Programme

Monday, 15.05.2023.

Arrival of participants and accomodation
14.00 – 15.00 Registration of participants
15.00 – 15.30 Opening ceremony
15.30 – 16.05 IL 1 D. Mattanovich (Austria): CO2 capture and conversion to base chemicals by engineered autotrophic yeast
16.05 – 16.40 IL 2 I. Matić (France): rRNA operon multiplicity as a bacterial genome stability insurance policy
16.40 – 17.00 Coffee break
Session I: Microbes in the laboratory
Chairpersons: Robert Kourist, Branka Vasiljević
17.00 – 17.35 IL 3 A. Sibirny (Ukraine): Non-conventional yeasts for biofuels and high-value chemicals
17.35 – 18.10 IL 4 B. Vasiljević (Serbia): Effect of free fatty acids on Streptomyces
18.10 – 18.30 OP 1 T. Márquez (Austria): Secondary metabolites from mono- and co-cultures of bacteria associated with the freshwater bryozoan Cristatella mucedo
18.30 – 18.50 OP 2 P. Shetty (Hungary): Impact of algal-bacterial co-cultivation on algal biomass and biohydrogen production
18.50 – 19.10 OP 3 M. Miloloža (Croatia): Comparison of bioremediation strategies for the biodegradation of microplastics by bacteria and yeast
20.00 Welcome Reception

 

Tuesday, 16.05.2023.

8.00 – 9.00 Registration of participants
Session II: Microbes in the factory
Chairpersons: Colin Harwood, Diethard Mattanovich
9.00 – 9.35 IL 5 R. Kourist (Austria): Enzyme discovery and protein engineering for the synthesis of new biobased polymers
9.35 – 10.10 IL 6 C. Harwood (United Kingdom): Optimising Bacillus subtilis for industrial enzyme production
10.10 – 10.30 OP 4 M. Zugan (Slovenia): The potential of new Paraburkholderia sp. isolates for upcycling lignin from invasive plant species
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee break
10.50 – 11.25 IL 7 H. Pichler (Austria): Yeast sterol engineering
11.25 – 12.00 IL 8 N. Čadež (Slovenia): Genomic Adaptations of Saccharomyces Yeasts to Brewing Environments
12.00 – 12.20 OP 5 O. Schneider (Austria): Genome mining of Streptomyces sp. S4.7 for meroterpenoids and prenylated phenazines
12.20 – 12.40 OP 6 J. Ruchala (Poland): Yeasts as biotechnological producers of bacterial antibiotics roseoflavin and aminoriboflavin
12.40 – 13.00 OP 7 Q.D. Nguyen (Hungary): New approach for development of artificial microbial consortium for biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch break (optional)
15.00 – 17.00 Tribune “Microbes in cheese and wine production” (Suppored by: Agrolaguna)
Chairperson: Mirna Mrkonjić Fuka
15.00 – 15.15 TL 1 N. Mikulec (Croatia): The potential of microencapsulation in cheese production
15.15 – 15.30 TL 2 J. Burtscher (Austria): Prevention of late blowing in cheese
15.30 – 15.45 TL 3 S. Radeka (Croatia): Influence of maceration time and temperature on bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity in Malvazija istarska and Teran wines
15.45 – 16.00 TL 4 I. Lukić (Croatia): Influence of non-Saccharomyces yeasts on chemical and sensory characteristics of Malvazija istarska white wine with the emphasis on volatile esters as revealed by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography
16.00 – 16.20 Coffee break
16.20 – 20.00 Poster session

 

Wednesday, 17.05.2023.

Session III: Microbes in the environment
Chairpersons: Maja Rupnik, Nikolina Udiković Kolić
9.00 – 9.35 IL 9 G. Maróti (Hungary): Exploitation of interkingdom microbial interactions in bioenergy generation
9.35 – 9.55 OP 8 I. Dimkić (Serbia): Differential abundance analysis of “core” bacteriobiota during key growth stages of maize
9.55 – 10.15 OP 9 I. Babić (Croatia): Assessing the health of the marine environment by tracking a complex network of microbial communities in sediment
10.15 – 10.35 OP 10 A. Puljko (Croatia): Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in hospital wastewater in Croatia
10.35 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.20 OP 11 S. Kajić (Croatia): Phylogenetic analysis of indigenous rhizobial strains nodulating soybean (Glycine max L.) and their symbiotic efficiency under drought conditions
11.20 – 11.40 SL 1 Gold sponsor presentation – L. Markulin (Labena, Croatia) eDNA Detection: A Powerful Tool for Monitoring Microbes in the Environment
11.40 – 12.00 OP 12 M. Rusková (Slovakia) Analysis of microbial community and specific resistance genes of the microplastics, water and surroundings of Danube River
12.00 – 14.00 Lunch break (optional)
15.00 – 23.00 Excursion with dinner (optional)

 

Thursday, 18.05.2023.

Session IV: Microbes in the human body
Chairpersons: Roberto Antolović, Aleš Lapanje
9.00 – 9.35 IL 10 S. Friant (France): Humanization of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to study human proteins and rare genetic disease patient mutations
9.35 – 10.10 IL 11 P. Olejníková (Slovakia): Microbial resistance is a Hot Topic – Are we able to slow down the adaptation process of microbial cells and thereby combat the increasing resistance phenomena?
10.10 – 10.30 OP 13 H. Bujdakova (Slovakia): Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation – a promising approach to killing infectious pathogens
10.30 – 10.50 OP 14 A. Mahnic (Slovenia): Microbiome patterns and biomarker discovery in Clostridioides difficile infection: insights from human cohorts and in vitro models
10.50 – 11.10 Coffee break
Session V: Microbes in the computer
Chairperson: Bojan Žunar
11.10 – 11.45 IL 12 M. Shintani (Japan): Behaviors of plasmids in different natural environments
11.45 – 12.05 OP 15 D. Balázs (Hungary): Structure-activity relationships of Trichoderma peptaibols – a crucial step towards practical applications
12.05 – 12.25 OP 16 A. Colautti (Italy): Whole genome sequencing and machine learning assisted study to understand diffusion dynamics of Legionella pneumophila in a local area
12.30 Closing words

 

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