Final Program

Written by Joop on 08 April 2024. Posted in Uncategorised.

Program: Monday, May 13, 2024

09.00 h

Bus to Thesinge departs from the main entrance, University Medical Center (UMCG), Hanzeplein, Groningen, The Netherlands

09.30 – 10.00 h

Registration with coffee/tea

Poster mounting (see last pages for poster overview)

10.00 – 10.05 h

“Welcome to Thesinge” by Henny van der Mei

Chair: Henny van der Mei

10.05 – 10.35 h	Opening Lecture: Henk Busscher, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Beyond surface modification strategies to control infections associated with implanted biomaterials and devices - addressing the opportunities offered by nanotechnology
10.35 – 10.55 h	Colin McCoy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Synergy between antimicrobial and anti-adherent mechanisms to reduce biofilm formation
10.55 – 11.15 h	Filipe J. Mergulhão, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Using carbon nanotube-based surfaces to inhibit single- and dual-species biofilms of uropathogenic bacteria
11.15 – 11.30 h	Shun Duan, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China Multi-scale antibacterial materials
11.30 – 11.45 h	Fintan Moriarty, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland Targeted poly (D-amino acids) nanoparticles loaded with sitafloxacin for staphylococcal biofilm eradication
11.45 – 12.00 h	Patricia Nadworny, Innovotech, Edmonton, Canada Unique antibiofilm nanostructured silver compound for use in gel and polymer coating
12.00 – 12.15 h	Karina de Almeida Lins, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Development of neonatal medical devices with reduced infection risk using biofilm inhibiting polymers
12.15 – 13.00 h	Lunch
13.00 – 14.00 h	Posters, presenters be present at your poster

Chair: Terri Camesano

14.00 – 14.45 h	Keynote Lecture: Kees Poelstra, the Robotic Spine Institute of Las Vegas, Allegiant Institute, Nevada, USA The clinical problem of (biomaterials-associated) infection
14.45 – 15.00 h	Sarah Nick, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Nanoscale layer-by-layer functionalized gauze for synthetic anti-biofilm peptide release at wound sites
15.00 – 15.15 h	Miryana Hemadi, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France Applications of nanohybrid materials for eliminating bacterial biofilms
15.15 – 15.30 h	Adéla Melcrová, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Stiffening activity of peptidomimetic AMC-109 as a way towards lower adhesion
15.30 – 15.45 h	Matthew Wylie, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Small molecule antibacterials possessing anti-virulence properties to disarm P. mirabilis and disrupt crystalline biofilm formation
15.45 – 16.15 h	Coffee, Tea break

Chair: Henk Busscher

16.15 – 17.00 h	Key Note Lecture: Linqi Shi, Nankai University, Tianjin, China Responsive nano antibiotics for controlling bacterial biofilm infection
17.00 – 17.20 h	Roger Bayston, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United, Kingdom The importance of Small Colony Variants (SCV) as major components of the established biofilm
17.20 – 17.35 h	Leanne Fisher, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Polymer-based coating on a chest drain
17.35 h	Group photo NOTE: if you have any objection to be in the group photo and have the photo distributed among the participants, please do not join and let the organizers know.

Social Program

Hosted by the Thesinge Village Community

18.00 – 19.00 h	Village Tour
19.00 – 21.00 h	BBQ dinner
21.15 h	Return bus to Groningen leaves Dorphuis Trefpunt

Programma: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

08.15 h

Bus to Thesinge departs from the main entrance of University Medical Center (UMCG), Hanzeplein, Groningen, The Netherlands

Chair: Toby Jenkinson

09.00 – 09.45 h	Keynote Lecture: Anna Salvati, RuG, Groningen Understanding how nanomedicine can help against biofilms and infections
09.45 – 10.00 h	Mihyun Lee, Empa, St. Gallen, Switzerland The impact of host polymers on the growth of P. aeruginosa
10.00 – 10.15 h	Matt Price, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Designing a ChemoTopoChip to identify synergistic biofilm resistant combinations
10.15 – 10.30 h	Li Peng, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China Antimicrobial biomaterials and wearable optoelectronic devices
10.30 – 11.00 h	Coffee/Tea break/poster discussion

Chair: James Bryers

11.00 – 11.45 h	Keynote Lecture: Bas Zaat, AUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Are biomaterials-associated infections any different from other types of infection?
11.45 – 12.00 h	Toby Jenkins, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom Measurement of early-stage biofilms via virulence factors in wounds
12.00 - 12.15 h	Jelmer Sjollema, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands The effect of micrococcal nuclease secretion by Staphylococcus aureus in biomaterial associated infections
12.15 – 12.30 h	Laurent Royon, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France Destruction of biofilms by photothermia
12.30 - 12.45 h	Fong-Fu Hsu, Washington school of Medicin, St. Louis, USA Characterization of complex lipid structures isolated from biofilm of Mycobacteria
12.45 – 14.00 h	Hosted Lunch and poster discussion

