Invited talk: Regulation of Mycobacterial cell wall metabolism contributes to antibiotic resistance and tolerance

Cara Boutte (UT Arlington, USA)

Metabolism triggers phenotypic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Jordan Pascoe (University of Surrey, UK)

Proteomic and metabolomic responses of the Gram-positive bacteria Enterococcus faecium NCTC13169 to sub-inhibitory concentration of chloramphenicol

Monika Subanovic (Maynooth University, Ireland)

Flash talk: The need for signalling nucleotides to take MRSA to the next step: tuning high-level resistance in a superbug

Laura Carrilero (University of Sheffield, UK)

Expanding UniProt annotation coverage for antimicrobial resistance

Paul Denny (EMBL-EBI, UK)

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Invited talk: Ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of antibiotic resistance emergence within patients

Michael Brockhurst (University of Manchester, UK)

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

Matthew Shepherd (University of Manchester, UK)

Experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in standard and host-mimicking media

Charlotte Cornbill (University of Warwick, UK)

Understanding host cell tropism in Zoonotic malaria

Robert Moon (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK)

Foodborne toxoplasmosis: investigating the role of retail meat

Clare Hamilton (Moredun Research Institute, UK)

A genetic screen in Candida albicans for modulators of the neutrophil oxidative burst

Huan Jiang (Univeristy of Bristol, UK)

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Awareness, drug discovery and diagnostic tools against pathogenic free-living amoebae

Christopher Rice (Purdue University, USA)

Under the Lens: Understanding drug resistance in Acanthamoeba

Ronnie Mooney (Univeristy of Strathclyde, UK)

Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and the investigation of novel approaches to control infection by the human pathobiont Fusobacterium nucleatum

Kitty Guo (University of Dundee, UK)

Going beyond resistance genes: detection of genomic co-adaption to resistance determinants

Elizabeth Cummins (University of Oxford, UK)

Pangenomic context drives mutually exclusive routes to multidrug resistance.

Lucy Dillon (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Can shared antibiotic use promote host jumps? Evidence from zoonotic Streptococcus suis in birds

Muriel Dresen (University of Cambridge, UK; Freie Universität Berlin & University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany)

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Bacterial and plasmid interaction networks jointly shape community stability and evolution

Kaitlin A Schaal (University of Liverpool, UK)

Analysis of gut microbiota dynamics within families with strain-resolved metagenomics

Katarzyna Sidorczuk (Quadram Institute Bioscience & Earlham Institute, UK)

The Biofilm Master Regulator VpsR Modulates Virulence in Vibrio cholerae

Matthew Adams (University of Birmingham, UK)

Location, location, location – how does genomic context affect gene expression?

Caroline Jarvis (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK)

Mechanisms underpinning evolution and adaptations to inhibition of cell cycle regulator, Cdc25 phosphatase, in the yeast model organism Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Chantelle Endeley (Nottingham Trent University & University of Nottingham, UK)

How Group B streptococcus subverts intoxication by zinc and copper

Matthew Sullivan (University of East Anglia & Centre for Microbial Interactions, UK)

Targeting Metal Homeostasis: The Antimicrobial Potential of Chelant X

Bethany Hardman (Durham University, UK)

Assessing the specificity of metallochaperone required for the assembly of the Neisseria nitrite reductase, AniA

William Earl (Durham University, UK)

Trace metal availability drives microbial metabolic shifts and shapes community functional diversity

Annarita Ricciardelli (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy)

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Molecular basis of the biogenesis of a protein organelle for ethanolamine utilization in Salmonella

Mengru Yang (University of Liverpool, UK)

NanZ sialic acid permeases form a diverse family of bacterial SLC17 transporters and share homology with lysosomal Sialin

Emmanuele Severi (Northumbria University & Newcastle University, UK)

Mixed signals: The influence of nutrient co-limitation on diatom phosphorus sensing and acquisition mechanisms

Ellen Harrison (University of Exeter & Marine Biological Association, UK)

Harnessing epigenetic and metabolic features of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum for potential targeted immunomodulatory probiotics.

Selvin Solis (University of Surrey, UK)

Exploitation of an inducible hypermutator to rapidly identify mutants that bypass LasR- and RhlR-dependent quorum sensing control of gene expression in P. aeruginosa.

Isabel Askenasy (University of Cambridge, UK)

Invited talk: Virome-bacteriome interactions in the gut microbiome; are bacteriophage and bacteria fighting or dancing?

