Main Programme
June 6th-8th 2022
Joining instructions have been sent out on June 1st
Day 1&2: Invited and contributed talks
Day 3: New solutions to biofilm industry challenges- A collaborative, challenge-led session.
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Day 1 (Room O27 Department of Mathematical Sciences Building)
09:30-09:40 Welcome by Rachel Bearon
09:40-10:30 Invited talk: Knut Drescher
Unicellular and multicellular stress responses in bacterial biofilms - Abstract
10:30-11:00 Contributed talks: Session A
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-13:00 Contributed talks: Session B
13:00-14:10 Lunch break
14:10-15:00 Invited talk: Martin Bees
Biofilms: the significance of swimming and dispersion
15:00-15:30 Contributed talks: Session C
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:50 Invited talk: Roberto Di Leonardo
Micromechanics of swimming under physical constraints - Abstract
18:00 Conference dinner at The Refinery
Day 2 (Room O27 Department of Mathematical Sciences Building)
09:30-10:20 Invited talk: Paolo Bombelli
Photosynthetic biofilms: sometimes are “bad” and sometimes are “good”- Abstract
10:20-10:50 Contributed talks: Session D
10:50-11:20 Break
11:20-12:50 Contributed talks: Session E
12:50-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:30 Perfectus Biomed talks
14:30-15:15 Contributed talks: Session F
15:15-15:45 Break
15:45-16:45 Invited talk: Cait MacPhee
Day 3 (GFLEX in Central Teaching Lab)
09:30-10:00 Introduction to NBIC
10:00-11:00 Interventional themes: prevent, detect, manage & engineer
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Challenge-led innovation
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Pitching of proposals
14:30-15:00 Feedback and voting
15:00- Closing refreshments