Programme

KL

Luis E. Cuevas (UK): Zika: a Tale from an Unremarkable Infection to Public Health Enemy

Chairpersons: Roberto Antolović, Igor Jurak

IL1

Hrvoje Petković (SLO): New Approaches in the Development of Antibiotics – the Return of Tetracyclines

IL2

Ivan-Krešimir Svetec (CRO): Essentiality of the Essential Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

OP1

Tomislav Ivanković (CRO): Disinfection of Urban Wastewater and Landfill Leachate by Using Wood Fly Ash

OP2

Ksenija Uroić (CRO): S-layer Proteins and Bacteriocins of Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus brevis ZG1

IL3

Maja Rupnik (SLO): The Update on Clostridium difficile Infection

IL4

Dušica Vujaklija (CRO): What Will They Do if There Are Two?

OP3

Petra Pušić (AUT): Inhibition of Hfq by the Non-coding RNA CrcZ and Its Effect on Susceptibility to Carbapenems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

OP4

Ivana Ivančić Baće (CRO): Determination of Cas3 Protein Levels in Escherichia coli Δhns and ΔhtpG Cells under Different Growth Conditions

SL1

Daniel McMillan (UK): Rapid and Simultaneously Screening and Quantitation of Mycotoxins in Different Infant Food Matrix

IL5

Hildgund Schrempf (GER): Talents of Streptomycetes for Interactions and Ecological Implications

IL6

Angela Sessitsch (AUT): The Hidden World within Plants: Ecological Considerations and Functioning of Microbial Endophytes

OP5

Ivana Bošnjak (CRO): Tiny Photosynthetic Prokaryote of Global Importance: What Do We Know About Prochlorococcus Diversity in the Adriatic Sea?

OP6

Martina Šeruga Musić (CRO): CSI Vineyard: Trac(k)ing of Grapevine Yellows Phytoplasmas Emergence and Spread by MLST

RT1

Igor Jurak (Odjel za biotehnologiju Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka):

Zika dvojba – na Olimpijadu u Rio ili doma na kauč? (Zika Dilemma –  Olympics in Rio or on a Couch at Home?)

RT2

Ana Klobučar (Zavod za javno zdravstvo dr. Andrija Štampar, Zagreb):

Komarci – vektori arbovirusnih infekcija (Mosquitoes as Arboviral Vectors)

RT3

Ljubo Barbić (Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb):

Nadzor emergentnih i re-emergentnih arbovirusnih infekcija u životinja i njegovo javnozdravstveno značenje (Surveillance of Emerging and Re-emerging Arboviral Infection in Animals and their Public Health Significance)

RT4

Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek (Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo, Zagreb):

Epidemiološke i kliničke značajke emergentnih i re-emergentnih arbovirusnih infekcija na području Hrvatske (Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Emerging and Re-emerging Arboviral Infections in Croatia)

Discussion

WL1

Ana Jeromel: Wine Yeasts and Trends in Winemaking

WL2

Ivana Križanac: Quarantine Diseases of Grapevine Caused by Phytoplasmas and Bacteria with a Review of National Legislation

WL3

Željko Budinščak: Insect Vectors of Phytoplasmas and Integrated Pest Management of the Vineyards

WL4

Dijana Škorić: Grapevine Viroses, its Emerging Diseases and Ongoing International Projects Dealing with Related Problems

WP1

Danijela Poljuha: An Innovative Approach in Grapevine Trunk Diseases and Flavescence Dorée Research: Project WINETWORK

IL7

Mirna Mrkonjić Fuka (CRO): Diversity and Dynamics of Bacterial Communities in Spontaneously Fermented Food Ecosystem

SL2

Katarina Belovari (CRO): From Sample to Reliable Results

OP7

Ivana Ljevaković-Musladin (CRO): Microbiological Quality of Food in Dubrovnik-Neretva County Between 2011 and 2015

IL8

Cristina Marzachì (ITA): Living in an Insect World: Molecular Aspects of Phytoplasma – Vector Interactions

IL9

Richard Anthony (NL): Successful MDR-TB Genotypes – Zebras or Chameleons

OP8

Martina Šeruga Musić (CRO): Comparative Genomics of Bacteria from ‘Canididatus Phytoplasma’ Genus: From Genome Instability to Host Adaptation

OP9

Ivana Radonić (CRO): Respiratory Burst and Phagocytic Activity of Peripheral Blood Leukocytes of the European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Stimulated by Three Autochthonous and a Commercially Available Bacteria

IL10

Maja Ravnikar (SLO): Filling the Gaps in Virus Concentration, Purification and Quantification for Diagnostics, Research and New Viruses Discovery

IL11

Igor Jurak (CRO): Tiny but Mighty Regulators of Virus Infection

OP10

Vedrana Radovanović (CRO): Method Optimization for the Medium-Throughput Influenza Antiviral Screening

OP11

Maja Badurina (CRO): A Specific miRNA Cluster Is Upregulated During Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Productive Infection

IL12

Bojan Polić (CRO): The Impact of Viral Infections on Glucose Metabolism in Obesity

IL13

Vanda Juranić Lisnić (CRO): From Transcriptomics to Novel Viral Immune‑Evasion Mechanisms

OP12

Zuzana Neščáková (SK): Vaccination with Mannan Conjugates Protects Mice against Candidiasis

OP13

Jerko Hrabar (CRO): Autochthonous Intestinal Enterovibrio sp. or Commercial Lactobacillus casei: Which One Fits Better as an Immunostimulator in the European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)?

IL14

Suzana Hađina (CRO): An Update on Malassezia Infections in Animals – Clinical Signs and Diagnostic Approach

IL15

Attila Gacser (HU): Virulence and Pathogenesis of an Emerging Human Fungal Pathogen, Candida parapsilosis

OP14

Jelena Mlinarec (CRO): Multilocus PCR Assays Reveal Vegetative Incompatibility Gene Profiles of Cryphonectria parasitica in Europe

OP15

Daniela Jakšić Despot (CRO): Species Diversity and Toxigenicity of Airborne Black Aspergilli

WL5

Dušica Vujaklija: A huge molecule hidden inside the cells!

WL6

Brankica Mravinac: Just four letters, but it matters!

WL7

Branka Bruvo Mađarić: DNA in GenBank – Needle in a haystack?

WL8

Nevenka Meštrović: Game of sex chromosomes!

Eksperimenti na licu mjesta: Kako izolirati DNA u maminoj kuhinji?