11:00-12:30
Standardized laboratory bench top flow through and batch reactors for growing a reproducible biofilm
Dr. Darla Goegres (Montana State University, Montana)
Laboratory reactors for real time imaging of biofilm bacteria
Dr. Paul Stoodley (The Ohio State University, Columbus)

12:30-13:00 Meet the speakers

14:30-16:00
Dr. Tom Coenye (Ghent University, Belgium)
Dr. Birthe Kjellerup (University of Maryland, Baltimore)

16:00-16:30 Meet the speakers

16:30-17:30
Dr. Yulong Tan (Yulong Tan, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao)
Dr. Su Ma
Dr. Zhenbo Xu (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou)

17:30-18:00 Meet the speakers

10:55-11:20
Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses a versatile repertoire of exopolysaccharides and proteins to build biofilms
Dr. Matthew Parsek (University of Washington, Seattle)

11:20-11:45
Mechanical circulatory support - a major advance but with the price of serious infection risk
Dr. David McGiffin (Monash University, Melbourne)

11:45-12:00
A nuclear-dbf2 related (NDR) kinase exerts isoform-specific control over Aspergillus fumigatus pathogenic fitness Dr. Jarrod Fortwendel, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis)

12:00-12:15
Intracellular glycosyl hydrolase shapes bacterial cell fate, signaling, and the biofilm development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dr. Lvyan Ma (The Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)

12:15-12:30
Mouse and human cell models of Bordetella pertussis biofilm development
Dr. Rajendar Deora (The Ohio State University, Columbus)

12:30-12:45 Meet the speakers

14:00-14:25
Identification of small molecules that interfere with c-di-GMP signaling and induce dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
Dr. Tim Tolker-Nielsen (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen)

14:25-14:40
Dissecting the mechanisms of Entercocccus faecalis biofilm-associated infection
Dr. Kimberly Kline (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

14:40-14:55
Application of nucleic acid-based methods to study and modulate multispecies biofilms
Dr. Nuno Azevedo (University of Minho, Portugal)

14:55-15:10
War and Peace: Polymicrobial interactions during cystic fibrosis airway infection
Dr. Dominique Limoli (University of Iowa, Lowa City)

15:10-15:25
Proteogenomic determinants of biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dr. Jeremy S. Webb (University of Southampton, Southampton)

15:25-15:40
Memory and cooperativity during reversible and irreversible attachment in young biofilms
Dr. Calvin Lee (University of California Los Angeles)

15:40-15:55 Meet the speakers

15:55-17:05 Student Presentation
Application of transposon inserted mutant sequencing analysis in identifying genetic determinants of bacterial biofilms
Jing Wang (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen)
Low concentrate of antibiotics enhance biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus
Ziqi Liu (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou)
Molecular epidemiology analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections carrying qnrVC genes from Guangzhou, China
Jinqiong Lin (First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou)
Antibacterial self-assembled nanodrugs composed of berberine derivatives and rhamnolipids against Helicobacter pylori biofilms
Xiaonan Chen (Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou)
Mucus penetration enhanced lipid polymer nanoparticles improve the eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori biofilm
Pengyu Li (Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou)
Polymicrobial interaction between Lactobacillus plantarum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Xin Lin (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou)
C. albicans augments S. aureus quorum sensing during polymicrobial infections
Olivia Todd (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis)

17:05-18:00 Networking

10:50-11:15
Biofilm degradation in wound infections
Dr. Kendra Rumbaugh (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas)

11:15-11:40
Bacterial interspecies interactions and evolution in multispecies biofilms
Dr. Mette Burmolle (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

11:40-11:55
Impact of clinical lipid formulations on Candida biofilm formation and incidence of candidiasis
Dr. Brian Peters (The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis)

11:55-12:10
Nosocomial P. aeruginosa regulates alginate biosynthesis and T6SS during adaptive and convergent evolution for coinfection in critically ill COVID-19 patients
Dr. Liang Yang (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen)

12:10-12:25
Cyclic di-GMP diverges to control antibiotic synthesis in Lysobacter
Dr. Guoliang Qian (Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing)

12:25-12:40 Meet the speakers

14:00-14:25
To know and not just to believe regarding biofilms and the infectious microenvironment
Dr. Thomas Bjarnsholt (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen)

14:25-14:40
A critical role of biomaterial surface chemistry and environmental cues on biofilm formation of Staphylococcus capitis
Dr. Yue Qu (Monash University, Melbourne)

14:40-14:55
Non-attached biofilm aggregates in chronic infections - and how to model them in vitro
Dr. Kasper Kragh (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen)

14:44-15:10
Sticking it to bacterial resistance using honey-inspired antimicrobial materials
Dr. Lewis Blackman (CSIRO, Australia)

15:10-15:25
Prevention of oral diseases by anti- biofilm dental materials
Dr. Lei Cheng (Sichuan University, Chengdu)

15:25-15:40
Pleural empyema-related pathogens and biofilms
Dr. Ke Wang (The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning)

15:40-15:55 Meet the speakers

15:55-16:10
Interactions between bacteria and their dead siblings
Xiangjun Gong (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou)

16:10-16.25
Mixed-species biofilm formation of L. monocytogenes in food processing plants and its inactivation by low-energy X-ray irradiation
Dr. Xinyi Peng (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

16:25-16:40
Strategies for Structural Characterisation of EPS from Biofilm
Dr. Qingbin Guo (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin)

16:40-16:55
Novel drug delivery system against Helicobacter pylori biofilms
Dr. Haiyan Hu (Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou)

16:55-17:10
Application of photodynamic inactivation for eradicating planktonic and sessile bacteria
Dr. Jingjing Wang (Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai)

