jump the species barrier
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
15:30 - 16:00
Microbial dark matter
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Offence and defence
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
15:30 - 16:00
Mohammad Ravanbakhsh (Utrect University, Netherlands), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
15:45 - 16:15
Lindsay Hall (Quadram Institute, UK), Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Managing a research laboratory
16:00 - 17:30
Susan VanderWoude (Colorado State University, USA), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
16:00 - 16:30
Jerry Reen (University of Cork, Ireland), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
16:00 - 16:30
Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
16:00 - 16:30
Karen Scott (University of Aberdeen, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
16:00 - 16:30
Petra Dersch (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
16:00 - 16:30
Adam Cunningham (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
16:00 - 16:45
Jasmin Mertens (University of Pretoria, South Africa ), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
16:15 - 16:30
Meritxell Grau Butinyac (Teagasc Environmental Research Centre, Ireland), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
16:30 - 16:45
Katie Nightingale (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
16:30 - 16:45
James Moir (University of York, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
16:30 - 17:00
Davis Laundon (Marine Biological Association, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
16:30 - 16:45
Aashish R. Jha (University of Stanford, USA), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
16:30 - 16:45
Arnaud Kengmo Tchoupa (University of Warwick, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
16:30 - 16:45
Alexandros Stratakos (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
16:45 - 17:00
Katharina M. Scherer (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
16:45 - 17:00
Rebecca Hall (University of York, UK), Hall 2B Microbial dark matter
16:45 - 17:00
Yan Shao (Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
16:45 - 17:00
Rachel Butler (University of Surrey, UK), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
16:45 - 17:00
Adam Finn (University of Bristol, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
16:45 - 17:30
Kenneth Dygico (University College Cork, Ireland), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
17:00 - 17:15
Duygu Dikicioglu (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
17:00 - 17:15
Christine Moissl-Eichinger (Medical University of Graz, Austria), Meeting Room 1 Missing microbes and the Hygiene Hypothesis: New challenges and perspectives
17:00 - 17:30
Sean Doyle (Maynooth University, Ireland), Meeting Room 3 Offence and defence
17:00 - 17:30
Laia Castaño (University of Strathclyde, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
17:15 - 17:30
Laura Bowater (University of East Anglia, UK), Main auditorium Peter Wildy Prize Lecture - Microbes, medicines and me
17:40 - 18:30
Crumlin Road Gaol Crumlin Road Gaol tour
20:00 - 23:00
Christof Fellmann (University of California, USA) on behalf of Jennifer Doudna (University of California, Berkeley, USA), Main auditorium Microbiology Society Prize Medal Lecture - Discovering and developing next-generation CRISPR-Cas tools
09:00 - 09:50
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Staying resilient in your career
10:00 - 10:05
Tom Williams (University of Bristol, UK), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
10:00 - 10:30
Mark Stevens (Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
10:00 - 10:30
Colin Parrish (Cornell University, USA), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
10:00 - 10:30
Karen Scott (University of Aberdeen, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
10:00 - 10:30
Mark Liles (Auburn University, USA), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
10:00 - 10:30
Ingrid Murillo Jelsbak (Biofabri, Spain), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
10:00 - 10:45
Sarah Rourke (Henley Business School, UK), Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Staying resilient in your career
10:05 - 11:30
Gareth Bloomfield (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
10:30 - 11:00
Brendha Truccollo (University College Dublin, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
10:30 - 10:45
Paul Duprex (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
10:30 - 11:00
Steve Oliver (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
10:30 - 11:00
Arnoud H M van Vliet (University of Surrey, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
10:30 - 10:45
Nadia Andreani (University of Lincoln, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
10:45 - 11:00
Amina Yasmin (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
10:45 - 11:00
Adam Cunningham (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
10:45 - 11:00
From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
11:00 - 11:45
Hall 1 Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
11:00 - 11:30
Daniella Lefteri (University of Leeds, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1 Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
11:00 - 11:30
David MacPhail (University of West Scotland, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1 Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
11:00 - 11:30
Lauren Kerr (University of Cardiff, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
11:15 - 11:30
Hall 1 Non-human pathogens
11:15 - 11:45
Essential skills: Staying resilient in your career
11:30 - 12:00
Linda Stewart (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
11:30 - 12:00
Hall 1 How viruses jump the species barrier
11:30 - 12:00
Neil Gow (University of Exeter, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
11:30 - 11:45
Pauline Paterson (LSHTM, UK), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
11:30 - 12:15
Nataliia Annenkova (Limnological Institute SB RAS, Russian Federation), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
11:45 - 12:00
Stephen Dolan (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
11:45 - 12:00
Frederique Le Roux (Sorbonne University, France), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
11:45 - 12:15
Arikana Massiah (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK); Liz Dooley (Janssen Sciences, Ireland); Douglas Browning (University of Birmingham, UK); Christopher Randall (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Staying resilient in your career
12:00 - 13:00
Debashish Bhattacharya (Rutgers University, USA), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
12:00 - 12:30
Lucy Weinert (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
12:00 - 12:15
Dan Horton (University of Surrey, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
12:00 - 12:30
Lisa Mair (EMBL, Germany), Arc Intra- and interspecies metabolic networks: You are what you eat
12:00 - 12:30
Helen Brown (University of Surrey, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
12:15 - 12:30
Adrian Allen (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
12:15 - 12:30
Rino Rappuoli (GSK, Siena, Italy), Hall 2A Vaccines against bacterial pathogens
12:15 - 13:00
Wendy Gibson (University of Bristol, UK), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
12:30 - 13:00
Leonard Koolman (Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ieland), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
12:30 - 12:45
Chris Neil (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
12:30 - 12:45
Paul Langford (Imperial College, London), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
12:30 - 13:00
Sabine Tötemeyer (University of Nottingham, UK), Studio Global food security: the challenges for microbiology
12:45 - 13:00
Elizabeth Wignall-Fleming (University of St Andrews, UK), Main auditorium How viruses jump the species barrier
12:45 - 13:00
Jess Friedersdorff (Aberystwyth University, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
14:00 - 14:15
Toni Gabaldon (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
14:00 - 14:30
Sarah Earle (University of Oxford, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