Colin Hill (University College Cork, Ireland)

Monitoring The Salivary Microbiome To Elucidate Their Functional Response To Oral Actives

Chandra Lekha Ramalingam Veena (University of Sheffield, UK)

Global Air Microbiome Encyclopedia: AI-Enhanced Metagenomics for Species-Level Analysis of Airborne Microbial Diversity

Elena S. Gusareva (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Limiting oral iron in weaning piglets promotes beneficial gut bacteria, immune development and favourable metabolite production without inhibiting weight gain

Chloe Callow (University of Reading, UK)

Beyond Antibiotics: Examining the Effect of the Antivirulence Drug, Aurodox, on the Murine Microbiome

Rebecca McHugh (University of Glasgow, UK)

Alternative to Invasive Bronchoscopy: Validating Tracheal Aspirates for Microbiome Profiling in Intensive Care Unit Pneumonia Patients

Parshatd Govindasamy (Florida International University, USA)

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Invited talk: Understanding the rumen microbiome to enhance methane mitigation strategies for ruminants

Sinead Waters (University of Galway, Ireland)

Fusobacterium is toxic for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and its presence may determine a better prognosis

Anjali Chander (King's College London; Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK)

Balance of bile acid conjugation and hydrolysis reveals potential for gut microbiome to shape liver physiology and fat absorption

Christopher Bridges (Michigan State University, USA)

Invited talk: Identifying novel therapeutic targets in HPV-associated cancers

Ethan Morgan (University of Sussex, UK)

Unveiling the LncRNA Transcriptomic Profiles between HPV-Positive and -Negative Head and Neck Tumours

Daisy Theobald (University of Leeds, UK)

Sp140L is a Novel Restriction Factor of Herpesvirus Infection

Wiyada Wongwiwat (Imperial College London, UK)

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Invited talk: Rationally designed combination therapies to enhance the efficacy of oncolytic reovirus.

Fiona Errington-Mais (University of Leeds, UK)

Role of the IE1 and pp65 Proteins in Cell Transformation and Oncomodulation by Human Cytomegalovirus

Ines Ferreira (University of St Andrews, UK)

Invited talk: Development of “precision virotherapies” for the systemic treatment of cancer.

Alan Parker (Cardiff University, UK)

Invited talk: Burkholderia bacteria: expanding our knowledge of their taxonomy and pathogenesis using genomics

Eshwar Mahenthiralingam (Cardiff University, UK)

Creating a molecular epidemiology framework for Mycobacterium leprae

Kate Cox (Nottingham Trent University, UK)

Helicobacter suis in UK farmed pigs and retail meat products: implications for zoonotic transmission

Daniel Whiley (Nottingham Trent University, UK)

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Genetic Variants in Yaws Linked to Antibody Responses and Persistence

Amber Barton (Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK)

Zoonotic infection in Streptococcus suis strongly associates with specific capsule diversity

Geng Zou (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Huazhong Agricultural Univeristy, Wuhan, China)

Exploring hidden threats: expanding our knowledge of the antimicrobial resistance transmission risks of as yet unculturable anaerobic bacteria.

Ziming Wu (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Invited talk: Diphtheria agents revisited through the lens of genomics

Sylvain Brisse (Institut Pasteur, France)

Invited talk: Exploring intra-Species diversity in fungi for novel Mycoprotein production

Alessia Buscaino (University of Kent, UK)

Invited talk: Mycoprotein as a scalable and sustainable solution to global food challenges

Katarzyna Polanowska (ENOUGH, Netherlands)

Evaluation of the microbial risk associated with duckweed use for feed applications following cultivation on farmyard wastewater

Leah Bannon (University College Cork, Cork, Ireland)

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Invited talk: Reimagining Chlorella as a food and beverage ingredient suited for everyday foods

Andrew Spicer (Algenuity, UK)

Invited talk: Enhancing Cultivated Meat Production: Growth Factor Purification through Microbial Fermentation

Luana Ferrara (Qkine, UK)

Adaptive Laboratory Evolution to Induce Antibiotics Production of Streptomyces sp. SSUT88A against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Wissarut Srisakvarangkool (Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand)

From Barn to Breeze: The Journey of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread Through Air!

Anita Grasso (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Flash talk: Novel beta-lactamases and widespread beta-lactam resistance discovered in untreated wastewater

Alexander Kingdon (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK)

Searching for acquired antimicrobial resistance in poultry microbiomes

Melanie Hay (Royal Veterinary College, UK)

Impact of early life antibiotic and probiotic treatment on gut microbiome and resistome of preterm infants

Raymond Kiu (University of Birmingham & Quadram Institute, UK)

Developing a spatially organised in-vitro cystic fibrosis polymicrobial biofilm model with digital light processing (DLP) 3D-bioprinting.

