Program


From 15:00	Check in at Parador El Saler Hotel
From 17:00	Check in at Devesa Gardens Resort Camping

From 17:00	Conference registration at Parador El Saler Hotel
19:00	Overview of recent advances in Oral Microbiology. Alex Mira. FISABIO / Welcome and general instructions
20:00	Welcome reception at Parador El Saler Hotel

8:30	Keynote speaker. Bastiaan Krom. Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA). Fungi, conductors of oral health and disease.
9:30-11:00	Session 1. Oral Biofilms
9:30	Micron-Scale Spatial Patterns in the Tongue Dorsum Consortia. Shamayim Tabita Ramirez Puebla. ADA Forsyth Institute
9:45	Effects of post-surgical rinsing with chlorhexidine mouthwash on the oral microbial composition and the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance genes. Cieplik Fabian. University of Freiburg
10:00	Have we given up on cultivating new oral bacteria? Ali Al-Ahmad. University of Freiburg
10:15	Enhanced Endodontic Infection Treatment Using Chlorhexidine-Loaded self-propelled nanoparticles. Migle Ziemyte. FISABIO
10:30	Functional Characterization of a Sialidase Protein From Capnocytophaga ochracea. Jing He. The University of Hong Kong
10:45	Inhibitory effect of common plant flavonoid cyanidin on dental biofilm. Viktoriya Shyp. University of Basel
11:00	Coffe break
11:30 - 13:00	Session 2. Microbial pathogenesis of oral diseases
11:30	Novel regulation of a membrane embedded phosphatase linked to outer membrane vesicle production in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Yichao Liu. King's College London
11:45	Fusobacterium nucleatum from malignant and potentially malignant oral disease show high levels of genetic variation, recombination and inflammatory microRNA induction. Claire Crowley. Trinity College Dublin
12:00	Plaque metagenomics on 1,157 dental implant patients reveals new microbial biomarkers of peri-implant diseases. Vitor Heidrich. University of Trento
12:15	Microbial Dysbiosis and Increased Abundance of Oral Pathogenic Bacteria in the Intratumoral Environment of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Hyeunjeong Song. Seoul National University
12:30	Synergies between periodontal pathogens in the oral cavity and beyond. Elena Buetas Giménez. FISABIO
12:45	Communication is key – roles of c-di-AMP signalling in Fusobacterium nucleatum virulence. Sarah Kuehne. Nottingham Trent University
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Keynote speaker. Wim Teughels. Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). Interacting with microbiomes: bringing oral microbiology back to the dental chair.
15:30-17:00	Topic 3. Modulation of the oral microbiome
15:30	Antibiotic resistance genes in the saliva of dental students-A pilot study. Marwan Mansoor Mohammed. University of Sharjah
15:45	Community metaproteomics to study the functional response of the oral microbiome. Chandra Lekha Ramalingam Veena. The University of Sheffield
16:00	Oral biofilm composition, dissemination, and inflammation depend on probiotic and synbiotic strain-specificity. Wannes Van Holm. KU Leuven
16:15	The influence of probiotics on the pH value in oral biofilm formation. Elisabeth Reichardt. Aarhus University
16:30	Modelling eubiosis and dysbiosis in a multispecies oral consortium. Madeleine Blomqvist. Malmö university
16:45	Effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on the oral bacterial community in patients with stable angina. William Wade. King's College London
17:00	Poster session + refreshments

