Programme
The programme will include keynote lectures and sessions with invited lectures and oral presentations selected from the submitted abstracts. The programme will also include a poster session.
Main Symposium Topics
- Microbes – indispensable players on the winemaking team;
- Microbes within their environment: (i) Coping with the changing environment; (ii) Role of microbes in sustaining ecosystems health;
- Recruiting microbes in food and industrial processes;
- In pursuit for improving human health: Power of vaccines, probiotics and antibiotics;
- Microbes observed with the omics glasses.
Preliminary programme
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
| Arrival of participants and accommodation | |||
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Registration | ||
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Opening ceremony
FEMS presentation |
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| 16:00 – 17:10 | Opening Session | ||
| 16:00 – 16:35 | IL1 | M. Radman (France): Making Use of The Microbial Gene Pool in Health, Environment and Industry | |
| 16:35 – 17:10 | IL2 | B. Nidetzky (Austria): Biotransformations of Sugars for Industrial Applications | |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 17:30 – 19:20 | Session 1: Microbes – Indispensable Players on The Winemaking Team | ||
| 17:30 – 18:05 | IL3 | J. Guzzo (France): New Winemaking Approaches to Optimize Malolactic Fermentation by Oenococcus oeni | |
| 18:05 – 18:40 | IL4 | T. Szemes (United Kingdom): How Can Next Generation Sequencing Help in Winemaking Process | |
| 18:40 – 19:00 | OP1 | J. Topić Božič (Slovenia): Modulation of Pinot Noir Wine Colour by Yeast Selection | |
| 19:00 – 19:20 | OP2 | R. A. Adesida (Slovenia): Exploration of Biocontrol Yeasts as Alternative Biofungicide in Viticulture | |
| 20:00 | Welcome Reception (sponsored by Podravka) | ||
Thursday, May 16, 2019
| 09:00 – 10:35 | Session 2: Microbes within Their Environment: i) Role of Microbes in Sustaining the Health of Ecosystems | |||
| 09:00 – 09:35 | IL5 | F. Martin-Laurent (France): Role of Microbes in Sustaining the Health of Soil Ecosystems | ||
| 09:35 – 09:55 | OP3 | B. Vasiljević (Serbia): Beneficial Microorganisms: From Novel Enzymes and Bioactive Molecules to Bioremediation Potential | ||
| 09:55 – 10:15 | OP4 | A. Pacholak (Poland): Biological Removal of Azole Anti‑Fungal Agents by Environmental Bacteria | ||
| 10:15 – 10:35 | OP5 | Y. Vystavna (Czech Republic): Soil Microbial Responses in Degradation of Pharmaceuticals | ||
| 10:35 – 11:05 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:05 – 12:45 | Session 3: Microbes Observed with the ˝omics˝ Glasses | |||
| 11:05 – 11:40 | IL6 | K. Vlahoviček (Croatia): Functional Profiling of Microbial Communities: Translational Optimization as a Biomarker | ||
| 11:40 – 12:15 | IL7 | B. Stres (Slovenia): Assembly of Draft Genomes from the Whole-Genome, Shot-Gun Metagenome and Metatranscriptome Sequencing Projects Reveals the Power of Strain Diversity of Microbes | ||
| 12:15 – 12:35 | OP6 | H. Nait M’Barek (Morocco): Microbial Psychology Overview: Possible Connection between Associative Learning and Bacterial Non-Coding RNA | ||
| 12:35 – 12:45 | SL1 | Eppendorf Austria GmbH, P. Müller (Austria): Basics of Liquid Handling | ||
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break (optional) | |||
| 14:00 – 18:00 | Session 4: Recruiting Microbes for Food and Industrial Processes | |||
| 14:00 – 14:35 | IL8 | R. Kourist (Austria): Photobiocatalytic Whole-Cell Biotransformations | ||
| 14:35 – 15:10 | IL9 | M. G. Steiger (Austria): Powerful Transporters for Organic Acid Production with Microorganims | ||
| 15:10 – 15:30 | OP7 | I. Drienovská (Austria): Selective Oxidation of Borneol by Recombinant Plant-Derived Dehydrogenases | ||