17:10-18:00 Meet the speakers

10:50-11:15
YdiV---An ongoing story begins with the biofilm
Dr. Lichuan Gu (Shandong University, Jinan)

11:15-11:40
Opportunities and challenges of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) on biofilms
Dr. Chii-Wann Lin (National Taiwan University, Taipei)

11:40-11:55
The removal mechanism of Listeria monocytogenes biofilm by combined effect of acidic electrolyzed water and alkaline electrolyzed water
Dr. Jianxiong Hao (Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang)

11:55-12:10
Biofilm: What can we learn from Bacillus cereus
Dr. Yu Ding (Jinan University, Guangzhou)

12:10-12:25
Mechanism of natural clays against single biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus on stainless steel surface
Dr. Nor Ainy Mahyudin (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)

12:25-12:40 Meet the speakers

14:00-14:25
Biofilm formation and control in the dairy industry
Steve Flint (Massey University, New Zealand)

14:25-14:40
Molecular mechanism of membrane disintegration and dysfunction in foodborne pathogens with ultrasonic treatment
Dr. Mingming Guo (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou)

14:40-14:55
Cronobacter biofilm formation and control strategies in the food industry
Dr. Yingwang Ye (Hefei University of Technology, Hefei)

14:55-15:10
Influence of quorum sensing on formation of viable but nonculturable cells of beer-spoilage lactic acid bacteria growing in biofilms
Dr. Yang Deng (Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao)

15:10-15:25
Discovery of anti-biofilm terpenoid compounds: (+)-nootkatone as an example
Dr. Renyou Gan (Institute of Urban Agriculture, CAAS, Chengdu)

15:25-15:40
Inhibitory effect of Lactobacillus plantarum metabolites against biofilm formation by Bacillus licheniformis isolated from milk powder products
Dr. Lei Yuan (Yangzhou University, Yangzhou)

15:40-15:55 Meet the speakers
Research on the role of quorum sensing in biofilm of Leuconostoc citreum and its application in dairy fermentation
Dr. Rihua Xu (Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot)

15:55-16:10 Meet the speakers

16:10-17:15 Student Presentation
Monitoring the 3D morphology of growing biofilms
Weixiong Zhang (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou)
Molecular epidemiology characteristics of 146 CRE infections in Guangzhou, China
Chen Peng (First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou )
Molecular epidemiology and antibiotics resistance analysis of non-typing H. influenzae after the introduction of the Hib vaccine in Guangzhou, China
Shuxian Wen(First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical Univ., Guangzhou)
SPR on biofilms: with biofilm associated genes screening in S. aureus as an example
Yuting Luo (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou)

Delineating the Upc2A regulon in Candida glabrata
Yu Li (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis)
Control and impact of glycogen utilization & synthesis in C. albicans mediated VVC
Jian Miao (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis)
In vitro evaluation of biofilm formation by LAB into different stress conditions
Fedrick Mgomi (Yangzhou University, Yangzhou)

17:15-18:00 Meet the speakers

10:50-11:15
The Biofilm way of thinking in bioremediation
Dr. Birthe Kjellerup (University of Maryland, Baltimore)

11:15-11:40
Industrial Characterization System for Biofilms on Materials
Dr. Hideyuki Kanematsu (National Institute of THideyuki Kanematsu, National Institute of Technology, Tokyo)

11:40-11:55
Motility selection contributes to collective antibiotic tolerance in bacterial swarms
Dr. Yilin Wu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, HongKong)

11:55-12:10
Conditional Privatization Stabilize Bacterial Cooperation
Dr. Fan Jin (Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen)

12:10-12:25
A variant ECE1 allele contributes to reduced pathogenicity of Candida albicans during vulvovaginal candidiasis
Dr. Junyan Liu (University of Maryland, Baltimore)

12:25-12:40 Meet the speakers

14:00-14:25
Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic therapy in biofilm-related infection
Dr. Po-Ren Hsueh(National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei)

14:25-14:40
New antibiofilm strategy against fungal/bacterial polymicrobial biofilms
Dr. Yulong Tan (Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao)

14:40-14:55
Study on construction of bacterially anti-adhesive surface, its mechanism and application
Dr. Jing Lin (Guangzhou University, Guangzhou)

14:55-15:10
New uses for old drugs-Diclazuril inhibits biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus
Dr. Jinxin Zheng （Shenzhen Nanshan Hospital, Shenzhen)

15:10-15:25
pH and Light-Responsive Polycaprolactone/Curcumin@ZIF-8 Composite Films with Enhanced Antibacterial Activity
Dr. Jianyu Su (South China University of Technology, Guangzhou)

15:25-15:40
QSIs from Some TCMs and Some Non-natural QSIs
Dr. Aiqun Jia (Hainan University, Haikou)

15:40-15:55 Meet the speakers

15:55-16:10
Biofilm vs microbial inoculation in biofertilization
Dr. Gamini Seneviratne (National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka)

16:10-16:25
Agriculturally beneficial biofilms as inoculants for sustainable and integrated nutrient and disease management: from lab to land
Dr. Radha Prasanna (ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi)

16:25-16:40
The application of biofilm biofertilizer to increase crop yield and soil fertility status
Dr. Sudadi Sudadi (Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta)

16:40-16:55
Enhanced recovery of biophotosensitizer from microalgal biofilm by photosynthetic electrons extraction towards photolytic removal of antibiotic in wastewater
Dr. Jian Sun (Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou)

16:55-17:10
Application of the Kombucha Biofilm for the Development of Functional Beverages
Dr. Viduranga Waisundara (Australian College of Business & Technology, Kandy)

17:10-18:00
Fouling microorganisms in the reservoirs of the groundwater treatment system
Dr. Litvinenko Zoia (Institute of the Water and Ecology Problems, RAS, Khabarovsk)

17:10-18:00 Closing ceremony / Award announcement