14:00 - 14:15
Valerie Soo (London Institute of Medical Sciences, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
14:00 - 14:15
David Clarke (Cork University, Ireland), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
14:00 - 14:30
Megan Goddard (University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
14:00 - 14:12
Hanan Moshrif (Imperial College London, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
14:00 - 14:12
Weining Wu (London School of Tropical Medcine, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
14:00 - 14:12
Daniel Bradshaw (Public Health England, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
14:12 - 14:24
Matthew Murray (University College London,UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
14:12 - 14:24
Frank Charlton (School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
14:12 - 14:24
Bianca Reeksting (University of Bath, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
14:15 - 14:30
Megan De Ste Croix (University of Leicester, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
14:15 - 14:30
Dean Frawley (Maynooth University, Ireland), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
14:15 - 14:30
Sophie May (Barts Health Trust, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
14:24 - 14:36
Anasua Deb (University of St Andrews, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
14:24 - 14:36
Efstathios S Giotis (Imperial College London, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
14:24 - 14:36
Siobhan O'Brien (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
14:30 - 14:45
Scottie Robinson (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
14:30 - 15:00
Nicholas Tucker (University of Strathclyde, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
14:30 - 14:45
Ashraf Zarka (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
14:30 - 14:45
Sara Louise Cosby (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
14:30 - 14:45
Lynne Renwick (Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
14:36 - 14:48
Connor Bamford (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
14:36 - 14:48
Ziyue Zeng (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
14:36 - 14:48
Matthew Twigg (Ulster University, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
14:45 - 15:00
Oyeronke Ayansola (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
14:45 - 15:00
Jon Cherry (Newcastle University, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
14:45 - 15:00
Joseph Chappell (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
14:45 - 15:00
Stephanie Harris (King's College Hospital, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
14:48 - 15:00
Meredith Stewart (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
14:48 - 15:00
Samantha Hover (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
14:48 - 15:00
Rebecca Tonner (University of Strathclyde, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
15:00 - 15:15
Alemao G. Carpinteyro Sanchez (University of Strathclyde, UK), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
15:00 - 15:05
Marta Matuszewska (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
15:00 - 15:15
Owain Bryant (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
15:00 - 15:15
Caterina Guzman Verri (National University of Costa Rica, Costa Richa), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
15:00 - 15:30
Flávia Fonseca Bagno (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
15:00 - 15:12
Jordan Clark (MRC - University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
15:00 - 15:12
Martin Mayora-Neto (University of Kent, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
15:00 - 15:12
Andrew Keith Watson (Sorbonne Université, France), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
15:05 - 15:10
Chloe E. Huseyin (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
15:10 - 15:15
Heli Harvala (NHS Blood and Transplant, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
15:12 - 15:24
Antonio Alcami (Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Spain), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
15:12 - 15:24
Chun Goddard (The University of Nottingham, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
15:12 - 15:24
Severine Rangama (University of Warwick, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
15:15 - 15:30
Sat Chodha (University of Sheffield, UK), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
15:15 - 15:20
Elise Iracane (University College Dublin, Ireland), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
15:15 - 15:30
Caroline Pearson (University of York, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
15:15 - 15:30
Ian Hu (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
15:20 - 15:25
Virology workshop: Clinical virology
15:24 - 16:00
Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
15:24 - 16:00
Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
15:24 - 16:00
Hall 1 Environmental and applied microbiology forum
15:30 - 16:00
From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Genetics and genomics forum
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Non-human pathogens
15:30 - 16:00
Hoang Tran (Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
16:00 - 16:15
Purificación López-García (Université Paris Sud, France), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
16:00 - 16:30
João Oliveira Pacheco (University College Dublin, Ireland), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
16:00 - 16:15
Noemi Montini (University College Cork,UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
16:00 - 16:15
Theocharis Tsoleridis (School of Life Sciences, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
16:00 - 16:15
Peter Simmonds (KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), Kenya), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
16:00 - 16:12
Delphine Depierreux (Cambridge University, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
16:00 - 16:12
Elle Campbell (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
16:00 - 16:12
Hannah Howson-Wells (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
16:12 - 16:24
Olivier Touzelet (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
16:12 - 16:24
Tomasz Benedyk (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
16:12 - 16:24
Andrew Curson (University of East Anglia, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
16:15 - 16:30
Franziska Huff (University College Cork, Ireland), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
16:15 - 16:20
Dennis Linton (University of Manchester, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
16:15 - 16:30
Colman O'Cathail (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
16:15 - 16:30
Emily Warman (University of Birmingham, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
16:20 - 16:25
Patrick McClure (University of Nottingham, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
16:24 - 16:36
Gregory Moseley (Monash University, Australia), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
16:24 - 16:36
Mark Boyce (University of Oxford, UK and Diamond Light Source UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
16:24 - 16:36
Laura Carrilero (University of Sheffield, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
16:25 - 16:30
Natashia Sydney (Aberystwyth University, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
16:30 - 16:45
Thijs J. G. Ettema (Wageningen University, The Netherlands), Meeting Room 3 From prokaryotes to eukaryotes: the origin and diversity of eukaryotes
16:30 - 17:00
James Hall (University of Liverpool, UK and University of Sheffield, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
16:30 - 16:45
Alessandra da Silva Dantas (University of Exeter, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
16:30 - 16:45
Nicholas Johnson (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
16:30 - 16:45
Joseph G Chappell (University of Nottingham, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
16:36 - 16:48
Patricia A. Thibault (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
16:36 - 16:48
Ben Butt (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
16:36 - 16:48
Eoin O'Connor (Maynooth University, Ireland), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
16:45 - 17:00
