• Professional Development Session- Publishing Fundamentals Panel

  Professional Development Session- Publishing Fundamentals Panel

  09:00 - 10:00

• The Bigger Picture: Mesoscale imaging in Microbiology

  Katherine Baxter and Gail McConnell (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK) The Bigger Picture: Mesoscale imaging in Microbiology

  10:00 - 10:20

• Exploring the Efficacy of Lipids as Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Agents against Streptococcus mutans

  Aoife Mulry (Technological University of the Shannon, IE) Exploring the Efficacy of Lipids as Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Agents against Streptococcus mutans

  10:20 - 10:30

• Beyond Antibiotics: Investigating Aurodox as an Antivirulence Treatment for Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli

  Rebecca McHugh (University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK) Beyond Antibiotics: Investigating Aurodox as an Antivirulence Treatment for Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli

  10:30 - 10:40

• FEMS: what is it and what can it do for me?

  David Kelly (Microbiology Society FEMS Delegate) FEMS: what is it and what can it do for me?

  10:40 - 10:55

• ECMoY Poster Prize

  ECMoY Poster Prize

  10:55 - 11:00

• Break

  Break

  11:00 - 11:30

• 'Riding the pandemic wave as a Clinical Scientist in Virology'

  Rebecca Dewar (NHS Lothian, UK) 'Riding the pandemic wave as a Clinical Scientist in Virology'

  11:30 - 11:50

• Demonstrating integrated wastewater AMR surveillance for city-scale health protection

  Kelly Jobling (Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) Demonstrating integrated wastewater AMR surveillance for city-scale health protection

  11:50 - 12:00

• Antimicrobial Activity of New Phenolic Natural Products Derived from a Fungus Isolated from Semi-desert Soil Collected from Kidepo National Park, Karamoja, Uganda

  Julius Tibyangye (University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK) Antimicrobial Activity of New Phenolic Natural Products Derived from a Fungus Isolated from Semi-desert Soil Collected from Kidepo National Park, Karamoja, Uganda

  12:00 - 12:10

• Identification of Irish Cattle as potential reservoirs of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL), and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

  Mairead Quinn (Technological University of the Shannon, IE) Identification of Irish Cattle as potential reservoirs of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL), and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

  12:10 - 12:20

• Carbon Metabolism and Storage are linked to the Phosphotransferase System (PTS-Ntr) in Rhizobium leguminosarum

  Olivia Tjahjono (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) Carbon Metabolism and Storage are linked to the Phosphotransferase System (PTS-Ntr) in Rhizobium leguminosarum

  12:20 - 12:25

• Lunch and Networking

  Lunch and Networking

  12:25 - 13:30

• My "Pathway" to PI: from Cyprus to Ireland, and everything micro in between

  Merve Suzan Zeden (National University of Ireland, Galway, IE) My "Pathway" to PI: from Cyprus to Ireland, and everything micro in between

  13:30 - 13:55

• Female sex is associated with Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance and treatment failure.

  Thomas Butler (Trinity College, Dublin, IE) Female sex is associated with Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance and treatment failure.

  13:55 - 14:05

• Establishing best practice for low-biomass shotgun metagenomics

  Duncan Ng (Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, UK) Establishing best practice for low-biomass shotgun metagenomics

  14:05 - 14:15

• Break

  Break

  14:15 - 14:30

• Its Not What You Nose but Who You Know: Navigating Academia and the Nasal Niche

  Justine Rudkin (University of Glasgow, UK) Its Not What You Nose but Who You Know: Navigating Academia and the Nasal Niche

  14:30 - 14:50

• Dealing with cheats: The Legume -Rhizobiumsymbiosis

  Thomas Underwood (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) Dealing with cheats: The Legume -Rhizobiumsymbiosis

  14:50 - 15:00

• Development and immunogenicity of Glycoconjugate vaccine against Group A Streptococcus

  Sowmya Ajay Castro (University of Dundee, Dundee, UK) Development and immunogenicity of Glycoconjugate vaccine against Group A Streptococcus

  15:00 - 15:10

• Closing Remarks

  Closing Remarks

  15:10 - 15:20