Alice Graham (University of Nottingham, UK)

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Investigating the Convergence of Hypervirulence and Multi-Drug Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae in Sudan

Lucy Evans (University of Sussex, UK)

Flash talk: Understanding chromosomal and plasmid interactions of antibiotic resistance genes in E. coli

Meghana Srinivas (Maynooth University, Ireland)

Clinical and veterinary isolates of the Klebsiella planticola and terrigena complexes contribute to the global burden of β-lactamases (RECORDED)

Lesley Hoyles (Nottingham Trent University, UK)

Genomic drivers of increasing intestinal colonisation with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in rural southern Malawi

Angus O'Ferrall (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK)

Flash talk: Resistant and Biofilm Forming Escherichia coli from Flooded and Non-Flooded Agricultural Soils

Shauna O'Shea (Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research & Maynooth University, Ireland)

Invited talk: Exploring the activity of hydrogen sulphide against dermatophytes

Albert Bolhuis (University of Bath, UK)

Invited talk: Candida albicans Utilises Methaemoglobin to Build Ultra-Drug Resistant Polymicrobial Biofilms

Campbell Gourlay (University of Kent, UK)

Universal PCR assays to detect Candida FKS and ERG11 mutations

Yuk Yam Cheung (Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong)

Understanding the biological response of the fungi Candida albicans to a silica dioxide nanoparticle coating

Ashwaq Alawaji (University of Liverpool, UK; College of Applied Medical Science, Saudi Arabia)

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Invited talk: Searching for the source: how environmental fungi become clinically resistant

Amelia Barber (Friedrich Schiller University, Germany)

Prosopis juliflora-Derived Copper Nanoparticles Combating Against Candida albicans Infections

Zahid Manzoor (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Pakistan)

Impact of fungi on the effectiveness of antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in polymicrobial biofilms

Brogan Richards (University of Nottingham, UK)

Invited talk: Harnessing Vaginal Microbiome Science for Women’s Health: Emerging Pathogens and Their Role in HPV-Driven Cervical Cancer

Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz (University of Arizona, USA)

Development of a human cell-based microphysiological system (MPS) to study vaginal mycobiome-host interactions.

Steve James (Quadram Institute, UK)

Multi-omic analysis of the vaginal microenvironment reveals mechanisms of vulvovaginal and sexual health symptoms in women with benign gynaecological conditions

Phoebe Crossley (University of Arizona, USA; University of Glasgow, UK)

Flash talk: L. iners and P. bivia have a significant effect on HPV E6E7 oncogene expression in NIKS in-vitro cell model

Sophie Stephens (Imperial College London, UK)

Flash talk: In Vitro Modelling of Polymicrobial Infections in the Catheterised Urinary Tract: Biofilm Community Dynamics and the effects of antibioticsciprofloxacin on polymicrobial communities

Isobel Garratt (University of Bath, UK)

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Invited talk: Immunoregulation in the female genital tract

Lyle McKinnon (University of Manitoba, Canada)

Teaching an old drug new tricks: exploring drug repurposing to combat chronic vaginal infections.

Anthony Slate (University of Huddersfield & Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)

Drivers of acquisition of antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infections

Alasdair T. M. Hubbard (Nottingham Trent University, UK)

Assessing the anti-influenza activity of equine ISGs

Verena Schultz (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK)

Molecular determinants of Influenza A virus escape from human BTN3A3 restriction

Mohammad Khalid Zakaria (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK)

Alternative splicing diversifies the antiviral activity of OAS proteins

Emma Davies (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK)

Species differences in IFIT sequence, interaction and function

Adriana Tubb (The Pirbright Insitute & University of Surrey, UK)

Interleukin-1β induces ISG expression and restricts MPXV via IFITMs

Hannah Ashby (University of Surrey, UK)

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Utilising spatial proteomics to understand the cellular response to IFN

Joanne Kite (University of Cambridge, UK)

Functional Variation in Antiviral Activity Between Mammalian Type III Interferons

Kaitlin Donovan (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Non-CDN STING agonists are resistant to poxin antagonism and potently restrict MPXV infection

Rebecca Sumner (University of Surrey, UK)

Vitamin D increases host resistance to arbovirus infection

Amani Alhazmi (University of Leeds, UK; Jazan University, Saudi Arabia)

The antiviral functions of avian orthologues of viperin against IAV

Miranda Nel (The Roslin Institute, UK)

Exogenous DNA and not viral genomes triggers IFN production during in vitro infection with Human cytomegalovirus.

