Lecture View

Lecture View

Monday 01 October

Registration and welcome refreshments

Registration and welcome refreshments

08:30 - 09:20
Welcome and overview

Fiona Brennan (Teagasc, Ireland) Welcome and overview

09:20 - 10:00
Keynote Speaker 1: Defining the host genetic control of the rhizosphere bacterial microbiota

Davide Bulgarelli (University of Dundee, UK) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

09:30 - 10:00
The chemical ecology of protective plant root microbiomes

Sarah Worsley (University of East Anglia, UK) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

10:00 - 10:15
Phage selection can constrain plant disease dynamics via resistance-virulence trade-offs

Ville-Petri Friman (University of York, UK) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

10:15 - 10:30
Structural variability and niche differentiation in the microbiome of field-grown winter oilseed rape under different soil tillage practices

Kieran Germaine (Institute of Technology, Ireland) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

10:30 - 10:45
Moss and lichen-associated microbiomes in warming Icelandic heathlands, moraines and fell fields.

Oddur Vilhelmsson (University of Akureyri, Iceland) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

10:45 - 11:00
Coffee break, networking and poster viewing

Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

11:00 - 11:30
Keynote Speaker 2: Plant growth-promoting bacteria in the rhizo-and endosphere of plants, and their potential for utilisation in agriculture

Angela Sessitsch (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

11:30 - 12:00
A Systems View of Microbial Establishment on Growing Rhizoplanes

Daire Carroll (University of Warwick, UK) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

12:00 - 12:15
Investigating the role of nitric oxide in plant root colonisation by Streptomyces coelicolor

Jake Newitt (University of East Anglia, UK) Plant microbiomes underpinning agriculture

12:15 - 12:30
Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

12:30 - 13:30
Keynote Speaker 3: Harnessing ecological knowledge for sustainable management of grassland soils

Richard Bardgett (University of Manchester, UK) Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

13:30 - 14:00
Keynote Speaker 4: Depth and rainfall shape soil microbiomes that include genomically novel Acidobacteria and Thermoplasmata

Spencer Diamond (University of California Berkeley, USA) Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

14:00 - 14:30
Radiation and fire impacts on the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone soil microbiome

Alexandre de Menezes (National University of Ireland, Ireland) Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

14:30 - 14:45
Engineering the rhizosphere microbiome for crop parasite control

Johnathan J. Dalzell (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

14:45 - 15:00
Coffee break, networking and poster viewing

Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

15:00 - 15:30
Keynote Speaker 5: A tale of two stories from the underground: soil microbial diversity and N-cycling

Laurent Philippot (INRA, France) Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

15:30 - 16:00
Harnessing the soil immune response: impacts of long-term plant residue management on soil organic matter quality, Pseudomonas community structure, and soil disease suppressiveness

Bryony Dignam (AgResearch Ltd, New Zealand) Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

16:00 - 16:15
Agricultural management and agro-climatic region are important determinants of bacterial community composition in European permanent grasslands

Aaron Fox (Agroscope, Switzerland) Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

16:15 - 16:30
Flash poster presentations plant/soil microbiome

Soil microbiomes underpinning agriculture

16:30 - 17:00
Drinks reception and poster viewing

Drinks reception and poster viewing

17:00 - 18:00
Meeting dinner

Meeting dinner

18:00 - 22:00

Tuesday 02 October

Keynote Speaker 6: Rumen microbiome and it's role in animal phenotype

Sharon Huws (Queen’s University Belfast, UK) Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

08:30 - 09:00
Long-term effects of the endometrial microbiota on the endometrial transcriptome in postpartum dairy cows

Stephen Moore (University of Missouri, USA) Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

09:00 - 09:15
Faecal Microbiota Transplantation in Gestating Sows and Neonatal Offspring Alters Lifetime Intestinal Microbiota and Growth in Offspring

Gillian Gardiner (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland) Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

09:15 - 09:30
Flash presentations: animal microbiome/methods

Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

09:30 - 10:00
Coffee break, networking and poster viewing

Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

10:00 - 10:45
Keynote Speaker 7: Influence of phosphorus availability on the composition and function of the microbiome in fowl and pigs

Jana Seifert (University of Hohenheim, Germany) Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

10:45 - 11:15
Effect of grazing Perennial Rye Grass swards with and without the inclusion of White Clover on the rumen microbiome of dairy cattle

Paul Smith (University College Dublin, Ireland) Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

11:15 - 11:30
Studying the relationship between the composition of the microbiota at the bovine rectoanal junction and the shedding dynamics of Shiga toxin producing E. coli in faeces

