Thank you for considering to present your work as a poster at Phages 2015.
Please prepare your poster in A1 portrait format (59cm wide x 84cm long). Please do not laminate your poster. Further information about poster sizes can be found on the following link:
Posters larger than A1 will only be displayed subject to the availability of space.
Maximum capacity 20 A1 potrait posters
Please ensure you have appropriate permissions for the publication of your abstract from the original copyright holders. Should you wish your abstract not to be published, please notify us in writing at the time of abstract submission.
Poster presenters will be required to send us their poster as PDF at least two weeks before the event. The posters will be made available via the event website or other electronic media after the event (see copyright terms).
>>Where can I print my poster in Oxford?
Posters will be displayed for the full duration of the conference.Titles of accepted poster abstracts will be displayed below.
Accepted posters
(Presenters in Bold)
If your abstract has been accepted for presentation but it does not appear in the list below, please let us know as soon as possible by email on PhageOxford@gmail.com.
A selection of posters can be downloaded on this link (password protected)
A novel bacteriophage cocktail reduces Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilms
Diana R Alves1, Mark C Enright2 and Toby Jenkins3
1School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, UK
2School of Healthcare Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, John Dalton Building, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK
3Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY, UK
A T7 phage replication system for the directed evolution of tailor-made proteins
Katja Becker1, Sven Panke1 and Andreas Meyer2
1Bioprocess Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2FGen GmbH, Basel, Switzerland
Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Fresh Produce: An Innovative Solution
Steven G Bell, Prabhjyot K Dehal, Louise M Disbury, Christopher W Gallagher, Kiri L Mack & Alison Blackwell
APS Biocontrol Ltd., Prospect Business Centre, Dundee Technology Park, Dundee DD2 1TY, UK
Role of the exo-xis region in development of lambdoid bacteriophages: λ and Ф24B
Sylwia Bloch1, Bozena Nejman-Falenczyk1, Aleksandra Dydecka1, Katarzyna Licznerska1, Gracja Topka1, Alicja Wegrzyn2, Grzegorz Wegrzyn1
1Depatment of Molecular Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk, Poland
2Laboratory of Molecular Biology (affiliated with University of Gdansk), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk, Poland
Characterisation of a Bacteriophage mix against Blackleg-causing Bacteria in Potatoes
Prabhjyot K Dehal, Kiri L Mack, Louise M Disbury, Christopher W Gallagher and Alison Blackwell
APS Biocontrol Ltd., Prospect Business Centre, Gemini Crescent, Dundee DD2 1TY, UK
Structural investigations of proteins in the lambda exo-xis region
Logan Donaldson
Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada
Role of orf61, orf73, ea22 and ea8.5 genes from the exo-xis region in the development of recombinant lambdoid phages: λ and Ф24B
Aleksandra Dydecka1, Sylwia Bloch1, Agnieszka Necel1, Gracja Topka1, Katarzyna Licznerska1, Bozena Nejman-Falenczyk1, Grzegorz Wegrzyn1, Alicja Wegrzyn2
1Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk, Poland
2Laboratory of Molecular Biology (affiliated with University of Gdansk), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk, Poland
Influence of hydrogen peroxide on gene expression of strain MG1655(933WΔtox)
Michalina Filipiak, Marcin Łoś and Joanna M Łoś
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Mechanisms of virucidal action of alcohol and zinc ions combination against MS2 and F116 bacteriophages
Leonam Gonçalves1, Jean-Yves Maillard1, Ian Fallis1, Joseph R. Rubino2,3 and M. Khalid Ijaz2,3
1Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
2Reckitt Benckiser R&D, Montvale, New Jersey, United States 3 The City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, New York, United States
In vitro assay to evaluate the efficacy of a bacteriophage in vivo
Hansjörg Lehnherr, Dinah Mennigmann, Anika Faros, Jennifer Hoffman, Tatiana Lehnherr
PTC Phage Technology Center GmbH, Siemensstrasse 42, D-59199 Bönen, Germany
The deletions in the exo-xis region affect the development of lambdoid bacteriophages with regard to λ and φ24B phages
Katarzyna Licznerska1, Sylwia Bloch1, Aleksandra Dydecka1, Gracja Topka1, Agnieszka Necel1, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk1, Grzegorz Węgrzyn1,Alicja Węgrzyn2
1Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
2Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
Investigation of structures influencing bacteriophage infection of Campylobacter jejuni
Lukas Lis1 and Ian F. Connerton2
1PTC Phage Technology Center GmbH, Im Kompetenzzentrum BioSecurity, Siemensstr. 42, 59199 Bönen, Germany
2Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
Infection Responsive Surface Coatings for Urinary Catheters: Prevention of Encrustation and Blockage by Proteus mirabilis
Scarlet E Milo and Toby A Jenkins
Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY
A microRNA-size small RNA encoded within the genome of the Φ24B phage, one of the Shiga toxin-converting bacteriophages
Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk1, Sylwia Bloch1, Katarzyna Licznerska1, Aleksandra Dydecka1, Agnieszka Felczykowska1, Gracja Topka1, Alicja Węgrzyn2, Grzegorz Węgrzyn1
1Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
2Laboratory of Molecular Biology (affiliated with the University of Gdansk), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
Survival of a temperate and lytic bacteriophage in soil and water
Sepo Nyambe1,2, Catherine Burgess1, Paul Whyte2 and Declan Bolton1
1Food Safety Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland
2School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Use of bacteriophage to control catheter encrustation and blockage by Proteus mirabilis
Jonathan Nzakizwanayo1, Aurelie Hanin2, Cormac Gahan2, Cinzia Dedi1, Jason Clark3, Brendan Gilmore4, Toby Jenkins5, Brian Jones1,6
1School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK
2Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Dept of Microbiology, University College Cork, Ireland.
3Novolytics Ltd, Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK
4School of Pharmacy, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
5Dept of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK, BA2 7AY.
6Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3DZ
Arthrobacter phage vB_ArtM-ArV1: a solitary myovirus among the phages from family Siphoviridae
Eugenijus Simoliunas, Laura Kaliniene, Miroslav Stasilo, Lidija Truncaite, Aurelija Zajanckauskaite, Rolandas Meskys
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
