Harnessing Microbial Genomics for Human Health 

The Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage will explore the world of microbes and how advances in genomics are transforming our understanding of human health. From using pathogen genomics to strengthen outbreak surveillance and track antimicrobial resistance, to uncovering how changes in the human microbiome influence disease, discover how microbial genomics is driving the next generation of diagnostics, therapeutics and public health interventions. 

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11:30
  1. Rethinking Cholera - How Genomics Transformed Our Understanding of a Global Pandemic
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Nicholas Thomson
    Nicholas Thomson, Head of the Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute
12:00
  1. Sponsored slot available
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
12:30
  1. Sequence Data for Outbreak Intelligence: Gene-by-Gene Genomics and Population Annotation in Pathogen Surveillance
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Martin Maiden
    Martin Maiden, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, University of Oxford
13:00
  1. Lunch & Networking Break
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    90 mins
14:30
  1. Making AMR Diagnostics Work Where They Matter Most: Genomics, Sepsis and Sustainable Implementation
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Timothy Walsh
    Timothy Walsh, Professor of Medical Microbiology / Director of Biology, University of Oxford / Ineos Oxford Institute
15:00
  1. Sponsored slot available
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
15:30
  1. Tracking the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Through Bacterial Genomics
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Julian Parkhill
    Julian Parkhill, Professor, University of Cambridge
16:00
  1. Networking Break
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
16:30
  1. From Last Resort to Front-Line Tool: Implementing Clinical Metagenomics for Infectious Disease Diagnosis
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
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    Julianne Brown, Principal Clinical Scientist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
17:00
  1. Sponsored slot available
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
17:30
  1. Using Pathogen Genomics to Inform Vaccine Strategy and Public Health Response
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Angela Brueggemann
    Angela Brueggemann, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Deputy Head of Department, Nuffield Department of Population Health
11:30
  1. Harnessing Bacterial Competition to Prevent Disease in the Gut Microbiome
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
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    Kevin Foster, Professor of Microbiology, University of Oxford
12:00
  1. Sponsored slot available
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
12:30
  1. Faecalibacterium Prausnitzii: From Discovery in the Lab to the First Clinical Trials
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Harry Sokol
    Harry Sokol, Group Leader, Micalis Institute
13:00
  1. Lunch & Networking Break
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    70 mins
14:10
  1. Metagenomics of the Human Microbiome: From Fundamental Research to Translational Applications
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Nicola Segata
    Nicola Segata, Principal Investigator, University of Trento
14:40
  1. Beyond Correlation: Building Causal Links Between the Microbiome, Metabolites and the Gut–Brain Axis
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Lesley Hoyles
    Lesley Hoyles, Professor of Microbiome and Systems Biology, Nottingham Trent University
15:10
  1. Beyond Microbiome Associations: Using Large-Scale Meta-Analysis to Uncover Robust and Functional Disease Signatures
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Georg Zeller
    Georg Zeller, Professor, Leiden University Medical Center
15:40
  1. Networking Break
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
16:10
  1. From Microbiome Data to Live Biotherapeutics: Turning Gut Bacteria into Medicine
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Trevor Lawley
    Trevor Lawley, Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute
16:40
  1. Reverse Engineering FMT: From Faecal Transplantation to Precision Microbiome Therapeutics
    Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage
    30 mins
    Speaker(s)
    Speaker image for Tanya Monaghan
    Tanya Monaghan, Clinical Associate Professor in Gastroenterology, University of Nottingham