PROGRAM
Monday 4.7.2022
14.00-18.00 Arrival of Attendees
Tuesday 5.7.2022 Microbes and bioenergy production
10.00 -11.30 Presentations by the students 11.30-12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.00 “Deciphering the microbial “black box” of anaerobic digestion for bioenergy production” Dr. Panagiotis Kougias, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation DIMITRA, Thessaloniki, Greece
13.00 -14.30 Lunch break
14.30-17.30 Practical Bioinformatics – ”Analysis of amplicon sequencing
data-Background” Dr. Alexandra Meziti, Dr. Sotirios Vasileiadis
Wednesday 6.7.2022 Microbiome and interactions with plant, insects & other organisms
9.30-10.30 “Deciphering plant-microbiome interactions in the rhizosphere” Dr. Elisa Korenblum, Agricultural Research Organization ARO, Israel
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.00 “The Soil Microbiota Recovery in the Agroecosystem” Dr. Αlessandro Bergna, Syngenta, Switzerland
12.00-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-17.00 Practical Bioinformatics – ”Analysis of amplicon sequencing data –Introduction to R” Dr. Alexandra Meziti, Dr. Sotirios Vasileiadis
Thursday 7.7.2022 Microbiome and ecosystem functioning
9.30-10.30 “Potential drivers of the gut microbiome plasticity and persistence: lessons from the fish gut” Dr. Fotini Kokou, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.00 “The microbial species concept” Prof. Kostas Konstantinidis, Georgia Tech, USA
12.00-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-17.00 Practical Bioinformatics – ”Analysis of amplicon sequencing data-practical examples with R ” Dr. Alexandra Meziti, Dr. Sotirios Vasileiadis
Friday 8.7.2022 The role of microbiome in food and health
9.30-10.30 “Using modern technologies to understand and predict the behaviour of microbes with major impact on health. Lessons from understanding the microbial GAD system impacting on Food Safety and the Gut-Brain Axis” Ass. Prof. Kimon-Andreas Karatzas, Reading University UK
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 “Grape and wine microbial communities: structure, function and dynamics” Dr. Aspasia Nisiotou, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation DIMITRA, Greece
12.00 -13.00 “Risk-based food Safety Management” Prof. Kostas Koutsoumanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
13.00-15.00 Lunch Break
15.00 Closure of the Summer School