Nichola Wong (University of East Anglia, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
16:45 - 17:00
Liam Rooney (University of Strathclyde, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
16:45 - 17:00
Dagmara A. Niedziela (Teagasc Grange, Ireland), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
16:45 - 17:00
Heli Harvala (NHS Blood and Transplant, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
16:48 - 17:00
Peter Simmonds (University of Oxford, USA), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
16:48 - 17:00
Stacey Human (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
16:48 - 17:00
Michael Christopher Macey (The Open University, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
17:00 - 17:15
Mathew Beale (Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
17:00 - 17:15
Loly Kotta-Loizou (Imperial College London, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
17:00 - 17:15
Carmen Buchrieser (Institut Pasteur, France), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
17:00 - 17:30
Jon Hubb (Barts Health NHS Trust, UK), Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
17:00 - 17:12
Brian McSharry (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
17:00 - 17:12
Sophia Ho (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
17:00 - 17:12
Aine McKnight (Queen Mary University of London,UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Innate immunity
17:12 - 17:24
Joseph Snowden (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 2 Virology workshop: Morphogenesis, egress and entry
17:12 - 17:24
Lucie Malard (Northumbria University, UK), Studio Environmental and applied microbiology forum
17:15 - 17:30
Douglas Browning (University of Birmingham, UK), Main auditorium Genetics and genomics forum
17:15 - 17:30
Julia Monjares-Feria (Queen's University of Belfast, UK), Hall 2A Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology forum
17:15 - 17:30
This session will be of interest to CVN members., Arc Virology workshop: Clinical virology
17:15 - 18:00
Peter Fineran (University of Otago, New Zealand), Main auditorium Fleming Prize Lecture - Resistance is (not) futile: bacterial innate and adaptive immune systems
17:40 - 18:30
Gordon Dougan (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture - Putting genomics into action
09:00 - 09:50
Willy Verstraete (Universiteit Gent, Belgium), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
10:00 - 10:30
Patrick O'Connor (World Health Organisation, Europe), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
10:00 - 10:30
Claire Shannon-Lowe (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
10:00 - 10:30
Lisa Nolan (University of Georgia, USA), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
10:00 - 10:30
Julian Parkhill (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
10:00 - 10:30
Stuart Cockerill (Reviral Ltd, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
10:00 - 10:30
Adrian Whitehouse (University of Leeds, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
10:00 - 10:30
Lisa Ng (Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
10:00 - 10:30
Robyn Wright (University of Warwick, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
10:30 - 10:45
Karen Jordan (Clinical Virology Network, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
10:30 - 11:00
Sally Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
10:30 - 11:00
Robyn McKenna (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
10:30 - 10:45
Eva Stukenbrock (University of Kiel, Germany), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
10:30 - 11:00
Lindsay Broadbent (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
10:30 - 10:42
Emma Poole (Cambridge University, UK ), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
10:30 - 10:42
Elihu Aranday-Cortes (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
10:30 - 10:42
Munir Iqbal (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
10:42 - 10:54
Thomas Sanford (University of Cambridge,UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
10:42 - 10:54
Giulia Dowgier (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
10:42 - 10:54
Linda Lawton (Robert Gordon University, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
10:45 - 11:15
James Pickup (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
10:45 - 11:00
Dagmara Bialy (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
10:54 - 11:06
Chen-Hsuin Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
10:54 - 11:06
Calum Forrest (University of Birmingham, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
10:54 - 11:06
Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
11:00 - 11:30
Ultan F. Power (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
11:00 - 11:15
Ternenge Thaddaeus Apaa (University of Nottingham), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
11:00 - 11:15
Hall 1 The microbial pangenome
11:00 - 11:30
Emma Brown (Leeds University, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
11:06 - 11:18
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
11:06 - 11:45
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
11:06 - 11:35
Hall 1 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
11:15 - 11:45
Hall 1 Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
11:15 - 11:45
Hall 1 Non-human pathogens
11:15 - 11:45
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
11:18 - 11:45
Wililam Irving (University of Nottingham, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
11:30 - 12:00
James McInerney (University of Nottingham, UK), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
11:30 - 12:00
Sushant Bhat (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
11:35 - 11:47
Dr Louise Horsfall (University of Edinburgh, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
11:45 - 12:15
Sasirekha Ramani (Baylor College of Medicine, USA), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
11:45 - 12:15
Dr Colin Berry (University of Cardiff, Wales, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
11:45 - 12:15
Joseph Abraham-Oyiguh (Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
11:45 - 11:57
Nicole Doyle (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
11:45 - 11:57
Paul Digard (University of Edinburgh), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
11:47 - 11:59
Stephen Polyak (University of Washington, USA), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
11:57 - 12:09
Marietta Müller (University of Leeds, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
11:57 - 12:09
Kevin Maringer (University of Surrey, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
11:59 - 12:11
Margaret Stanley (University of Cambridge, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
12:00 - 12:30
Jesse Shapiro (University of Montréal, Canada), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
12:00 - 12:30
Adam Taylor (Griffith University, Australia), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
12:09 - 12:21
Alexander Walker (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
12:09 - 12:21
Phoebe Stevenson-Leggett (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
12:11 - 12:23
Eduardo Leao de Almeida (University College Cork, Ireland), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
12:15 - 12:30
Neil Mabbott (The Roslin Institute, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
12:15 - 12:45
Amy C. Richards (University of Edinburgh, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
12:15 - 12:30
Victor Iliev (University of Glasgow, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
12:21 - 12:33
Hadrien Peyret (John Innes Centre, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
12:21 - 12:33
Alberto Domingo López-Muñoz (Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Spain), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
12:23 - 12:35
David Leak (University of Bath, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
12:30 - 13:00
Julian Hiscox (Liverpool, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
12:30 - 13:00
Gonzalo Yebra (University of Edinburgh, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
12:30 - 12:45
Sion Bayliss (University of Bath, UK), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
12:30 - 12:45
