Session View

Thursday 27 November, Morning

Predicting microbial evolution

Invited Speaker: Antibiotic use drives AMR… right? Rethinking the importance of selection in the real world

Gwen Knight, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

10:00 - 10:30
Offered Talk: Long-range sequence context shapes mutational bias in Escherichia coli

Matthew Jago

10:30 - 10:45
Offered Talk: Using Genome-Scale Metabolic models to predict community coexistence, stability and resource use

Terance McAvoy

10:45 - 11:00
Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

11:00 - 11:30
Invited Speaker: Predictable effects of environmental stress on microbial communities

Jana Huisman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:30 - 12:00
Offered Talk: Increased plasmid copy number reduces establishment probability of beneficial mutations

Mario Santer

12:00 - 12:15
Offered Talk: From noise to novelty: Selecting de novo genes from random sequence in E. coli

Arianne Babina

12:15 - 12:30

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

12:30 - 14:00

Thursday 27 November, Afternoon

Applications of microbial evolution

Invited Speaker: Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa across a large-scale clinical trial

Matthew Shepherd

14:00 - 14:30
Offered Talk: Phage-steering of bacterial evolution permits antibody-mediated clearance of Escherichia coli K1 from the gut

Anouk Bertola

14:30 - 14:45
Offered Talk: Exploring community and plasmid dynamics in the hospital sink drain microbiome

Greg McCallum

14:45 - 15:00
Break

15:00 - 15:30
Invited Speaker: Harnessing growth-coupling and evolutionary engineering to establish novel chemistries in bacteria

Pablo Nikel, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability

15:30 - 16:00
Offered Talk: Molecular Drivers of Within-Host AMR Evolution in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Adam Mulkern

16:00 - 16:15

Closing of talks and presentation of poster prize

16:15 - 16:25

Lecture View

Wednesday 26 November

Registration

Registration

08:45 - 09:45
Welcome Talk

Welcome Talk

09:40 - 09:55
EC Forum Introduction

Elizabeth Cummins EC Forum Introduction

09:55 - 10:00
Plasmid evolution: a (copy) numbers game

Jerónimo Rodríguez Beltrán, Evodynamics Lab Drivers and dynamics of genome evolution

10:00 - 10:30
Offered Talk: The evolution of gut colonisation strategies of widespread high-risk E. coli clones

Pramod K Jangir Drivers and dynamics of genome evolution

10:30 - 10:45
Offered Talk: Inflammation-like environments limit the loss of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evolutionary insights from host-mimicking experiments

Taoran Fu Drivers and dynamics of genome evolution

10:45 - 11:00
Break

Drivers and dynamics of genome evolution

11:00 - 11:30
Invited Speaker: Plasmids and cancer: insights into the evolutionary roles of extrachromosomal DNA

Liam Shaw, University of Oxford Drivers and dynamics of genome evolution

11:30 - 12:00
Offered Talk: Dissecting pOXA-48 fitness effects in clinical Enterobacterales using plasmid-wide CRISPRi screens

Alicia Calvo-Villamañán Drivers and dynamics of genome evolution

12:00 - 12:15
Offered Talk: The role of anti-phage defence systems in shaping the genomes of temperate phages

Aleksei Agapov Drivers and dynamics of genome evolution

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

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

12:30 - 14:00
Poster Session

Poster Session

14:00 - 15:30
Invited Speaker: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonise the antibiotic-treated intestine by occupying overlapping but distinct nutrient- and metabolite-defined intestinal niches

Julie McDonald, Imperial College London Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

15:30 - 16:00
Offered Talk: Donor-dependent Escherichia coli invasion dynamics across Human gut microbiotas using an in vitro gut simulator

Hugo Barreto Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

16:00 - 16:15
Offered Talk: Evolutionary tradeoffs in facultative symbiosis; reciprocal effects of phage predation and nodulation on rhizobia

Ellie Harrison Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

16:15 - 16:30
Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

16:30 - 17:00
Invited Speaker: Evolutionary Trajectories Are Largely Independent of Community Context in Microbial Cocultures

Jonathan Friedman Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

17:00 - 17:30
Offered Talk: Evolution induced state shifts revealed by a long term microbial community experiment

Mikko Kivikoski Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

17:30 - 17:45
Offered Talk: Arbitrium phages can manipulate each other’s lysis - lysogeny decisions

Robyn Manley Drivers and dynamics of evolution in microbial communities

17:45 - 18:00
Drinks Reception

Evening Session

18:00 - 19:00
Meeting Dinner

Evening Session

19:00 - 22:00

Thursday 27 November

Invited Speaker: Antibiotic use drives AMR… right? Rethinking the importance of selection in the real world

Gwen Knight, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Predicting microbial evolution

10:00 - 10:30
Offered Talk: Long-range sequence context shapes mutational bias in Escherichia coli

Matthew Jago Predicting microbial evolution

10:30 - 10:45
Offered Talk: Using Genome-Scale Metabolic models to predict community coexistence, stability and resource use

Terance McAvoy Predicting microbial evolution

10:45 - 11:00
Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Predicting microbial evolution

11:00 - 11:30
Invited Speaker: Predictable effects of environmental stress on microbial communities

Jana Huisman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Predicting microbial evolution

11:30 - 12:00
Offered Talk: Increased plasmid copy number reduces establishment probability of beneficial mutations

Mario Santer Predicting microbial evolution

12:00 - 12:15
Offered Talk: From noise to novelty: Selecting de novo genes from random sequence in E. coli

Arianne Babina Predicting microbial evolution

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

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

12:30 - 14:00
Invited Speaker: Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa across a large-scale clinical trial

