Schedule

Importance of bacterial defence systems in shaping the host range of phages

12:40 - 12:45 PM Genomic analysis of prophages from Burkholderia gladioli (Angelle Britton) 12:45 - 12:50 PM Assessing Gene Transfer Agent DNA Packaging Bias in R. capsulatus and D. shibae (Deepal Deshpande) 12:50 - 12:55 PM Optimized Protocol for Profiling Phage Communities in Ontario Agricultural Soils (Megan Schuetz) 12:55 - 1:00 PM Brochothrix thermosphacta Bacteriophages: Isolation, Host Range, and Anti-Phage Strategies. (Fanny Botella) 1:00 - 1:05 PM Developing a phage cocktail as a treatment for multidrug-resistant strains of Enterobacter cloacae (Diego Ureña) 1:05 - 1:10 PM Skin-Sourced Staphylococcal Phages for Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infections (Emily Wood) 1:10 - 1:15 PM QA panel

Demystifying phage-host interactions in C. difficile through engineering of the S-Layer

2:00 - 2:20 PM The discovery of a Legionella phage explains a key determinant of human disease (Beth Nicholson) 2:20 - 2:40 PM A jumbo cyanophage encodes the most complete ribosomal protein set in the known virosphere (Isaac Meza-Padilla) 2:40 - 3:00 PM Illegitimate repressor confers heterotypic superinfection immunity to a MAP-lysing cluster F1 mycobacteriophage proposed for Johne’s disease prevention (Natali Shafer)

3:10 - 3:30 PM Discovery and characterization of novel anti-phage defense systems in Streptococcus thermophilus (Christina Rossignol-Garon) 3:30 - 3:50 PM Prophages block cell surface receptors to ensure survival of their viral progeny ( Veronique Taylor) 3:50 - 4:10 PM Multi-omics characterization of a lytic phage targeting Listeria monocytogenes (Stevan Cucic)