MONDAY 15th MARCH
16.00 Arrive in time for tea in the Blaney Room.
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Quiz. An ice-breaker hosted by Hywel Griffiths (UWA).
21.00 Exploration of the bar habitats.
TUESDAY 16th MARCH
Session 1 - Chair: Al Venables (UCC)
9.00 Eun-Joong Kim. IGER (Micro). Bacterial colonisation of forage in the rumen.
9.15 George Tordoff. UCC (Biosci). Interactions between Collembola (springtails) and saprotrophic fungi.
9.30 Emma Cross. UWA (IBS). Use of single gene deletants in yeast ecology.
9.45 Bethan Stallwood. UWB (SBS). Hydrocarbon degradation by Antarctic bacteria.
10.00 Amy Bishop. UWS (Biol). Regulatory cascades and osmoadaptation in Streptomyces coelicolor.
10.15 Juliet Hynes. UCC (Biosci). Functional Diversity of Soil Decomposer Organisms in Grasslands Under Different Management Regimes.
10.30 Maria Christodoulou. (UCC undergrad). Determining the cultivability of an uncultured marine bacterium.
TEABREAK
Session 2 - Chair: Barrie Johnson (UWB)
11.15 Christopher Bryan. UWB (SBS). Bangor Acidophile Research Team1.
11.30 Kris Coupland. UWB (SBS). Bangor Acidophile Research Team2.
11.45 Andrea Ramirez. UWA (IRS). Use of yeast to reduce pathogen load in ruminant.
12.00 Greg Jones. UWS (Biol). Analysis of a conserved cell division gene cluster in Actinomycetes.
12.15 Anthony Leese. UWA (IBS). Antibiotic cross-resistance in bacteria.
12.30 George Payne UCC (Biosci). Detection of Burkholderia spp. in the environment.
1.00 Lunch
1.45 FOOTBALL GAME / NATURE WALK
16.00 Tea
16.30 Guest speaker: Dr. Jonathan Leake (University of Sheffield)
"Mycorrhizal mycelial networks- key pathways of nutrient and energy flow in ecosystems"
19.00 Dinner
8.00 Dr. Alan Thomas. "Prospects for the Wales Centre Of Excellence For Waste Research".
21.00 Sampling expedition to the bar.
WEDNESDAY 17th MARCH
Session 3 - Chair: Jamie Newbold (UWA).
9.00 Catrin Thomas. UCC (Biosci). PCR-based analysis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and other mycobacteria isolated from river water.
9.15 Prysor Williams. UWB (SAFS). Persistence of E. coli O157 in soil and waste environments.
9.30 Nadine Allen. UWS (CCFP). Attachment of Metarrhizium spores to surfaces.
9.45 Mike Young. UWA (IBS). TB: A new angle on an old disease.
10.00 Gera Hol.. IGER (Plants). Mycorrhizas of Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria).
10.15 Kathryn Wakeman. (IGER /IBS). Pleiotropic effects of GM of Rhizobia.
10.30 Rebecca Webster. (UWA undergrad). Ancient strains of Micrococcus luteus from lebanese amber; fact or fantasy?
TEABREAK
Session 4 - Chair: Paul Dyson (UWS)
11.15 Martin Lukac. UWB (SAFS). Influence of elevated CO2 on mycorrhizal fungi.
11.30 Josie Parker. UWA (IBS). Cytochrome P450 and mycobacteria.
11.45 Cath Kay. UWB (SBS). Horizontal gene transfer in Acinetobacter.
12.00 Marc Taylor. UCC (Biosci). Development P-microcosm to study the interaction of bacteria with the rhizosphere.
12.15 Stephane Duval. UWA (IRS). Use of Essential oils to manipulate microbial attachment.
12.30 Sandra Akpe. UWS (Biol). Function of esat gene cluster in Streptomyces coelicolor.
1.00 Lunch (then depart).
We are grateful to the SGM and SfAM for sponsorship of this meeting. As part of the sponsorship there is a prize (£150) awarded for the best talk given by a postgraduate or 'younger' scientist.
Accommodation List
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