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Tuesday 3rd March
Venue: University Pub
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19:00 – 22:00
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Pre-conference Pub meet
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Wednesday 4th March
Venue: MIT Ljusgården
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09:15 – 10:10
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Registration & Coffee
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Venue: Lecture Hall MIT.A.121
Opening Talk
| 10:15 – 10:30 |
Organisers
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Introduction and welcomes
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Session 1. Sporulation, germination and genetics
Chair: Marina Aspholm
10:30 - 10:50
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Graham Christie
University of Cambridge |
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Structural insights to Bacillus cereus spore germination
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10:50 - 11:10
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Xiaoyi Li
University of Amsterdam |
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Investigating Germination Mechanisms in Anaerostipes caccae
Through Structural and Functional Analysis |
11:10 - 11:30
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Johan Henriksson
Umeå University |
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Spores no more? Single-cell metagenomic sequencing and the curious case of Bacillus pacificus |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
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Coffee Break
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11:50 - 12:10
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Vignesh Ramnath
Umeå University |
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(Near)-real-time genomic surveillance of Bacillus cereus sensu lato, an emerging pathogen group |
12:10 - 12:30
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Max Kilian
Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg |
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Forespore centering: a novel regulated step during late Bacillus subtilis spore formation |
12:30 - 12:50
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Rebecca Schira
Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg |
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Quantitative studies of spore germination kinetics
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Venue: Restaurant Lingon
Venue: Lecture Hall MIT.A.121
Session 2. Bacillus, toxins and biofilm
Chair: Laura Carroll
14:00 - 14:40
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Sophia Johler
LMU Munich |
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Risk Negotiation - Leveraging AI to transform how we assess, manage, and communicate B. cereus related risks |
14:40 - 15:00
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Claes von Wachenfeldt
Lund University |
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Targeting Proteostasis in Bacillus subtilis Biofilms: Impact on Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Biofilm Architecture |
15:00 - 15:20
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Jennie Ann Allred
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo |
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Endospore appendages: a key factor in B. cereus biofilm formation |
| 15:20 - 15:40 |
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Aftab Nadeem
Umeå University |
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NheABC is a pH-dependent cytotoxin that contributes to the virulence of Bacillus cereus |
15:40 - 16:00
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Elevator poster pitched
(2 min) |
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2 minute, single slide pitches 5 selected posters |
Venue: MIT Ljusgården
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16:00-18:00
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Poster Session & snack
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Venue: City Centre
Thursday 5th March
Venue: MIT Ljusgården
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09:30 – 10:15
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Tea & Coffee
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Session 3. Bacillus in Food & industry
Chair: Graham Christie
10:15 - 10:55
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Hendrik Frentzel
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
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The Bacillus cereus group – Food safety between beneficial and pathogenic organisms |
10:55 - 11:15
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Daniel Zommick
Valent BioSciences LLC, Illinois |
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Bacillus Goes to Work: Agricultural Use at Scale
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11:15 - 11:35
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Johannes Kabisch
Technical University of Darmstadt |
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Bacterial Spores as a Scalable, Modular Platform for the Production of Amyloids for Materials |
| 11:35 - 12:00 |
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Coffee Break
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12:00 - 12:20
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Gouri Nilakshika Atapattu
Technological University Dublin |
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Optimising plant growth-promoting Bacillus isolates from Irish peatlands as potential nano-biofertilisers for sustainable agriculture |
12:20 - 12:40
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Josefin Blom
Umeå University |
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Large-scale insights into the biosynthetic potential of the Bacillus cereus group |
Venue: Restaurant Lingon
Session 4. Sporulation and spore Resistance
Chair: Magnus Andersson
14:00 - 14:20
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Catrin Williams
Cardiff University |
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Bacillus 3D modelling |
14:20 - 14:40
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Ephrem Debebe Zegeye
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo |
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Uncovering the role of the previously elusive factor Ena1C in Staggered-Endospore Appendage (S-ENA) biogenesis |
14:40 - 15:00
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Coffee Break |
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| 15:00 - 15:50 |
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Peter Setlow
University of Connecticut |
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Two New Factors Modulating Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance and Germination |
15:50 - 16:10
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Elevator poster pitched
(2 min) |
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2 minute, single slide pitches 5 selected posters |
Venue: MIT Ljusgården
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16:10-18:00
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Poster Session & snack
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Venue: Retaurant Hjortron
Friday 6th March
Venue: MIT Ljusgården
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09:30 – 10:15
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Tea & Coffee
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Venue: Lecture Hall MIT.A.121
Session 5. Spore decontamination and characterisation
Chair: TBA
10:15 - 10:55
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Biophotonics Group Umeå
Umeå University |
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Biophysical methods with Bacillus bacteria and spores
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10:55 - 11:15
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Paula Gómara
University of Zaragoza |
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Influence of Sporulation Conditions and Stress-Responsive Sigma Factors on Spore Inner Membrane Properties and Resistance in Bacillus subtilis |
11:15 - 11:35
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Jack Bromley
Rosalind Franklin Institute / University of Oxford |
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Liquid Phase Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Tomography Applied to the Bacillus subtilis Spore Coat |
| 11:35 - 11:50 |
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Coffee Break
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11:50 - 12:10
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Ehsan Gazi
DSTL, Porton Down, UK |
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Applied Strategies for Environmental Decontamination of Bacillus anthracis in a Complex Urban Environment |
12:10 - 12:30
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Debbie Padgen
DSTL, Porton Down, UK |
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Development of an integrated sampling to analysis process for the recovery of Bacillus anthracis surrogate spores from a variety of surface types |
Venue: Restaurant Lingon
Venue: Lecture Hall MIT.A.121
Session 6. Facilities and Lab Tours
| 13:40 - 14:10 |
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Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM) |
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Facility showcase: Start of a live experiment by electron microscopy |
| 14:10 - 15:40 |
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Laboratory and facility tours, Infrastructure presentation |
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University-wide |
| 15:40 – 16:00 |
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Organizers |
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Prizes, closing |
| 16:00 - 18:00 |
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Round Table Discussions, Coffee |
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Venue: City centre
Saturday 7th March
Post Conference
12:00 – 15:00 Ice swimming, skiing
Aurora Watching (any suitable evening, depending on weather) |
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