Provisional Agenda
(Subject to change)
Day 1: Wednesday 11th September | The Edward Boyle Auditorium, JdP, St Hilda’s College
0800: Registration, networking and welcome coffee
0855: Welcome and housekeeping
0900: Opening by Professor Martha Clokie
Session 1: Immunobiology & Molecular Genetics – Chair Professor Martha Clokie
0905: Dr Krystyna Dąbrowska, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
Bacteriophages and mammalian immune system: what shapes phage pharmacokinetics?
0935: Dr Paul L Bollyky, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Bacteriophage Trigger Anti-Viral Immunity and Prevent Clearance of Bacterial Infection
0955: Miss Joanna Majewska, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
Molecular and immunological factors affecting phage bioavailability in the gastrointestinal tract
1010: Dr Panos G Kalatzis, Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen, Helsingør, Denmark
¨Discreet¨ tail-less vibriophages shed further light on the prokaryotic double jellyroll (DJR) viral lineage conundrum
1030: Dr Stephen Stockdale, APC Microbiome Ireland
Expansion of known ssRNA phage genomes from tens to over a thousand
1050: Refreshment break, networking and posters
Session 2: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics & Evolution – Chair Professor Irmtraud Meyer
1130: Dr Aidan T Brown, University of Edinburgh, UK
Modelling the Spread of Bacteriophages Through Bacterial Populations
1150: Mr Piotr Tynecki, Faculty of Computer Science, Bialystok University of Technology, Bialystok, Poland
Application of Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to bacteriophage life cycle recognition
1210: Professor Alfonso Jaramillo, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK
Title TBA
1240: Ms Katarzyna Kosznik-Kwaśnicka, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Comparison of evolution of antibiotic and phage resistance in Salmonella enterica serotypes Enteritidis and Typhimurium under laboratory conditions
1255: Group photo, lunch, networking and posters
Session 3: Phage-Host Interactions – Chair Dr Krystyna Dąbrowska
1400: Professor Mathias Middelboe, Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen, Helsingør, Denmark
Vibrio prophages with a global distribution: Lysis-lysogeny regulation and functional implications of H20-like phages infecting the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum
1430: Dr Sean Meaden, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Rapid loss of CRISPR-mediated herd immunity from bacterial populations
1450: Dr Paul CM Fogg, Biology Department, University of York, York, UK
Selfless Viruses – the Biology and Regulation of Gene Transfer Agents
1510: Professor Abram Aertsen, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium
Superinfection exclusion factors help phages farm their hosts
1530: Miss Sanne Wolput, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium
Unravelling the Pid-dgoRKAT interaction during the phage carrier state of P22
1545: Miss Karolina Ciemińska, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza, Gdańsk, Poland
The differences in phage life cycle depending on growth conditions of the host and host serotype and their adaptation
1600: Professor Gabriel Kaufmann, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Multiple anticodon nuclease types present in many Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains hint at encounters with phage able to activate these host defenses
1615: Refreshment break, networking and posters
Session 4: Commercialisation, Methods & Technologies – Chair Professor Cath Rees
1645: Dr Philip Webber, Dehns Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, Oxford, UK
Patenting of phage-based therapies
1705: Dr Rodrigo Ibarra-Chávez, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Synthetic Phage-inducible Chromosomal Islands, the Trojan Horse against AMR
1725: Dr Sílvio B Santos, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Multiplex detection of Enterococcus and Staphylococcus through phage receptor binding proteins
1745: Dr Wade Handley-Hartill, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Application of a new commercial Phage-based detection method to new species, including humans and North American Bison
1800: Dr Anton E Kubala, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Freezing plaques as a novel method for storing bacteriophage
1815: Close of Day 1
1915: Networking dinner (By invitation or prior booking only)
Day 2: Thursday 12th September | The Edward Boyle Auditorium, JdP, St Hilda’s College
Session 5: Food & Biotechnology – Dr Hansjörg Lehnherr
0830: Dr Anisha M Thanki, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Application of bacteriophages as antimicrobial agents in pigs to improve food safety
0850: Dr Ibai Nafarrate, AZTI, Food Research Division, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Astondo bidea, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
Genotypic and host range characterization of new Campylobacter bacteriophages
0910: Dr Victor Ladero, Technology and Biotechnology Department, Dairy Research Institute (IPLA-CSIC), Villaviciosa, Spain
Enterococcal phages as biotechnological tools towards the reduction of tyramine and putrescine accumulation in dairy products
0930: Dr Jeroen Wagemans, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Introducing next-generation phage biocontrol in crop production
Session 6: Therapeutic and Clinical Applications-I – Chair Professor Mathias Middelboe
0950: Professor Martha RJ Clokie (Conference Chair), Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
The biology and practical applications of bacteriophages associated with Clostridium difficile
1020: Professor Ramesh Wigneshweraraj, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology & Infection, Imperial College London, London, UK
Phage derived proteins as antibacterial agents to manage and study bacterial pathogenesis
1050: Refreshment break, networking and posters
1120: Professor Aidan Coffey, Microbiology Department, University College, Cork, & the APC Microbiome Institute, Cork, Ireland
Potential of bacteriophage-derived peptidoglycan hydrolase enzymes to eliminate antibiotic resistant infectious bacteria
1150: Professor Joana Azeredo, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Bacteriophage-depolymerases: their diversity and therapeutic properties
1220: Dr Aleksandra Petrovic Fabijan, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR), Sydney, Australia
Safety and Efficacy of Bacteriophage Therapy: the Australian experience
1240: Professor Rob Lavigne, Division Animal and Human Health Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Title TBA
1310: Lunch, networking and posters
Session 7: Therapeutic and Clinical Applications-II – Chair Professor Aidan Coffey
1400: Dr Gina A Suh, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
Pf Bacteriophage Promote Delayed Healing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Human Wound Infections
1420: Dr Eleanor M Townsend, School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Bacteriophage: Potentials for enhancing anti-biofilm therapy
1440: Mr Łukasz Grabowski, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Phage cocktails – new hope in fight against various Salmonella enterica serovars: the study under laboratory conditions
1500: Dr Ivone M Martins, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
Bacteriophages as a smart tool to target Alzheimer’s Disease
1520: Dr Paul L Bollyky, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Pf phage are associated with chronic Pseudomonas lung infections and antibiotic resistance in cystic fibrosis
1535: Closing remarks by Professor Martha Clokie, discussion and close
