Flash Poster Presentations - One

2.30pm – 2.45pm GMT, 15 December 2025 ‐ 15 mins

Early Career Scientists

Jimena Olabarría García, University of Edinburgh -Impact of biochar on hydrocarbon degradation and biofilm formation by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

Jiacheng (Allen) GAO, University of Warwick - Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Peatlands – a Role for Micro-propagated Sphagnum-associated Methane Oxidising Bacteria?

Luke Acton, University of Birmingham - Pumping iron: exploring a novel iron transporter in the early life microbiota member Bifidobacterium

George Thomas, University of Birmingham - A high-throughput droplet microfluidics platform for the discovery of plastic-degrading microbiota

Fatemeh (Rose) Parsa, University of Edinburgh - Effect of grazing strategies and parasitic infection on the GI tract microbiota of lambs

Gladys Maria Pangga, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) - Management matters: ecological and phylogenetic shifts in the breeder chicken gut microbiome

Mithun Uday Gokul, University of East Anglia - How do ocean microbes survive salt stress? Insights from ammonia-oxidizing archaea

Daniel Van, University of Warwick - In vitro reconstitution of ammonia monooxygenase in Escherichia coli for biochemical characterisation

Jack Dickenson, University of Warwick - Characterising spatial proteomic changes in a marine cyanobacterium during cyanophage infection

Prathima Morbagilu Nagabhushana, University of Wolverhampton - Probiotic Therapy: A natural solution for antibiotic resistance in wound healing process

Lara Walsh, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Living Rent Free: Freshwater Zooplankton and their Parasites

Ebrahim Takulla, University of Warwick - Nutrient Stress and Lipid Dynamics in Marine Phytoplankton