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Tuesday 31 March 2026 Wednesday 1 April 2026

NVMM Business meeting

Time: 15:30 - 17:30

Coffee/ tea break

Time: 15:00 - 15:30

BaMa Symposium

Time: 13:45 - 15:00

Parallel session 28: Selected abstracts

Time: 13:45 - 15:00

Parallel session 27: So AMR genes are in the environment, so what? + Rapid Detection, Rapid Response: The Future of Infection Prevention in Hospitals

Parallel session 26: Emerging vector-borne pathogens: Transmission, pathogenesis and prevention

Time: 13:45 - 15:00

Parallel session 25: Pathogenesis to symbiosis: Microbe interactions in organoid and chip models

Time: 13:45 - 15:00

Parallel session 24: Clinical cases in medical microbiology: an interactive session

Time: 13:45 - 15:00

BBC-MMO algemene ledenvergadering

Lunch

Time: 12:30 - 12:31

BaMa Symposium

Time: 11:15 - 12:30

Parallel session 23: Selected abstracts

Time: 11:15 - 12:30

Parallel session 22: Antifungal resistance – beyond A. fumigatus

Time: 11:15 - 12:30

Parallel session 21: Enteroviruses: from defining the threat to advancing therapeutic strategies.

Time: 11:15 - 12:30

Parallel session 20: Microbiome and cancer: from mechanistic insights to therapeutic opportunities + Microbiome & cancer

Time: 11:15 - 12:30

Parallel session 19: Detection of intestinal parasites

Time: 11:15 - 12:30

Coffee/ tea break

Time: 10:40 - 11:14

Keynote speaker

Time: 10:00 - 10:39

Westerdijk Award ceremony & Van Leeuwenhoek Award ceremony

Time: 09:40 - 09:59

Keynote speaker

Time: 09:00 - 09:39

Registration & Coffee

Time: 08:30 - 08:59

Time: 20:30 - 23:59

20:30 – 21:00	Dessert
21:00 – 21:15	Poster award ceremony
21:15 – 00:30	Party

Dinner

Time: 19:15 - 20:30

Poster session & drinks

17:15 – 18:15	Odd numbers
18:15 – 19:15	Even numbers

Parallel session 18: Selected abstracts

Time: 16:00 - 17:15

Parallel session 17: CRISPR-Cas in microbial genomics

Time: 16:00 - 17:15

Parallel session 16: Healthy plants & healthy humans: environmental microbes for one health

Time: 16:00 - 17:15

Parallel session 15: Moleculair surveillance and cluster detection in practice – current state in NL

Time: 16:00 - 17:15

Parallel session 14: AI in microbiology research, teaching and publishing

Time: 16:00 - 17:15

Parallel session 13: Current developments in the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis

Time: 16:00 - 17:15

Coffee/ tea break

Time: 15:15 - 15:59

Parallel session 12: Selected abstracts

Time: 14:00 - 15:15

Parallel session 11: Desinformation in science

Time: 14:00 - 15:15

Parallel session 10: Biofiltration for drinking water production

Time: 14:00 - 15:15

Parallel session 9: Shaping the future of fungal diagnostics

Time: 14:00 - 15:15

Parallel session 8: Vaccination and immunogenicity

Time: 14:00 - 15:15

Parallel session 7: Bacteria-Fungi interactions from cell biology to plant growth promotion

Time: 14:00 - 15:15

KNVM Business Meeting

Time: 13:00 - 13:05

Lunch

Time: 12:45 - 12:59

Parallel session 6: Selected abstracts

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

Parallel session 5: Marine microbes: New challenges and opportunities + Microbial adaptation in an environmental context

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

Parallel session 4: Genetic engineering of non-model microbes for biotech

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

Parallel session 3: The awakening of spores, carriers of life from soils to gut

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

Parallel session 2: Controlled human infection models in The Netherlands

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

Parallel session 1: How biofilms shape infectious diseases and treatment

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

Coffee / tea break

Time: 11:00 - 11:29

Keynote speaker

Time: 10:20 - 10:59

Kiem Award Ceremony

Time: 10:05 - 10:19

Keynote speaker

Time: 09:25 - 10:04

Opening by Clara Belzer

Time: 09:15 - 09:24

Clara Belzer

Registration & Coffee

Time: 08:30 - 09:12