Pengxiang Chang (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
12:33 - 12:45
Yaqi Zhou (University of Sussex, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
12:33 - 12:45
Woonsung Na (Chonnam National University), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
12:35 - 12:47
Samantha Saunders (University of Bristol, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
12:45 - 13:00
Daniel Blake (FERA Science Limited, UK), Hall 2B Non-human pathogens
12:45 - 13:00
Fiona Whelan (University of Nottingham, UK), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
12:45 - 13:00
Ariadna Miquel-Clopes (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
12:45 - 12:57
Alex Borodavka (University of Leeds, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
12:45 - 12:57
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
12:47 - 13:45
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
12:57 - 14:00
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
12:57 - 14:00
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
12:47 - 13:45
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
12:57 - 14:00
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
12:57 - 14:00
Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
13:00 - 14:00
Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
13:00 - 14:00
Hannah Beaumont (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
13:45 - 13:57
Alice Fletcher-Etherington (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
13:57 - 14:09
Dr Kirsten Benjamin (Amyris, USA), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
14:00 - 14:30
Tim Brooks (Public Health England, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
14:00 - 14:30
Arjan Kortholt (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
14:00 - 14:30
Matt Hutchings (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
14:00 - 14:30
Laura Eme (Uppsala University, Sweden), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
14:00 - 14:30
Eleanor Bentley (University of Liverpool, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
14:00 - 14:12
Michael Knight (University of Oxford, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
14:00 - 14:12
Beatriz Sanz-Bernardo (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
14:09 - 14:21
Nazia Thakur (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
14:12 - 14:24
Skye Storrie (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
14:12 - 14:24
Joe James (Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
14:21 - 14:33
Giuditta De Lorenzo (University of Glasgow, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
14:24 - 14:36
Amy Jacobs (Imperial College London, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
14:24 - 14:36
Anna Birke (University of Strathclyde, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
14:30 - 14:45
Tamyo Mbisa (Public Health England, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
14:30 - 15:00
Sarah Annesley (University of Latrobe, Australia), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
14:30 - 15:00
Linda Oyama (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
14:30 - 14:45
Kelly Wyres (University of Melbourne, Australia), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
14:30 - 14:45
Sanaria Al Katy (University of Liverpool, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
14:33 - 14:45
Lee Sherry (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
14:36 - 14:48
Morgan R. Herod (University of Leeds, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
14:36 - 14:48
Aritha Dornau (University of York, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
14:45 - 15:00
Audam Chhun (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
14:45 - 15:00
Kate Baker (University of Liverpool, UK), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
14:45 - 15:15
Amin Asfor (The Pirbright institute, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
14:45 - 14:57
Natalie Kingston (University of Leeds, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
14:48 - 15:00
Laura Dunn (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
14:48 - 15:00
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
14:57 - 15:40
Dr Maria Tuohy (National University of Ireland, Republic of Ireland), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
15:00 - 15:30
Richard Tedder (Imperial College London, UK), Belfast Hilton (Lagan Suite) Clinical Virology Network (CVN)
15:00 - 15:30
Esther Sweeney (Univeristy of Warwick, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
15:00 - 15:12
Alexia Hapeshi (Univeristy of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
15:00 - 15:15
Rebecca Shipley (University of Sussex, UK), Meeting Room 1 Virology workshop: Antivirals and vaccines
15:00 - 15:12
Siu Yi Lee (University of Leeds, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
15:00 - 15:12
Robin Williams (Royal Holloway University of London, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
15:12 - 15:24
Li Dong (University of Glasgow, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
15:12 - 15:24
Sarah Worsley (Univesity of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
15:15 - 15:30
Hall 1 The microbial pangenome
15:15 - 16:00
Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
15:24 - 15:28
Hall 1 Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
15:24 - 15:55
Hall 1 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
15:30 - 16:00
Hall 1 The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
15:30 - 16:00
Sharon Brookes (APHA-Weybridge, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
15:40 - 15:52
Samuel Hardy (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
15:52 - 16:04
Peter O' Hare (Imperial College, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
15:55 - 16:07
Dr Jean-Marc Darran (Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
16:00 - 16:30
Catherine Pears (University of Oxford, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
16:00 - 16:30
Francisco Barona-Gómez (Cinevestav UGA-Langebio, Mexico), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
16:00 - 16:30
Anita Schurch (University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
16:00 - 16:30
Alexandra Hardy (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research,UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
16:04 - 16:16
Matthew James (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
16:07 - 16:19
Luke Jones (The Pirbright Institute,UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
16:16 - 16:28
Amr Bayoumy (Imperial College London, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
16:19 - 16:38
Pouria Akhbari (University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health, UK), Meeting Room 3 Virology workshop: Pathogenesis
16:28 - 16:40
Noah Mesfin (Oxford Brookes University, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
16:30 - 16:45
Flaviano Giorgini (University of Leicester, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
16:30 - 17:00
Thomas C. McLean (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
16:30 - 16:45
Nicholas Waters (National University of Ireland, Ireland), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
16:30 - 16:45
Ted Fajardo (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
16:38 - 16:50
Ainsley Beaton (University of Strathclyde, UK), Meeting Room 2 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
16:45 - 17:00
Bohdan Bilyk (University of Leeds, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
16:45 - 17:00
Christopher Connor (Institute of Microbiology and Infection, UK), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
16:45 - 17:00
Ibrahim Elbusifi (Imperial College London, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
16:50 - 17:02
Paola Branduardi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Meeting Room 1 Biobased circular economy and bioremediation
17:00 - 17:30
Katherine Ansbro (University of Sheffield, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
17:00 - 17:12
Sholeem Griffin (University of Malta, Malta), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
17:00 - 17:15
Mike Brockhurst (University of Sheffield, UK), Main auditorium The microbial pangenome
17:00 - 17:30
Chris Hill (University of Cambridge, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
