Monday, 31st May Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2021

In this workshop you will learn about the emerging application of metagenomics.  It will cover all aspects of the metagenomic workflow including experimental design considerations, practical implementation and  bioinformatic data analysis.  Learn from the experienced scientists and laboratories who are currently running metagenomic workflows.  Light refreshments will be provided.

George Taiaroa
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

Dr Sam Forster
Centre of Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Dr David Wood
Microba

A/Prof Lutz Krause
Translational Research Institute Australia + Microba

• The journey so far with COVID-19, and where next? - Peter Doherty

• How to become a superbug slayer: Development of new weapons against antibiotic resistant bacteria - Katharina Richter
• The Clostridium difficile species problem - Daniel R Knight
• ASM 2020 Frank Fenner Award Chlamydia treatment and pathogenesis, where do we go next? - Wilhelmina Huston
• Bacterial toxins: Glycans, proteins and novel applications.... - Christopher Day
• Diagnostic Parasitology – Some Things Change, Some Stay the Same. - Richard Bradbury

• Phage adsorption and inactivation by the Eukaryotic cell could have repercussions for the efficacy of phage therapy. - Marion C Bichet
• Recombinant human Paraoxonase-2 as an anti-Pseudomonal therapy - Simone Page
• Combating antibiotic resistance with fish oil - Maoge Zang
• Evolving origin-of-transfer sequences on staphylococcal conjugative and mobilisable plasmids  – who’s mimicking whom? - Karina Yui Eto
• The Essential Genome of the Uropathogenic E. coli Strain UTI89 - Isabel Warner

