UK EU C1 & BVOC Symposium

Key dates

We are excited to announce the 2023 UK-EU C1 & BVOC Symposium, hosted at University of Warwick. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to join us.

Marcela HernándezLink opens in a new window, Yin Chen, Hendrik SchäferLink opens in a new window

Registration now closed. If you wish to contact, please email y.chen.25@warwick.ac.uk
Meeting 9-10 May 2023.
Conference venue: seminar rooms at Gibbet Hill CampusLink opens in a new window, University of Warwick.
Useful links for accommodation: Warwick University Conference centreLink opens in a new window; or local hotels at KenilworthLink opens in a new window or CoventryLink opens in a new window.
Travel by air: Birmingham Airport is ~ 30 min away by taxi. London is ~1h30min away by car.

Program

Day 1 (9th May 2023 @MD0.01)	Day 2 (10th May 2023 @GLT1)
Registration 12:00-13:00 with buffet lunch Session one, chaired by Prof Stéphane VuilleumierLink opens in a new window 13:00-13:30 Eileen Krober (MPI Bremen, Germany) “Hidden eaters: How chemosynthetic symbionts thrive in organosulfur-rich environments” 13:30-13:45 Robin Dowson (UEA, UK) "Targeted enrichment and isolation of CO-degrading bacteria from volcanic soil" 13:45-14:00 Wenxin Bai (Warwick, UK) "Characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) driving DMSO reduction in anoxic sediments" 14:00-14:15 Nello Gregori (Warwick UK) "Contaminant or concomitant? Metabolic potential of the bacterial satellite community from established Micromonas polaris cultures.’" 14:15-14:25 Questions for the short talks. Coffee break 14:25 - 15:00 Session two chaired by Dr. Eileen KröberLink opens in a new window 15:00-15:30 Ozge Eyice-Broadbent (Queen Mary London, UK) "Anaerobic degradation of organosulfur compounds in sediments: Who does it and how?" 15:30-15:45 Maider Echeveste Medrano (Radboud University, The Netherlands) "Thriving methane-oxidizing-bacteria in coastal ecosystems: unique bottom-up perspective on Methylomonadaceae ecophysiology" 15:45-16:00 Tanja Heffner (Leibniz University Hanover, Germany) "Interkingdom interaction: the soil isopod Porcellio scaber stimulates the methane-driven bacterial and fungal networks" Poster until 18:00 19:00 Dinner at Radcliffe main restaurantLink opens in a new window, University of Warwick	Session one, chaired by Dr Ozge Eyice-BroadbentLink opens in a new window 9:00-9:30 Paul Bodelier (NIE, the Netherlands) "The fellowship of the cave”; a story on the birth of a new methanotrophic phylum" 9:30-10:00 Cornelia Welte (Radboud University, The Netherlands) "Electricity production by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea" 10:00-10:20 Tom Smith (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) "Genomic analysis of metal and metalloid interactions in methanotrophs" 10:20-10:40 Marc Dumont (Uni of Southampton, UK) "Microbial ecology of aerobic methanotrophs: from wetlands to uplands" Coffee break 10:40-11:10 Session two, chaired by Prof Hendrik SchaferLink opens in a new window 11:10-11:40 Wenyu Gu (Swiss Fed Ins Tech Lausanne, Switzerland) "Microbial CO₂Recovery - Understanding Resource Allocation in Methanogen Using a Quantitative Biology Approach" 11:40-12:10 Philippe Constant (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada) "The persistence of H₂-, CO- and CH₄-oxidizing bacteria priming in soil requires a minimal energy gain threshold" 12:10-12:30 Richard Guillonneau (Warwick, UK) “DMSP catabolism to acrylate protects a marine bacterium from grazing by a ciliate predator” Lunch & Poster 12:30-13:30 Session three, chaired by Dr Marc DumontLink opens in a new window 13:30-14:00 Jeremy Semrau (Uni of Michigan, USA) "3M: methanotrophs, metals and methanobactin" 14:00-14:30 Alan DiSpirito (Iowa State Uni, USA) "Methanobactin: More than a Metal Binding Peptide" 14:30-15:00 Stephane Vuilleumier (Uni de Strasbourg, France) "Methylotrophy on drugs" Meeting finishes at 15:00 with coffee break Closing remarks and discussion of next meeting
Sponsors: Applied Microbiology, one poster prize; University of Warwick; Natural Environment Research Council; Royal Society; MP BiomedicalsLink opens in a new window

