Bacteriophages are the most abundant and diverse biological entities on the planet, and they have tremendous impact on bacteria. In recent years, basic research on bacteriophages, and their biotechnological applications have flourished. The first Slovenian Bacteriophage Meeting will gather researchers from academia, industry and medical sector, that work in phage field, from basic studies of phage-host interactions during lysogeny and lysis, molecular genetics of lysis-lysogeny switch, phages are biofilm-eradication agents, phage ecology, manufacturing of phage particles for applications, isolation of new phages and development of animal and cell culture model for phage therapy risk assessment and much more. The aim of the meeting is to strengthen phage network in Slovenia and present phage research to broader microbiology community. Join us!
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Program
14:00-14:05 Welcome by the organizers
14:05-14:20 Matej Butala, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Genetic switch of GIL01 bacteriophage.
14:20:14:35 Anja Pavlin, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Molecular mechanism that regulates polylysogeny in Bacillus thuringenis.
14:35-14:50 Anna Dragoš, Department of Microbiology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Control of Bacillus subtilis by large regulatory phages.
14:50-15:05 Valentina Floccari, Department of Microbiology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Host- Regulatory switch phage interaction: aberrant host cell’s morphology emerges as consequence of lysogeny.
15:05-15:20 Marjanca Starčič Erjavec, Department of Microbiology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Phages and transduction – a success story?
15:20-15:35 Tomaž Accetto, Department of Microbiology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Bacteroides phages.
15:35-15:50 Katja Molan, Department of Microbiology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana: Phi6 bacteriophage as a surogate for coronaviruses studies.
15:50-16:20 coffe break
16:20-16:35 Aleš Podgornik, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technical Safety, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana: Influence of bacterial growth rate on bacteriophage reproduction.
16:35-16:50 Ana Lisac, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technical Safety, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana: Effects of bacteriophages on biofilms.
16:50-17:05 Anja Frantar, Department of Dental Prosthetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana: Bacteriophages as an alternative strategy for oral biofilm control.
17:05-17:20 Frenk Smrekar & Barbara Hubad, Jafral: Bacteriophage production (processes, analytics, production of clincal material).
17:20-17:35 Vida Štrancar, Cobik: From isolation and characterization of Staphylococcus phages to safety and efficiency testing on an animal model
17:35-17:50 Rihard Trebše, Orthopedic hospital Valdoltra: Potential use of phage therapy to treat infections of joint prostetics and in general - physisian's point of view.
17:50-18:20 coffe break
18:20-18:35 Katja Šuster, Orthopedic hospital Valdoltra: Bacteriophage-based diagnostic tools for the detection of microbes in human medicine.
18:35-18:50 Tomaž Bratkovič, Department of pharmaceutical biology, Faculty of pharmacy, University of Ljubljana: Phage display and in vitro molecular evolution.
18:50-19:05 Nika Janež, Cobik: Role of genomics in the risk assessment of therapeutic Staphylococcus phage.
19:05-19:20 Tanja Dreo, Department of biotechnology and systems biology, National Institute of Biology: Orchids, bacteria and phages.
19:20-19:35 Maja Rupnik, National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food; Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor: Bacteriophages in gut microbiota.
19:35-21:30 drinks & snacks