• To be supplied - Daniela Ferreira

We recommend viewing e-Posters during this time

• Staphylococcus aureus antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and virulence genes in different ocular conditions - Madeeha Afzal
• Investigating the molecular basis for zinc homeostasis in A. baumannii - Saleh Alquethamy
• Live-cell single-molecule imaging of DNA Polymerase II: is the beta clamp required for recruitment? - Thomas Armstrong
• Single-molecule live-cell imaging: investigating the role of DNA polymerase IV in the repair of single-stranded DNA gaps in Escherichia coli - Ouraida Amira Belhaffef
• Characterizing Interactions Between Type VI Secretion System Tip Protein VgrG17 and Toxic Effector Tae17 in Acinetobacter baumannii - Valeriya Bezkorovayna
• Imaging Bacteria with Antibiotic-Derived Fluorescent Probes - Mark A.T. Blaskovich
• Application of the random forest algorithm to Streptococcus pyogenes response regulator allele variation: from machine learning to evolutionary models - Sean J Buckley
• The role of regulatory RNAs in Acinetobacter baumannii - Michael A Burch
• Temporal development of maternal and infant microbiota over the first 4 months of life - Ali Sadiq Cheema
• A novel method for detecting metal ion stress in Streptococcus pneumoniae - Bliss A Cunningham
• Novel vaccine candidates protect against Salmonella challenge - Rochelle Da Costa
• Genetic characterisation of zoonotic rotavirus strains identified in children and adults with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in Australia   - Celeste M Donato
• Manipulating resource availability to understand the ecology of electrochemically active bacteria - Gene Drendel
• Deep Sequencing of Microbial Communities in Cystic Fibrosis Airways - Tania Duarte
• Antibiofilm activity of PuroA and related tryptophan-rich cationic peptides - Maryam Ghahri
• In Situ Structures of Bacterial Toxin Delivery Systems by Electron Cryotomography - Debnath Ghosal
• A nitrite oxidoreductase drives respiration during carbon starvation in the soil bacteria Mycobacterium smegmatis. - David L Gillett
• Preclinical translation of phage and antibiotic combination treatment against Acinetobacter baumannii - Fernando Gordillo Altamirano
• BonA from Acinetobacter baumannii forms a divisome-localized decamer that supports outer envelope function - Rhys Grinter
• Ancient viral integrations in marsupials: a potential antiviral defence - Emma F Harding
• The shikimate pathway is required for the efficient replication of Coxiella burnetii. - Janine Hofmann
• Protozoan predation drives trade-off of virulence traits in Vibrio cholerae leads to enhance colonization in zebrafish - Md Mozammel Hoque
• The fate of organic fermentation products in facultative anaerobes of dynamic, sandy sediments - Tess F. Hutchinson
• A species-wide genetic atlas of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile - Korakrit Imwattana
• Surveillance of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms across different reservoirs through culture-based techniques - Thanavit Jirapanjawat
• Respiratory Viral Oligo Panel reveal the composition of virome in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients - Jessica Johnson-Mackinnon
• Bacterial membrane vesicles contain antimicrobial resistance genes and can mediate horizontal gene transfer. - Ella L Johnston
• Disclosure of Risks Surrounding Fungal Spore Classifications by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Cameron Jones
• Validation of NFT's for Smart Contracts Based on Fungal Assessments in the Built Environment: Implications for Real Estate Condition Reports - Cameron Jones
• Lytic bacteriophage EFA1 modulates HCT116 colon cancer cell growth and upregulates ROS production in an Enterococcus faecalis co-culture system. - Mwila Kabwe
• Virulence factor profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected from different regions and infections - Mahjabeen Khan
• Modulation of the gut microbiome following cerebral malaria infection - Sarah A Knowler
• Investigating novel transcription factors that control mycobacterial hydrogen metabolism - Ashleigh Kropp
• Evolution and characterisation of a novel polyketide synthase gene cluster - Joachim Larsen
• The nanoscale topography of titanium surface influences Candida albicans’ cell rigidity - Phuc H. Le
• A Nitrospirota bacterium oxidises atmospheric hydrogen during both nitrite-dependent growth and nitrite-starvation - Pok Man Leung
• The genome of Mycoplasma synoviae live attenuated vaccine strain is stable - Sara Mahdizadeh
• Function of Hcp phosphorylations in the Acinetobacter baumannii Type VI Secretion System - Marianne Mégroz
• Clostridioides difficile infection damages colonic stem cells via TcdB, impairing epithelial repair from disease - Steven Mileto
• Anthranilic Acid-Based Inhibitors of Bacterial RNA Polymerase Transcription Complex - Michael J Miller
• Global population genomics of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis and Streptococcus pyogenes reveals extensive shared genetic content - Jacqueline M Morris
• Genomic analysis of Pasteurella multocida isolates associated with fowl cholera reveals potential phase variation mechanisms in the lipopolysaccharide outer core biosynthesis loci - Lida Omaleki
• Identification of Staphylococcus devriesei from ovine mastitis - Indu S Panicker
• Non-antimicrobial adjuvant therapy with savirin reduces biofilm related Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infections. - Narayan Pant
• Non-antimicrobial adjuvant therapy using ticagrelor reduced biofilm related Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infections. - Narayan Pant
