KNVM

Date

Friday 6 November 2026

Venue

Gorlaeus Building, room BM 1.33 · Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden

09:15–10:00

Arrival and welcome coffee

10:00–10:10

Opening · Dennis Claessen, Pedro Lopes Leāo, Chair

10:10–10:55

Keynote
Simonetta Gribaldo · Institut Pasteur, France
Evolution of the cell envelope across the bacterial tree of life
35 min talk + 10 min discussion

10:55–11:25

Anja Spang · Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee
Deep roots and genome evolution of archaeal symbionts
25 min talk + 5 min discussion

11:25–11:55

Akos Kovacs · Universiteit Leiden
Circadian rhythm in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm
25 min talk + 5 min discussion

11:55–12:55

Lunch

12:55–13:40

Keynote
Edze Westra · University of Exeter, UK
Using modified bacteriophages to combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections
35 min talk + 10 min discussion

13:40–14:10

Kathrin Wippel · Universiteit van Amsterdam
25 min talk + 5 min discussion

14:10–14:40

Maartje van Kessel · Radboud Universiteit
25 min talk + 5 min discussion

14:40–15:10

Coffee and tea

15:10–15:40

Alexander Belyy · Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Actin as a target and activator of bacterial protein toxins
25 min talk + 5 min discussion

15:40–16:10

Toshi Nagakubo · Universiteit Leiden
Biological functions of phage tail-like nanostructures in actinomycetes
25 min talk + 5 min discussion

16:10–16:40

Daniel Tamarit Chulia · Universiteit Utrecht
25 min talk + 5 min discussion

16:40–17:00

Closing

17:00–18:00

Drinks reception