Registration

08:45 - 09:45
Welcome talk

09:45 - 10:00
Chair(s): Pabitra Nandy & Wing Yui Ngan (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany)
Gene-gene associations in microbes from human-associated microbial communities

Fiona J. Whelan (University of Nottingham, UK)

10:00 - 10:25
The ecological shift to increased virulence and zoonosis in Streptococcus suis

Lucy Weinert (University of Cambridge, UK)

10:25 - 10:50
Offered Paper: The bacterial capsule: a sweet determinant of evolutionary outcomes

Olaya Rendueles (Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Institut Pasteur, France)

10:50 - 11:00
Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

11:00 - 11:30
Allele dynamics on multicopy plasmids and polyploid chromosomes in bacteria

Hildegard Uecker (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany)

11:30 - 11:55
TBC

Aude Bernheim (INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France)

11:55 - 12:20
Offered Paper: Mutator phenotypes in Aspergillus fumigatus drive the rapid evolution of antifungal resistance

Michael Bottery (University of Manchester, UK)

12:20 - 12:30
Lunch, networking and poster viewing

12:30 - 14:00

Tuesday 22 November, Afternoon

Session 2: Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

Chair(s): Sean Meaden & Meaghan Castledine (University of Exeter, UK)
How do ecological and evolutionary processes interact to govern microbiome dynamics?

Katharine Coyte (University of Manchester, UK)

14:00 - 14:25
Parallel ecological and evolutionary responses to selection in a natural bacterial community

Elze Hesse (University of Exeter, UK)

14:25 - 14:50
Offered Paper: Evolution of diversity explains the impact of pre-adaptation of a focal species on the structure of a natural microbial community

Daniel Padfield (University of Exeter, UK)

14:50 - 15:00
Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

15:00 - 15:30
Self-destruction and slime armour - Tales from the bacterial battlefield

Elisa Granato (University of Oxford, UK)

15:30 - 15:55
Multi-level selection favours the evolution of mutualistic cooperation within microbial communities

Christian Kost (University of Osnabrück, Germany)

15:55 - 16:20
Offered Paper: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of a plasmid phage

Xiaoyu Shan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

16:20 - 16:30

Evening Session

Drinks reception and poster viewing

16:30 - 18:30
Meeting dinner

18:30 - 20:30

Wednesday 23 November, Morning

Session 3: Predicting microbial evolution

Chair(s): Tanya Horne (University of Liverpool, UK) & Matthew Shepherd (University of Manchester, UK)
Forecasting experimental evolution in Pseudomonas

Peter Lind (Umeå University, Sweden)

10:00 - 10:25
Stochastic establishment of antibiotic resistance

Helen Alexander (The University of Edinburgh, UK)

10:25 - 10:50
Offered Paper: Repeatability and predictability in evolution

Jasmine Ono (University of Exeter, UK)

10:50 - 11:00
Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

11:00 - 11:30
Turnover shapes evolution of birth and death rates

Ville Mustonen (University of Helsinki, Finland)

11:30 - 11:55
Using experimental evolution to unravel the genomic causes and evolutionary consequences of biased adaptive outcomes

Tiffany Taylor (University of Bath, UK)

11:55 - 12:20
Offered Paper: Ecologically mediated mutation rate plasticity provides new insights on microbial evolution

Rowan Green (University of Manchester, UK)

12:20 - 12:30
Lunch, networking and poster viewing

12:30 - 14:00

Wednesday 23 November, Afternoon

Registration

Welcome talk

Chair(s): Pabitra Nandy & Wing Yui Ngan (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany)

Gene-gene associations in microbes from human-associated microbial communities

The ecological shift to increased virulence and zoonosis in Streptococcus suis

Offered Paper: The bacterial capsule: a sweet determinant of evolutionary outcomes

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Allele dynamics on multicopy plasmids and polyploid chromosomes in bacteria

TBC

Offered Paper: Mutator phenotypes in Aspergillus fumigatus drive the rapid evolution of antifungal resistance

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Chair(s): Sean Meaden & Meaghan Castledine (University of Exeter, UK)

How do ecological and evolutionary processes interact to govern microbiome dynamics?