• Network Phylogeny: Serratia Phages in a Sea of Sequences - Beau J Patrick
• Diagnosis of Resistant Mechanisms through Genomic Approaches: Carbapenem resistance - Laura LPJ Perlaza-Jimenez
• Evaluating the "-omes" of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae using Native DNA and RNA Nanopore Sequencing - Miranda E. Pitt
• The native plasmid pHV1 of the halophilic archaeon, Haloferax volcanii, reduces viability during low salt stress - Dorothea A Pittrich
• The higBA-type toxin-antitoxin system in IncC plasmids is a mobilizable and ciprofloxacin-inducible system - Muhammad Kamruzzaman
• Genotyping of Acanthamoeba strains isolated from ocular infection and clinical characteristics of Acanthamoeba keratitis patients  - Binod Rayamajhee
• Disruption of double-strand break repair is a universal approach for combating antibiotic resistance and tolerance - Sarah A Revitt-Mills
• Studying antimicrobial-resistance mechanisms at the level of single bacteria - Remy Ripandelli
• Hecatomb: Fast and accurate taxonomic assignment of viral metagenome sequences - Michael Roach
• The molecular basis for chronic Salmonella enterica infection. - Jessica L Rooke
• AusMiCC – A New Australian Microbiome Culture Collection - Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino
• Identification and diagnosis of Pythium insidiosum infections - Manjulatha Sara
• Agility in providing SARS-CoV-2 screening using real-time RT-PCR in a hospital in East Java, Indonesia - Hanna E Sidjabat
• Characterising Klebsiella pneumoniae zinc homeostasis - Aimee Tan
• Identification of factors that Acinetobacter baumannii uses to target specific strains via the type VI secretion system - Jordan Thompson
• Antivirulence DsbA inhibitors attenuate Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium fitness without detectable resistance - Makrina Totsika
• It's a No-Brainer. The impetus to remove neural material from brain heart infusion media. - Peter Traynor
• Human plasminogen binds to spores of Clostridium species  - James W Van Rooy
• Genomics and metabolic capabilities of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from grey-headed flying foxes - Ben Vezina
• Molecular Characterization of the Viable but Nonculturable state of Campylobacter concisus - Syeda Umme Habiba Wahid
• Laboratory testing for toxigenic Clostridioides difficile: is culture too insensitive? - Georgia McCluskey
• Resolving the Genetic Determinants Behind Microbial Hydrogen Cycling in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract.  - Caitlin Welsh
• Using whole-genome sequencing to characterise nosocomial bacteraemia caused by Escherichia coli sequence type (ST)131 in Wales, United Kingdom - Rhys T White
• Using whole-genome sequencing to characterise extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from New Zealand - Rhys T White
• Large genomic deletions in Legionella pneumophila identify new genes influencing intracellular replication and lung infection - Rachelia R Wibawa
• Disrupting DNA double-strand break repair sensitises bacteria to antibiotics and may slow the evolution of resistance - Elizabeth K Wright
• Regulation of conjugation in Escherichia coli involves a complex interaction between plasmid-borne and host-encoded factors - Alma Wu
• Molecular surveillance of norovirus in Australia and the benefits of social distancing measures. - Grace JH Yan
• High rates of within-host variability of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitalised patients - Jessica Agius
• An antioxidant-antibiotic combination significantly disrupts the biofilms of Burkholderia cenocepacia cystic fibrosis clinical isolates and kills the sessile cells. - Aditi AA Aiyer
• The effect of Fe²⁺ on the composition and diversity of microbial NO₃^_ -Reducing processes within the estuaries - Maha MA Alharbi
• Interactions between IncA and IncC plasmids and Salmonella genomic island 1 - Stephanie J Ambrose
• In vitro Probiotic Potential of Haemophilin-producing Strains of Haemophilus haemolyticus - Brianna Atto
• Oropharyngeal carriage of hpl-containing Haemophilus haemolyticus predicts lower prevalence and density of NTHi colonisation in healthy adults - Brianna Atto
• Microbial Degradation of Polyurethanes - Parth Bhavsar
• Elizabethkingia species from aquatic environmental settings: Genomic analysis of phylogeny, antimicrobial resistance and mobile genetic elements - Sopheak Hem
• Isolation of Gluconacteobacter sp. that Produce Bacterial Cellulose for Biomedical Applications. - Shriya Henry
• Comparative proteomics following heterologous microcystin production in E. coli as assessed by iTRAQ - Daniel Nebauer
• Microplates and machine-learning – determining antimicrobial efficacy and resistance through UV-Visible spectroscopy   - Rebecca Orrell-Trigg
• Superior antimicrobial properties of electron rich zinc oxide-reduced graphene oxide functionalised nanocomposite materials towards producing bacteria free safe water - Piumie Rajapaksha
• The widespread Acinetobacter baumannii disinfectant resistance protein, AmvA, is a spermidine and spermine efflux pump - Francesca L Short
• Comparison between cage and free-range egg production on microbial composition, diversity and the presence of Salmonella enterica - Annaleise Wilson
• Lipid A modification pathways expressed in Salmonella enterica grown in co-culture with Acinetobacter johnsonii, promoting benzalkonium chloride resistance. - Annaleise Wilson
• A Plethora of Putative Prophages: Mining Bacterial Genome Assemblies for Phages - Laura Inglis