Programme 2023

Opening

Recent progress with a higher efficacy malaria vaccine

Adrian Hill (UK)

Westerdijk Award ceremony & Van Leeuwenhoek Award ceremony

From petri dish to patient

Graham Hatfull (USA)

What is the added value of influenza/respiratory virus rapid diagnostics with regard to clinical and health-economic outcome parameters?

Olivier Vandenberg (Belgium)

Mind the (knowledge) gap: how can patient participation prevent infections?

Robbert Bentvelsen (Amphia Hospital)

Mind the (knowledge) gap for STD care: The added value for patients of an eHealth/POCT approach

Bas Mourik (LUMC)

Rapid diagnostics of joint infections using Molecular Culture

Dries Budding

From a Case-Control Survey to selecting a Diagnostic Viral Gastroenteritis Panel for testing of General Practioners’ patients

J. Flipse

Formation of structurally-defined biofilm aggregates in methanogenic cocultures is associated with the increased expression of signal transduction and chemotaxis genes

Anna Doloman

Fundamental metabolic strategies of heterotrophic bacteria

Matti Gralka

Extracellular polymeric substance from seawater-adapted aerobic granular sludge: enrichment of polyanionic fraction and exploration into its potential application for sepsis treatment

Le Min Chen

“Candidatus Siderophilus nitratireducens”: a low-temperature, Nap-dependent nitrate-driven iron oxidizer within the new order Siderophiliales

Francesc Corbera- Rubio

What drives the diversity of electrogenic cable bacteria?

Philip Ley

Meta-omics analyses reveal insights into the ecology and physiology of Thorarchaeia in anoxic Aarhus Bay sediments

Jolanda ter Horst

Blow the archaeon down! Microbial interactions of the deep biosphere

Alexander Probst (Germany)

Symbiotic archaea and the archaeal tree of life

Anja Spang (NIOZ)

Gene gain facilitated endosymbiotic evolution of Chlamydiae

Stephan Köstlbacher

Genomic DNA transfer in Mycobacterium marinum

Sita Coenraads

Shotgun sequencing based insights into the vaginal, and related, microbiomes

Paul Cotter (Ireland)

Vaginal microbiota and preterm birth

Heleen Schuster (Amsterdam UMC)

The role of the endometrium microbiome in IVF/ICSI success

Janneke van de Wijgert (UMC Utrecht)

Pathogenic properties of vaginal Prevotella strains: impact on vaginal dysbiosis and HIV susceptibility

Karin Strijbis (Universiteit Utrecht)

Glycogen metabolism of vaginal bacteria

Rosanne Hertzberger (VU)

From infancy to adulthood: Exploring the barrier function of membrane mucins in the small intestine

Thaher Pelayesed (Sweden)

Preserving influenza A virus motility in mucus and on cells

Erik de Vries (Utrecht University)

Formation of microbial communities in the glycan landscape of the early life intestine

Athanasia Ioannou (Wageningen University)

Regulation of intestinal epithelial barrier integrity by MUC13

Celia Segui Perez (Utrecht University)

Challenges in investigating transmission of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium: tracking clonal and horizontal relatedness

A. Schürch (UMC Utrecht)

"Using genomic surveillance to alter infection prevention policy for LA-MRSA: opportunities and challenges"

T. Habben Jansen (Rezisto)

A six-year regional outbreak of MRSA detected by multi-centre routine whole-genome sequencing

V. Weterings (Amphia Hospital)

Multi-centre implementation of routinely using whole-genome sequencing of multidrug-resistant micro-organisms: implications for infection control

J. Stohr (ETZ & Amphia Hospital)

Salmonella O-antigen Protects Against Kupffer Cell-Mediated Clearance During Bloodstream Infections

Bas Surewaard

The Salmonella adhesin Rck mediates entry through the EGF receptor in a MUC13-dependent manner

Shaofang Xu

IgM GlcNAc-targeting antibodies are more functionally cross-reactive than IgG

Remy Muts

Fusobacterium nucleatum secretes metabolites that induce autophagy and cell death in colorectal cancer cells

Coco Duizer

Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus reciprocally promote virulence

Raymond Pasman

New Anti-mycobacterial Compound with a novel Target shows Cooperativity and Synergy with approved Antibiotics

Eva Habjan

How physical processes influence microbial communities and biogeochemical cycling in lakes

Jakob Zopfi (Switzerland)

Influence of filter age on Fe, Mn and NH4+ removal in dual media rapid sand filters used for drinking water production

Alje Boersma (Radboud University)

Rapid (online) monitoring of microbiological water quality in bathing and drinking water

Nikki van Bel (KWR)

Define moderate? Exploring the proton stress mechanisms of the acidophilic sulfate reducer Acididesulfobacillus acetoxydans

Reinier Egas (Wageningen University)

Seasonal dynamics of microbial methane removal in the water column of marine Lake Grevelingen

Jessica Venetz (Radboud University)

Translating surveillance into prevention of group A streptococcal disease

Theresa Lamagni (UK)

