Last modified Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:47 AM . Maintained by G.W. Griffith, UW Aberystywth
Cynhadledd Microbioleg Cenedlaethol
Gregynog Hall, Mon 14th March - Wed 16th March 2005
Sponsored by the Welsh Development Agency, University of Wales Gregynog Staff Colloquia Fund, Society for General Microbiology and British Mycological Society
For further details please contact Gareth Griffith, UW Abersytwyth
MONDAY 14th MARCH
16.00 Arrive in time for tea in the Blaney Room.
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Quiz. An ice-breaker hosted by Hazel Davey and Emma Cross (UWA).
21.00 Exploration of the bar habitats.
TUESDAY 15th MARCH
Session 1 - Chair: Esh Mahenthiralingham (UC)
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9.00 |
Will Allwood (UWA) |
Dual metabolome profiling of host and pathogen in Arabidopsis suspension cultures inoculated with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato |
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9.15 |
Bahvesh Mistry (UWS) |
The role of rodA-like genes in cell division and morphology of Streptomyces coelicolor |
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9.30 |
Jan Maarten Blom (UWB) |
Ectomycorrhizal diversity on sweet chestnut roots |
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9.45 |
Louise O’Sullivan (UC) |
Genetic basis for rhizosphere colonization by the Burkholderia cepacia complex |
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10.00 |
Jasmine Sharp (UWA) |
Bacterial symbionts of marine bryozoans |
| 10.15 | Ian Armstrong (UWS) | Atomic force microscopy studies of microbial cells |
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10.30 |
Gareth Williams (UC) |
Attempts to control the formation of crystalline Proteus mirabilis biofilm on urinary catheters |
TEABREAK
Session 2 - Chair: Mike Young (UWA)
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11.15 |
Owen Rowe (UWB) |
Demonstration of sulfide production by mixed populations of bacteria in low pH bioreactors |
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11.30 |
Dietrich Mack (UWS) |
Staphylococcal biofilm formation and pathogenesis of biomaterial-related infection |
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11.45 |
Paul Seaman (UC) |
Gene transfer of biocide resistance in MRSA |
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12.00 |
Emma Cross (UWA) |
Competition studies using yeast deletant strains |
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12.15 |
Sharon Huws( IGER) |
Interactions of the ubiquitous amoeba Acanthamoeba polyphaga with a plethora of pathogenic bacteria |
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12.30 |
Paul Hill (UWB) |
The origin and fate of organic matter in soil |
1.00 LUNCH
1.45 FOOTBALL GAME / NATURE WALK
16.00 Tea
16.30 Guest speaker I: Dr. Stephen Bentley (Sanger Centre) "Bacterial Genomics"
19.00 Dinner
8.00 Guest speaker II: Osborn Jones (Picosorb, Caernarfon) "PicoPak - a "laboratory in a matchbox".
21.00 Sampling expedition to the bar.
WEDNESDAY 16th MARCH
Session 3 - Chair: Dietrich Mack (UWS).
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9.00 |
Joan Edwards (IGER) |
Effect of condensed tannins on the ruminal degradation of Lotus corniculatus |
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9.15 |
Rick Matthews (UWA) |
Nitrification of leachates from landfill sites |
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9.30 |
George Payne (UC) |
Expansion of a recA gene based identification approach to include the entire Burkholderia genus |
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9.45 |
Nurul Hamidi (UWS) |
Repression of RNA polymerase II function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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10.00 |
Arwyn Edwards (UWA) |
In search of Tropheryma whipplei |
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10.15 |
Alexandre Anesio (UWA) |
Impact of viruses on bacteria: from humic lakes to deep oceanic waters |
TEABREAK
Session 4 - Chair: Kevin Hallberg (UWB)
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11.15 |
Collette Walsh (UWA) |
Horse gut microbiology: the effect of exercise |
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11.30 |
Simon Jackson(UC) |
Lipopolysaccharide as a virulence factor in lung infections with P. aeruginosa and B. cepacia |
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11.45 |
Simon Gregory (UWS) |
Microbial community analysis in bioremediation cells treating aqueous saline fish-farm effluent. |
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12.00 |
Victoria Gray (UC) |
The importance of good food: Implications for bacterial culture and sensitivity |
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12.15 |
Greg Jones (UWS) |
A conserved gene cluster in Actinobacteria is involved in coordinating reproductive growth in Streptomyces coelicolor |
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12.30 |
Christopher Bryan (UWB) |
The microbiology of man-made acidic environments |
1.00 LUNCH (then depart)
STAYING BOTH NIGHTS (58)
MONDAY NIGHT ONLY (7)
Paul Seaman
Gareth Williams
Sheridan Morgan
Robert Bloomfield
Sarah Macleod
Paul Hill
Jan Maarten Blom
TUESDAY NIGHT ONLY (4)
Osborn Jones (Picosorb)
Simon Jackson
David Yanez
Jamie Newbold
DAY VISIT ONLY (3)
Alan Thomas
John Scullion
Colin Jackson
Special dietary requirements:- (Vegetarian:- Cross, Hamidi, Rowe, Clarke, Davey, Hill, Sharp)(Wheat-free: Mahenthiralingam)(Vegan: Woodhams)
We are grateful to the WDA,BMS, 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.
Details of last year's meeting can be found at http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/gregynog/mtg04.html
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