• Professional Development Session - Publishing Fundamentals

  Dr James Connolly (Newcastle University) Professional Development Session - Publishing Fundamentals

  09:00 - 10:15

• Invited talk: Blastocystis, bacteriophages and beyond - my career in microbiology to date

  Dr Pauline Scanlan (University College Cork) Invited talk: Blastocystis, bacteriophages and beyond - my career in microbiology to date

  10:15 - 10:35

• Offered talk: Exploring the Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids as Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Agents against Streptococcus mutans

  Aoife Mulry (Technological University of the Shannon) Offered talk: Exploring the Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids as Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Agents against Streptococcus mutans

  10:35 - 10:45

• Offered talk: Prevalence, Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns and Associated Factors of Candida species among HIV Positive Individuals with Oropharyngeal Infections attending Mekelle Health Facilities of Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

  Haftay Tadesse (Mekelle University) Offered talk: Prevalence, Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns and Associated Factors of Candida species among HIV Positive Individuals with Oropharyngeal Infections attending Mekelle Health Facilities of Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

  10:35 - 10:45

• Offered talk: Remodelling of cystic fibrosis respiratory microbiota in response to extended Elexacaftor–Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor therapy

  Helen Gavillet (Northumbria University) Offered talk: Remodelling of cystic fibrosis respiratory microbiota in response to extended Elexacaftor–Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor therapy

  10:45 - 10:55

• ECMoY Poster Prize and Break

  ECMoY Poster Prize and Break

  10:55 - 11:20

• Invited talk: Eliciting microbial chemistry for antibiotic discovery

  Dr Katherine Duncan (Newcastle University) Invited talk: Eliciting microbial chemistry for antibiotic discovery

  11:20 - 11:40

• Offered talk: A Life Identification Number (LIN) Barcoding System for Neisseria meningitidis: advancement in stable bacterial typing and high-resolution outbreak investigations

  Kasia Parfitt (University of Oxford) Offered talk: A Life Identification Number (LIN) Barcoding System for Neisseria meningitidis: advancement in stable bacterial typing and high-resolution outbreak investigations

  11:50 - 12:00

• Offered talk: Uncovering the Role of NAD(P)H Quinone Oxidoreductases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: New Avenues for Antibiotic Potentiators

  Christina Stylianou (Northumbria University) Offered talk: Uncovering the Role of NAD(P)H Quinone Oxidoreductases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: New Avenues for Antibiotic Potentiators

  11:50 - 12:00

• Offered talk: Impact of Microbial Interactions on the Fitness Costs of Antibiotic Resistance Mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  Jack Knowles (Queen's University, Belfast) Offered talk: Impact of Microbial Interactions on the Fitness Costs of Antibiotic Resistance Mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  12:00 - 12:10

• Offered talk: Modelling a biologically representative environment: does respiratory-mimicking media influence the evolution of meropenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa?

  Lauren Pittaccio (Queen's University, Belfast) Offered talk: Modelling a biologically representative environment: does respiratory-mimicking media influence the evolution of meropenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa?

  12:10 - 12:20

• Offered talk: Immunogenic screening of novel diphtheria vaccine candidates

  Emma Jackson (Northumbria University) Offered talk: Immunogenic screening of novel diphtheria vaccine candidates

  12:20 - 12:30

• Lunch and Networking

  Lunch and Networking

  12:30 - 13:30

• Invited talk: Bringing together expertise to ask something new; studying virus infection at the vector-vertebrate interface

  Clive McKimmie (University of York, UK) Invited talk: Bringing together expertise to ask something new; studying virus infection at the vector-vertebrate interface

  13:30 - 13:50

• Offered talk: Defining Natural Killer Cell Gene Expression Signatures that Predict HCMV Viraemia Development in Kidney Transplant Recipients

  Rowan Casey (Cardiff University) Offered talk: Defining Natural Killer Cell Gene Expression Signatures that Predict HCMV Viraemia Development in Kidney Transplant Recipients

  13:50 - 14:00

• Offered talk: Harnessing Nature’s Pharmaceutical Toolbox: Exploring Plant-derived Compounds and Synthetic Xanthones to Combat Coronaviruses

  Gemma Cooper (De Montfort University) Offered talk: Harnessing Nature’s Pharmaceutical Toolbox: Exploring Plant-derived Compounds and Synthetic Xanthones to Combat Coronaviruses

  14:00 - 14:10

• Offered talk: An Optimised Protocol for Imaging Infectious Bronchitis Virus in Ex Vivo Tracheal Organ Culture

  Naveen Mathew (Pirbright University) Offered talk: An Optimised Protocol for Imaging Infectious Bronchitis Virus in Ex Vivo Tracheal Organ Culture

  14:10 - 14:20

• Break

  Break

  14:15 - 14:30

• Invited talk: Does age matter? Investigating the impact of fungal ageing in antifungal resistance.

  Dr Alessandra Da Silva Dantas (Newcastle University, UK) Invited talk: Does age matter? Investigating the impact of fungal ageing in antifungal resistance.

  14:40 - 15:00

• Offered talk: Effects of digestate, bio fertiliser and chemical fertilisers on antimicrobial resistance: a greenhouse trial with lettuce

  Darshanika Dinushi Arambegedara (University of South Wales) Offered talk: Effects of digestate, bio fertiliser and chemical fertilisers on antimicrobial resistance: a greenhouse trial with lettuce

  15:00 - 15:10

• Closing Remarks

  Closing Remarks

  15:10 - 15:20