SCELSE Airbiome Symposium
Schedule 2019
Experimental Medicine Building (EMB), Level 1, 59 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 636921
September 19, 2019
Room: EMB - Learning Studio
September 20, 2019
Room: EMB - Seminar Room
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Opening | ||
| 09:45 – 10:00 | SCELSE Air Microbiome Symposium Opening Remarks | Prof. Staffan Kjelleberg Prof. Stephan Schuster SCELSE, NTU |
| Session 1: Dynamics of bioaerosols. Session chair: Dr. Irvan Luhung | ||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Biodiversity of atmospheric deposition | Prof. Naomichi Yamamoto Seoul National University |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Temporal Variation: Diel cycle of outdoor tropical air microbiome | Dr. Elena Gusareva SCELSE, NTU |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Spatial Variation: Horizontal and vertical distribution of the air microbiome | Prof. Stephan Schuster SCELSE, NTU |
| Tea break | ||
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Tea break | |
| Session 2: Impact of bioaerosols on health I. Session chair: Prof. Naomichi Yamamoto | ||
| 11:45 – 12:15 | A global view of public transit air microbiome and resistome | Prof. Patrick Lee City University of Hong Kong |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Emerging anti-fungal resistance | Dr. Johanna L Rhodes Imperial College London |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Diurnal cycle of indoor bioaerosol as a proxy for healthy indoor environment | Dr. Irvan Luhung SCELSE, NTU |
| Lunch break | ||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| Session 3: Biotic and abiotic airborne processes. Session chair: Prof. Patrick Lee | ||
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Microbial life in the air? | Prof. Yao Maosheng Peking University |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Interaction of bioaerosol and water and its climatic importance | Prof. Mikinori Kuwata Peking University |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Metatranscriptomics of the air microbiomes in the tropics | Ms. Shruti Ketan Kutmutia SCELSE, NTU |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Metabolomics of intra cellular metabolites of airborne microorganisms | Dr. Cai Zhao SCELSE, NTU |
| Tea break | ||
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Tea break | |
| Session 4: Analysis pipeline development. Session chair: Prof. Stephan Schuster | ||
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Analysis pipeline development: I. Metagenomics pipeline II. Cultivation-based pipeline III. 100 genomes & DNAir db IV. Imaging of airborne microbes V. Single cell sequencing |
Dr. Irvan Luhung Dr. Akira Uchida Mr. Rikky Purbojati Mr. Anthony Wong Dr. Daniela Moses SCELSE, NTU |
| Lab tour | ||
| 17:15 – 18:00 | SCELSE lab tour | |
| Dinner | ||
| 18:15 – 18:45 | Transfer to Dinner | |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Invitational Dinner at Hillv2 | |
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Session 5: Metagenome analysis. Session chair: Dr. Micheál Mac Aogáin | ||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | The global ocean microbiome through lens of meta-omics – what’s next? | Prof. Shinichi Sunagawa ETH Zurich |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Metagenomic exploration of natural product biosynthesis in free-living and symbiotic microbes | Dr. Jeremy Owen Victoria University of Wellington |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | To be confirmed | TBD |
| Tea break | ||
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Tea break | |
| Session 6: Impact of bioaerosols on health II. Session chair: Dr. Jeremy Owen | ||
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Assessing the impact of air microbiome on chronic respiratory diseases | Dr. Micheál Mac Aogáin LKC School of Medicine, NTU |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Dust microbiome and immune response to its components | Prof. Fook-Tim Chew National University of Singapore |
| 11: 45 – 12:00 | The role of in-vitro bioassays in environmental characterization | Prof. Shane Snyder NEWRI, NTU |
| Lunch | ||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| Session 7: Local sources of bioaerosols. Session chair: Dr. Elena Gusareva | ||
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Generation, transport and remobilization of volcanic ash | Prof. Fidel Costa Asian School of Env., NTU |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Jurong Bird Park: Strong local emissions impacts air microbial communities | Mr. Nicolas Gaultier SCELSE, NTU |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | MushSeq: Mushroom genome sequencing from the tropics | Dr. Anjali Bansal Gupta SCELSE, NTU |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Are nearby plants sources to the air microbiome? | Mr. Kenny Lau SCELSE, NTU |
| Tea break | ||
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Tea break | |
| Session 8: Communal Discussion - The next 5 years. Session chair: Prof. Stephan Schuster | ||
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Discussion: Future directions of global air microbiome research | All participants |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | AOB | - |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Closing remark | Prof. Staffan Kjelleberg Prof. Stephan Schuster SCELSE, NTU |