Last modified Ionawr 14ed, 2009. Maintained by G.W. Griffith, UW Aberystywth
Cynhadledd Microbioleg Cenedlaethol
Gregynog Hall, Mon 23rd - Wed 25th March 2009
Sponsored by:-
Labtech International and University of Wales Gregynog Staff Colloquia Fund.
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For further details please contact Prysor Williams, Bangor University.
Click here for details of past meetings held in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
MONDAY 23rd MARCH
16.00 Arrive in time for tea in the Blaney Room.
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Quiz. An ice-breaker.
21.00 The final question: Is the bar open?
TUESDAY 24th MARCH
Session 1 - Chair: Prysor Williams(BU)
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9.00 |
Richard Quilliam (BU) |
The dark septate endophytes: what are they, and what do they do |
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9.20 |
Andrew Detheridge (AU) |
Enzymology of wood decay |
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9.40 |
Kate Bell (SU) |
Secondary Metabolite Gene Expression in Streptomyces coelicolor |
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10.00 |
Iain Michie (GU) |
Community Analysis of Bacterial and Archaeal Populations within the Multilayered Carbon Veil Electrode in Tubular Microbial Fuel Cells |
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10.20 |
TBA (CU) |
TBA |
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10.40 TEABREAK |
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Session 2 - Chair: Gareth Griffith (AU)
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11.20 |
Saskia Pagella (BU) |
To tea or not to tea? - that is the question |
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11.50 |
Paul Facey (SU) |
Dps proteins in Streptomyces coelicolor |
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12.10 |
Sara Rassner (AU) |
The link between nutrients and diversity in Arctic bacteria |
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12.30 |
Joe Gallagher (AU) |
The isolation, characterisation and utilisation of a fructan hydrolase from Lactobacillus plantarum and its potential use in biorefining. |
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1.00 LUNCH |
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1.45 FOOTBALL GAME / NATURE WALK / RUN
16.30 Tea
17.00 Industry Guest speaker: Julian Beadle (Siemens Ltd, Llanberis). There and back again - a microbiologists tale
18.00 Professor Peter Golyshin (BU) :
"Mining new proteins through activity-based (meta)genomics"
19.00 Dinner
20.00 After Dinner Guest Speaker: Mike Young(Aberystwyth University).
Microbial dormancy and resuscitation: serendipity and social behaviour.
21.00 Sampling expedition to the bar.
WEDNESDAY 5th MARCH
Session 3 - Chair: Mike Winson (AU)
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9.00 |
Geertje van Keulen (SU) |
On the evolution and role of phosphofructokinases in actinomycetes |
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9.20 |
Tony Callaghan (AU) |
Spore dormancy and germination in Aspergillus nidulans |
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9.40 |
James Nuttall (Labtech) |
BioFlux system |
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10.00 |
Mark Malpass (BU) |
The Complex Campylobacter Conundrum |
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10.20 |
Arwyn Edwards (AU) |
Glacier surfaces: An ice-cold hot-spot for microbial diversity? |
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10.40 TEABREAK
Session 4 - Chair: Geertje van Keulen (SU)
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11.15 |
Tina Blackmore (AU) |
Analysis of bacterial stability in the equine hindgut using TRFLP |
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11.30 |
Mark Farrell (BU) |
Microbial amino acid utilisation patterns over a soil productivity gradient |
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11.45 |
Mustak Kaderbhai (AU) |
Signal peptidase-mediated processing of an engineered cytochrome b5 is an exocytoplasmic post-translocational event |
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12.00 |
Ed Pope (SU) |
Enhanced immune defences in shrimp after treatment with an anti-Vibrio vaccine |
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1.00 LUNCH (then depart)
We are grateful to the University of Wales Gregynog Staff Colloquia Fund for sponsorship of this meeting.
There is a prize (£100) awarded by Labtech International for the best talk given by a postgraduate or 'younger' scientist.
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Details of previus meetings can be found at http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/gregynog/mtg04.html, http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/gregynog/mtg05.html, http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/gregynog/mtg06.html and http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/gregynog/mtg07.html
Accommodation List
STAYING BOTH NIGHTS (26 + 2Mon + 6Tues + 6Day)
AU (11)
Mustak Kaderbhai
Naheed Kaderbhai
Andrew Detheridge
Tim Snelling
Florence Privé
Mike Young
Magdalena Markham
Sofie Abebe
Jenny Bussell
Adam Malik
BU (10)
Prysor Williams
Saskia Pagella
Ceri Gwyther
Pete Goude
Helen Glanville
Rich Quilliam
Peter Golyshin
Christoph Gertler
Mark Malpass
Mark Farrell
CU (0)
GU (2)
Iain Michie
Jung Rae Kim
SU (3)
Geertje van Keulen
Kate Bell
Ed Pope
OTHERS (0)
TUESDAY NIGHT 24th ONLY (6)
Jamie Newbold (AU), Arwyn Edwards (AU), SaraRassner (AU),
Joe Gallagher (AU), Ana Winters (AU), Tony Callaghan (AU)
Special dietary requirements:- (Vegan: Detheridge, Edwards)(Vegetarian:- M. Kaderbhai, N. Kaderbhai, Quilliam, Gwyther)( Gluten-free: Winters)