SYMPOSIUM
When and where
February 5, 2026
Time
9.30 - 15.40
Location
Delft University of Technology
Building 58
Van der Maasweg 9
2629 HZ Delft
Netherlands
Presentations
Franklinhall (A2.050)
2nd level main hall
Registration, coffee/tea, lunch
Room A1.100
1st level main hall
The Phage Infection and Immunity Symposium will focus on how phages infect bacteria and how bacteria sense and defend themselves from infection.
Program
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9.30 |
10.00 |
Arrival and registration with coffee/tea |
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10.00 |
10.15 |
Stan Brouns Welcome and introduction to phage defense |
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10.15 |
10.45 |
David Bikard Triggers and targets of the PARIS immune system |
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10.45 |
11.15 |
Rita Costa Finding new bacterial defenses and the phage genes that overcome them |
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11.15 |
11.45 |
Luuk Loeff Molecular mechanisms of prokaryotic immune systems |
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12.00 |
13.00 |
Lunch |
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13.00 |
13.25 |
Franklin Nobrega Tmn: Reversible plasmolysis that primes antiphage synergy |
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13.25 |
13.50 |
Baltus van der Steen Rapid resistance evolution against phage cocktails |
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13.50 |
14.15 |
Aswin Muralidharan Bacteria STAND up to Jumbo phages |
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14.15 |
14.45 |
Coffee break |
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14.45 |
15.10 |
Pieter-Jan Haas Phage therapy: Promises and Pitfalls |
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15.10 |
15.35 |
Theophile Niault Novel insights into prokaryotic Argonaute-mediated immunity |
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15.35 |
15.40 |
Closing Stan Brouns |
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17.30 |
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PhD defense Daan van den Berg in the Aula on campus |
Host institute
Research interest
My lab is interested in the interaction between microbes and bacteriophages. We study the mechanisms that bacteria use to protect themselves from infections including CRISPR and other phage defense systems, and we explore the adaptations that viruses have evolved to avoid defence systems. We isolate and engineer bacteriophages for phage therapy applications.
Funding
Address
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience
Delft University of Technology
Applied Sciences Building (nr. 58) Office E1.480
Van der Maasweg 9
2629 HZ Delft
Netherlands