Welcome Speech

Professor Gurdyal S. Besra

Uncovering a type VI secretion molecular switch that governs the horizontal gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes, and virulence gene dissemination

Alix Lee (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Identification and expression of a putative polyesterase enzyme from deep-sea sponge-derived Brachybacterium sp. isolate, with potential use in polyester plastic hydrolysis

Clodagh Carr (University College Cork, Ireland)

Nitric oxide treatment induces Resuscitation promoting factor (RPF)-dependency in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Brindha Gap-Gaupool (University of Leicester, UK)

Investigating the role of the arbitrium system in prophage induction

Aisling Brady (Imperial College London, UK)

Inflammatory response to ultraviolet radiation exposure enhances host susceptibility to mosquito-borne virus infection

Ailish McCafferty (University of Leeds, UK)

Break

Mapping inhibitory sites on the RNA polymerase of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus using nanobodies

Zihan Zhu (University of Oxford, UK)

Utilising a novel microbiological assay to investigate Vitamin B12 uptake in microalgae

Ellen L Harrison (University of Cambridge, UK)

Investigating the Ecology and Infection Biology of Gymnopus fusipes, a Fungal Root Rot Pathogen of Woodland Trees

Bethany J Pettifor (Bangor University, UK)

Flash poster presentation 1

Flash poster presentation 2

Flash poster presentation 3

Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year winner announcement and closing speech

Professor Gurdyal S. Besra