The OPIHAS team attended the annual NBIC summit on the 12th of May 2025.
The summit brings together the NBIC academic and industry partners to showcase the breadth of research being perform on the four major themes of biofilm research: Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer.
OPIHAS PhD students and postdoctoral researchers had the opportunity to present their work as posters and oral presentations. PDRAs, Dr. Erica Li and Dr. Jontana Allkja participated in chairing two of the sessions on the day.
PhD student Abbie Johnson awarded best presentation prize at the Summit!
The OPIHAS team, also attended the Biofilms 11 conference in Cardiff, 13-15th May 2025!
Hosted by the National Biofilms Innovation Centre and the Microbiology Society, Biofilms 11 continues its tradition of focusing on the fundamental understanding of biofilms and their role in driving the dynamics, activity, structure and function of microbial communities. This includes their interactions across microbiomes and viromes, and within environmental, industrial, and health settings. This international conference spotlights speakers from diverse career pathways and backgrounds within the biofilm community, to offer inspiration and guidance to attendees at all career stages.
Biofilms 11 showcased cutting-edge technology developments, such as imaging, data-driven, and modelling approaches, integrating advances from both life and physical sciences for research and innovation applications.
PhD students Abbie Johnson and Daniel Smaje had the opportunity to give flash presentations on their work. Alongside Dr. Erica Li and Prof. Rasmita Raval, they presented their work as posters during the conference. Moreover, Prof. Raval and Dr. Jontana Allkja chaired the biofilm prevent and detect session during the second day of the conference.