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CITER Research Workshop: Biofilms in Health and Disease

Calendar Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Calendar 13:30-16:30

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biofilms 2020

Overview

A virtual research workshop providing an opportunity to discuss rapid advances that have developed in the field over the past years, to identify how new methodologies and technologies could be applied in biofilm research and to think about research challenges that might develop in the future.

Aimed at established and up-and-coming biofilm researchers and those with interest in the area of biofilms and their application in health and disease.

Keynote speakers

Dr Mark Webber, Quadram Institute Bioscience 

Regents Professor Phil Stewart, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University

Programme

TimeSpeaker
13:30 - 13:35Welcome: Dr Barbara Szomolay. School of Medicine, Cardiff University
13:35 - 14:10

Dr. Freya Harrison, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick:

"Building and using models of lung and wound biofilms"

14:10 - 14:45

Dr Angela Nobbs, University of Bristol:

"Microbial interplay within oral biofilms"

14:45 - 15:30

Dr Mark Webber, Quadram Institute Bioscience:

"Adaptation of biofilms to stress results in complex costs and benefits"

15:30 - 16:15

Regents Professor Phil Stewart, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University:

"Innate Immunity versus Nascent Biofilm"

16:15 - 16:30Closing session: Dr Barbara Szomolay. School of Medicine, Cardiff University

Other information

- Registration via Eventbrite.

- Open workshop.

- Question time following each talk.

- Any queries please contact citer@cardiff.ac.uk

With thanks to our sponsor

GAMA Healthcare Ltd

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