PROGRAM

 

MONDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2022

1.30 PM

Registration desk opens

Posters presenters are advised to display posters when registering

3.30 PM – 3:45 PM

Welcome Address

3:45 PM – 5:30 PM

Session 1

3.45 PM – 4:30 PM

Keynote Lecture 1

Prof Dan Wozniak - The Ohio State University, USA

Biofilms in Chronic Infection

4.30 PM – 5:30 PM

Early Career Presentations

Chintha Premachandre

Stelli Stancheva

Yao Shi

5.30 PM – 7:30 PM

Welcome Reception on the Terrace

 

 

TUESDAY 4th OCTOBER 2022

8:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Session 2

8.45 AM – 9:30 AM

Keynote Lecture 2

Dr Sharon Kendall - The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK

Gene essentiality studies in Mycobacterium bovis offers novel insights into the genetic basis of virulence for the bovine pathogen

 9.30 AM – 10:30 AM

Presentations selected from abstracts

Abbie Tomes

Margherita Polidori

 Paola Vaz

 Kitty Exel

10.30 AM – 11:00 AM

Coffee/Tea Break

11.00AM – 1:00 PM

Session 3





Early Career Presentations

Lynn Leedhanachoke

Nikolas Ewasechko

Presentations selected from abstracts

Martine Boulianne

Daniel Elad

Somshukla Chaudhuri

Tom Inzana

Amanda Silberborth

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch 

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session 4

2.00 PM – 2:30 PM

Rapid Fire Poster Presentations

Xiao Fei

Olimpia Kursa

Ashleigh Smith

Kasper Rømer Villumsen

Pin Shie Quah

2.30 PM – 3:30 PM

Poster Q and A Session (poster presenters stand by your posters)

3.30 PM – 4:00 PM

Coffee/Tea Break

4.00 PM – 5:30 PM

Session 5

4.00 PM – 4:30 PM

Invited Speaker 1

Dr Jeongmin Song - Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, USA

Glycan-Mediated Molecular Interactions in Bacterial Pathogenesis  

4.30 PM – 5:30 PM

Presentations selected from abstracts

Charles Dozois

Nadeeka Wawegama

 Susan Anstey

 Bang Tran

5: 30 PM

Free evening

 

 

WEDNESDAY 5th OCTOBER 2022

8:45 AM - 10.00 AM

Session 6

8.45 AM – 10:00 AM

Presentations selected from abstracts

Kasper Rømer Villumsen

Xiaochen Sun

Fernando Luciano

Alberto Evangelista

Joachim Frey

10.00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee/Tea Break (30 mins)

10:30 AM – 12.15 PM

Session 7

10:30 AM-12:15 PM

Presentations selected from abstracts

Øystein Angen

Steven Djordjevic

Daniel Wilkinson

Vasilli Kasimov

Sara Klose

Arne Jung

Steven Djordjevic

12.15 PM 

Lunch

 

 Free afternoon to explore the region (be back in time for dinner!!)

6.00 PM – 10:30 PM

Conference Dinner at la Quercia di Castelletti, Villa Castelletti 

Bus departs Prato at 6pm 

Tickets available on our website until midnight October 3rd

 

 

THURSDAY 6th OCTOBER 2022

8:45 AM – 10:10 AM

Session 8

8.45 AM – 9:30 AM

Keynote Lecture 3

Prof James Leigh - University of Nottingham, UK

Streptococcus uberis: harmless commensal or intractable pathogen, it all depends how you react

9.30 AM – 10:10 AM

Early Career Presentations

Jaime Brizuela Gabaldon

Miguel Blanco-Fuertes

10.10 AM – 10:40 AM

Coffee/Tea Break

10:40 AM -12:15 PM

Session 9

10:40 AM – 11:10 AM

Invited Speaker 2

A/Prof Clay Caswell - Virginia Tech, USA

Controlling the virulence of Brucella with small regulatory RNAs

11.10 AM – 11:40 PM

Presentations selected from abstracts

Tom Inzana

John Boyce

11.40 AM – 12:15 PM

Final Address and Awards Ceremony

  12.15 PM

Conference Close