Program

Integrative OMICS for a Changing Planet: New Frontiers in Taxonomy, Ecology and Biotechnology

12:00120 min
☕ Break
Registration and poster mounting
14:0030 min
💬 Talk
Opening Ceremony
14:3045 min
🎤 Keynote
Exploring the Tara Oceans multiverse
Chris Bowler@ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole normale supérieure, Paris, France
15:1515 min
💬 Talk
Hidden diversity of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria
Aniket Saraf@ Institut Pasteur, France
15:3015 min
💬 Talk
Phenotypic differentiation of Portuguese Erwinia amylovora collection strains using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)
Marino Santos@ University of Porto, Portugal
15:4515 min
💬 Talk
Origin of thermotolerant Hanseniaspora yeast populations and their adaptation to European vineyards
Neža Čadež@ University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
16:0015 min
💬 Talk
Culture collections as genomic infrastructures: supporting the large-scale sequencing of marine microbial eukaryotes within ATLASEA
Charles Bachy@ RCC, University of Sorbonne, France
16:1515 min
💬 Talk
Metabolomics at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP)
Michael Ross@ CCAP, SAMS, UK
16:3030 min
☕ Break
Posters Session & Coffee Break
17:0015 min
💬 Talk
From single strains to complex microbiota: how can biological resource centres tackle this challenge and adapt?
Perrine Portier@ INRAE, France
17:1515 min
💬 Talk
Microbial Biodiversity as a Living Resource for the Conservation of Typicity and the Valorisation of Traditional Food Systems
Luigi Chessa@ Agris Sardegna, Italy
17:3015 min
💬 Talk
Long-term preservation of complex soil microbial communities and their functions
Lars Moeller@ DSMZ, Germany
17:4515 min
💬 Talk
The challenge of microbiome preservation from fermented food: the successful story of preserving the microbial consortia associated with Italian table olives
Giancarlo Perrone@ ISPA, CNR, Italy
18:0015 min
💬 Talk
The repository of entomopathogens of Centre of Biotechnology of the Azores: cultures and libraries
Nelson Simões@ CBA, UAc, Portugal
18:1515 min
💬 Talk
Valorization of the Azorean Microbial Culture Collection through Biorefinery and Bioactive Molecule Discovery
Duarte Toubarro@ CBA, UAc, Portugal
18:3015 min
💬 Talk
Strain diversity and biotechnological characterization of Psilocybe cubensis cultures
Eyal Kurzbaum@ SRI, University of Haifa, Israel
19:003 hours
☕ Break
Welcome reception
A welcoming reception featuring a selection of traditional Azorean flavours, including regional savoury delicacies, cheeses and sweet treats. Participants will enjoy a variety of local specialities, complemented by regional wines, traditional liqueurs, fresh pineapple lemonade and infused or still water.