Program

12h00

Registration

14h00

30''

Welcome Session

Session 1

Phage therapy challenges & advances.

Chair: Mzia Kutateladze; Sílvio Santos

14h30

30''

Rob Lavigne Invited Speaker

Developing phage therapy as a therapeutic option for Hidradenitis Suppurativa patients

15h00

30''

Jean-Paul Pirnay Invited Speaker

Advances and hurdles of phage therapy

15h30

15''

Gregory Resch selected speaker

On-chip Optical Nanotweezers for the Detection of Bacteriophage Lysis of a Single Bacterium

15h45

15''

Ana Filipa Moreira selected speaker

The DSMZ Phage Bank: A Growing Resource for Research and Therapy

16h00

Coffee Break & Poster Session

Session 2

Personalized phage therapy.

Chair: Yves Briers; Joana Azeredo

17h00

30''

Mzia Kutateladze Invited Speaker

The ELIAVA experience

17h30

30''

Sara Djebara Invited Speaker

Clinical perspectives of phage therapy

18h00

30''

Alexander Sulakvelidze Invited Speaker

Contemporary Strategies for Enhancing Phage Preparations in Clinical Applications

18h30

15''

Sabrina Green selected speaker

Phage Support Ukraine, a Collaborative Project to Provide Phages to Ukraine to Combat Multidrug-resistant Bacteria

18h45

15''

Group Photo Symposium

19h00

Welcome Reception

U. Minho

Session 3

Phage pharmacokinetics.

Chair: Sarah Djebara; Luís Melo

09h00

30''

Krystyna Dabrowska Invited Speaker

Specific immune responses to phage therapy: the gut context

09h30

15''

Alison Low selected speaker

Understanding the multiple layers of bacterial anti-phage strategies for improved phage therapy of urinary tract infections

09h45

15''

Ellen-Aleksandra Svorjova selected speaker

ImmunoPhage: Targeting Persistent Infections with Engineered Immunomodulatory Bacteriophages

10h00

15''

Mireia Bernabéu-Gimeno selected speaker

Phage Therapy Success in Mycobacterium abscessus Infections After Bronchoscopy Administration

10h15

15''

Coffee Break & Poster Session

Session 4

Phage therapy for chronic infections.

Chair: Krystyna Dabrowska; Hugo Oliveira

11h00

30''

Joana Azeredo Invited Speaker

Breaking Through Biofilms: Exploring the Potential and Practice of Phage Therapy for Chronic Infections

11h30

15''

Anca Segall selected speaker

Genetic Response of Achromobacter Xylosoxidans to Phage Therapy in CF Patients

11h45

15''

Klara-Isabell Garbe selected speaker

Tailored phage selection for the treatment of chronic airway infections due to MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa

12h00

Lunch

Session 5

Breakthroughs in phage therapy.

Chair: Rob Lavigne; Ana Oliveira

14h00

30''

Martin Loessner Invited Speaker

Bacteriophages reinvented: molecular engineering for specific bacterial diagnostics and enhanced antimicrobial activity

14h30

30''

Thomas Frank Invited Speaker

Expanding Phage Host Range by Co-Expressing Tail Fibers in a Cell-Free System

15h00

30''

Yves Briers Invited Speaker

Digital Phagograms: Predicting and engineering phage specificity

15h30

Coffee Break

16h00

90''

Round Table

Moderators: Martin Loessner, Mzia Kutateladze, Sarah Djebara, Jean-Paul Pirnay

17h30

Awards & Closing Session