Programme
We are pleased to announce that ISME (http://www.isme-microbes.org) will be sponsoring an evening drinks reception on the first day of the meeting (Dec 15th). The reception will take place before the conference dinner and will provide an informal social event with information that will hopefully promote greater interaction between the MMEG community and ISME.
ISME will also be sponsoring three 'ISME excellence awards' for the best three presentations by early career scientists at the conference.
Monday 15th December |
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13:00 |
Registration & Lunch | |
13:50 |
Bangor University– Welcome & Introduction | James McDonald |
Session 1
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14.00 |
Identification and characterization of trimethylamine N -oxide (TMAO) demethylase and TMAO permease in Methylocella silvestris BL2 | Yijun Zhu University of Warwick |
14.15 |
Effect of compost on biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil | Fengxiao Zhu University College Dublin |
14.30 |
How do marine bacteria respond to nutrient limitation? – A lipidomics approach. | Alistair Smith University of Warwick |
14.45 |
Sifting the Sewage: Bioaccumulation & depuration kinetics of E. coli O157 and human noroviruses in mussels | Jasmine Sharp Bangor University |
15.00 |
Marine Cyanophage Adaption to Nutrient-Depleted Environments | Branko Rihtman University of Warwick |
15.15 |
The ecology of Fibrobacter spp. in cellulose-degrading microbial communities | Emma Ransom-Jones Bangor University |
15:30 |
Coffee & visit trade stand | |
Session 2 |
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16:00 |
The effect of carbon and inorganic phosphorus availability on soil microbial diversity | Kate Randall University College Dublin |
16:15 |
A cross-disciplinary soil-proteomics and modelling approach for predicting switches between hydrophilic and hydrophobic soil surface responses | Gerry Quinn Swansea University |
16:30 |
Using metagenomics to investigate microbial mechanisms underlying climate change-associated carbon release from peatlands. | Caitlin Potter Bangor University |
16:45 |
Mining compost communities for novel lignocellulolytic enzymes | Nicola Oates University of York |
17.00 |
Influence of different disturbance regimes on the recovery of marine sediment microbial communities. | Ciara Murphy University College Dublin |
17:15 |
Pesticides alter microbial community structure and functioning | Shorock Mobrikotb Imperial College London |
17:30 |
Business Meeting | |
17:45 |
Evening Information | James McDonald |
Tuesday 16th December
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09:10 |
Welcome | James McDonald |
09:15 |
Analysis of methanotroph and methanogen community structure across the Hampshire-Avon catchment |
Garwai Leung University of Essex |
09:30 |
Syntrophic Degradation of Benzoate and Crude Oil by Microorganisms from the River Tyne |
Tetyana Korin Newcastle University |
09:45 |
Characterization of secondary microbial community structure in industrial bioreactors producing high-value chemicals during adaptation to applied environmental parameters | Rocky Kindt University of Edinburgh |
10:00 |
Identification and isolation of acidophilic bacteria from an acidic chalybeate spring (Trefriw Wells Spa, North Wales) | Rose Jones Bangor University |
10.15 |
Coffee & visit trade stands | |
Session 4 |
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10:45 |
Datamining bacterial pathways of TMA production | Eleanor Jameson University of Warwick |
11:00 |
Employing the power of DNA-based microbial community structure analysis for the rational design of hydrocarbon contaminated soil remediation | Onotasamiderhi Igun Newcastle University |
11:15 |
Whipworm infection causes significant but temporal perturbations in mouse intestinal microbiota | Ashley Houlden University of Manchester |
11:30 |
Differentiated nitrous oxide production derived from ammonia oxidising archaea and bacteria in an agricultural soil | Linda Hink University of Aberdeen |
11:45 |
Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis of cellulose degradation in landfill | Anshul Gupta University of Liverpool |
12:00 |
Lunch & visit trade stands | |
Session 5
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13:00 |
Abundance and diversity of indoor bioaerosols using molecular techniques | Nikolettta Grydaki University of Essex |
13:15 |
Combining Stable Isotope Probing with metagenomics and metaproteomics to characterise an active marine methanol utiliser | Carolina Grob University of East Anglia |
13:30 |
Application of DNA metabarcoding technique to fungal conservation biology and soil quality assessment | Gareth Griffith Aberystwyth University |
13:45 |
Microbiological composition of two acidic, metal-rich pit lakes in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Spain) |
Carmen Falagán Bangor University |
14:00 |
Bacterial community diversity in crude oil polluted soil from Niger Delta, Nigeria | Ibrahim Dabai Queens University Belfast |
14:15 |
Coffee & visit trade stands | |
Session 6
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14:45 |
Spatio-temporal dynamics of methanotroph community and function a cross an afforestation chronosequence | Aisha Coggan University of Essex |
15:00 |
A novel dimethyl sulphide-producing pathway in bacteria is abundant in soil environments | Ornella Carrión University of East Anglia |
15:15 |
Ecophysiology of heat-resistant endospores detected in cold estuarine sediments indicates their origin in the hot subsurface | Emma Bell Newcastle University |
15:30 |
Communities of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Salt Marsh Habitats: Diversity, Structure, and Ecosystem Function |
Ahmad Alzahrani University of Essex |
15:45 |
Closing Remarks | |
Conference Ends |
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Introduction to Bio-Linux 8
To coincide with the MMEG meeting, we will be offering a one-day training course titled "Introduction to Bio-Linux 8" on Wednesday 17th December 2014.
Venue: Computer Lab 035 (AD_035), Deiniol Library, Deiniol Road, Bangor, LL57 2UX.
Number of places on the course: 25
The registration deadline is: Wed 2nd December
Registration fee: £20 includes lunch, refreshments, 8GB Bio-Linux USB stick and printed course booklet.
Click here to register
Bio-Linux 8 is developed and supported within the Environmental Omics Synthesis Centre and receives support from CEH National Capability and NERC NBAF funding (http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux/). It is a powerful bioinformatics workstation platform that can be installed on anything from a laptop to a large server, and is suitable for novice or expert users handling NGS DNA reads or other biomolecular data. The system incorporates around 200 bioinformatics packages on an Ubuntu Linux base and free for all to download and use.
This 1-day course, taught by Bio-Linux developer Tim Booth and NBAF-W Lead Bioinformatician Hyun Soon Gweon, is suitable for beginners to the Linux environment and will equip users to start making effective use of the Linux environment in general and Bio-Linux in particular. As we are following the annual MMEG meeting, this course will go into depth on the application of Bio-Linux to microbial community analysis.
Course content
Part 1 is an introduction to the Linux desktop and system, especially the command shell environment which is common to all Linux systems and essential for running many bioinformatics tasks and for basic automation of repetitive jobs.
Part 2 focusses on running bioinformatics programs on Bio-Linux and providing the information you need to make intelligent choices about the programs and interfaces you use to run your bioinformatics analyses. In particular there will be hands-on analysis with the QIIME toolkit.
For more info contact James McDonald, or for technical queries or enquiries related to course content or Bio-Linux, Tim Booth.
Schedule and practicalities
The course will run from 9:30 to 4:30 but the taught content will be over by 3:30pm if you need to leave then. Click here for the provisional schedule
You don't need to bring anything aside form your brain, but if you want to come with your own data or if you want to get help setting up Bio-Linux on your own laptop then please do bring it along.