17:02 - 17:14
Robyn Wright (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
17:12 - 17:24
Matthew Brownsword (The Pirbright Institute, UK), Studio Virology workshop: Gene expression and replication
17:14 - 17:26
Gavin Thomas (University of York, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
17:15 - 17:30
Eleanor Warren (Royal Holloway University of London, UK), Hall 2A Focus on 3Rs – the growing role of organoids and microbial models to understand human and animal diseases
17:24 - 17:28
Javier Martin (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control [NIBSC], UK), Main auditorium Hot Topic Lecture - Paralytic disease caused by enteroviruses: the role of non-polio serotypes
17:40 - 18:10
Lavery's bar Society quiz and games night
20:00 - 23:00
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Research and publishing ethics: beyond plagiarism. What you need to know and why it matters
09:30 - 09:45
Robert Kelly (North Carolina Sate University, US), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
09:30 - 10:00
Martha Clokie (University of Leicester, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
09:30 - 10:00
Andrew Edwards (Imperial College London, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
09:30 - 09:45
Jane Usher (University of Exeter, UK), Meeting Room 1 Irish Fungal Society Session
09:30 - 10:00
Adam Jones (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
09:30 - 09:40
Nadine Ziemert (Tuebingen, Germany), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
09:30 - 10:00
Fiona McGill (Univeristy of Liverpool, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
09:30 - 10:00
Julius Lukes (Czech Academy of Sciences Invited speaker, Czech Republic), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
09:40 - 09:55
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Research and publishing ethics: beyond plagiarism. What you need to know and why it matters
09:45 - 10:15
Michael Ormsby (University of Glasgow, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
09:45 - 10:00
Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
09:55 - 10:10
Thomas Thompson (Queens University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
10:00 - 10:15
Aras Kadioglu (University of Liverpool, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
10:00 - 10:30
Rininta Firdaus (University of Nottingham, UK and Pancasila University, Indonesia), Hall 2A Infection forum
10:00 - 10:15
Sarmad Waqas (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Meeting Room 1 Irish Fungal Society Session
10:00 - 10:15
Emmanuel Lorenzo de los Santos (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
10:00 - 10:15
Diane Griffin (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
10:00 - 10:30
Ian Hu (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
10:10 - 10:25
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Research and publishing ethics: beyond plagiarism. What you need to know and why it matters
10:15 - 10:45
Hall 1 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
10:15 - 11:00
Ross Waller (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
10:15 - 10:30
Edel Hyland (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 1 Irish Fungal Society Session
10:15 - 10:30
Joshua Burns (Robert Gordon University, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
10:15 - 10:30
Hall 1 Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
10:25 - 11:00
Hall 1 Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
10:30 - 11:00
Hall 1 Infection forum
10:30 - 11:00
Irish Fungal Society Session
10:30 - 11:00
Hall 1 The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
10:30 - 11:00
Hall 1 Viral infections of the central nervous system
10:30 - 11:00
Essential skills: Research and publishing ethics: beyond plagiarism. What you need to know and why it matters
10:45 - 11:10
David Prangishvili (Institute Pasteur, France), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
11:00 - 11:30
Jess Tyson (University of Nottingham, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
11:00 - 11:30
Timothy Kidd (The University of Queensland, Australia and Queen’s University Belfast, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
11:00 - 11:15
David Fitzpatrick (Maynooth University, Ireland), Meeting Room 1 Irish Fungal Society Session
11:00 - 11:30
Atle Bones (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
11:00 - 11:15
Wenjung Zhang (Berkeley, USA), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
11:00 - 11:30
Fanni Gergley (CRUK, University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
11:00 - 11:30
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Research and publishing ethics: beyond plagiarism. What you need to know and why it matters
11:10 - 12:00
Gerard Sheehan (Maynooth University, Ireland), Hall 2A Infection forum
11:15 - 11:30
Jackie Collier (Stony Brook University, USA), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
11:15 - 11:30
Tessa Quax (Universität Freiburg, Germany), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
11:30 - 12:00
Christian Møller-Olsen (University of Warwick, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
11:30 - 11:45
Andrew O'Connor (University College Dublin, Ireland), Hall 2A Infection forum
11:30 - 11:45
Steve Oliver (University of Cambridge, UK), Meeting Room 1 Irish Fungal Society Session
11:30 - 12:00
Angela Piersanti (University of Camerino, Italy), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
11:30 - 11:45
Maxime Couturier (University of Cambridge, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
11:30 - 11:45
Lynn Enquist (Princeton Univeristy, USA), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
11:30 - 12:00
Kim Summers (University of Birmingham, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
11:45 - 12:00
Claudia Feriotti (Queen’s University Belfast, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
11:45 - 12:00
Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
11:45 - 12:00
Alicia Russell (John Innes Centre, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
11:45 - 12:00
Hall 1 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
12:00 - 13:00
Hall 1 Infection forum
12:00 - 13:00
Meeting Room 1 Essential skills: CV workshop
13:00 - 13:15
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Peer review
13:00 - 13:30
Donald Cowan (University of Pretoria, South Africa), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
13:00 - 13:30
Laure Bindels (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
13:00 - 13:30
Shakib Alhagh (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
13:00 - 13:15
Chris Howe (University of Cambridge, UK), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
13:00 - 13:15
Margharita Sosio (Naicons, Italy), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
13:00 - 13:30
Dorian McGavern (NIH, USA), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
13:00 - 13:30
Meeting Room 1 Essential skills: CV workshop
13:15 - 13:50
Dean Walsh (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
13:15 - 13:30
Elena Casacuberta (Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Spain), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
13:15 - 13:30
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Peer review
13:30 - 14:00
Sharon Ruiz Lopez (University of Manchester, UK), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
13:30 - 13:45
Thomas Clarke (Imperial College London, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
13:30 - 14:00
Josephine Moran (University of Manchester, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
13:30 - 13:45
Thomas Mock (University of East Anglia, UK), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
13:30 - 13:45
Alex Mullins (University of Cardiff, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
13:30 - 13:45
Helen Groves (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
13:30 - 13:45
Stephen Kelly (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
13:45 - 14:00
Rebecca Weiser (Cardiff University, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
13:45 - 14:00
Sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/mrvhzIsNNn06ffHM2, Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
13:45 - 14:30
