UCMR DAY 2022

Keynote speaker Kayla King, Department of Zoology, Oxford University

BildOxford University, www.johncairns.co.uk, John Cairns

Time: 13 January 2022

Venue: On Zoom

Due to increased spread of infection and increased strain on the healthcare system, the Swedish Government has introduced a new action plan of COVID measures that took effect on 8 December. As a response to this, the Vice-Chancellor adopted a revised decision for Umeå University that implies, among other things, that larger meetings and events should be implemented online or be postponed.

In order to comply with the rules, while still having the possibility to meet and interact within the UCMR community in a way that guarantees the safety of all participants, we decided to make the UCMR Day an online event only.

Scientists and staff members within UCMR (Umeå Centre for Microbial Research) research groups, collaboration partners and researchers with an interest in microbial research and/or infection biology are invited to a day of inspiring research presentations and an excellent opportunity for networking and initiation of multidisciplinary collaborations.

This one-day conference includes two international keynotes, scientific presentations by UCMR affiliated researchers, selected abstract talks and poster elevator pitches as well as physical poster presentations. The program offers several possibilities for UCMR scientists to interact digitally and network with each other.

Keynote speakers:

Kayla King, professor at the Department of Zoology, Oxford University

Päivi Ojala, professor at the Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki

Programme:

09.00
Welcome address
Hans Adolfsson
Yaowen Wu

09.20
Session I
Chair: Anders Sjöstedt

Invited talk
Agneta Andersson
Response of bacterioplankton to terrestrial organic matter in the northern Baltic Sea

09.35
Dhirendra Kumar Singh
Investigation of Diet-Induced Changes of the Mucosal Barrier Using Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

09.50
Timothée Laurent
In situ studies of the macromolecular organization of the replication complexes formed by the Chikungunya virus in infected cells.

10.05
Emelie Backman
Neutrophil extracellular traps as a driving force behind severe COVID-19

10.20
Coffee break + poster view

10.50
Session II
Chair: Teresa Frisan

Keynote
Päivi Ojala
Molecular mechanisms of oncogenic herpesvirus replication in lymphatic endothelium: discovery of novel therapeutic targets for viral cancer

11.35
Invited talk
Erik Chorell
Development of small molecules to perturb biological systems - exemplified by molecules targeting G-quadruplex DNA

11.50
Puja Tiwary
Scaling up genetics in malaria mosquito stages

12.05 Lunch break

13.00
Session III
Chair: Constantin Urban

Invited talk
Mattias Forsell
High Resolution Analysis of Vaccine-Induced Responses to SARS-CoV-2

13.15
Anna Bergonzini
Effects of bacterial genotoxins on immune modulation, chronic inflammation and cancer development

13.30
Natuschka Lee
The bee microbiome: a new source for research in gut microbiology, infection biology and biotechnology.

13.45
Poster sessions with poster walk panels

14.45 Coffee break

15.00
Session IV
“Kunskapsnoden 2022”
https://live.umu.se/kunskapsnoden/

16.30
Session V
Chair: Eric Libby

Keynote
Kayla King
Microbial protection and rapid evolution in host-pathogen interactions

17.15
Invited talk
André Mateus
Mapping functional proteomes in bacteria

17.30
Anastasia Knyazeva
Chemical genetic identification of a novel ESCRT-III inhibitor inducing noncanonical autophagy

17.45
Karim Rafie
The alphaviral capping enzyme nsP1 requires multimerisation for proper activity

18.00
Lalitha Tadala
Infection-induced membrane ruffling initiates danger and immune signaling via the mechanosensor PIEZO1

18.15
Closing remarks and announcement of the UCMR Ambassador grant and Agrisera Best Poster Award winners
Yaowen Wu

Organization committee: Yaowen Wu, Anna Dietrich, Eric Libby, Anders Sjöstedt, Teresa Frisan, Fredrik Almqvist and Constantin Urban