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Monday 23 November, Morning

Outreach

Welcome from the President

Professor Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society)

10:00 - 10:05
Outreach Prize - Joi Hok

Sreyashi Basu (University College London, UK); Sanjib Bhakta (Birbeck, University of London, UK)

10:05 - 11:05
Break

11:05 - 11:30
Outreach Training

Jamie Gallagher (award-winning freelance communicator and engagement professional)

11:30 - 12:30
Lunch

12:30 - 13:30

Monday 23 November, Afternoon

Fleming Showcase

Welcome from the President

Professor Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society)

13:30 - 13:35
Fleming film

13:35 - 13:40
Orchestrating gene regulation across the genome and across the cell

Stirling Churchman (Harvard Medical School, USA)

13:40 - 13:55
Visualizing bacterial nanomechines in situ by electron cryotomography

Grant Jensen (Caltech, USA)

13:55 - 14:10
Break

14:10 - 14:45
Fleming film

14:45 - 14:50
Genomic epidemology of meningococcal vaccine antigens in the UK - translating micobial genomics for public health benefit in Scotland

Charlene Rodrigues (University of Oxford, UK)

14:50 - 14:55
Lord of the Flies: Metabolism, adaption, and evolution in the tsetse microbiome

Rebecca Hall (Univeristy of Nottingham, UK)

14:55 - 15:00
Discovering novel antimicrobials from Streptomyces formicae, a novel isolate from the nests of Tetraponera plant ants

Rebecca Devine (University of East Anglia, UK)

15:00 - 15:05
Session close

Professor Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society

15:05 - 15:10

Tuesday 24 November, Morning

Fleming Showcase

Welcome and Fleming film

10:00 - 10:05
Quorum-sensing communication: from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes

Bonnie Basler (Princeton University, USA)

10:05 - 10:50
The expanding virosphere

Edward Holmes (University of Sydney, Austrailia)

10:50 - 11:05
Break

11:05 - 11:30
Palaeomicrobiology: what ancient DNA can tell us about pathogens from the past

Mark Pallen (Quadram Institute, UK)

11:30 - 11:45
Genetic control of mosquitoes

Luke Alphey (The Pirbright Institute, UK)

11:45 - 12:00
Fleming film

12:00 - 12:05
Meandering microbes: exploring microbial community architecture using the Mesolens

Liam Rooney (University of Strathclyde, UK)

12:05 - 12:10
Bypassing the cold-chain: Evaluation of PODS technology as a novel vaccine delivery platform

Anna Yakovleva (University of Cambridge, UK)

12:10 - 12:15
Aerogel delivery of furanones for the inhibition of biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Chris Proctor (University of Ulster, UK)

12:15 - 12:20
Proteomic analysis with ortholog mapping reveals host-virus interactions important during Zika virus indection of mosquito and human cells

Rommel Gestuveo (University of Glasgow, UK)

12:20 - 12:25
Lunch

12:25 - 13:30

Tuesday 24 November, Afternoon

Fleming Showcase

Welcome

13:30 - 13:35
Fleming Prize Lecture

Edze Westra (University of Exeter, UK)

13:35 - 14:35
Session close

Professor Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society)

14:35 - 14:40

Wednesday 25 November, Morning

Young Microbiologist of the Year

Welcome from the Chair

Tadhg Ó’Cróinín (University College Dublin, Ireland)

10:00 - 10:05
Type 9 secretion of glycoside hydrolase enzymes in a gut Bacteroides enables ‘sharing’ during glycan metabolism

Ekaterina Buzun (Newcastle University, UK)

10:05 - 10:15
Examining how the herpes simplex virus 1 latency-associated non-coding RNAs affect the human neuronal transcriptome

Amy Jacobs (Imperial College London, UK)

10:15 - 10:25
Impact of diet upon host susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection

Vanessa Las Heras (University College Cork, Ireland)

10:25 - 10:35
Asparagine deprivation causes a reversible restriction of HCMV acute virus replication

Abraham Lee (The Roslin Institute, UK)

10:35 - 10:45
Break

10:45 - 11:00
In vitro recapitulation of the polymicrobial community associated with cystic fibrosis airway infections

Thomas O’Brien (University of Cambridge, UK)

11:00 - 11:10
How does Staphylococcus aureus colonise Atopic Dermatitis skin?

