NCOH Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 - Programme

NCOH Annual Scientific Meeting

30 May 2024, Amsterdam UMC | location AMC

Microbiology, food, and our changing climate: Consequences, challenges and solutions

Host: Constance Schultsz (Amsterdam UMC)

Moderators: Nina van Sorge (Amsterdam UMC | Morning)

& Colin Russel (Amsterdam UMC | Afternoon)

9:30	Registration and coffee
10:00	Welcome
10:05	Update from NCOH Executive Board - Annemarie Rebel (Chair NCOH Executive Board \| Wageningen University & Research)
10:25	One Health approach to infectious diseases in a rapidly changing world - Thijs Kuiken (Erasmus MC)
10:55	Deploying Wolbachia for elimination of dengue as a public health problem - Cameron Simmons (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
11:30	Innovative strategies to prevent Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases - Joppe Hovius (Amsterdam UMC)
11:50	Update from Young NCOH - by Britt Coenen (Chair Young NOCH \| University of Groningen)
12:00	PhD 5 Pitches (round 1)
12:30	Lunch break
13:30	PhD 4 Pitches (round 2)
14:00	Microbiomes as engines of health and sustainability - Fabrice DeClerck (EAT)
14:30	Insects as feed and food: economic and safety aspects - Ine van der Fels (Wageningen University & Research)
15:00	Tea Break
15:30	The Holomicrobiome Initiative; tapping into the potential of the microbiome to solve societal challenges - Hilde Herrema (the Holomicrobiome initiative \| Amsterdam UMC)
15:50	Best Pitch award Wrap up - Constance Schultsz
16:00	Activity - moderated by Young NCOH
16:30	Drinks and small bites
18:00	End