Chair: Fintan Moriarty

14.00 – 14.15 h	Alexander Dulebo, Bruker, Berlin, Germany Multiparametric investigation of bacterial surface structure with correlative atomic force microscopy
14.15 – 14.30 h	Terri Camesano, Worcester Polytech Institute, Worcester, USA Mechanisms of antimicrobial peptide and antibiotic interactions on membrane permeabilization and deactivation of Escherichia coli
14.30 – 14.45 h	Raphaelle Youf, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany K-wires with biofilm in Galleria mellonella larvae treated with rifampicin
14.45 – 15.00 h	Vincent Hickl, Empa, St. Gallen, Switzerland Single-cell live imaging of bacterial infections at 3D surfaces
15.00 – 15.15 h	Mohamed E. Labib, Novaflux, Princeton, USA Physical removal of dental biofilms using a novel toothpaste
15.15 – 15.30 h	Da-Yuan Wang, Nankai University, Tianjin, China The mechanism of nanocarriers penetration in bacterial biofilms
15.30 – 16.00 h	Coffee/Tea break and wrapping up posters

Chair: David Grainger

16.00 – 17.00 h

Off-the-floor presentations and general discussion

Heated by David Grainger

17.00 h

Closure by David Grainger

17.30 h

Return bus to Groningen leaves Dorpshuis Trefpunt

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Poster size: Portrait A0 (width 84.1 x height 118.9 cm)

1	Olga Lungin, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine Controversive effects of metal-based nanoparticles use for planktonic growth and biofilm eradication in wounds
2	Siran Wang, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Antibacterial/anti-inflammatory synergistic nanomedicine for acute peritonitis
3	Veridianna Camilo Pattini, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Curcuminoid is a multifunctional coating with anti-adhesion and anti-biofilm formation of Candida albicans
4	Paria Mojarrad, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Combination therapy against drug resistance biomimetic multispecies biofilms
5	Rita Teixeira-Santos, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Nitric acid-functionalized carbon nanotube-based surfaces to mitigate biofilm development on implantable medical devices
6	Yuanlong Cao, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands An antimicrobial peptide and chemotherapeutic dual-loaded in liposomes for treatment of bacterial-infected tumors
7	Ana Sofia Pinho, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto, Portugal An in vitro biofilm model to explore nanostructured lipid carriers as a novel strategy against H. pylori biofilm
8	Xu Yin, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Poly(β-amino esters)-based micelles for delivering contrast agents to detect biofilm infections
9	Pamela Moussa, Wetsus, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Beyond chlorine: alternative sustainable compounds to remove biofilms from drinking water environments
10	Teresa Vinuesa, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Approaches to oral biofilm modelling for evaluation of antimicrobial products
11	Guimei Jiang, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands How to deal with antibiotic-resistance
12	Robyn Deeks, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom Development of a probiotic wound dressin
13	Tianrong Yu, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Application of Pt-nanoparticle loaded Bi₂Se₃ nanosheets to in vivo infected wounds and ex vivo human oral biofilms
14	Nikitha Vavilthota, AUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Peptide-hydrogel based wound dressings
15	Olena Moshynets, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Nano-microstructured metal surfaces demonstrated alteration in biofilm architecture and reduction in biofilm formation
16	Qiaolan Shi, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Catalytic and anti-biofilm activities of Pt single-atoms and differently-sized Pt nanoparticles supported by manganese-oxide nanosheets
17	Deeksha Rajkumar, AUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Novel bioactive glass S53P4 cream to prevent orthopedic implant-associated infection
18	Lu Yuan, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands The influence of oxygen levels on macrophages’ phagocytosis
19	Tianqi Zhang, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden Visualization and quantification of uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilm development with optotracing technology
20	Cong Li, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Inheritance of chitosan-like properties by hydrothermally-derived carbon quantum dots
21	Laure van Hofwegen, AUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The fungicidal activity of graphene quantum dots against Candida species
22	Magnus Schou- Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Prodrugs of mitomycin C using the antibiotic vancomycin as a targeting agents
23	Yaran Wang, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Ellagic acid-modified gold nanoparticles to combat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections in vitro and in vivo
24	Guang Yang, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Metabolic incorporation of ROS-generating cascade-reaction containers in bacterial cell walls for infectioncontrol
25	Fan Wu, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Cu anchored on carbon nitride as a bifunctional glucose oxidase and peroxidase nanozyme for antibacterial therapy
26	Gizem Babucccu, AUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Microbial interactions and treatment strategies in Staphylococcus aureus–Candida albicans dual-species biofil
27	Cédric Vranckx, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Antibiotics or antimicrobial coatings? Evaluating combined treatment approaches for the removal of staphylococcal biofilm-related infections
28	Renfei Wu, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands Bacterial killing and the dimensions of bacterial death

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