SESSION I
Chair: Ángeles Gómez Borrego, Vice-president for International Affairs of CSIC
- 10:00 - 10:10 Welcome Words - Rosa Menéndez, CSIC President.
- 10:10 - 10:25 Introduction to EMBL and new Programme 2022-2026 - Edith Heard, EMBL DG
- 10:25 - 10:40 Introduction to EMBL Barcelona - James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona
- 10:40 - 10:50 Introduction to CSIC - Ángeles Gómez, Vice-president for International Affairs
- 10:50 -11:00 The role of National Scientific Representatives in EMBL - Ángela Nieto (CSIC), Spanish Scientific Delegate at the EMBL, Vice-Chair of EMBL
- 11:00 - 11:20 Coffee Break
SESSION II
Paired talks on Microbial Communities
Chair: Marta Goberna Estelles (INIA-CSIC)
- 11:20 - 11:40 Analysing microbes in us and on our planet - Peer Bork, EMBL Heidelberg.
- 11:40 -12:00 The fundamental importance of conserving the soil microbiome. - Manuel Delgado Baquerizo - Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS-CSIC).
- 12:00 - 12:20 Identifying biotransformation activity of bacterial strains and enzymes using genetic screens and high-throughput mass spectrometry. - Michael Zimmermann, EMBL Heidelberg.
- 12:20 - 12:40 Marine viruses: invisible, abundant, diverse and essential. - Dolors Vaqué Vidal - Institute of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC).
- 12:40 - 12:55 Discussion - EMBL & CSIC + all.
- 12:55 - 13:45 Lunch Break
Paired talks on Microbial Diversity
Chair: Isabel Ferrera Ceada (IEO-CSIC)
- 13:45 -14:05 Exploring bacterial and plasmid pan-genomes, and plasmid movement - Zamin Iqbal, EMBL-EBI.
- 14:05 -14:25 Viral metagenomics uncovers a remarkable diversity of viruses in polar extreme environments.
- Antonio Alcamí - Centre for Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (CBMSO-CSIC)14:25 - 14:45 Emergent behaviours of gut bacterial communities in response to drugs. - Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg.
- 14:45 - 15:05 Time travel in the ocean microbiome. - Carlos Pedrós-Alió - National Centre for Biotechnolgy (CNB-CSIC).
- 15:05 - 15:20 Discussion - EMBL & CSIC + all.
Paired talks on Modelling Microbe Behaviour
Chair: Álvaro San Millán Cruz (CNB-CSIC)
- 15:20 - 15:40 Modelling microbiota-host metabolic interactions. - Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva, EMBL Heidelberg.
- 15:40 - 16:00 Systems Biology of Microbial Metabolism in Food Biotechnology. - Eva Balsa Canto - Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC).
- 16:00- 16:20 Multi-kingdom genome-resolved metagenomics from different environments. - Rob Finn, EMBL-EBI.
- 16:20 - 16:40 Understanding atmospheric long-range spreading of harmful microorganisms. - Emilio Ortega Casamayor - Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC).
- 16:40 - 16:55 Discussion. - EMBL & CSIC + all.
- 16:55 - 17:00 Closing Words - Edith Heard (EMBL) & Ángela Nieto (CSIC).