Increasing burden of neonatal streptococcal infectionsin the Netherlands; NOGBS study

Merijn Bijlsma (Amsterdam UMC)

Relevance of species discrimination for Group A streptococcal infections and prophylaxi; SDSE infection: on the rise and in disguise

Koos Korsten (Amsterdam UMC)

Molecular surveillance of group A streptococcal infections in the Netherlands: clonal sweep by the M1UK lineage

Lidewij Rumke

Gut microbiome and immune dysregulation in COVID

Helen Leavis (UMC Utrecht)

Host genetics as a guide to targeted immunotherapy in COVID-19

Frank van de Veerdonk (RadboudUMC)

Human OTULIN haploinsufficiency impairs cell-intrinsic immunity to staphylococcal -toxin

András Spaan (UMC Utrecht)

The establishment of a controlled human pneumococcal infection model in the Netherlands.

Lucille van Beek

What is heteroresistance, actually?

Dan Andersson (Sweden)

Uncovering reservoirs of antibiotic resistance in the human gut microbiota

Willem van Schaik (UK)

MetaMobilePicker, exploring the context of mobile genetic elements associated with antibiotic resistance in metagenomics

Jesse Kerkvliet (UMC Utrecht)

Diversity of cfr-carrying plasmids in livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from humans in the Netherlands

Thera Habben Jansen

Seroprevalence and risk modeling of future outbreaks for mpox among men who have sex with men in the Netherlands

Marc Shamier

Impact of COVID-19 on the Euregio Meuse-Rhine: remarkable seroprevalence differences between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany

Daniëlle Hanssen

Valganciclovir for congenital cytomegalovirus infection in infants with isolated hearing loss (CONCERT): a nationwide non-randomized, controlled, phase 3 trial

P.K. Chung

Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of Parainfluenza Type 3 virus among patients on a haematology unit.

Laura Hughes

The immunological effects of COVID-19 vaccination after past infection in lung transplant recipients

Coretta Van Leer Buter

Respiratory epithelial cytokine responses are pathogen specific and differ per anatomical region of the upper respiratory tract.

Esther Van Woudenbergh

The origin of animals. A unicellular perspective

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo (Spain)

Diversity of cell division dynamics

Agathe Chaigne (Universiteit Utrecht)

The curious case of Tetrahymena thermophila: investigating an atypical ciliate kinetochore

Emine Ali (Hubrecht instituut)

Endogenous viral elements in shrew genomes provide insights into Flaviviridae ancient history

Sebastian Lequime

Global mapping of protein localisation in the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii reveals molecular signatures for cellular innovations among dinoflagellates

Eelco Tromer (University of Groningen)

Approved Feces Microbiota Transplantation and live biotherapeutic products for Clostridioides diificile infections

Erik Dubberke

Development of a product with Akkermansia muciniphila; for which diseases?

Clara Belzer (WUR)

Treatment of Parkinson Disease with feces microbiota transplantation; background and interim analysis

Vlada Chernova (LUMC)

Microbiome interventions to strengthen immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for melanoma

Jessica Borgers (NKI)

Op weg naar een nieuw datasurveillance landschap in Nederland

Presentatoren: Paul Savelkoul en Caroline Schneeberger

Stellingen over het huidige typering surveillance netwerk in NL

SeqNeth: Toegevoegde waarde van moleculaire typering bij uitbraakbestrijding: GGD-praktijkvoorbeelden

Ewout Fanoy (Arts Maatschappij + Gezondheid)

TypeNed: Regional, national and international surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

Antoni Hendrickx (moleculair microbioloog)

Paneldiscussie olv Toos Waegemaekers (arts M&G, Coördinator Regionaal Arts Consulent(RAC); GGD/RIVM)

Panel: Gunnar Andriessen (NVMM); Ewout Fanoy (GGD); Antoni P.A. Hendrickx (RIVM); Mariette Edema (RIVM); Paul Savelkoul (NVMM)

Scrub typhus: an overview of the cell biology, pathogenesis, and unmet clinical need of a prevalent but neglected bacterial disease

Jeanne Salje (UK)

Leeuwenhoek medal ceremony

Genes and genetic exchange involving extrachromosomal elements with potential roles in the functioning and evolution of archaea

Leeuwenhoek Medal winner: Jill Banfield

Kiem Award Ceremony

Introduction of the winner of the Van Leeuwenhoek medal 2023

Laura Villanueva (NIOZ/Utrecht University)

Leeuwenhoek’s Comptoir: Space, Access, and Validation in the Early Modern Laboratory

Douglas Anderson (Huygens Institute)

Leeuwenhoek's observations in historical perspective

Eric Jorink (Huygens Institute)

Insights into bacterial structure and behavior- from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s first observations to today’s molecular understanding

Ariane Briegel (Leiden University)

Reduction of waste after patient discharge from the intensive care unit using results of admission screening for highly resistant microorganisms

Cynthia Haanappel

Staphylococcus aureus : colonization of burn wounds and the innate defense

Bouke Boekema

Double-blinded randomized controlled trial assessing the effect of three consecutive faecal microbiota transplantations on hepatic steatosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Bas Groenewegen

