Awards and sponsorship

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Sandy Camila Mira, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Poster title:  Effects of Perimaatal Administration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae UFMG A905 on the Prevention of Astham in Offspring Mice (250 euros)

Ghemis Radu, LEITAT Technological Center, Spain.

Poster title: The Small Intestine in a Plate:  A More Realistic Approach for CaCo-2 In Vitro Absorption Models in Co-culture with Microbiota (150 euros)

Hermanova Petra, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Republic.

Poster title:  Germ-free Mice Exhibit Mast Cells with Impaired Functionality and Gut Homing and do Not Develop Food Allergy (100 euros)

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Yan Yan Hor, Universiti Sans Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Poster title:  Beneficial Lactic Acid Bacteria as Potential Anti-aging Therapy for Bone and Muscle (250 euros)

Yi-Fan Ma, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Poster title:  Lactobacillus plantarum PS129 Alleviated Pathological Beta-alleviation in Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease (125 euros)

Lee-Ching Lew, Universiti Sans Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Poster title:  Probiotic for Alleviation of Hyperlipidemia and Other Age-related Impairments (125 euros)

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Hor Rathna, Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Poster title: Determination of Aflatoxin in Peanut, Soybean, and Corn (250 euros)

Sharmin Zaman, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Poster title: Hygiene Assessment Along the Production Line of Flexi Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC) Manufacturing Company Intended to Use for Food (150 euros)

Rithy Chrun, Royal University of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Poster title:  Application of Lactobacillus plantarum as a Starter Culture in Fermented Fish (Pha-ork) to Inhibit Pathogenic Bacteria (100 euros)

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Ilario Ferrocino, University of Turin, Italy

Oral presentation title: Dietary Interventions Modify the Gut Microbiota During Pregnancy in Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) (500 euros)

Arellano Ayala Karina, Handong Global University, South Korea

Oral presentation title: Functional Lactic Acid Bacteria from Traditional Korean Fermented Food for Combating Obesity (300 euros)

Narciso Martín Quijada, Instituto Technology Agrario Castilla y Leόn, Spain.

Oral presentation title: Quick Genome Analysis Using TORMES (100 euros)

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Daniel Monte, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Poster title:  The Changing Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica:  Distribution of Serotypes Among 2000 and 2016 in Brazil (500 euros)

Ewelina Bigoraj, National Veterinary Research Institute, Pulawy, Poland.

Poster title:  Sporadic Occurrence of Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Meat Supply Chain in Poland (300 euros)

Kristin Pettersen, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

Poster title:  Shining Light on L. monocytogenes - A Transcriptome Analysis (100 euros)

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Niels Demaître, Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries & Food Research, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Poster title:  Study of the Transfer of Listeria monocytogenes During Cattle Slaughter by Molecular Typing (250 euros)

Mathieu Gand, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Poster title:  How to Save Money and Time for Salmonella Identification in Belgium:  A New, Fast, and Accurate Genotyping System (150 euros)

Katrien Begyn, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Poster title:  Directed Evolution by UV-C Treatment of Bacillus cereus Spores (100 euro) 

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Hector E. Rodriguez Sollano, Universidad Nacional Autónama de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Poster title:  Antimicrobial Effect of SES with Neutral pH on Chicken Breasts Contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium (250 euros)

Cristóbal Joel González-Pérez, Centro de Investigación en Alimentacióny Desarrollo A.C., Michoacán, Mexico

Poster title:  Pediococcus pentosaceus Metabolites for the Control of Bacteria Responsible for Foodborne Illness (150 euros)

Liliana Marcela Rincon-Fuentes, Universidad Pedagógica y Technológica de Colombia, Tunga, Colombia

Poster title:  Bioflocculant Resulting from Cationized Cellulose as an Alternative to Polyacrilamide in the Production of Panela (100 euros)

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Kwangbo Jung, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea. 

Poster title: The Metabolites Produced by Gut Microbiome Induced the in vitro Maturation and Functional Enhancement of Human Intestinal Organoids (250 euros)

Yayun Cheng, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea

Poster title: Phenyllactic Acid Biosynthesis from Phenylpyruvate by Using Whole Cells of Sporolactobacillus sp. and Characterization of Its D-lactate Dehydrogenase(150 euros)

Bernardo Cuffaro, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France

Poster title: Targeting the Gut Microbiota for the Development of a New Generation of Probiotics in Chronic Diseases (100 euros). 

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Amaru Djurhuus, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Poster title: Phage Biocontrol Efficiently Reduces Symptoms of Soft Rot in Potato Tubers Caused by Multiple Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae Genera (250 euros)

Tracey Lee Peters, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Sequencing and Genomic Analysis of Coevolved Listeria Phages (150 euros)

Caitlin Carmody, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Magnetic Microparticle Conjugated T4 Bacteriophage for E. coli Detection (100 euros)

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Otavio Guilherme Gonçalves de Almeida, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Poster Title: In silico metatranscriptomic approach for tracking biofilm-related effectors in diaries (250 euros)

Bruna Barnei Saraiva, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Poster title: Phototoxic potential of curcumin in a in vitro photodynamic inactivation of Pseudomonas fluorescens (150 euros)

Eduardo Azevedo Lonardoni, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Poster title: Effect of different carbon sources on the growth of basidiomycete fungus Pleorotus ostreatus in wood and malt residues (100 euros)

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Yannis Kourkoulas, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Poster title: Effect of a Novel Pediococcus acidilactici Strain on Obesity-associated Insulin Resistance in a Short-term High Fat Diet Mouse Model (250 euros)

Daniela Karsova, Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic

Poster title: Host Species Adaptation of Obligate Gut Anaerobes Is Dependent on Their Environmental Survival (150 euros)

Annachiara De Prisco, Probiotical Research, Probiotical SpA, Italy

Poster title: Strain-specific Production of GABA by Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria Probiotics (100 euros)

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Danai Etter, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Oral presentation title: Effect of Food-related Stress on Staphylococcal Enterotoxin C Expression and Its Regulatory Control (500 euros)

Francis Muchaamba, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Oral presentation title: Cold Shock Proteins Promote Nisin Tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes through Modulation of Cell Envelope Modification Responses (300 euros)

Florence Buytaers, Ghent University, Belgium

Oral presentation title: Shotgun Metagenomics as a New, One-step and Fast Method for Strain-level Food-borne Outbreak Investigation (100 euros)

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Laura Nadal Calvo, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, Spain)

Poster title: Effect of Lipopolysaccharide Truncation on Salmonella Typhimurium Membrane Fluidity and Resistance to Stress Conditions (500 euros)

Eva Maria Voglauer, Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation – FFoQSI, Austria

Poster title: Biofilms in the Meat Processing Environment: Water Hoses as an Under-investigated Route for Bacterial Transmission (300 euros)

Octavian Augustin Mihalache, University of Parma, Italy

Poster title: Risk-benefit Assessment of Shifting from Traditional Diets to Plant-based Meat Alternative Diets (100 euros)

Best Poster

Núria Ferrer-Bustins, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (Spain)

Poster title: Metataxonomic Study to Evaluate the Impact of Formulation and Process on the Microbiota Dynamics of Nutritionally Improved Dry Fermented Sausages (250 euros)

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Hidemoto Yabe, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

Poster title: How do the survival kinetics of cross-contaminated foodborne bacteria differ in ground meat during thermal inactivation process? (250 euros)