Day 1 (9th May 2023 @MD0.01)

Day 2 (10th May 2023 @GLT1)

Registration 12:00-13:00 with buffet lunch

Session one, chaired by Prof Stéphane VuilleumierLink opens in a new window

13:00-13:30 Eileen Krober (MPI Bremen, Germany) “Hidden eaters: How chemosynthetic symbionts thrive in organosulfur-rich environments”
13:30-13:45 Robin Dowson (UEA, UK) "Targeted enrichment and isolation of CO-degrading bacteria from volcanic soil"
13:45-14:00 Wenxin Bai (Warwick, UK) "Characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) driving DMSO reduction in anoxic sediments"
14:00-14:15 Nello Gregori (Warwick UK) "Contaminant or concomitant? Metabolic potential of the bacterial satellite community from established Micromonas polaris cultures.’"
14:15-14:25 Questions for the short talks.

Coffee break 14:25 - 15:00

Session two chaired by Dr. Eileen KröberLink opens in a new window

15:00-15:30 Ozge Eyice-Broadbent (Queen Mary London, UK) "Anaerobic degradation of organosulfur compounds in sediments: Who does it and how?"
15:30-15:45 Maider Echeveste Medrano (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
"Thriving methane-oxidizing-bacteria in coastal ecosystems: unique bottom-up perspective on Methylomonadaceae ecophysiology"
15:45-16:00 Tanja Heffner (Leibniz University Hanover, Germany) "Interkingdom interaction: the soil isopod Porcellio scaber stimulates the methane-driven bacterial and fungal networks"

Poster until 18:00

19:00 Dinner at Radcliffe main restaurantLink opens in a new window, University of Warwick

Session one, chaired by Dr Ozge Eyice-BroadbentLink opens in a new window

9:00-9:30 Paul Bodelier (NIE, the Netherlands) "The fellowship of the cave”; a story on the birth of a new methanotrophic phylum"
9:30-10:00 Cornelia Welte (Radboud University, The Netherlands) "Electricity production by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea"
10:00-10:20 Tom Smith (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) "Genomic analysis of metal and metalloid interactions in methanotrophs"
10:20-10:40 Marc Dumont (Uni of Southampton, UK) "Microbial ecology of aerobic methanotrophs: from wetlands to uplands"

Coffee break 10:40-11:10

Session two, chaired by Prof Hendrik SchaferLink opens in a new window

11:10-11:40 Wenyu Gu (Swiss Fed Ins Tech Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Microbial CO₂Recovery - Understanding Resource Allocation in Methanogen Using a Quantitative Biology Approach"
11:40-12:10 Philippe Constant (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada) "The persistence of H₂-, CO- and CH₄-oxidizing bacteria priming in soil requires a minimal energy gain threshold"
12:10-12:30 Richard Guillonneau (Warwick, UK) “DMSP catabolism to acrylate protects a marine bacterium from grazing by a ciliate predator”

Lunch & Poster 12:30-13:30

Session three, chaired by Dr Marc DumontLink opens in a new window

13:30-14:00 Jeremy Semrau (Uni of Michigan, USA) "3M: methanotrophs, metals and methanobactin"
14:00-14:30 Alan DiSpirito (Iowa State Uni, USA) "Methanobactin: More than a Metal Binding Peptide"
14:30-15:00 Stephane Vuilleumier (Uni de Strasbourg, France) "Methylotrophy on drugs"

Meeting finishes at 15:00 with coffee break

Closing remarks and discussion of next meeting

Sponsors:

Applied Microbiology, one poster prize; University of Warwick; Natural Environment Research Council; Royal Society; MP BiomedicalsLink opens in a new window