Welcome

13:00 - 13:05
Hiding in plain sight: Bacteroides fragilis, a sometimes lethal pathogen from the GI tract

Susan Butler-Wu (University of Southern California, USA)

13:05 - 13:30
Bacteroides enterotoxin, infection and cancer

Annemarie Boleij (Radboud University, The Netherlands)

13:30 - 13:55
Offered Paper: Epitope Mapping of Human Ubiquitin and a structural homologue from Bacteroides fragilis

Jamie English (Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland)

13:55 - 14:05
Break

14:05 - 14:15
Offered Paper: Enhancement of Tumorigenic Properties by Parvimonas micra in HT-29 Colorectal Cancer Cells

Muhammad Nur Adam Hatta (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)

14:15 - 14:25
Alzheimer’s Disease and Periodontitis: Is Porphyromonas gingivalis a causal link?

Mike Curtis (King's College London, UK)

14:25 - 14:50
Offered Paper: Implications of the unique dissimilatory sulfite reductase DsrABD in sulfide production of the gut pathobiont Bilophila wadsworthia

Andreia I. Pimenta (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

14:50 - 15:00
Offered Paper: Protein- and fibre-enriched diets modify the structure and function of a defined colorectal cancer patient gut community and modulate colon organoid transcriptional response

Avery Robinson (University of Guelph, Canada)

15:00 - 15:10
Speaker Q&A

15:10 - 15:30
Break

15:30 - 15:45
Chewing and swallowing – mechanisms of glycan hydrolysis and import by human gut Bacteroides

David Bolam (Newcastle University, UK)

15:45 - 16:10
Lak, a megaphage that infects the gut microbiomes of humans and animals

Jo Santini (University College London, UK)

16:10 - 16:35
Offered Paper: Characterizing prophages of the model invasive pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies animalis 7-1

Jacob Wilde (University of Guelph, Canada)

16:35 - 16:45
Break

16:45 - 17:00
Offered Paper: Use of NMR metabolomics to understand behaviour and symbiosis in the vaginal microbiome

Victoria Horrocks (King's College London, UK)

17:00 - 17:10
Prevotella species in Reproductive Tract Infections in Women

Sharon Hillier (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

17:10 - 17:35
Speaker Q&A

17:35 - 18:00
Break

18:00 - 19:00

Poster session A

19:00 - 20:00

Networking

20:00 - 21:00

Friday 16 July, Afternoon

Welcome

Hiding in plain sight: Bacteroides fragilis, a sometimes lethal pathogen from the GI tract

Bacteroides enterotoxin, infection and cancer

Offered Paper: Epitope Mapping of Human Ubiquitin and a structural homologue from Bacteroides fragilis

Break

Offered Paper: Enhancement of Tumorigenic Properties by Parvimonas micra in HT-29 Colorectal Cancer Cells

Alzheimer’s Disease and Periodontitis: Is Porphyromonas gingivalis a causal link?

Offered Paper: Implications of the unique dissimilatory sulfite reductase DsrABD in sulfide production of the gut pathobiont Bilophila wadsworthia

Offered Paper: Protein- and fibre-enriched diets modify the structure and function of a defined colorectal cancer patient gut community and modulate colon organoid transcriptional response

Speaker Q&A

Break

Chewing and swallowing – mechanisms of glycan hydrolysis and import by human gut Bacteroides

Lak, a megaphage that infects the gut microbiomes of humans and animals

Offered Paper: Characterizing prophages of the model invasive pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies animalis 7-1

Break

Offered Paper: Use of NMR metabolomics to understand behaviour and symbiosis in the vaginal microbiome

Prevotella species in Reproductive Tract Infections in Women

Speaker Q&A

Break

Poster session A

Networking

Welcome

Guess Poo: Modelling Antibiotic-mediated Dysbiosis

A national ISO:15189 Accredited Clostridioides difficile Whole Genome Sequencing Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing Service in Wales

Offered Paper: Ursodiol Attenuates Clostridioides difficile Infection By Altering Host Inflammatory Response

Break

Offered Paper: Age-associated defects in the adaptive immune response to Clostridioides difficile infection impair the development of a protective immune response in the elderly

Adaptation of C. difficile to the gut lifestyle

Clostridium perfringens and preterm infants: friend or foe?

Speaker Q&A

Break

Spore-forming bacteria in the human intestinal microbiota

Offered Paper: Cutibacterium acnes is able incorporate into biofilm communities and improve its survival in aerobic conditions.

Offered Paper: All five Clostridioides difficile lineages produce high levels of para-cresol in response to its precursor p-HPA

Break

Offered Paper: Fusobacterium necrophorum virulome has patchy phylogenomic relationship to their clinical source of isolation.

Offered Paper: RNA landscape of the emerging cancer-associated microbe Fusobacterium nucleatum

Fusobacterium nucleatum host-microbe interactions and responses in colorectal cancer

Speaker Q&A

Break

Poster session B

Closing comments

Welcome

Hiding in plain sight: Bacteroides fragilis, a sometimes lethal pathogen from the GI tract

Bacteroides enterotoxin, infection and cancer

Offered Paper: Epitope Mapping of Human Ubiquitin and a structural homologue from Bacteroides fragilis

Break

Offered Paper: Enhancement of Tumorigenic Properties by Parvimonas micra in HT-29 Colorectal Cancer Cells

Alzheimer’s Disease and Periodontitis: Is Porphyromonas gingivalis a causal link?

Offered Paper: Implications of the unique dissimilatory sulfite reductase DsrABD in sulfide production of the gut pathobiont Bilophila wadsworthia

Offered Paper: Protein- and fibre-enriched diets modify the structure and function of a defined colorectal cancer patient gut community and modulate colon organoid transcriptional response

Speaker Q&A

Break

Chewing and swallowing – mechanisms of glycan hydrolysis and import by human gut Bacteroides

Lak, a megaphage that infects the gut microbiomes of humans and animals

Offered Paper: Characterizing prophages of the model invasive pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies animalis 7-1

Break

Offered Paper: Use of NMR metabolomics to understand behaviour and symbiosis in the vaginal microbiome

Prevotella species in Reproductive Tract Infections in Women

Speaker Q&A

Break

Poster session A

Networking

Welcome

Guess Poo: Modelling Antibiotic-mediated Dysbiosis

A national ISO:15189 Accredited Clostridioides difficile Whole Genome Sequencing Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing Service in Wales

Offered Paper: Ursodiol Attenuates Clostridioides difficile Infection By Altering Host Inflammatory Response

Break

Offered Paper: Age-associated defects in the adaptive immune response to Clostridioides difficile infection impair the development of a protective immune response in the elderly

Adaptation of C. difficile to the gut lifestyle

Clostridium perfringens and preterm infants: friend or foe?

Speaker Q&A

Break

Spore-forming bacteria in the human intestinal microbiota

Offered Paper: Cutibacterium acnes is able incorporate into biofilm communities and improve its survival in aerobic conditions.

Offered Paper: All five Clostridioides difficile lineages produce high levels of para-cresol in response to its precursor p-HPA

Break

Offered Paper: Fusobacterium necrophorum virulome has patchy phylogenomic relationship to their clinical source of isolation.

Offered Paper: RNA landscape of the emerging cancer-associated microbe Fusobacterium nucleatum

Fusobacterium nucleatum host-microbe interactions and responses in colorectal cancer