Matthew Shepherd Applications of microbial evolution

14:00 - 14:30
Offered Talk: Phage-steering of bacterial evolution permits antibody-mediated clearance of Escherichia coli K1 from the gut

Anouk Bertola Applications of microbial evolution

14:30 - 14:45
Offered Talk: Exploring community and plasmid dynamics in the hospital sink drain microbiome

Greg McCallum Applications of microbial evolution

14:45 - 15:00
Break

Applications of microbial evolution

15:00 - 15:30
Invited Speaker: Harnessing growth-coupling and evolutionary engineering to establish novel chemistries in bacteria

Pablo Nikel, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability Applications of microbial evolution

15:30 - 16:00
Offered Talk: Molecular Drivers of Within-Host AMR Evolution in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Adam Mulkern Applications of microbial evolution

16:00 - 16:15
Closing of talks and presentation of poster prize

Closing of talks and presentation of poster prize

16:15 - 16:25

Registration

Welcome Talk

EC Forum Introduction

Plasmid evolution: a (copy) numbers game

Offered Talk: The evolution of gut colonisation strategies of widespread high-risk E. coli clones

Offered Talk: Inflammation-like environments limit the loss of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evolutionary insights from host-mimicking experiments

Break

Invited Speaker: Plasmids and cancer: insights into the evolutionary roles of extrachromosomal DNA

Offered Talk: Dissecting pOXA-48 fitness effects in clinical Enterobacterales using plasmid-wide CRISPRi screens

Offered Talk: The role of anti-phage defence systems in shaping the genomes of temperate phages

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Poster Session

Invited Speaker: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonise the antibiotic-treated intestine by occupying overlapping but distinct nutrient- and metabolite-defined intestinal niches

Offered Talk: Donor-dependent Escherichia coli invasion dynamics across Human gut microbiotas using an in vitro gut simulator

Offered Talk: Evolutionary tradeoffs in facultative symbiosis; reciprocal effects of phage predation and nodulation on rhizobia

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Invited Speaker: Evolutionary Trajectories Are Largely Independent of Community Context in Microbial Cocultures

Offered Talk: Evolution induced state shifts revealed by a long term microbial community experiment

Offered Talk: Arbitrium phages can manipulate each other’s lysis - lysogeny decisions

Drinks Reception

Meeting Dinner

Invited Speaker: Antibiotic use drives AMR… right? Rethinking the importance of selection in the real world

Offered Talk: Long-range sequence context shapes mutational bias in Escherichia coli

Offered Talk: Using Genome-Scale Metabolic models to predict community coexistence, stability and resource use

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Invited Speaker: Predictable effects of environmental stress on microbial communities

Offered Talk: Increased plasmid copy number reduces establishment probability of beneficial mutations

Offered Talk: From noise to novelty: Selecting de novo genes from random sequence in E. coli

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Invited Speaker: Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa across a large-scale clinical trial

Offered Talk: Phage-steering of bacterial evolution permits antibody-mediated clearance of Escherichia coli K1 from the gut

Offered Talk: Exploring community and plasmid dynamics in the hospital sink drain microbiome

Break

Invited Speaker: Harnessing growth-coupling and evolutionary engineering to establish novel chemistries in bacteria

Offered Talk: Molecular Drivers of Within-Host AMR Evolution in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Closing of talks and presentation of poster prize

Registration

Welcome Talk

EC Forum Introduction

Plasmid evolution: a (copy) numbers game

Offered Talk: The evolution of gut colonisation strategies of widespread high-risk E. coli clones

Offered Talk: Inflammation-like environments limit the loss of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evolutionary insights from host-mimicking experiments

Break

Invited Speaker: Plasmids and cancer: insights into the evolutionary roles of extrachromosomal DNA

Offered Talk: Dissecting pOXA-48 fitness effects in clinical Enterobacterales using plasmid-wide CRISPRi screens

Offered Talk: The role of anti-phage defence systems in shaping the genomes of temperate phages

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Poster Session

Invited Speaker: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonise the antibiotic-treated intestine by occupying overlapping but distinct nutrient- and metabolite-defined intestinal niches

Offered Talk: Donor-dependent Escherichia coli invasion dynamics across Human gut microbiotas using an in vitro gut simulator

Offered Talk: Evolutionary tradeoffs in facultative symbiosis; reciprocal effects of phage predation and nodulation on rhizobia

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Invited Speaker: Evolutionary Trajectories Are Largely Independent of Community Context in Microbial Cocultures

Offered Talk: Evolution induced state shifts revealed by a long term microbial community experiment

Offered Talk: Arbitrium phages can manipulate each other’s lysis - lysogeny decisions

Drinks Reception

Meeting Dinner

Invited Speaker: Antibiotic use drives AMR… right? Rethinking the importance of selection in the real world

Offered Talk: Long-range sequence context shapes mutational bias in Escherichia coli

Offered Talk: Using Genome-Scale Metabolic models to predict community coexistence, stability and resource use

Refreshments, networking and poster viewing

Invited Speaker: Predictable effects of environmental stress on microbial communities

Offered Talk: Increased plasmid copy number reduces establishment probability of beneficial mutations

Offered Talk: From noise to novelty: Selecting de novo genes from random sequence in E. coli

Lunch, networking and poster viewing

Invited Speaker: Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa across a large-scale clinical trial

Offered Talk: Phage-steering of bacterial evolution permits antibody-mediated clearance of Escherichia coli K1 from the gut

Offered Talk: Exploring community and plasmid dynamics in the hospital sink drain microbiome

Break

Invited Speaker: Harnessing growth-coupling and evolutionary engineering to establish novel chemistries in bacteria

Offered Talk: Molecular Drivers of Within-Host AMR Evolution in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Closing of talks and presentation of poster prize