PROGRAMME
Monday
(28. 11. 2022)
12:00-18:00 | Arrival and hotel check-in of guests and other participants |
18:00 | Speakers & Guests Dinner – invitation only |
8:00 | Registration (Entrance Hall) |
8:30-9:15 | Opening ceremony |
9:15-9:30 | ![]() Stewart COLE |
9:30-10:00 | Louis Pasteur, a child of the Jura, a man for the world Daniel RAICHVARG |
10:00-12:00 | Plenary Session – PATHOGENS |
10:00-10:20 | How the food borne bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes promoted the emerging discipline ”Cellular microbiology” Pascale COSSART |
10:20-10:40 | Outsmarting the host: Listeria interplay with host cells and tissues Marc LECUIT |
10:40-11:00 | Control of the saprophyte-to-pathogen transition in Listeria: mechanism and clinical implications José A. VÁZQUEZ-BOLAND |
11:00-11:20 | Interplay between stress and drug resistance in pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans Łukasz KOZUBOWSKI |
11:20-11:40 | New developments in rabies post-exposure prohylaxis and therapy Hervé BOURHY |
11:40-12:00 | ![]() Robin MAY |
12:00-12:30 | ![]() |
12:30-14:00 | Plenary Session – ANIMALS |
12:30-12:50 | The challenge of antimicrobial resistances on the animal-human-environment interface Uwe RÖSLER |
12:50-13:10 | Animals as sentinels for environmental fungal pathogens Patrizia DANESI |
13:10-13:30 |
Gold Sponor Forum
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13:30-14:00 |
Silver Sponsor Forum
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14:00-15:00 | ![]() |
15:00-17:30 | Plenary Session – SYSTEMS |
15:00-15:20 | From pure culture to multi-species communities: contributions of the biofilm concept to bacteriology Jean-Marc GHIGO |
15:20-15:40 | The potential of long-read sequencing and bioinformatics for fungal and algal genome projects Daniel WIBBERG |
15:40-16:00 | Virological surveillance during sanitary crises: sequencing tools and emergence detection Jean-Claude MANUGUERRA |
16:00-16:20 |
From smear microscopy to whole genome sequencing: challenges of the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis in the 21st century |
16:20-16:40 | Software tools and databases developed at the Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe to map global circulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genotypes David COUVIN |
16:40-17:00 | ![]() |
17:00-18:00 | Plenary Session – THERAPY |
17:00-17:20 | Phage therapy: present and future Andrzej GÓRSKI |
17:20-17:40 | Development of novel anti-tuberculosis agents Violeta VALCHEVA |
17:40-18:00 | Fungi always have the last laugh: medical advances spoiled by fungal disease Ilan SCHWARTZ |
18:00-18:30 |
Silver Sponsor Forum
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20:00 | Gala Dinner – Participation in the dinner is optional and extra charged upon registration. |
8:30-11:00 | Plenary Session – ENGINEERING & UBIQUITY |
8:30-8:50 | Major evolutionary trends in clinical fungi Sybren de HOOG |
8:50-9:10 | Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Roland BROSCH |
9:10-9:30 | Mechanisms of solvent tolerance in Pseudomonas Juan-Luis RAMOS |
9:30-9:50 | Cytosolic bacteria as platforms for innate immune signalling Michał WANDEL |
9:50-10:10 | ![]() Michel TIBAYRENC |
10:10-10:30 |
Gold Sponsor Forum
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10:30-11:30 |
Best Abstract Session
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11:30-12:30 | ![]() |
11:30-12:30 | Poster Session and e-Poster Presentation |
12:30-14:00 | L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Gala |
14:00-14:30 |
Best Abstract and e-Poster Presentation Awards |
14:30-15:30 | ![]() |
15:30-17:00 | Plenary Session – RESISTANCE |
15:30-15:50 | How integrons helped gram-negative bacteria to overcome the antibiotic threat Didier MAZEL |
15:50-16:10 | On the emergence and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Philip SUPPLY |
16:10-16:30 | Spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Poland before and during the COVID-19 pandemic Marek GNIADKOWSKI |
16:30-16:50 | ![]() Arturo CASADEVALL |
16:50-17:00 |
Silver Sponsor Forum
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17:00-18:00 | Plenary Session – MISCELLANEA |
17:00-17:20 | Genetic variability, genotyping, and genomics of Mycobacterium leprae Philip SUFFYS |
17:20-17:40 | Modern Koch’s postulates applied to bacterial pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease Jan POTEMPA |
17:40-18:00 |
Silver Sponsor Forum
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19:00 | Reception at the French Embassy in Warsaw – invitation only |
Thursday
(01. 12. 2022)
10:00-12:00 | Warsaw sightseeing tour – Discovering the history of Warsaw Farewell and departure of guests |
Organizing Committee:
Tomasz JAGIELSKI, PhD, DSc (chair)
Department of Medical Microbiology
Institute of Microbiology
Faculty of Biology
University of Warsaw
I. Miecznikowa 1
02-096 Warsaw
Poland
t.jagielski@uw.edu.pl
http://zmm.biol.uw.edu.pl/
+48 22 55 41 427
Fax: +48 22 55 41 402

Conference Secretariat:
WhyNotTravel Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.
Kielnarowa 108A
36-020 Tyczyn
Poland
Warsaw Office:
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00-842 Warsaw
Poland
Conference Venue:
Copernicus Science Centre
Wybrzeze Kosciuszkowskie 20
00-390 Warsaw
Poland
info@kopernik.org.pl
https://www.kopernik.org.pl/
+48 22 596 41 00