Provisional Timetable
(Subject to change – depending upon the geographical location of most of our delegates, we may start earlier of later than the times advertised below)
We have tried to group similar talks, but due to the wide geographical locations of our speakers, this may not always been possible.
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Day 1: Wednesday 9th September
1000: Welcome by Dr Muhammad Sohail
1005: Welcome by Professor Martha Clokie
Molecular/structural biology and modelling – Chair Professor Martha Clokie
1015: Mr Mwila Kabwe, Department of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Isolation, characterisation and functional analysis of Enterococcus faecalis bacteriophage EFA1
1035: Dr Mark J van Raaij, Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia – CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Crystal structures of bacteriophage proteins and their interaction with bacterial receptors
1055: Dr Abul Tarafder, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Phage liquid crystalline droplets form occlusive sheaths that encapsulate and protect infectious rod-shaped bacteria
1115: Mr Cristian Aparicio-Maldonado, Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
DISARM class 1 is a modular defense system targeting diverse mobile genetic elements
1135: Mr Rodrigo García, Laboratorio de Microbiología, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
Phages on Demand: How to choose your production conditions using mathematical modeling and infection parameters
1155: Break, posters, breakout rooms
Food and biotechnology – Chair Dr Chloe James
1240: Dr Hansjörg Lehnherr, PTC Phage Technology Center GmbH, Bönen, NRW, Germany
Phage application in raw cured meat production to reduce Salmonella contamination
1300: Dr Hany Anany, Guelph Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada
GO GREEN: Towards development of phage-based biosanitizer forListeria monocytogenes biofilm dispersal in food processing environments
1320: Dr Aleš Štrancar, BIA Separations d.o.o., Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Platforms for Fast Purification of Food and Clinical Grade Bacteriophages and their in-process analytics
1340: Dr Danish J Malik, Chemical Engineering Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Approaches for manufacture, formulation, targeted delivery and controlled release of phage-based therapeutics
1400: Ms Emma Farquharson, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Empowering future predictive models of phage-host interaction by illuminating true adsorptive capabilities via a novel bioluminescent filtration assay
1420: Presentation of life-time achievement award to Professor Elizabeth Kutter (citation by Martha Clokie)
1430: Professor Elizabeth Kutter (Keynote address), The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, USA
1500: Day summary by Professor Martha Clokie and close of Day 1
1420: Dr Brandon Berryhill, Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Finding a perfect phage for therapy: uncovering the downside of perfection
1440: Professor Mathias Middelboe, Department of Biology, Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen,Helsingør, Denmark
Bacteria and phages at extreme oceanic depths (8000-10000m): Spatial variations and evidence of prophage-encoded genes supporting bacterial growth
Day 2: Thursday 10th September
Phage-host interactions – Chair Dr Mark J van Raaij
1000: Welcome
1005: Mr Heng Ku, Department of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Characterisation of novel Klebsiella bacteriophages: can comparative genomics elucidate the molecular mechanisms driving their host range specificity?
1025: Dr Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Role of mucosal environment in the ecology of the phage-bacterium interaction
1045: Dr Chloe James, School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
Prophage-Host Interactions: Pulling Back the Curtains on Pseudomonas Puppet Masters
1105: Dr Hugo Oliveira, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Long tail fibers of CkP1, a S16-like phage, exhibit broad binding spectrum against Citrobacter koseri
1125: Professor Mathias Middelboe, Department of Biology, Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen,Helsingør, Denmark
Bacteria and phages at extreme oceanic depths (8000-10000m): Spatial variations and evidence of prophage-encoded genes supporting bacterial growth
Therapeutic and antimicrobial applications – Chair Professor Mathias Middelboe
1125: Professor Alfonso Jaramillo, The School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Engineering phage transduction for antimicrobials, vaccines and accelerated evolution
1145: Break, posters, breakout rooms
1150: Flash-talks (Posters)
- Beatriz Beamud, Spain
- Lucy Gannon, UK
- Arkadiusz Guziński, Poland
- Christian Harrison, UK
- Helena Leinweber, Denmark
- Angela Makumi, Kenya
- Yiyu Pang, USA
- Grace Plahe, UK
1220: Professor Martha Clokie, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
TBA
1240: Miss Sara Arroyo-Moreno, Coffey Lab, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Development of a chimeric staphylococcal endolysin with enhanced lytic activity against stationary-phase cells and biofilms
1300: Dr Heather Allison, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Prophages, why are they there, what do they contribute?
1320: Dr Damien Thiry, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute for Fundamental and Applied Research in Animals and Health (FARAH), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Usefulness of Galleria mellonella larvae model for a safety and efficacy preliminary assessment of lytic phages
1340: Professor Amin Hajitou, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
Phage-mediated gene therapy of cancer: where are we since the dog study 2009?
1400: Dr Elyse Stachler, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Research Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Eawag, Überlandstrasse, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Combined effect of bacteriophage treatment and chemical disinfection on surface-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa
1420: Presentation of life-time achievement award to Professor Betty Kutter (citation by Martha Clokie)
1430: Professor Elizabeth Kutter (Keynote address), The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, USA
1500: Closing remarks by Professor Martha Clokie
1515: Close of meeting
