15-Minute Talks (Session 4: Pathogens in a changing environment)

10.40am – 11.45am AEDT, 26 November 2025 ‐ 1 hour 5 mins

ECR Presentations

Dr Thomas Watts – Opportunistic human pathogens depend on virulence factors for environmental persistence

Dr Binod Rayamajhee – Metagenomic insights into blind-causing Acanthamoeba on popular Sydney beaches

 

 

Dr Gareth Howells – Klebsiella pneumoniae digests the capsule to survive starvation

Thilini Koralegedera* – Mycobacteria use alternative fermentation pathways and carbon storage for survival during hypoxia