Schedule for It Ma(t)Ters 2022

Monday, 04.04.2022

14:00 – 14:30 Welcome and introductions
14:30 – 15:15 Plenary talk by Dr. Susanne Erdmann
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 15:45 Elevator pitches 1
Selina Rust The struggle is real – A natural CRISPRi system in P. oleovorans
Lauren Arrington Title TBA
15:45 – 16:45

Research Talks 1
15:45 – Ismath Sadhir A high-throughput single cell approach to study chromosome organization in E. coli
16:05 – Hanna Zehnle Anaerobic oxidation of mid-chain n-alkanes by hyperthermophilic members of the new archaeal clade Candidatus Alkanophagales
16:25 – Nevena Maslac Nitrogen fixation at the thermodynamic limit of life

16:45 – 17:00 Goodbye and announcements 
17:00 – 19:00  Dinner break
19:00 –  Quiz night (Hosted on Zoom)

Tuesday, 05.04.2022

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome
10:05 – 10:50 Plenary talk by Prof. Dr. Helge Bode
10:50 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:15 Elevator pitches 2
Marie Müller Life Hack: How to save energy during N-assimilation
Markus Meier (In)sane In The Membrane – Loco Translocons
Stian Torset Title TBA
11:15 – 11:55 Research Talks 2
11:15 – Paloma Garrido Harvesting energy from nitric oxide: enrichment of a microbial community growing on nitric oxide reduction in a continuous bioreactor
11:35 – Grace D’Angelo Metaproteome-derived Stable Isotope Fingerprints Give Insight into Carbon Cycling in Complex Microbial Communities
11:55 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:10 Research Talks 3
13:30 – Sebastian Kaiser Evolution of NRPS
13:50 – Nadya Abbood SYNZIP Assisted Reprogramming of Engineered Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetases
14:10 – 14:40 Coffee Break
14:40 – 15:30 Plenary talk by Dr. Laetitia Wilkins
15:30 – 17:00 Poster Session
Hosted on wonder.me and the poster gallery on the It Ma(t)Ters website – login needed!Poster GalleryVideo Conference Links

Linus M. Zeller Is the symbiosis between denitrifying endosymbionts and their anaerobic hosts a widespread phenomenon in aquatic environments?
Olivia Bourceau The impact of ROS on respiration in permeable sediment
David Benito Merino Hyperthermophilic anaerobic oxidation of methane – novel deep-branching players in AOM
Marion Jespersen 
How one methanogen activates Sulfate
Marie Müller Crystallomics: A native shotgun protein purification pipeline
Grace D’Angelo Exploring Carbon Cycling in Complex Microbial Communities with Metaproteome-derived Stable Isotope Fingerprints
Vaikhari Kale Twenty Thousand Leagues in the North Sea: a proteomics perspective into recurring bacteria during algal blooms
Saskia Kalenborn Degradation of the marine polysaccharide arabinogalactan
by particle associated bacteria Maribacter
17:00 –  Social time (Zoom/wonder.me)

 

Wednesday, 06.04.2022

 

10:40 – 10:50 Welcome
10:50 – 11:00

Elevator pitches 3
Dominik Lücking Mining Viromics Datasets for Traces of Horizontal Gene Transfer
David Benito Merino Title TBA

11:00 – 11:45 Plenary talk by Dr. Katharina Höfer
11:45 – 12:00 Break / Last chance to vote for best talk/elevator pitch/poster
12:00 – 12:45 Panel discussion

A panel of IMPRS Alumni from Marburg and Bremen will field your questions surrounding the theme:

 

“Tips for a smooth PhD”

12:45 – 12:55 Ceremony for best talk/elevator pitch/poster
12:55 – 13:00 Closing Words and Acknowledgements