Matin Mahmoudi (The Roslin Institute, UK)

Virus Forum: Biochemistry of Infection

There is more to the Nucleocapsid gene of coronaviruses that meets the eye...

Federico De Angelis (The Roslin Institute, UK)

Biochemical characterisation of genome packaging interactions in coronaviruses.

Harriet Mears (The Francis Crick Institute & University of Bristol, UK)

Evaluating changes in the spike S2′ cleavage site of the avian gammacoronavirus infectious bronchitis virus on virus tropism and protease usage.

James Kirk (The Pirbright Institute & University of Bristol, UK)

Mutation of ICP34.5 in HSV1 reveals divergent phenotypes across common lab strains

Lauren Kerfoot (University of Surrey, UK)

Proteolytic cleavage orchestrates the formation and function of the astrovirus replication complex

David Noyvert (University of Cambridge, UK)

Understanding enterovirus capsid uncoating by the identification and characterisation of a highly conserved capsid motif

Philippa Hall (University of Leeds, UK)

Foot-and-mouth disease virus infection induces the assembly of biocondensates

Nicolas Locker (The Pirbright Institute, UK)

HCMV microprotein UL2 indirectly affects formation of viral biomolecular condensate compartments.

Katie A Latham (City St George's University of London, UK)

Assessing the internal genes of H5N1 in bovine cells

Matthew Turnbull (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK)

Unique structural and compositional features of Influenza A filaments

Swetha Vijayakrishnan (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK)

The role of fibroblasts in the Tumour Microenvironment of Epstein-Barr Virus positive Nasopharyngeal carcinomas

Morgan Barton (Coventry University & University of Warwick, UK)

Screening FDA-Approved Drugs with Recombinant Cedar Virus as a CL-2 Surrogate to Identify Potential Nipah Virus Antivirals

Emily Clayton (University of Oxford, UK)

Use of a human airway epithelium model to assess zoonotic spillover risk of H5N1 avian influenza viruses

Samuel Richardson (The Pirbright Institute, UK)

SARS-CoV-2 entry into macrophages is via an ACE2-independent mechanism and does not result in productive infection

Amy Napier (University of Oxford, UK)

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CHARACTERISING THE ROLE OF SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 5 IN HPV-DRIVEN CERVICAL CANCER

Rosa Cassidy (University of Leeds, UK)

Phage Therapy for Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Overcoming Manufacturing Barriers in the UK

Libby Duignan (University of Liverpool & CPI, UK)

Human ACE2 transgenic pigs are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and develop COVID-19-like disease.

Finn Grey (The Roslin Institute, UK)

Characterisation of Lactobacillus plantarum as a therapeutic and preventative strategy for RSV-disease.

Murshida Begum (University of Surrey, UK)

MPXV Infects Human PBMCs in a Type I Interferon-Sensitive Manner

Christine Goffinet (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK)

Harnessing the antiviral potential of Nigella sativa volatile compounds against enveloped viruses.

Maitreyi Shivkumar (De Montfort University, UK)

Direct expression from incoming retroviral RNA genomes

Oya Cingöz (Charite - Institute of Virology, Germany; MRC - Centre for Virus Research (CVR), University of Glasgow, UK)

Investigating the role of the non-structural protein NSs of Oropouche virus in modulating RNA polymerase II function

Rebecca Panteli (University of Cambridge, UK)

The segment specific impact of CpG-enrichment on influenza A virus fitness

Maia Beeson (The Roslin Institute, UK)

Elucidating Influenza A packaging interactions in the context of infection

Olivia Platt (The Francis Crick Institute, UK)

Regulatory role of the influenza A virus NEP in viral RNA synthesis

Fangzheng Wang (University of Oxford, UK)

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Transcriptomic analysis of human airway cultures singly- and co-infected with SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A Virus or Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Kieran Dee (MRC- Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, UK)

Regulation of polyadenylation in coronavirus transcripts

Ziyi Yang (Francis Crick Institute & UCL, UK; A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore)

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase association with the viral genome

Nuno Santos (The Francis Crick Institute, UK)

Characterisation of the s2m RNA structure in the replication and pathogenicity of Avian Coronavirus’

Adam Rayment (University of Cambridge & The Pirbright Institute, UK)

Spatiotemporal single-cell RNA sequencing of chicken trachea reveals differences in host immune responses against pathogenic and attenuated infectious bronchitis virus (IBV).

Ge Wu (The Pirbright Institute, UK)

HSV-1 VHS endoribonuclease mediates host mRNA degradation through an XRN1-independent mechanism

Alistair Tweedie (University of Surrey, UK)