JAMS Monthly – Tuesday 26th March 2024
In March, JAMS Sydney is bringing you three presentations from different fields of microbiology at Keg & Brew, Surry Hills
Join us from 6 pm on Tuesday 26th March 2024.
Note – there will be no zoom live stream at our monthly events
Date: 6 -7:30 pm AEDT Tuesday 26th March 2024
Location: Level 1, Keg & Brew
26 Foveaux St, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010
6:00 pm Miguel Castaneda from Macquarie University will present “Effects of antibiotic-mediated microbiome alteration in colorectal neoplasia”
When Miguel completed his Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) in Pharmacology in 2018, little did he know that his research journey would lead him into the fields of microbiology, immunology, metabolomics and cancer research. Four years and one pandemic later, Miguel completed his PhD at the University of Sydney with Dr Erin Shanahan and Prof Mark Molloy investigating the interactions between the gut microbiome, metabolome, and the immune system in bowel cancer. Miguel has recently taken on a new role as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr Hasinika Gamage and Prof Ian Paulsen at Macquarie University where he continues his research on the microbiome in cancer, exploring the biological effects of the Type 2 diabetes drug metformin on colorectal tumour development and progression.
6:15 pm Renske Jongen from the University of Sydney will present “The role of belowground microbes in mediating heat stress in seagrasses “
Renske is a PhD student under the supervision of Ziggy Marzinelli at The University of Sydney. She graduated with a master’s in Environmental Biology, focusing on Animal Ecology, at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. She then moved on to work as a research assistant at The Netherlands Institute of Ecology exploring the interactions between terrestrial plants and soil microbes. In 2021, Renske moved to Sydney to dive – literally – deeper into the world of plants and their below-ground microbiome. Her research aims to understand how below-ground microbes influence seagrass responses to environmental stress. In her free time, she is a keen outdoor enthusiast, enjoying ocean swimming, bushwalking, and surfing.
https://renskejongen.com/
7:00 pm Chris Harmer from the University of Sydney will present “IS26: Gene mover and shaker “
Dr Chris Harmer graduated from Macquarie University with a B.Med.Sc in Biomedical Sciences before studying the persistence and pathogenicity of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients during a PhD completed in 2012 at the University of Sydney in the laboratory of A/Prof Jim Manos. For the last decade he has worked with Prof. Ruth Hall on the small mobile genetic element IS26. This work has established that IS26, the major player in the movement of antibiotic resistance genes in Gram negative bacteria, uses a novel targeted conservative mechanism that differs from any other IS studied to date. This mechanism leads to the formation of complex mosaic arrays containing multiple antibiotic resistance genes which, if mobilised, can confer a multiresistance phenotype in a single movement step. His work has shown that other IS26 family members in Gram positive bacteria also use the same novel mechanism, highlighting its broad importance.
JAMS Sydney is organised by Dr. Hugh Goold and Dr. Meghann Thai, and hosted by Dr Meghann Thai and Jordan Vink
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