Asif Fazal (University of Leeds, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
13:45 - 14:00
Stephen Graham (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
13:45 - 14:00
Meeting Room 1 Essential skills: CV workshop
13:50 - 14:30
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Peer review
14:00 - 14:30
John E Hallsworth (Queen's University, Belfast, UK), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
14:00 - 14:30
Christine Jordan (Imperial College London, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
14:00 - 14:15
Alexandra Woodacre (University of Northampton, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
14:00 - 14:15
Rebecca Elizabeth McHugh (University of Strathclyde, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
14:00 - 14:15
Robyn Klein (Washington University, USA), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
14:00 - 14:30
Elaine Waters (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
14:15 - 14:30
Birte Hollmann (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
14:15 - 14:30
Tim Walker (University College, London, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
14:15 - 14:30
Hall 1 Essential skills: CV workshop
14:30 - 15:00
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Peer review
14:30 - 15:00
Hall 1 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
14:30 - 15:00
Jessica Lewis (Monash University, Australia), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
14:30 - 14:45
Hall 1 Infection forum
14:30 - 15:00
Hall 1 Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
14:30 - 15:00
Hall 1 The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
14:30 - 15:00
Hall 1 Viral infections of the central nervous system
14:30 - 15:00
Hall 1 Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
14:45 - 15:00
Meeting Room 1 Essential skills: CV workshop
15:00 - 16:00
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Peer review
15:00 - 15:20
Cristina Dorador (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
15:00 - 15:30
Beth McGraw (Penn State University, USA), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
15:00 - 15:30
Greg Joyner (University of Liverpool, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
15:00 - 15:15
Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
15:00 - 16:15
Winifred Akwani (University of Surrey, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
15:00 - 15:15
Heli Harvala (University College London, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
15:00 - 15:30
Katherine Pline (University of Sheffield, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
15:15 - 15:30
Rebecca Devine (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
15:15 - 15:30
Meeting Room 2 Essential skills: Peer review
15:20 - 16:00
Richard Wormald (University of Huddersfield, UK), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
15:30 - 15:45
Ewa Chrostek (University of Liverpool, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
15:30 - 16:00
Robert Cogger-Ward (University of Nottingham, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
15:30 - 15:45
Blessing Anonye (University of Warwick, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
15:30 - 15:45
Valeria Lulla (University of Cambridge, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
15:30 - 15:45
Sophie Nixon (University of Manchester, UK), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
15:45 - 16:00
Michael McArthur (University of East Anglia, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
15:45 - 16:00
Benjamin Thomas (Aberystwyth University, UK), Hall 2B The biological and chemical tales of the antibiotic makers
15:45 - 16:00
Neil Berry (NIBSC, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
15:45 - 16:00
Olga Golyshina (Bangor University, UK), Meeting Room 3 Extremophiles: living life on the edge
16:00 - 16:30
Allison Zwarycz (Aberystwyth University, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
16:00 - 16:05
Mimi Asogwa (University of Aberdeen, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
16:00 - 16:15
Alan Winston (Imperial College London, UK), Main auditorium Viral infections of the central nervous system
16:00 - 16:30
David Sünderhauf (University of Exeter, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
16:05 - 16:10
Helen Brown (University of Surrey, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
16:10 - 16:15
Alison Low (University of Edinburgh, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
16:15 - 16:20
Jack Law (University of York, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
16:15 - 16:30
Adam Jones (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USA), Arc Marine protists as emerging models for functional genomics and cell biology
16:15 - 16:30
Angeziwa Chunga Chirambo (University of Liverpool, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
16:20 - 16:25
Katharine Coyte (University of Oxford, UK), Studio Fighting fire with fire- deploying microbes in the battle against disease
16:25 - 16:30
Angharad Green (University of Liverpool, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
16:30 - 16:45
Abdu Aldarhami (University of Plymouth, UK), Hall 2A Infection forum
16:45 - 17:00
Abstract submissions are now closed.
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.
Speakers are required to upload a copy of their PowerPoint slides at least two hours prior to their presentation time from the Speaker Preview Room. This will be situated in Boardroom 1. Dedicated AV technicians will be available in the room to assist you during the opening hours.
| Sunday 7 April | 16:00-20:00 |
| Monday 8 April | 7:00-17:30 |
| Tuesday 9 April | 7:30-17:30 |
| Wednesday 10 April | 7:30-17:30 |
| Thursday 11 April | 8:30-14:00 |
All presenters with a talk at our Annual Conference should allow time for questions and answers within their allocated time slot. This can be determined by the presenter, however below is a guide which may be of help:
30 minute talk: 25 minute presentation with 5 minutes for Q&A
15 minute talk: 12 minute presentation with 3 minutes for Q&A
12 minute talk: 10 minute presentation with 2 minutes for Q&A
How to give an oral presentation
Posters for Annual Conference 2019 will be rotated halfway through this year's event to reflect the content of the meeting's live programme sessions.
If your abstract has been awarded a poster, please book your attendance based on the date that the main session is taking place. Please see the online programme for this information. Further information will be sent to you by email once you have formally registered.
All posters will be divided into two blocks:
| Block A | Monday 8 April to Tuesday 9 April 2019 |
| Block B | Wednesday 10 April to Thursday 11 April 2019 |
Posters will all remain up for two days.
Sessions taking place on the first two days of the meeting will be given posters in Block A. All sessions taking place on the final two days of the meeting will have their posters in Block B.
Poster numbers will be provided one month before Conference and a poster registration desk will be onsite for support throughout the event.
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:
How to give a poster presentation
Annual Conference 2019 Poster Book
The posters at Annual Conference provide an excellent platform to showcase emerging scientific research related to the talks programmed during the day. The poster abstract book can be downloaded here and searched using the Find functionality (CTRL + F) and key words. This document contains the full poster content as well as poster numbers and presentation slots that have been allocated for this year's conference.
Please note, due to its size, no hard copies of this brochure will be printed for this year's event.
Posters will be displayed in Hall 1 within the main convention centre throughout the duration of the conference with presentations taking place during evenings and lunchtime on Thursday.
Posters will be grouped together by session. There will be a poster registration desk on-site for support throughout the event to support poster presenters.
Flash poster presenters will be selected in advance by the session organisers and those chosen to take part will be informed prior to the Conference. If chosen, you will need to prepare a five-minute PowerPoint presentation.
