08:30-09:00

REGISTRATION & MOUNTING OF POSTERS

09:00-09:05

WELCOME
Mikael Elofsson, Dean at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå University 

09:05-09:15

UCMR UPDATE
Fredrik Almqvist, Director of UCMR, and Marta Bally, Deputy director UCMR, Umeå University

09:15-10:00

KEYNOTE LECTURE 1:
PROF. DR. ADRIAAN J. MINNAARD
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen

All Creatures Great and Small; Chemical Synthesis-driven Lipidomics of Tuberculosis

Chair: Ulrika Westerlind

10:00-10:30

COFFEE BREAK

10:30-11:10

SHORT TALKS I (10 minutes talk) 
Chair: Björn Schröder

Poster #34

Escape from Flatland: Discovery of sp3 rich GmPcides effective against multi-drug resistant gram positive bacteria
Pardeep Singh, Department of Chemistry Umeå University

Retrospective genomic characterization of puumala virus in Sweden in patients and bank voles from the 1990s to present
Anne Tuiskunen Bäck, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University

Exploring the Functions of Thousands of Uncharacterized Bacterial Proteins with Deep Learning 
Leyden Fernandez Vidal, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University

11:10-11:20

SHORT BREAK 

11:20-12:00

SHORT TALKS II (10 minutes talk) 
Chair: Björn Schröder

Poster #35

A history of repeated antibiotic usage leads to microbiota-dependent mucus defects
Rachel Feeney, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University

Molecular mechanisms behind filovirus entry: exploring cell attachment and entry potential of different filovirus-encoded glycoproteins
Malgorzata Graul, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University

Perfoliate pondweed meadows in northern coastal areas – reservoirs of potentially pathogenic bacteria with complex organic carbon metabolism
Kesava Priyan Ramasamy, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University

12:00-13:00

LUNCH BREAK

13:00-13:40

ELEVATOR PITCHES (3 minutes talks)
Chair: Åsa Gylfe

Poster #1

Identification of bacterial species in polymicrobial infections via transcriptomic approach
Oytun Sarigöz, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University

Poster #2

Deoxygenation of coastal systems and consequences on microbial metabolisms
Eric Capo, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University

Poster #3

Investigating glycan-mediated norovirus attachment to plasma membranes using enzymatic digestion of host receptor structures
Hudson Pace, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University

Poster #4

How does a DNA-damaging strain of Salmonella enterica contribute to colon cancer development in vivo?
Maria Lopez Chiloeches, Department of Molecular, Umeå University

Poster #5

3D Printing a biofilm adhesion tester
Daniel PG Nilsson, Department of Physics, Umea° University

Poster #6

Protocol for open-source Automated Universal high-content multiplex fluorescence for RNA in situ Analysis (AURA)
Jean Descarpentrie, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University

Poster #7

NBIS - National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden
Jeanette Tångrot, NBIS / Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University

Poster #8

Investigating stress induced bacterial heterogeneities with automated phenotyping
Sena Gizem Suer, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University

Poster #9

Towards the development of thiazolo ring-fused 2-pyridones with extended carboxylic acids as antiviral agents
Samuel Agyei Nyantakyi, Department of Chemistry / Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University

Poster #10

Metabarcoding insights into effects of straw mulch on bacterial diversity in potato samples
Lovely Mahawar, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University

Poster #11

Genome-wide Characterization of Microbial Gene Functions
Florian Albrecht, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University

13:40-13:50

SHORT BREAK

13:50-14:40

SHORT TALKS III (10 minute talks)
Chair: Lars-Anders Carlson

Single nucleotide mutations allow the mosquito-borne o’nyong’nyong virus to rapidly adapt to new environments
Tessy Hick, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University

Poster #36

A first glimpse of a Gram-positive Type 4 Secretion system that facilitates the spread of antibiotic resistance
Josy ter Beek, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University

Poster #37

Adaptation of the WHO Covid-19 Clinical Progression Scale for Registry-Based Data: A Whole-Population Study in Sweden
Hanna Jerndal, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University

Resolving microbial genomes in complex communities at the single-cell level
Jyoti Verma, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University

14:40-16:20

POSTER SESSION
Coffee and cakes
Posters are shown in Brashörnan
Coffee and cake are served in the Lounge

16:20-17:00

LOCAL INITIATIVES (10 minutes) 

Bring your research to market – how the university can help you commercialize your work
Pia Keyser, Business coach at Umeå Biotech Incubator

Financing of cross-border collaboration – Industrial Doctorial School
Charlotta Sundin, Coordinator of the Industrial Doctoral School at Umeå University

A Community for Postdocs – connecting, supporting and growing
Madhusree Mitra, President of the Umeå Postdoc Society

16:50-17:00

SHORT BREAK - STRECH YOUR LEGS

17:00-17:45

KEYNOTE LECTURE 2:
DR. SABINA CANEVA
Assistant Professor, Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, TU Delft

DNActuate: building nanomachines with DNA for single-molecule studies

Chair: Nicoló Maccaferri

17:45-18:00

CONCLUDING REMARKS
Short talk reward and poster reward
Chair: Fredrik Almqvist and Marta Bally

18:00-18:30

RECEPTION WITH MINGLE
The reception takes place in the Lounge

18:30-21:00

DINNER
The dinner takes place in the Universum restaurant