ECS presentations

1pm – 2.15pm GMT, 17 December 2024 ‐ 1 hour 15 mins

Early Career Scientists

1:00 - 1:15 pm: Stephania Tsola, Queen Mary University of London Oceanospirillales identified as the active DMSP degraders in anoxic brackish sediments

1:15 - 1:30 pm: Benedict Claxton-Stevens, University of Nottingham Long Read 16S Microbiome Variation of Mealworm and Trout Under Varied Feeding Conditions

1:30 - 1:45 pm: Bonnie Whatmough, John Innes Centre Friends with benefits: Fungus-farming ants and their associated Actinobacteria

1:45 - 2:00 pm: Paidamoyo Mataranyika, Imperial College London The microbial world in our farmlands- from land to lab

2:00 - 2:15 pm: Alaster Moffat, University of Aberdeen Generalism without the costs? Challenging conventional ecological theory of trade-offs