Registration and Coffee (8.15 - 9.00) |
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Introduction (9.00 - 9.10) |
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Session 1: The interface between hosts and pathogens (9.10-10.30)Chair: Andres Floto |
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9.10 |
Róisín Owens (Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology): Bioelectronic devices for monitoring viral entry to cell membranes and complex tissues in vitro |
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9.30 |
Camilla Godlee (Department of Biochemistry/Pathology): How membrane integration of virulence proteins enables bacterial pathogenesis |
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9.50 |
Sam Wilson (Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease): Innate immune barriers to viral emergence and pathogenesis |
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Madelyn Moy (Wellcome Sanger Institute): Understanding host-microbe interactions at single-cell resolution |
Break + Poster Session I (10.30-11.10) |
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Session 2: Reproduction and infectious diseases (11.10 - 12.10)Chair: Caroline Trotter |
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11.10 |
Richard McKay (Department of History and Philosophy of Science): Using archival records to understand mid-20th-century patient experiences of sexually transmitted infections at East London’s Whitechapel Clinic |
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11.30 |
Nerea Irigoyen (Department of Pathology): Zika viruses encode 5′ upstream open reading frames affecting infection of human brain cells |
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11.50 |
Mat Beale (Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute): What can we learn from understanding global transmission dynamics of Treponema pallidum? |
Flash talks (12.10 - 12.40) – Chair: Angkana Huang |
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Lunch (12.40 - 13.30) |
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Session 3: Bacterial behaviour (13.30 - 14.50)Chair: Jeanne Salje |
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13.30 |
Graham Christie (Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology): Bacillus spores, pores and resistance |
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13.50 |
Sivan Nir-Luz (Department of Chemistry): Biomimicry in action: Engineering surfaces to outsmart biofouling |
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14.10 |
Malaka De Silva (Department of Genetics): Phage-plasmid borne methionine tRNA ligase mediates epidemiologically relevant antimicrobial persistence |
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14.30 |
Kieran Abbott (Department of Genetics): Antibiotic persisters: identification, heterogeneity, and implications for treatment |
Flash talks (14.50 - 15.20) – Chair: Charlotte Hammer |
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Break + Poster Session II (15.20 - 16.00) |
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Session 4: Antimicrobial resistance and One Health (16.00 - 17.20)Chair: Julian Parkhill |
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16.00 |
Lovleen Bhullar (Department of Land Economy): AMR in the environment: What's law got to do with it? |
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16.20 |
Nichola Hawkins (Plant Pathology, NIAB): Evolution of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens |
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16.40 |
Lucy Weinert (Department of Veterinary Medicine): Does shared antibiotic use promote host jumps? |
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17.00 |
Edwin Panford-Quainoo (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine): Beyond the counter: Unravelling the unexpected relationships behind antibiotic access |
Closing + awards (17.20 - 17.30) |
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Drinks reception (17.30 - 18.30) |
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