Welcome and introduction from the President

Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society, UK) Welcome and introduction from the President

Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture 2021: The application of population genomics to meningococcal disease prevention

Martin Maiden (University of Oxford, UK) Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture 2021: The application of population genomics to meningococcal disease prevention

Addressing global AMR priorities: 5 BY 2025 - the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP)

Laura Piddock (Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership, Switzerland) AMR

Offered paper: Molecular mechanisms of chemosensory signalling and chemoreceptor adaptation in beneficial and phytopathogenic bacteria

Miguel Matilla (EEZ-CSIC, Spain) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Risk Assessing Variants of SARS-CoV-2

Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Career workshop

Sarah Blackford (Bioscience careers, UK) Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: Cyclic di-GMP signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Connecting the dots in a multimodal network

Kira Eilers (Imperial College London, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: The human gut microbiome as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance: linking antimicrobial resistance genes to their microbial hosts through metagenomic chromosome conformation capture

Gregory McCallum (University of Birmingham, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Sugar Rush: The glucose-responsive two-component system linking Streptomyces exploration and secondary metabolism

Thomas McLean (John Innes Centre, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 triggers a less potent innate immune response than first wave isolates

Lucy Thorne (University College London, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Tracking human and livestock farm environmental microbiota and resistome interconnection

Tania Dottorini (University of Nottingham, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Copper and glutathione - it's a GAS!

Karrera Djoko (Durham University, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: SARS-CoV-2 alters the infected cell to evade natural killer cells but is recognised by antibody-dependent mechanisms

Ceri Fielding (Cardiff University, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Genetic diversity of antimicrobial resistance found in E.coli colonising travellers to Laos

Ann Snaith (University of Birmingham, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Oxidative stress results in reduced susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii to aminoglycosides by inducing the expression of AdeAB efflux pump

Ayush Kumar (University of Manitoba, Canada) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: SARS-CoV-2 restriction by IFN-inducible short isoform of NCOA7

Hataf Khan (King's College London, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Kick Starter Session

Kick Starter Session

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AMR

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Careers in microbiology

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Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

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Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Spatial ecology of the transmission and spread of AMR across wastewater networks - More complex than you think

David Graham (University of Newcastle, UK) AMR

Career workshop

Sarah Blackford (Bioscience careers, UK) Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: Functionally mapping the diversification of African trypanosomes using spatial proteomics

Nicola Moloney (University of Cambridge, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: The polybasic cleavage site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike modulates viral 2 sensitivity to Type I interferon and IFITM2

Helena Winstone (King's College London, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Massively parallel transposon mutagenesis identifies temporally essential genes for biofilm formation in Escherichia coli

Emma Holden (Quadram Institute, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: Characterisation of protease activity during SARS-CoV-2 infection identifies novel viral cleavage sites and cellular targets for drug repurposing

Edward Emmott (University of Liverpool, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Characterisation of global regulatory changes in Staphylococcus aureus in response to household biocides

Dean Walsh (University of Nottingham, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Asymmetric peptidoglycan editing generates the curvature of predatory bacteria, optimising replication within a spherical prey niche

Emma Banks (University of Nottingham, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: Furin cleavage of SARS-CoV-2 Spike promotes but is not essential for infection and cell-cell fusion

Guido Papa (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Selective Landscape of Drug Resistance in Experimentally-Evolved Biofilms Adapted to a Large Panel of Diverse Antimicrobials

Gregory Wickham (Quadram Institute, UK) AMR

Offered paper: A two-lane mechanism for selective biological ammonium transport

Gordon Williamson (University of Strathclyde, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: Global analysis of protein-RNA interactions in SARS-CoV-2 infected cells reveals key regulators of infection

Marko Noerenberg (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Long-term exposure to octenidine in a simulated clinical setting results in selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Citrobacter and Enterobacter isolates with mutations in efflux pump

Isobel Garratt (Public Health England, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Impact of binding respiratory syncytial virus glycoprotein on pneumococcal cell division and integrity

Samual Ellis (University College London, UK) Microbial physiology, metabolism and molecular biology

Offered paper: Convergent Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Amino Terminal Domain (NTD) Variants Arising During Passage In Vitro and In Vivo

Connor Bamford (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Industry sponsored session: Qiagen

Optimized sample processing and dPCR-based workflow for wastewater-monitoring of SARS-CoV-2

Industry sponsored session: Qiagen

Optimized sample processing and dPCR-based workflow for wastewater-monitoring of SARS-CoV-2

Who guards the guards? Network structure in the activation of antibiotic resistance

