Program

Confirmed Speakers

Daniel Figeys (University of Ottawa, CA)
Manuel Kleiner (North Carolina State, USA)
Martin von Bergen (UFZ, Germany)
Robert Hettich (Oak Ridge, USA)
Dirk Benndorf (Otto von Guericke University, Germany)
Felipe Bastida (CEBAS, Spain)


Monday, December 03

Oral presentations will be 15 min (12 min talk + 3 min discussion).
Invited people or opening talks will be 30 min (25 min talk + 5 min discussion).

Poster Pitch - Each poster will be promoted!

Poster Pitch presenters have 2 minutes to present their slides, thereby promoting their poster.

Slides Upload: If you are using a PowerPoint or other electronic presentation, it must be uploaded onto the conference computers during the Coffee breaks before.

During the Poster Pitch each attendance can vote on a sheet for the best presentation. The best three presentations get a

Best Presentation Award

sponsored by Microorganisms (200 CHF for each winner)


Download: detailed Program [*.pdf]

9:00-10:30 Arrival and Registration
10:30-10:45 Opening and Welcome – Local Organizer (Nico Jehmlich)
10:45-12:00 Session 1: New methods and trends in metaproteomics (Chair: Dörte Becher)
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Session 2: Intestinal microbiome (Chair: Martin von Bergen)
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:15 Poster Pitch (2 min presenation)
16:15-18:30 Poster Session
19:30 Christmas Market Leipzig (free attendance)
Tuesday, December 04
10:00-11:15 Session 2: Intestinal microbiome - Part II (Chair: Robert Hettich)
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:45 Session 3: Environmental & biotechnology microbiome (Chair: Dirk Benndorf)
12:45-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Session 3: Environmental & biotechnology microbiome - Part II (Chair: Dirk Benndorf)
14:15-15:00 Contest: Multi-Omics study (sequencing, proteome and bioinformatics) of microbiome samples (Chair: Nico Jehmlich & Dirk Benndorf)
15:15-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Contest: Multi-Omics study (sequencing, proteome and bioinformatics) of microbiome samples (Chair: Nico Jehmlich & Dirk Benndorf)
17:30-01:00 Congress Dinner
Restaurant Patakan (Gondwanaland, Zoo Leipzig)
 Wednesday, December 05
10:00-11:00 Session 4: Integrative multi-OMICS & bioinformatics (Chair: Thilo Muth)
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:30 Session 4: Integrative multi-OMICS & bioinformatics - Part II (Chair: Thilo Muth)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Session 5: Modelling and managing of microbial communities (Chair: Florian Centler)
14:30 Final Discussion
15:00 Closing Remarks