Please limit the presentation to a maximum of 3 slides and ensure you visit the speaker preview room at the ICC at least 2 hours before your presentation. Please ensure you have the presentation saved on a USB flash drive, or accessible from cloud storage.
There will be four 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 2019.
All poster presenters will be considered for the Microbiology Society Journals' 'Most Promising Science Poster Prize’. Four prizes will be awarded to posters that present particularly compelling or novel research within the subject areas of the following Society journals: Microbiology, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology and Microbial Genomics. This prize will be judged by the Editors, with the winner receiving a small cash prize and certificate. For more information on the journals, visit microbiologyresearch.org.
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 29 March 2019.
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 by 24 May 2019.
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 2019.
Registration for Annual Conference is now closed.
Registration will take place at the Convention Centre's Riverside Foyer. Pre-registration is available from 16:00-20:00 on Sunday 7 April. Registration is then open every day throughout the conference (from 07:00 on Monday, 07:30 on Tuesday and Wednesday and 08:30 on Thursday).
Upon registration, you will be given a delegate bag that contains the delegate event brochure and badge. Please wear your badges at all times.
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 new 10% discount is available for anyone registering for all 4 days of the meeting.
| Ticket | 1 day Full price |
2 days Full price |
3 days Full price |
4 days |
| Non-member | £235 | £470 | £705 | £846 |
| Full member | £133 | £266 | £399 | £479 |
| Concessionary member |
£82 | £164 | £246 | £295 |
| Affiliate member | £215 | £450 | £685 | £826 |
| Student member | £72 | £144 | £216 | £259 |
Upon registration you should receive an automated confirmation email. Please contact conferences@microbiologysociety.org if this has not been received within 24 hours.
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.
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland and home to the Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2019.
Belfast is a city rich in culture and history, so whether you’re looking to visit its historic landmarks and attractions or experience new culinary delights, there’s a lot waiting to be discovered.
There are many things to see and do in the city’s Cathedral Quarter, which is packed full of interesting architecture and has a host of fabulous pubs, bars and restaurants.
If you’re planning on extending your stay after the Conference, there are plenty of attractions you could visit, such as the Titanic Museum, the Alexandra Graving Dock or Belfast City Hall, one of Belfast’s most iconic buildings. Learn more about this city and its attractions at: visitbelfast.com
The Microbiology Society has partnered with Visit Belfast and offers all Annual Conference delegates access to exclusive offers for tours, attractions and restaurants in the city. Learn more about these exclusive offers on the Visit Belfast website: visitbelfast.com/delegateoffers
Annual Conference 2019 will be held at the ICC Belfast (formerly Belfast Waterfront).
With 7,000m2 of multi-purpose event space designed to accommodate events for up to 2,000 delegates, this venue offers the perfect space for the microbiology community to come together in Northern Ireland.
The Conference's plenary presentations will be taking place in the main lecture theatre with the individual sessions in the Studio, Arc, Hall 2A, Hall 2B and Meeting Rooms 1-3. The exhibition and posters will be in Hall 1 and the ECM pre-Conference networking event will be taking place in the Riverside Foyer and Concourse. You can explore these rooms using the 3D floorplans.
Amadeus provides the event catering to the ICC Belfast. 80% of their food and beverage suppliers can be found within a 30-mile radius of the venue.
Amadeus has made a full commitment to say that 98% of their disposable packaging spend is on sustainable products. They also work to ensure as little food as possible is wasted and are currently transitioning from plastic items to a sustainable starch-based biodegradable line.
Following positive feedback from this year’s conference in Birmingham, the Society is again teaming up with Nipperbout to provide a free crèche at the Annual Conference 2019. The crèche will be available to all children of delegates between the ages of 0 to 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.
Creche venue: Belfast Waterfront Convention Centre, 2 Lanyon Place, Belfast. The crèche facilities are in Bar Level 2.
Opening times:
How to register your creche 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: MAC080419
First Registrant login: MAC080419
Password: MAC
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 their website.
We hope that this assists your attendance at the conference. Should you have any questions, please contact: registration@nipperbout.com
In addition, the event will also be providing a nursing room, cloakroom and prayer room to help support the attendance of our diverse microbiological community.
Email conferences@microbiologysociety.org for further information.
Belfast is a popular destination city whose hotels fill up quickly. So, if you’re planning on joining us for Annual Conference here, we highly recommend you secure your accommodation and make your travel plans as early as possible.
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. A booking form is also available 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.
Travel to Belfast is easy and fast. The city is well connected by road, rail and sea transport and with 2 local airports the city is accessible by air from both Great Britain and overseas destinations.
ICC Belfast
2 Lanyon Place
Belfast
BT1 3WH
ICC Belfast (formerly Belfast Waterfront) is conveniently located within a 10-minute walk of the city centre.
Air: The city of Belfast is served by two airports, Belfast International Airport (BFS) and George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), which are located 25km and 5km from ICC Belfast respectively.
From Belfast International, Ulsterbus operate the 300 Airport Express bus service between Belfast city centre and the airport. The journey takes 30 - 45 minutes. Taxis can be hired outside the terminal building and a number of car hire firms are available with the terminal. The journey from the airport to Belfast takes about 40 minutes. There is no direct train service from the airport.
Scheduled flights out of George Best Belfast City Airport ( BHD ) operate to England, Scotland, the Isle or Man and the Republic Of Ireland. The main airlines operating out of the airport are British Airways, Aer Lingus, Flybe, KLM, Brussels Airlines and Citywing. The 600 Airport Express bus runs from the airport to the city centre. The journey takes 15–20 minutes.
Train: The nearest train station is Lanyon Place Station, which is in East Bridge Street, around five minutes’ walk from the venue. There is a regular train service from Dublin and the average journey time is approx. two hours.
Road: the venue is located in Lanyon Place, just off Oxford Street in the city centre. If you are traveling on a major road into the city, follow signs for the city centre and Belfast Waterfront via East Bridge Street or Oxford Street.