Aisling Towell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

11:10 - 11:20
Discovering new properties of bacterial promoters

Emily Warman (University of Birmingham, UK)

11:20 - 11:30
Break

11:30 - 11:45
Young Microbiologist of the Year competition - Live Q&A

11:45 - 12:20
Lunch

12:20 - 13:30

Wednesday 25 November, Afternoon

Fleming Showcase

Young Microbiologist of the Year 2020 winner announced

Professor Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society)

13:30 - 13:35
An Audience with past Fleming winners panel discussion

13:35 - 14:15
Session close

Professor Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society)

14:15 - 14:20

Thursday 26 November, Afternoon

Welcome from the President

Outreach Prize - Joi Hok

Break

Outreach Training

Lunch

Welcome from the President

Fleming film

Orchestrating gene regulation across the genome and across the cell

Visualizing bacterial nanomechines in situ by electron cryotomography

Break

Fleming film

Genomic epidemology of meningococcal vaccine antigens in the UK - translating micobial genomics for public health benefit in Scotland

Lord of the Flies: Metabolism, adaption, and evolution in the tsetse microbiome

Discovering novel antimicrobials from Streptomyces formicae, a novel isolate from the nests of Tetraponera plant ants

Session close

Welcome and Fleming film

Quorum-sensing communication: from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes

The expanding virosphere

Break

Palaeomicrobiology: what ancient DNA can tell us about pathogens from the past

Genetic control of mosquitoes

Fleming film

Meandering microbes: exploring microbial community architecture using the Mesolens

Bypassing the cold-chain: Evaluation of PODS technology as a novel vaccine delivery platform

Aerogel delivery of furanones for the inhibition of biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Proteomic analysis with ortholog mapping reveals host-virus interactions important during Zika virus indection of mosquito and human cells

Lunch

Welcome

Fleming Prize Lecture

Session close

Welcome from the Chair

Type 9 secretion of glycoside hydrolase enzymes in a gut Bacteroides enables ‘sharing’ during glycan metabolism

Examining how the herpes simplex virus 1 latency-associated non-coding RNAs affect the human neuronal transcriptome

Impact of diet upon host susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection

Asparagine deprivation causes a reversible restriction of HCMV acute virus replication

Break

In vitro recapitulation of the polymicrobial community associated with cystic fibrosis airway infections

How does Staphylococcus aureus colonise Atopic Dermatitis skin?

Discovering new properties of bacterial promoters

Break

Young Microbiologist of the Year competition - Live Q&A

Lunch

Young Microbiologist of the Year 2020 winner announced

An Audience with past Fleming winners panel discussion

Session close

Welcome the President

Review of 2019 and progress against the strategy

Minutes of the 2019 Annual General Meeting

Matters arising from the minutes

Financial report: Receiving of the Annual Accounts; Appointment of Auditor; Approval of membership subscription rates

Incoming and outgoing members of Council, Committees and Devisions

AOB

Closing comments by the chair

Welcome from the President

Outreach Prize - Joi Hok

Break

Outreach Training

Lunch

Lunch

Welcome from the President

Fleming film

Orchestrating gene regulation across the genome and across the cell

Visualizing bacterial nanomechines in situ by electron cryotomography

Break

Fleming film

Genomic epidemology of meningococcal vaccine antigens in the UK - translating micobial genomics for public health benefit in Scotland

Lord of the Flies: Metabolism, adaption, and evolution in the tsetse microbiome

Discovering novel antimicrobials from Streptomyces formicae, a novel isolate from the nests of Tetraponera plant ants

Session close

Welcome and Fleming film

Quorum-sensing communication: from viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes

The expanding virosphere

Break

Palaeomicrobiology: what ancient DNA can tell us about pathogens from the past

Genetic control of mosquitoes

Fleming film

Meandering microbes: exploring microbial community architecture using the Mesolens

Bypassing the cold-chain: Evaluation of PODS technology as a novel vaccine delivery platform

Aerogel delivery of furanones for the inhibition of biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Proteomic analysis with ortholog mapping reveals host-virus interactions important during Zika virus indection of mosquito and human cells