The Luxembourg Society for Microbiology is hosting the 5th Luxembourg Microbiology Day on 12 May 2022 at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).
Time and location
09:30 – 17:15
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41, rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux
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Programme
09:15
Welcome to participants & Opening speech by LSfM’s President, Prof. Paul WILMES
09:30
Keynote presentation by Prof. Dag HARMSEN, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany, “The Holy Grail of Microbial Genomic Surveillance: Automated Transmission Detection of Plasmids and MGEs with AMRs”
10:15
Short break
11:00
4 selected presentations by PhD students in microbiology
11:45
6th ordinary General Assembly of the LSfM
12:20
Lunch break & Poster session
13:30
Keynote presentation by Prof. Christine MOISSL-EICHINGER, Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria, “The Human Archaeome”
14:15
4 selected presentations by post-doc fellows in microbiology
15:15
Coffee break & Poster session
15:45
Presentation by M. Marc JACOBS (Molecular Plasma Group, Luxembourg) and Dr Henry-Michel CAUCHIE (LIST, Luxembourg), “Industrial process for virucidal plasma coatings on textiles: from idea to upscaling”
16:30
Keynote presentation by Dr Joël MOSSONG, Health Directorate Luxembourg, “Covid-19 in Luxembourg: insights from epidemiological surveillance in schools and nursing homes”
17:15
Award ceremony for the best oral communications (2 prizes of 250€ each) and conference achievement grants.
Closing of the Luxembourg Microbiology Day & Cocktail drinks