Confirmed speakers

Microbes in Health & Disease

Keynote speaker: Chris Callewaert (Ghent University, Belgium): The science of body odor

Keynote speaker: Lars Vereecke (VIB, Belgium): Studying the microbiota-immune-tumor axis in colorectal cancer using germfree and gnotobiotic mouse technology

Nicolas Bruffaerts (Sciensano, Belgium): Airborne fungal spores in the outdoor air

Dirk Roymans (KULeuven, Belgium): The VirusBank Platform

Microbes in Food and Agriculture

Keynote speaker: Marc Ongena (TERRA): Biocontrol of plant pathogens combining AMF and bacteria

Felix Richter (Imperial college London): Microfluids to study microorganisms at the cellular level

Heide-Marie Daniel (Université catholique de Louvain): yeasts in cocoa, coffee and sourdough

Microbes in Ecological Applications

Keynote speaker: Beatriz Roncero Ramos (University of Seville, Spain): Survival mechanisms of Antarctic microorganisms

Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Phylogenomics, Phylodynamics: new techniques and approaches

Keynote speaker: Connor Meehan (Nottingham University, UK): Phylodynamics in mycobacteria

Luc Cornet (BCCM/UCL, Belgium): the BCCM GEN-ERA project

Frederik Baert (Sciensano, Belgium): Comparing culture collection strains

Data management, infrastructures and career skills

Keynote speaker: Paraminder Dhillon (FEBS): How to write an attractive review article

 

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