Monday, 3rd July Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

• To be supplied - Barry Marshall
• My journey with industry engagement: Why did the microbiologist cross the road? - Andrea McWhorter

• The adaptations and pathogenesis of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae - Yunn-Hwen Gan

ALL POSTERS WILL BE UP FOR THE WHOLE TIME. ODD NUMBERED PRESENTERS TO STAND BY THEIR POSTERS DURING POSTER SESSION I

• Termite gut-associated actinomycetes as biological control agents of Pyrrrhoderma noxium-induced brown root-rot disease in Brisbane, Australia - Cherrihan Adra
• Genomic diversity of Salmonella Typhimurium in poultry from NSW - Samitha Bandaranayake
• Genomic Analysis of Multi-resistant organisms in a tertiary hospital - Mel Bartczak
• Investigating the role of SlyD in the virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei - Justine Bendo
• Investigating genomic changes in circulating pneumococci following pneumococcal vaccine introduction in Lao PDR - Laura K Boelsen
• Cross-compatibility of rhizobia to maximise nitrogen fixation in the new annual pasture legume Scorpiurus muricatus - Kit A Burns
• Could fungicide treatment lead to changes in the makeup of native grape yeast communities? - Natalia Caliani
• A multiscale study of bacterial biofilms. From isolated components to multicellular organisms - Liraz Chai
• Central role of the transcriptional regulator MprA in coordinating antibiotic resistance, immune evasion and sialic acid metabolism - Chyden Chang
• Developing a curated and validated pan-metabolic reference model for the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex - Helena B Cooper
• Testing the efficacy of novel macrophage infectivity potentiator protein inhibitors against Chlamydia trachomatis. - Aleksandra W Debowski
• Genomic epidemiology of drug resistant tuberculosis in Victoria, Australia - Thinley Dorji
• Assessing the effects of aerosolisation on bacteriophage viability and activity against P. aeruginosa - Rohan Flint
• Meta-analysis of the microbial diversity cultured in bioreactors simulating the gut microbiome: a key to unlocking the microbial dark matter - David Garcia Mendez
• A versatile and straightforward new method for characterising protein-protein interactions in living cells - Estefania Giannini
• Characterisation of the oxidative protein folding pathway in Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Ethan Haese
• Bladder-draining lymph nodes support germinal centre B cell responses during urinary tract infection in mice. - Sophia Hawas
• Biting Into the Shark Epidermal Virome - Ryan Hesse
• Investigating the role of Trigger Factor in Neisseria gonorrhoeae protein folding and homeostasis - Joe Hooton
• Molecular characterisation of the putative de novo biotin biosynthesis genes bioA and bioB from Burkholderia pseudomallei - Ashley Johnson
• Isolation and characterisation of a novel prophage of the oral pathogen Solobacterium moorei. - Mwila Kabwe
• Accessory nipple associated cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis secondary to Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii infection: A case report  - Ranmini Manaram Pankaja Kalukottege
• Genomic Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Recovered from Chilean Hospitals Reveals Lineages Specific to South America and Multiple Routes for Acquisition of Antibiotic Resistance Genes - Jonathan Koong
• Impact of CFTR modulators on Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in people with cystic fibrosis - Emma L Ledger
• IG-01-704: A novel ionophore antibiotic against Gram-positive multidrug-resistant bacterial infections - Gen (Tom) Li
• Investigating the behaviour and efficacy of bacteriophages using in vitro primary airway epithelial cells - Kak Ming Ling
• Comparative genomics and population structure of African Histoplasma capsulatum isolates. - Rutendo RE Mapengo
• Smart visualization for the detailed taste of the edible mushroom, Pholiota nameko - Kazuhiko Masuno
• Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of Methanosphaera spp. reveal evidence of host-adaptation - Harley McRae
• Proteomic transition during fruiting body formation in the black mushroom, Lentinula edodes  - Yasumasa Miyazaki
• Exploring the molecular signatures of Staphylococcus aureus transition into human serum using multi-omics analysis - Warasinee Mujchariyakul
• Uncovering the regulatory networks for Klebsiella pneumoniae iron acquisition - To Nguyen
• USE OF BACTERIOPHAGES TO MANAGE VIRULENT R. EQUI BURDENS IN THE SOIL OF HORSE BREEDING FARMS - Grace O'Reilly
• Assessing Compatibility of Trichoderma and Actinomycetes in the Biological Control Consortium Developed for Managing Wood Decaying Phytopathogen Pyrrhoderma noxium - Harrchun Panchalingam
• In vitro labelling of Acanthamoeba trophozoites using ligand conjugated fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). - Hari Kumar Peguda
• FROM VINEGAR TO BIOPLASTICS WITH ENGINEERED VIBRIO NATRIEGENS: USING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE - Roland RJ Politan
• Validating plasma-activated water as an innovative food sanitiser - Katharina Richter
• Investigating the evolution of the bacterial flagellar filament protein, FliC. - Jacob Scadden
• Streptococcus pneumoniae potently kill mesothelioma cells in a strain dependent manner - Hui Juin Shak
• Effect of childhood vaccination on the pneumococcal population in Mongolia - Paige Skoko
• A tool for in silico serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes - Jack G Stewart
• Quantitative PCR of string-test collected gastric material: A feasible approach to detect Helicobacter pylori and its resistance against clarithromycin and levofloxacin for susceptibility-guided therapy - Alfred Chin Yen Tay
• Characterising the Acinetobacter baumannii type VI secretion system effector Tse15 - Jordan Thompson
• Transposon mutagenesis screen in Klebsiella pneumoniae identifies genetic determinants required for growth in human urine and serum - Von Torres
• Regulation of nitrogen fixation in Mesorhizobium ciceri CC1192-Chickpea symbiosis - Marshall Tye
• Microbial biofilm, a study on phosphate solubilising bacteria during bioleaching of rare earth phosphate minerals - Elizabeth Watkin
• Adding to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics: Identification and characterization of a novel carbapenemase, CIM-1. - Yu Wang
• Altering carbon sources impacts rare earth recovery rates during bioleaching operations on Western Australian monazite samples - Elizabeth Watkin
• A previously uncharacterised hydrogenase dominates hydrogen production in the gut - Thomas D Watts
• Pilus tip protein AP1 essential for Group A Streptococcus adhesion to the tonsil epithelium - Alisha M Wilson
• Discovering bacterial-bacterial interactions in the nasopharynx of healthy infants - Kan Yu
• O antigen biogenesis sensitises Escherichia coli K-12 towards bile salts - a plausible answer to the mystery of how it lost its O antigen - Jilong Qin
• 4CMenB vaccine-induced immune response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae. - Valentin Slesarenko

• Non-antibiotic strategies to mitigate enteric infections: insights from discovery research - Dena Lyras