Catherine Burgess (Teagasc Food Research Centre Ashtown, Ireland) Animal microbiomes underpinning agriculture

11:30 - 11:45
Networking and poster viewing - collect packed lunch

Networking and poster viewing - collect packed lunch

11:45 - 12:15
Travel to Teagasc Moorepark by bus

Travel to Teagasc Moorepark by bus

12:15 - 13:30
Keynote Speaker 8: Exploiting sequencing technologies for agriculture

Orla O'Sullivan (Teagasc, Ireland) Microbiome Methods workshop

13:30 - 14:00
Keynote Speaker 9: Resolving de novo strain variation from metagenomes for high resolution analysis of microbiomes

Chris Quince (University of Warwick, UK) Microbiome Methods workshop

14:00 - 14:30
Keynote Speaker 10: Pathogen communities in agriculture: devil’s in the details

Leighton Pritchard (James Hutton Institute, UK) Microbiome Methods workshop

14:30 - 15:00
Keynote Speaker 11: Identifying genomic signatures of niche specialisation in the rumen microbiome

Chris Creevey (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Microbiome Methods workshop

15:00 - 15:30
Panel discussion

Paul Cotter (Teagasc, Ireland) Panel discussion

15:30 - 16:00
Wrap-up, prizes and close

Wrap-up, prizes and close

16:00 - 16:30
Tour Teagasc Moorepark/ Coffee break & networking

Fiona Crispie (Teagasc, Ireland) Tour Teagasc Moorepark/ Coffee break & networking

16:30 - 17:30
Meeting end - Buses depart 17:30

Meeting end - Buses depart 17:30

17:30 -

Monday 01 October

Registration and welcome refreshments

Welcome and overview

Keynote Speaker 1: Defining the host genetic control of the rhizosphere bacterial microbiota

The chemical ecology of protective plant root microbiomes

Phage selection can constrain plant disease dynamics via resistance-virulence trade-offs

Structural variability and niche differentiation in the microbiome of field-grown winter oilseed rape under different soil tillage practices

Moss and lichen-associated microbiomes in warming Icelandic heathlands, moraines and fell fields.

Coffee break, networking and poster viewing

Keynote Speaker 2: Plant growth-promoting bacteria in the rhizo-and endosphere of plants, and their potential for utilisation in agriculture

A Systems View of Microbial Establishment on Growing Rhizoplanes

Investigating the role of nitric oxide in plant root colonisation by Streptomyces coelicolor

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Keynote Speaker 3: Harnessing ecological knowledge for sustainable management of grassland soils

Keynote Speaker 4: Depth and rainfall shape soil microbiomes that include genomically novel Acidobacteria and Thermoplasmata

Radiation and fire impacts on the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone soil microbiome

Engineering the rhizosphere microbiome for crop parasite control

Coffee break, networking and poster viewing

Keynote Speaker 5: A tale of two stories from the underground: soil microbial diversity and N-cycling

Harnessing the soil immune response: impacts of long-term plant residue management on soil organic matter quality, Pseudomonas community structure, and soil disease suppressiveness

Agricultural management and agro-climatic region are important determinants of bacterial community composition in European permanent grasslands

Flash poster presentations plant/soil microbiome

Drinks reception and poster viewing

Meeting dinner

Tuesday 02 October

Keynote Speaker 6: Rumen microbiome and it's role in animal phenotype

Long-term effects of the endometrial microbiota on the endometrial transcriptome in postpartum dairy cows

Faecal Microbiota Transplantation in Gestating Sows and Neonatal Offspring Alters Lifetime Intestinal Microbiota and Growth in Offspring

Flash presentations: animal microbiome/methods

Coffee break, networking and poster viewing

Keynote Speaker 7: Influence of phosphorus availability on the composition and function of the microbiome in fowl and pigs

Effect of grazing Perennial Rye Grass swards with and without the inclusion of White Clover on the rumen microbiome of dairy cattle

Studying the relationship between the composition of the microbiota at the bovine rectoanal junction and the shedding dynamics of Shiga toxin producing E. coli in faeces

Networking and poster viewing - collect packed lunch

Travel to Teagasc Moorepark by bus

Keynote Speaker 8: Exploiting sequencing technologies for agriculture

Keynote Speaker 9: Resolving de novo strain variation from metagenomes for high resolution analysis of microbiomes

Keynote Speaker 10: Pathogen communities in agriculture: devil’s in the details

Keynote Speaker 11: Identifying genomic signatures of niche specialisation in the rumen microbiome

Panel discussion

Wrap-up, prizes and close

Tour Teagasc Moorepark/ Coffee break & networking

Meeting end - Buses depart 17:30