Parallel ecological and evolutionary responses to selection in a natural bacterial community

Offered Paper: Evolution of diversity explains the impact of pre-adaptation of a focal species on the structure of a natural microbial community

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Self-destruction and slime armour - Tales from the bacterial battlefield

Multi-level selection favours the evolution of mutualistic cooperation within microbial communities

Offered Paper: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of a plasmid phage

Drinks reception and poster viewing

Meeting dinner

Chair(s): Tanya Horne (University of Liverpool, UK) & Matthew Shepherd (University of Manchester, UK)

Forecasting experimental evolution in Pseudomonas

Stochastic establishment of antibiotic resistance

Offered Paper: Repeatability and predictability in evolution

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Turnover shapes evolution of birth and death rates

Using experimental evolution to unravel the genomic causes and evolutionary consequences of biased adaptive outcomes

Offered Paper: Ecologically mediated mutation rate plasticity provides new insights on microbial evolution

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Chair(s): Rosanna Wright (University of Manchester, UK) & Matthew Kelbrick (University of Liverpool, UK)

The evolutionary dynamics of plasmid-mediated carbapenem resistance in a hospital

Phage-plant pathogen interactions in the rhizosphere

Offered Paper: Assessing the contribution of gut-to-lung translocation to bacterial colonization and the dynamics of antibiotic resistance evolution in an ICU patient

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Experimental evolution of the TolC-receptor phage U136B reveals strong parallel adaption and identification of tail fiber proteins involved in adsorption

Using experimental evolution to understand the drivers of diversity in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the CF lung

Offered Paper: Escherichia coli killing by Shigella sonnei is mediated by colicins found in epidemiologically successful sublineages

Closing of talks + presentation of poster prize

Registration

Welcome talk

Gene-gene associations in microbes from human-associated microbial communities

The ecological shift to increased virulence and zoonosis in Streptococcus suis

Offered Paper: The bacterial capsule: a sweet determinant of evolutionary outcomes

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Allele dynamics on multicopy plasmids and polyploid chromosomes in bacteria

TBC

Offered Paper: Mutator phenotypes in Aspergillus fumigatus drive the rapid evolution of antifungal resistance

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

How do ecological and evolutionary processes interact to govern microbiome dynamics?

Parallel ecological and evolutionary responses to selection in a natural bacterial community

Offered Paper: Evolution of diversity explains the impact of pre-adaptation of a focal species on the structure of a natural microbial community

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Self-destruction and slime armour - Tales from the bacterial battlefield

Multi-level selection favours the evolution of mutualistic cooperation within microbial communities

Offered Paper: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of a plasmid phage

Drinks reception and poster viewing

Meeting dinner

Forecasting experimental evolution in Pseudomonas

Stochastic establishment of antibiotic resistance

Offered Paper: Repeatability and predictability in evolution

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Turnover shapes evolution of birth and death rates

Using experimental evolution to unravel the genomic causes and evolutionary consequences of biased adaptive outcomes

Offered Paper: Ecologically mediated mutation rate plasticity provides new insights on microbial evolution

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

The evolutionary dynamics of plasmid-mediated carbapenem resistance in a hospital

Phage-plant pathogen interactions in the rhizosphere

Offered Paper: Assessing the contribution of gut-to-lung translocation to bacterial colonization and the dynamics of antibiotic resistance evolution in an ICU patient

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Experimental evolution of the TolC-receptor phage U136B reveals strong parallel adaption and identification of tail fiber proteins involved in adsorption

Using experimental evolution to understand the drivers of diversity in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the CF lung

Offered Paper: Escherichia coli killing by Shigella sonnei is mediated by colicins found in epidemiologically successful sublineages

Closing of talks + presentation of poster prize