Scientific Programme - Microbe 2026
Friday 9th Afternoon - Lecture Session One
13:10-13:50
Mark Fielder
Complex biofilms in complex places - can we COMBAT it?
13:50-14:30
Ron Daniels
Sepsis recognition and management: 2026 and beyond
14:30–15:00
Refreshment Break
15:00-15:40
Robin May
The Future of Public Health Microbiology
15:40-16:20
Sophie Brady
Bugs, bodies and the GUM clinic
Saturday 10th Morning - Lecture Session Two
09:30-10:10
Stephen Kidd
Weird and Wonderful Case Studies
10:10-10:50
Tony Buckley
Enhancing recovery of the gut microbiome after antibiotic therapy with nutrition
10:50-12:30
Refreshments & Exhibition
12:30-12:40
Prizes from the Exhibition
12:40-13:20
Sarah Copsey
Sensitivity Testing for Anaerobes
Saturday 10th Afternoon - Lecture Session Three
14:20-15:00
Martha Clokie
Phage Therapy - The Future?
15:00-15:20
Case Study
Leprosy
15:20-15:40
Case Study
Tetanus
15:40-16:00
Refreshment Break
16:00-16:40
Christopher Nile
The oral microbiome and its influence on whole body health
16:40-17:20
Collette Allen
Antimicrobial resistance in Rivers
Sunday 11th Morning - Lecture Session Four
09:30-10:10
Andy Borman
Candida auris: the UK and world picture & the challenges ahead
10:10–10:50
Ewan Harrison
The genomic epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in colonisation and bacteriaemia across England
10:50-11:10
Refreshment Break
11:10-11:30
Case Study
Brucellosis
11:30-11:50
Matt Olney
Rabies Case Study
11:50-12:30
Samantha Sheppard
RSV outbreaks in a Military barracks
Conference Finish 12:30pm
* The programme is still subject to change. Please stop by again. Thank you for your interest!
Last updated 04/06/2026