Susanne Gebhard (University of Bath, UK) AMR

Careers case study 1

Silvia Klamert (Unilever, UK) Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: Inhibition of ammonia monooxygenase from ammonia oxidising archaea by linear and aromatic alkynes

Chloe Wright (University of East Anglia, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2

Akiko Iwasaki (Yale University, USA) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Identification of active methane oxidizers in a methane biofilter and isolation of a key methanotroph

David Pearce (University of East Anglia, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Careers case study 2

Nicola Stock (University of Edinburgh, UK) Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: Heroes and villains: The interactions between antibiotics and uropathogens to manage UTI

Phillip Aldridge (Newcastle University, UK) AMR

Offered paper: The effects of a surfactant and biosurfactant on the community composition and enzyme activity of a freshwater biofilm

Stephanie Gill (Ulster University, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: The physical interaction landscape of highly pathogenic coronaviruses reveals drug targets

David Gordon (University of California San Francisco, USA) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Careers case study 3

Victoria Doronina (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: A genome wide analysis of innate resistance mechanisms of Escherichia coli to two increasingly used bactericidal antibiotics

Muhammad Yasir (Quadram Institute, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Air pollution affects the gut microbiome of buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

Hannah Sampson (University of Leicester, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: Host-directed therapies against early-lineage SARS-CoV-2 retain efficacy against recently emerged variants

Ann-Kathrin Reuschl (University College London, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Identification of auxiliary vancomycin resistance genes in Enterococcus faecium

Ross McInnes (University of Birmingham, UK) AMR

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Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: Identification and characterization of ligninolytic bacteria and enzymes from larval gut of Rhynchophorus phoenicis

Jessica Lenka (University of Salford, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: In vitro evolution of Remdesivir resistance reveals genome plasticity of SARS-CoV-2

Meredith Stewart (MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

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AMR

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Environmental and applied microbiology

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Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Careers case study 4

Laura Price (Unilever, UK) Careers in microbiology

Known knowns & known Unknowns: Improving what we have and searching for new antimicrobials

Paul Hoskisson (University of Strathclyde, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Iron acquisition from ferredoxin by plant pathogenic Pectobacterium

Daniel Walker (University of Glasgow, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: Drug Repurposing Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Envelope (E) Protein Ion Channel

Gemma Swinscoe (University of Leeds, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Careers case study 5

Grant Hill-Cawthorne (POST/Commons Library, UK) Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: Toxoflavin produced by Pseudomonas alcaliphila inhibits the growth of Legionella pneumophila.

Sebastien Faucher (McGill University, Canada) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: Targeting the Sec61 translocon to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication

Lucy Eke (University of Surrey, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Careers case study 6

Rob Johnson (Quorn Foods, UK) Careers in microbiology

Offered paper: Investigation of co-culturing and N-acetylglucosamine impacts on antimicrobial compound production profiles of soil isolates generated through the Microbiology Society’s Antibiotics Unearthed programme.

Leah McPhillips (University College Cork, Ireland) AMR

Offered paper: Surviving seawater: biological traits for salinity tolerance in the model marine saprotrophic fungus Paradendryphiella salina.

Seth Thomas (The Marine Biological Association of the UK, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: Targeting the evolutionary RGD motif in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 serves as a novel treatment option to prevent vascular damage during COVID-19

Danielle Nader (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Identification of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides From Antelope Microbiomes for Treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii

Peter Alexander (Queen's University Belfast, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Microbe-mineral interaction and biomining on the International Space Station

Rosa Santomartino (University of Edinburgh, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: Identification of guanylyltransferase activity in the SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase

Alexander Walker (University of Oxford, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Offered paper: Anti-biofilm activity of 1,000-year-old-remedy requires the combination of multiple ingredients.

Jessica Furner-Pardoe (University of Warwick, UK) AMR

Offered paper: Finding Snowball Earth: an investigation of modern polar analogues for Cryogenian microbial habitats

Jaz Millar (Cardiff University, UK) Environmental and applied microbiology

Offered paper: Secreted SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 modulates the cytokine expression profile of human monocyte-derived macrophages

Nisha Kriplani (University of Edinburgh, UK) Virus workshop: SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic: molecular virology and immunology

Introduction from the President

Judith Armitage (Microbiology Society, UK) Introduction from the President

Fleming Prize Lecture 2021: The challenges and opportunities for understanding the factors shaping the plant microbiome

Britt Koskella (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Fleming Prize Lecture 2021: The challenges and opportunities for understanding the factors shaping the plant microbiome

Poster sessions

Poster sessions

Poster session 2 (AMR part 2)

Poster session 2 (AMR part 2)