Microbiome Modelling Workshop: from developers to users and beyond

5th-6th June 2023 – Manchester (UK)

Deadline for the registration is Wednesday 3rd May

Organizers

Prof Eriko Takano (University of Manchester), Prof Rainer Breitling (University of Manchester), Dr Sophie Nixon (University of Manchester), Dr Katharine Coyte (University of Manchester) and Dr Francesco Del Carratore (University of Liverpool)

A meeting bringing together microbiome researchers and computational modellers to explore new directions and approaches to understanding microbial communities in diverse environments, from agricultural soils to the human gut.

If you want to be considered for an early-career researcher travel grant / stipend, please include an abstract for your proposed talk/poster. Selected participants will be informed as soon as possible.

Agenda:

Day 1: 5th June 2023

12:00 Lunch + Poster session

13:00 Welcome/Introduction

13:10 Duncan Cameron, University of Manchester, UK (30min)

13:45 short talk by ECRs selected from abstracts (15min)

14:05 Liz Shaw, University of Reading, UK (30min)

14:40 short talk by ECRs selected from abstracts (15min)

15:00 coffee/tea break

15:30 short talk by ECRs selected from abstracts(15min)

15:50 Ophelia Venturelli, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US (30min)

16:25 short talk by ECRs selected from abstracts (15min)

16:45 Ilija Dukovski, Boston University, US (30min)

17:150 - 18:15 Poster session + Networking

18:45 Dinner at Manchester Museum

Day 2: 6th June 2023

09:00 Katharine Coyte, University of Manchester, UK (30min)

09:35 Eduard Kerkhoven, Chalmers University of Technology, SE (30min)

10:10 short talk by ECRs selected from abstracts (15min)

10:30 Francesco Del Carratore, University of Liverpool, UK

Software showcase (30min)

11:00 coffee/tea break

11:30 Saeed Shoaie, King’s College London, UK (30min)

12:05 short talk by ECRs selected from abstracts (15min)

12:25 Xiaoxian Zhang, Rothamsted Research, UK (30min)

13:00 Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, US (30min)

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30 Ilija Dukovski, Boston University, US, COMET software hand-on (60 min)

15:30 Francesco Del Carratore, University of Liverpool, UK , software hand-on (60 min)