20:00	Dinner at Parador El Saler Hotel

8:30	Keynote speaker. Mike Curtis. King's College London. The commensal microbiota is required for development of the host chemosensory systems.
9:30-11:00	Session 4. Host-Microbial interactions
9:30	Disrupted gut resolution mechanisms in inflammatory arthritis facilitate pathogenic behaviour of the oral pathobiont Porphyromonas gingivalis. Magdalena Flak. King's College London
9:45	Microbiome - host inflammatory cell interactions in the subgingival environment. Julia Davies. Malmö University
10:00	Oral Microbiota Contribution to the Maintenance of Essential Amino Acid Balance in Human Physiology. Ana Adrados Planell. FISABIO
10:15	Investigating the association between hypertension and nitrate-reducing activity of oral bacteria. Amazon Doble. University of Plymouth
10:30	Characterisation of novel murine Streptococcal species. Joseph Aduse-Opoku. King's College London
10:45	Changes in oral microbiota and markers of inflammation following the use of a polyphenol-containing dentifrice. Teresa Vinuesa. University of Barcelona
11:00	Coffe break
11:30-13:00	Session 5. Systemics effects of oral diseases
11:30	Supporting the management of periodontal diseases – probiotics may alleviate inflammation and modify oral microbiota. Krista Salli. IFF Health/Danisco Sweeteners Oy
11:45	The oral-gut axis: salivary and fecal dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Georg Conrads. RWTH Aachen University
12:00	Exploring The Subgingival Microbial Signature in Individuals At Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Thuy Do. University of Leeds
12:15	Nitrate reduction capacity of the oral microbiota is impaired in periodontitis: implications for oral and systemic health. Bob Rosier. FISABIO
12:30	Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and its leukotoxin A in collagen-induced arthritis in mice. Zijian Cheng. Zhejiang University
13:00	Lunch
14:30	Keynote speaker. Egija Zaura. Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA). Reflection on the current understanding of the oral microbial homeostasis.
15:30-17:00	Session 6. Oral homeostasis and dysbiosis
15:30	Comparative analysis of the oral resistome in health and disease: insights from publicly available sequencing data. Jack Lynch. University of Leeds
15:45	The effect of menopause on the activity of oral nitrate-reducing bacteria. Katie Muddiman. University of Plymouth
16:00	Examination of the acetaldehyde generating capacity of Rothia mucilaginosa recovered from the oral microbiome of patients with potentially malignant lesions. Gary Moran. Dublin Dental Hospital
16:15	The effect of different antibacterial compounds on the nitrate-reducing activity of oral bacteria. Lisa Anne du Toit. University of Plymouth
16:30	Associations between exogenous and intrinsic host factors and tongue microbiota in a healthy population. Marije Kaan. ACTA
16:45	Evaluating the Impact of Antiseptic Mouth Rinses on Oral Biofilm Resilience. Naiera Zayed. KU Leuven

19:00	Bus departure from Parador El Saler
19:15	Bus departure from Devesa Gardens Resort
19:30	Albufera Lagoon boat ride
20:00	Dinner at Albufera Natural Parc

8:30-10:00	Session 7. Novel concepts
8:30	Standardized disk diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Anne Birkeholm Jensen. Aarhus University
8:45	Oral fibroblasts display metabolic changes after exposure to bacterial extracellular vesicles from Porphyromonas gingivalis. Helene Rygvold Haugsten. University of Oslo
9:00	Together they are stronger. The importance of bacterial clusters. Miguel Carda Diéguez. FISABIO foundation
9:15	Strain-Level Complexity in the Oral Microbiome at Micrometer Scales. Jessica Mark Welch. ADA Forsyth Institute
9:30	The Salivary Microbiome as a Diagnostic Biomarker of Periodontitis: a 16S Multi-Batch Study before and after Removal of Batch Effects. Alba Regueira Iglesias. Fundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (FIDIS)
9:45	Developing a 3-dimensional oral epithelium model for evaluating antimicrobial and immune responses to dental implant materials. Jon Vernon. University of Leeds
10:00-11:30	Session 8. Novel treatments
10:00	Streptococcus dentisani as a new source of antibiotics to fight the antimicrobial resistance crisis: focus in the probiotic strain 7746. Ainhoa Revilla. Oral Microbiome Laboratory
10:15	Disulfiram as a novel antimicrobial and immune-modulatory agent to treat periodontal diseases via targeting Porphyromonas gingivalis. Qin Hu. The University of Hong Kong
10:30	The Microbiological Quality of Dental Unit Water is Reaching which Limit? Michel Hoogenkamp. ACTA
10:45	Personalized antibiotic selection in periodontal treatment improves clinical and microbiological outputs. María Desamparados Ferrer García. FISABIO
11:00	Bridging the Gap: Translating Electrolyzed Saline from in vitro Efficacy to Clinical Application in Dysbiosis Prevention. Haris Munjakovic. University Medical Centre Ljubljana
11:15	Surprises in the clinical, microbiological and inflammatory response to periodontal treatment. Shauna Culshaw. Universidad de Glasgow
11:30	Coffe break
12:00	Keynote speakers (Tribute Session) Pending issues in oral microbiology Phil Marsh. Professor Emeritus at University of Leeds & William Wade. Professor at King's College London
13:30	Farewell - Final remarks
	Picnic Lunch Box provided

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