| 15:30 – 15:50 | OP8 | M. Lozančić (Croatia): Scw4 and Scw10 as New Potential Platforms for Yeast Cell Surface Expression Systems | ||
| 15:50 – 16:00 | SL2 | m2p-labs GmbH, S. Blum (Germany): Microbial Research – High-Throughput Micro Fermentations | ||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 16:30 – 16:40 | SL3 | Sartorius Croatia – Libra Elektronik, M. Bagović (Croatia): Bioreactors – power for advanced process development | ||
| 16:40 – 17:00 | OP9 | J. Trček (Slovenia): Acetic Acid Bacteria: EPS Production, Genome Stability and Tolerance to Acetic Acid, Citric Acid and Antibiotics | ||
| 17:00 – 17:20 | OP10 | L. Djokić (Serbia): Discovery of Novel Biocatalysts from Streptomycetes | ||
| 17:20 – 17:40 | OP11 | L. Espina (United Kingdom): Microbial Cultivation Approaches to Enhance Antibiotic Discovery | ||
| 17:40 – 18:00 | OP12 | E. P. Hernandez Ortega (the Netherlands): Thiamine Pyrophosphate Riboswitch as a Molecular Tool in Lactococcus lactis | ||
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Poster Session | |||
Friday, May 17, 2019
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Session 5: Microbes within Their Environment: ii) Coping with the Changing Environment | |||
| 09:00 – 09:35 | IL10 | M. Schmitt-Jansen (Germany): Responses of Microbial Communities to a Complex Changing Environment | ||
| 09:35 – 09:55 | OP13 | M. Milaković (Croatia): Effects of Wastewater Pollution on the Antibiotic Resistance Gene Pool and Bacterial Communities in the Sediments of the Sava River, Croatia | ||
| 09:55 – 10:15 | OP14 | I. Sviličić Petrić (Croatia): Effect of the Extreme Shifts in Water Regime within Intermittent River Krčić on the Survival of Microbial Mat Community | ||
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee break | |||
| 10:45 – 12:50 | Panel: “Competition, Collaboration and Teamwork in Academic-Industry Partnerships: Climbing a Mountain or Smooth-Sailing Journey?” | |||
| 10:45 – 11:10 | PL1 | K. Venema (the Netherlands): The Carbohydrate Competence Centre – an International Public Private Partnership to Move Science and Application Forward | ||
| 11:10 – 11:35 | PL2 | R. Kourist (Austria): PhotoBioCat – Light Driven Sustainable Biocatalysis Training Network | ||
| 11:35 – 12:00 | PL3 | B. Nidetzky (Austria): ACIB – Next Generation Bioproduction | ||
| 12:00 – 12:25 | PL4 | B. Šantek (Croatia): BioProCro and Bioprospecting of Adriatic Sea | ||
| 12:25 – 12:50 | PL5 | A. Leboš Pavunc (Croatia): Service Learning Project in Microbiology – a New Avenue Being Explored by the Croatian Microbiological Society and Its Partners | ||
| 10:00 – 15:00 | MicroFair | |||
| 15:30 – 20:00 | Excursion (optional) | |||
| 21:00 | Symposium dinner (optional) | |||
Saturday, May 18, 2019
| 09:00 – 12:55 | Session 6: In Pursuit of Improving Human Health: Power of Vaccines, Probiotics and Antibiotics | |
| 09:00 – 09:35 | IL11 | S. Jonjić (Croatia): Pathogenesis of Congenital CMV Infection of Central Nervous System |
| 09:35 – 10:10 | IL12 | Z. C. Kayacan (Turkey): Vaccine Opposition Costs a Lot to the Individual and to the Society |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | OP15 | L. Galgóczy (Hungary): First Insights into Potential Molecular Targets of Neosartorya (Aspergillus) fischeri Antifungal Protein (NFAP) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 – 11:35 | IL13 | K. Venema (the Netherlands): The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease – How to Study This? |
| 11:35 – 11:55 | OP16 | M. Starčič Erjavec (Slovenia): Conjugation-Based “Kill” – “Anti-Kill” Antimicrobial System – Proof of Principle |
| 11:55 – 12:15 | OP17 | J. Hernandez-Valdes (the Netherlands): Selection of Lactococcus lactis Cells as Amino Acid-Production Factories to Enhance Flavor Formation |
| 12:15 – 12:35 | OP18 | A. Cebeci (Turkey): Modulation of Gut Microbiota Using Different Diets |
| 12:35 | Closing words | |