A one year pilot surveillance of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Dutch patients

Karuna Vendrik

Population size directs alternative trajectories of antibiotic resistance evolution

Arjan De Visser

Monoclonal antibodies effectively potentiate complement activation and phagocytosis of Staphylococcus epidermidis in neonatal human plasma

Coco Beudeker

Plant-microbe interactions/ Microbiome Model Systems

Daniel Petras (Germany)

Discovery of new stress response metabolites in M. tuberculosis

Pieter van der Velden (Radboud Universiteit)

Discovery of new lipopeptide antibiotics in Paenibacillus through multi-omics approaches

Nataliia Machushynets (Universiteit Leiden)

Enteric colonization by antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and the role of the human gut microbiome and metabolome

Quinten Ducarmon (Germany)

Salt Stress: discovering osmoregulation in freshwater anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea

Maider Junkal Echeveste Medrano

Coffee/tea break

Welcome

The Staphylococcus aureus ArlRS two-component system is involved in regulation of TarS mediated glycosylation of wall teichoic acids.

Emma Tusveld

The influence of Usutu virus infection on the apoptosis pathways in blackbirds

Veerle de Nijs

Production of Volatile Fatty Acids from Lignocellulosic Grass via Rumen Microorganisms

Kemal Koc

Immunogenic potential of diversely killed Candida albicans hyphae

Fay Bruggeman

Long-read Sequencing to Explore the Impact of Vancomycin Treatment on the Microbiome and its Resistome in Healthy Volunteers

Iuri Mimoso

Mike Jetten award ceremony

Mike Jetten

Lunch with poster presentation

Malaria Diagnosis in Non-Endemic Settings: Clinical parameters, pitfalls and opportunities

Andreas Neumayr (Switzerland)

RDT stand alone in a non-endemic setting, what are the risks?

Guido Bastiaens (Rijnstate Hospital)

Fast detection and quantification of Plasmodium species infected erythrocytes in a non-endemic setting by using the Sysmex XN-31 analyzer

Tania Khartabil (Erasmus mc)

Malaria-screening in a non-endemic setting

Jorrit Hofstra (Certe)

How important is parasitemia in the acute work-up of a Plasmodium falciparum infection in a non-endemic setting?

Merel Smit (Radboudumc)

The use of bacteriophages to control infectious biofilms: advances and limitations

Joana Azeredo (Portugal)

Accumulation of phage defense systems in phage resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Stan Brouns (TU Delft)

Co-transfer of functionally related genes in lambdoid phages

Anne Kupczok (WUR)

Infection mechanisms of haloarchaeal viruses

Tessa Quax (RUG)

The biosynthetic landscape of marine sponge microbiomes

Detmer Sipkema (WUR)

Resolving functional roles among the smallest predators in lakes and oceans

Susanne Wilken (UvA)

Lipid remodelling induced by nutrient availability and high hydrostatic pressure in a piezotolerant Marinifilaceae bacteria isolated from the Black Sea

Anandi Tamby (NIOZ):

Chronic bottom trawling in the North Sea partially explains taxonomic and functional shifts in benthic microbial communities

Guido Bonthond

The promiscuous alcohol dehydrogenases of Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii strains 17T and TPOSR

Lukas Friedeheim

Alcaligenes faecalis accumulates hydroxylamine as a central intermediate during heterotrophic nitrification

Wouter Lenferink

The morphological plasticity of the plant endophyte Chitinophaga pinensis 

Janine Liedtke

Craspase is a self-regulating protease that is sequence-specifically activated by viral RNA

Sam Van Beljouw

Endocytosis-like DNA uptake by cell wall-deficient bacteria

Renée Kapteijn

Unraveling the ability of Aeromonas sp. to degrade and utilize the biopolymer chitin

Claudia Tugui

Global change, biodiversity, ecosystems and health: the risk of cross-species transmission

Kris Murray (UK)

Global spread of highly pathogenic avian Influenza strains, should we prepare for the next pandemic?

Arjan Stegeman (UU)

Mosquitos are buzzing at the border - West Nile Virus and other arboviruses

Dirk Eggink

Human migration: are we at risk for a re-emergence of infectious diseases such as measles

Rogier Bodewes

Imvanex vaccination induces low levels of monkeypox virus-neutralizing antibodies but strong virus-specific T-cell responses

Luca Zaeck

Investigating the growth of Nitrospina spp. under limited oxygen conditions and their bacteriohopanepolyol biosynthesis

Seamus O'sullivan

Chlamydia trachomatis screening in wastewater using droplet digital PCR – a pilot study

Joanne Kreutzkamp

Investigating the role of ALPK1 in DNA damage response

Raghuvandhanan Kumarasamy Sivasamy

Transcriptional dynamics of a virophage - giant-virus interaction during co-infection of a marine protist

Giuseppe Peyroche

Identification of host associated genes in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

Thijmen Van Brenk

Prizes best poster/presentation Closing BAMA meeting

Coffee/tea break

End of meeting