Early Career Scientists
11:30-11:45 David Otieno, Kenya Medical Research Institute - Harnessing functional omics to decipher how probiotics reduce antibiotic resistance gene carriage in infants’ gut
11:45-12:00 Oya Inanli, University of Copenhagen - Recovering Lost Kveik Diversity in Farmhouse Brewing with Ancient Metagenomics
12:00-12:15 George Thomas, University of Birmingham - High-throughput screening and isolation of putative plastic-degrading landfill microorganisms using droplet microfluidics
12:15-12:30 Courtney Swink, University of Exeter - The mysterious marine Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
12:30-12:45 Josie McQuillan, University of Sheffield - Better together... or apart? Proteomics reveals hidden tensions in a synthetic microbial consortium