Last modified January March 13, 2006. Maintained by G.W. Griffith, UW Aberystywth
Cynhadledd Microbioleg Cenedlaethol
Gregynog Hall, Mon 20th - Wed 22nd March 2006
Sponsored by:-
Society for General Microbiology/Society for Applied Microbiology Regional Meetings Fund,
Welsh Development Agency
University of Wales Gregynog Staff Colloquia Fund.
Organised by Gareth Griffith and Eshwar Mahenthiralingam. For further details please contact Gareth Griffith, UW Abersytwyth.
Click here for details of past meetings held in 2004 and 2005.
MONDAY 20th MARCH
16.00 Arrive in time for tea in the Blaney Room.
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Quiz. An ice-breaker (organised by Greg Jones [UWS]).
21.00 Exploration of the bar habitats.
TUESDAY 21stMARCH
Session 1 - Chair: Esh Mahenthiralingam (UC)
9.00 |
Guest : Kevin Ashelford (UC) |
Sorting the wheat from the chaff: developing software that can recognise poorly sequenced genes |
9.30 |
Kees Roest (UGlam) |
Molecular analysis of microbial communities in anaerobic digesters |
9.45 |
Sandra Akpe (UWS) |
A new developmental locus of Streptomyces coelicolor: evidence for secretion of a protein heterodimer via a Sec/Tat-independent mechanism |
10.00 |
Pavel Drevinek (UC) |
Transcriptomic analysis of Burkholderia cenocepacia |
10.15 |
Liz Boddy (UWB) |
Turnover rates of low molecular weight carbon by Arctic microbes |
10.30 | Colin Jackson (UWA) | A seven year itch:- molecular approaches to the epidemiology of ringworm infections |
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TEABREAK
Session 2 - Chair: Paul Dyson(UWS)
11.15 |
Guest: Chris Wright(UWS) |
Application of Atomic Focre Microscopy to Micriobial Sysyems: Imaging and Interactions |
11.45 |
Saber Yezli (UC) |
Molecular basis for biocide resistance in Serratia marcescens |
12.00 |
Llinos Harris (UWS) |
Staphylococcal reactions to biomaterials |
12.15 |
Sara Rassner (UWA) |
Aquatic viruses |
12.30 |
Hannah Toberman (UWB) |
Effects of climate change on phenol oxidase activity in peatlands |
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1.00 LUNCH
1.45 FOOTBALL GAME / NATURE WALK
16.00 Tea
16.30 Guest : Dr. Adam Baldwin (Warwick University) Multilocus sequence typing of the Burkholderia cepacia complex
17.00 Industry Guest speaker : Pablo Abrahams (Cultech Ltd., Port Talbot). TBA
19.00 Dinner
8.00 After Dinner Guest speaker: Professor Tony Campbell (Medical Biochemistry, Cardiff University)
______________________Lighting up chemical processes in living bacteria
21.00 Sampling expedition to the bar.
WEDNESDAY 22ndMARCH
Session 3 - Chair: Gareth Griffith
9.00 |
Sarah MacLeod (UC) |
The ability of other uropathogens to prevent catheter encrustation by Proteus mirabilis |
9.15 |
Lorena Fernandez (UWS) |
Developmental osmoadaptation in Streptomyces coelicolor |
9.30 |
Prysor Williams (UWB) |
Earthworms as vectors of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in soil and vermicomposts |
9.45 |
Alvin Tan (UWS) |
Application of Atomic Force Microscopy to the Development of Microbial Fuel Cells |
10.00 |
Robert Broomfield (UC) |
Crystalline bacterial biofilm formation on urinary catheters by urease producing urinary tract pathogens |
10.15 |
Jessica Adams (IGER) |
Identification of Increased Starch Degradability in Mutants of Maize for use in Bioethanol Production |
TEABREAK
Session 4 - Chair: Mike Young
11.15 |
Sophie Lucas (UWB) |
Biodegradation of the estrogens, estrone and 17 ?-estradiol in agricultural soils and animal manure |
11.30 |
Karen Woodhams (UWA) |
Muralytic activity of the rpf factor |
11.45 |
Peter Wyn-Jones (UWA) |
Virobathe just when you though it was safe to back into the water |
12.00 |
Kristina Harris (UC) |
Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia intestinalis produce nitric oxide: do parasites have their own immune responses? |
12.15 |
Guest : Brian Jones (Cork) |
Metagenomics of the human gut |
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1.00 LUNCH (then depart)
STAYING BOTH NIGHTS (51 + 4Mon + 4Tues)
TUESDAY NIGHT ONLY (4)
Prysor Williams (UWB)
Dave Stickler (UC)
Pablo Abrahams (Cultech)
Adam Baldwin (U. Warwick)
DAY VISIT ONLY (5)
Neil McEwan (UWA)
Peter Wyn-Jones (UWA)
Colin Jackson (UWA)
Dietrich Mack (UWS)
Alex Anesio (UWA)
Special dietary requirements:- (Vegan: Edwards, Toberman, Woodhams)(Vegetarian:- Ashelford, Broomfield, Lucas, Parkes, Sharpe)(Wheat and lactose-free: Mahenthiralingam) (Wheat free: Griffiths)
We are grateful to the SGM/SfAM WDA and UW 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 previus meetings can be found at http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/gregynog/mtg04.html and http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/gregynog/mtg05.html
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