Society Conference Grants are now closed.
Whilst teaching microbiology in higher education, you may come across challenges such as keeping up to date with the current teaching environment or ensuring students are engaged. During this interactive symposium, delegates will have the opportunity to be part of a network, learn best practices and gain insights and information on issues affecting the teaching landscape.
The symposium will give delegates the opportunity to discuss teaching microbiology in higher education and troubleshoot individual challenges. The symposium will discuss elements of the framework of teaching, including degree structures and benchmarking. Topics to be explored include transitioning from schools into higher education and obstacles within postgraduate teaching.
Delegates will also benefit from practical examples of teaching and preparing for teaching students, as well as managing student expectations when it comes to independent learning. The day will conclude with the opportunity for delegates to share how the Society can better support teaching-active members. This symposium is aimed at anyone involved or interested in teaching in higher education and therefore is not restricted by career stage.
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 book your space when registering for the Annual Conference – spaces are limited and complimentary when registering for the day.
Please note, although we ask all delegates wishing to attend professional development sessions to register their interest in advance, sessions will operate on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive with plenty of time to secure your place.
Monday 8 April 2019, 10:00-13:00
This session is aimed at helping you to understand what is required of a laboratory leader. The day will comprise a series of interactive workshops taking delegates through key skills involved with running a successful research group. These include – Managing Projects, Managing Assets, Health and Safety, and Managing People
Tuesday 9 April 2019, 10:00-13:00
Delegates will be presented with a toolkit for staying resilient in academia, before learning from the experience of those who have successfully negotiated challenges in their academic careers. This session is aimed at early career researchers and is also relevant to those who are considering changed fields, as moving fields also requires the ability to adapt to change.
Thursday 11 April 2019, 09:00-12:00
In this session, delegates will be introduced to the topic of research and publishing ethics, and what to do when you suspect research malpractice. This session is aimed at those who wish to take a proactive step in dealing with research ethics and therefore is not restricted by career stage.
Thursday 11 April 2019, 13:00-16:30
As well as showing delegates how to peer-review a paper, this interactive session will also show attendees what happens behind the scenes – what the Society’s Editorial staff do, and how peer reviewers are selected. This session is aimed at early career researchers but is also suitable for all those who are interested in learning how the Society manages peer review.
Thursday 11 April 2019, 13:00-16:30
Delegates will have the opportunity to find out the key elements to include in a standard and academic CV and will be given practical tips for making their CVs stand out. The session will end with an interactive workshop where delegates will peer-review each other’s CVs in groups – so make sure to bring a draft with you.
This session is suitable for anyone who is in need of feedback on their CV and therefore is not restricted by career stage.
The Annual Conference has been accredited by the Royal Society of Biology (144 CPD credits), the Royal College of Pathologists (29 CPD credits) and the Institute of Biomedical Science (category: Professional Activity).
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.
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 provide ample opportunities for formal networking for both these groups at the meeting itself. Just as importantly however, the social programme offers informal opportunities for delegates to make new friends, forge future collaborations and have fun. Below you can find out more about the social programme for Belfast.
The Early Career Microbiologists' (ECM) Forum Executive Committee will be hosting an evening of interactive games and networking on the evening before the main event.
Participants will have the opportunity to take part in games and get to know other delegates, including senior members of the Society and ECM Forum members. This event will be a great way to meet potential collaborators and scientists from the breadth of the microbiology discipline and different career levels.
Whether it's your first time at 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 Sunday's networking event.
HMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Jail, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast. It is the only Victorian-era prison remaining in Northern Ireland and is affectionately known as the Crum.
On the first night of Annual Conference, the jail will be opened exclusively for registered Microbiology Society delegates.
Over the years the jail has housed murderers, suffragettes, loyalist and republican prisoners. It has witnessed births, deaths and marriages and has been the home to executions, escapes, hunger-strikes and riots. Annual Conference guests will receive a glass of prosecco and canapés on arrival before going on a 70-minute guided tour to experience what life was like for these prisoners.
Delegates are welcome to make their own way to the venue; a coach will also be available to collect delegates from the ICC Belfast main entrance at 20:00 and returning after the tour is complete.
There are a limited number of places available for our Crumlin Rd Jail tour.
For those who have not yet registered, you can select this social option when registering for the main Conference.
Alternatively, for those delegates who have already registered and wish to add this social activity for themselves and their guests, please book your place online.
The annual quiz and games night will be taking place at Lavery's bar with its roof terrace and a private floor for Society members.
Lavery's is a traditional Northern Irish bar just 15 minutes from the main convention centre. The ever-popular annual quiz will start here at 20:30 with prizes up for grabs. Meet old and new friends and get together in teams of six+ to try to compete to secure the prized Society medal.
Once the quiz is over, don't let your competitive streak end – challenge colleagues and friends to shuffleboard or a variety of board games. Alternatively, make use of Northern Ireland's largest pool room with 22 high-quality and well-maintained pool tables.
Belfast is the perfect destination if you're looking to add a weekend on to the end of your Annual Conference.
Visit Belfast offers insider's guides to the best sights, shops, food and bars, as well as a range of tours taking in the cultural and historical highlights of Belfast and Northern Ireland.
Belfast is a very walkable city, and also has a useful public transport network provided by Translink. Explore the city with the help of a Belfast Visitor Map.
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 over 1,400 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.
The exhibition is located in a high-traffic area, where all conference meals, coffee breaks and drinks receptions will be held, offering an excellent opportunity to showcase your products, interact with conference delegates and maximise leads.
You can choose from Gold, Silver and Bronze packages, or Pick and Mix options that can be tailored to your needs and your budget.
Detailed information about available exhibition packages can be found in the Exhibition and Sponsorship Pack, which can be downloaded below:
Annual Conference 2019 Exhibition Pack
To book your exhibition or sponsorship place, please download the fillable registration form below and return the completed form to exhibitions@microbiologysociety.org.
Annual Conference 2019 Exhibition or Sponsorship Booking Form
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Annual Conference 2019 Hotel List