Wednesday, 28th September BACPATH 2022

• From plasmid biology to pathogenesis: a series of fortunate events - Dena Lyras

• Clostridioides difficile infection impedes host colonic repair - Ashleigh P Rogers
• Investigating bacterial persistence in urinary tract infection for the development of new therapeutics. - Sophia Hawas
• Salmonella Typhimurium induces cIAP1 degradation to promote death in macrophages - Madeleine A Wemyss

• Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile infection induces systemic disease symptoms and pathologies - Steven J Mileto
• Large genomic deletions in Legionella pneumophila identify genes influencing intracellular replication and lung infection - Rachelia R Wibawa
• Genomics of Escherichia coli causing neonatal meningitis - Nhu Nguyen
• Delivery determinants of type VI secretion system cargo effectors in Acinetobacter baumannii - Valeriya Bezkorovayna
• Characterisation of a novel Clostridioides difficile virulence factor - Diana Lopez Urena

• Cross-regulatory control of antibiotic resistance and virulence in uropathogenic Escherichia coli - Chyden Chang
• Determining the role of phase-variable DNA methyltransferases in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae - Nusrat Nahar
• Klebsiella pneumoniae employs Microcin E492 and colibactin in a two-pronged assault against bacterial competitors in the gut - Yi Han TAN
• Deciphering the role of small RNAs in virulence regulation of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae using RIL-seq. - Kwok Jian Goh
• The stringent response negatively regulates capsule production in Pasteurella multocida - Thomas R Smallman

• The structural basis of bacterial manganese import - Stephanie L Neville
• Understanding β-Barrel Folding within the Gram-negative Outer Membrane - Matthew T Doyle
• Turning a conserved system bad; Understanding how alterations within O-linked glycosylation biosynthesis results in toxicity in Burkholderia cenocepacia - Taylor A McDaniels
• Structural biology approaches provide insights into the novel interaction between the M-related proteins from Streptococcus pyogenes and plasma proteins   - Emma-Jayne Proctor

 Odd numbered posters are presented in this session.

• Hemolytic activity and biofilm-formation among clinical isolates of group B streptococcus causing acute urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria - Devika Desai
• Hidden in plain sight: Insights into antibiotic persistence of clinical Escherichia coli isolates - Joanna Urbaniec
• Investigating the role of outer-membrane proteins in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae to better understand host-pathogen interactions - Ashey Fraser
• Assessing Resistance Evolution Dynamics Between Cystic Fibrosis-Derived Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Targeted Bacteriophages - Andrew Vaitekenas
• Dissecting the role of RfaH in uropathogenic Escherichia coli virulence - Yvette Yu Ting Ong
• Do growth substrates matter? - Metabolic adaptation of Haemophilus influenzae to the host - Saurab Kishore Munshi
• A Paradoxical Role of Antibodies in Chronic Gram-Negative Lung Infections - Amy Pham
• Understanding mechanisms of resistance to type VI secretion system-mediated killing of sibling cells in Acinetobacter baumannii - Jordan Thompson
• Protection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteraemia by Antibody-Mediated Serum Resistance - Johannes K. Hoehensteiger
• Isolation of bacteriophage with lytic activity against Acinetobacter baumannii - Daniel R Laucirica
• Novel glycosaminoglycan interactions with Group A Streptococcus - Tahnee B-D. McEwan
• Exploring the diversity in capsule biosynthesis genes in Acinetobacter baumannii reveals extensive cell surface variation in several globally disseminated drug-resistant clones. - Sarah M Cahill
• Defining the 'Glycointeractome' of the multi-drug resistant pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. - Nuala Ellaby
• Characterisation of pneumococcal strains from infant nasopharyngeal samples - Valentin A Slesarenko
• Altered arrangement of the streptococcal chain identified in studies of GAPDH in Streptococcus agalactiae - Ruby Thapa
• Uncharacterised porin mutations affording carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from an Australian aged-care facility. - Jack M Blaikie
• Cardiolipin deficiency removes the condition where rpoE is essential in Escherichia coli - Zihao JY Yang
• Development of Oral Microbiome Transplantation to Treat Tooth Decay - Don HK Ketagoda
• Testing population genetic statistic Fu’s Fs as an approach to understanding clonal bacterial population expansions - Sarah C Geiger
• The influence of lipopolysaccharide in maintaining lipid homeostasis in Shigella flexneri - Alice Ascari
• Improved Production of Mycobacterial Vaccine Antigens - Sean N Riek
• Wollamide cyclic hexapeptides synergise with tuberculosis antibiotics in targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Rachel F Rollo
• The copper resistome of group B Streptococcus reveals insight into the genetic basis of cellular survival during metal ion stress - Kelvin GK Goh
• Chromate stress dysregulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa molybdenum homeostasis - Eve A Maunders
• CRISPR interference provides a unique and powerful tool for the modulation of glycosylation in Burkholderia - Jessica M Lewis
• Evaluating the "-omes" of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae using Native DNA and RNA Nanopore Sequencing - Miranda E. Pitt
• Drug screening reveals an epigenetic modulator that reduces Salmonella burden in macrophages  - Jiyao Gan
• Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius encodes ModA16, a phase-variable methyltransferase that regulates a phasevarion. - Greg Tram
• Wastewater resistome as an indicator of antimicrobial stewardship success in residential aged care facilities - Sylvia A Sapula
• The RNA interactome of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus reveals a role for regulatory mRNAs in coordinating gene expression - Daniel G Mediati
• Viability transposon insertion site sequencing (Vi-TIS): an alternative method to differentiaite dead and alive transposon mutants - Karthik Pullela
• Comparison of surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) for assessment of ligand-sensor interactions, using Campylobacter jejuni multiligand chemoreceptor. - Bassam Elgamoudi
• Access to highly specialized growth substrates and production of epithelial immunomodulatory metabolites determine survival of Haemophilus influenzae in human airway epithelial cells - Jennifer Hosmer
• Exploring the potential of bacteriophages in treating multidrug-resistant Burkholderia cenocepacia complex (Bcc) lung infections in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) - Kak Ming Ling
• Macrophages versus Burkholderia pseudomallei; tipping the balance following deletion of the folding protein PpiB. - Nicole M Bzdyl
•   Staphylococcus aureus Two-Component System Culprit Behind Biofilm in Clinical Strains   - Smriti Gaur
• Identification of the intracellular functional form of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin A - Terry Kwok-Schuelein
• Cross-regulation of chromosomal Type 3 fimbriae genes by a novel factor on the virulent plasmid in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae impacts bacterial pathogenesis - Yunn-Hwen Gan
• Antimicrobial natural products metabolites produced from Bacillus probiotics - Charlie C.T Tran