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Programme
Monday 5 October
Theme: Microbial Ecology for Safe Water
Link to Webinar (ALL Speakers/Presentations)
12.45–13.00: Welcome to the AMRI all-hands meeting by Anna Székely, Uppsala University
13.00–13.20: Kaarina Sivonen, Professor of Microbiology, Helsinki University, “Toxic Cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea and beyond”
13.20–13.40: Catherine Paul, Associate Professor of Water Engineering and Applied Microbiology, Lund University, “Long-term dynamics in bacterial biofilm communities living in drinking water pipes: roles in nitrification and shaping the microbiome at the tap”
13.40–14.00: Agneta Andersson, Professor in Marine Ecology, Umeå University, “Terrestrial dissolved organic matter inflow drives bacterioplankton habitat generalist and specialist dynamics in sub-arctic estuaries”
14.00–14.20: Karin Rengefors, Professor in Aquatic Ecology, Lund University, “Curiosity, serendipity and citizen science – or how I moved from fundamental research to dealing with water quality questions”
14.20–14.40: Hélene Norder, Professor in Virology, Gothenburg University, "One year variations of viruses in wastewater"
14.40–15.00: “Meet the speaker” Breakout rooms for Q and A with invited speakers
15.00–16.00: Welcoming our Distinguished Invited Speaker: Rita Colwell by Rachel A Foster, Stockholm University
Distinguished professor and microbiologist. Author of recently published memoir: “One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science”
Keynote title: “Oceans, Climate, and Human Health: What Cholera Can Tell Us About COVID-19”
16.00–16.30: Maria Saline, PhD, Project Manager at unit for Strategic Collaboration, Chalmers University
Lauri Robbins Ericsson, University of Maryland, USA emotional and gender intelligence researcher and leadership speaker
Introduction of the GENIE program (Gender Initiative for Excellence) by a Maria Saline, followed by a brief Q&A with Lauri Robbins Ericsson
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Tuesday 6 October
Theme: Gender Intelligence in the time of COVID
Day 2 is a closed event, reserved for the AMRI Network. If there are people outside the network who are interested in the topic, please contact caroline.littlefieldkarlsson@lnu.se.
09.00–09.05: Welcome address: Rachel A Foster, Co-PI AMRI, Stockholm University
09.05–09.50: Lauri Robbins Ericsson, seminar on Gender Intelligence and Research in the time of COVID
09.50–10.00: Post-seminar discussion
10.00–10.30: Fika pause
10.30–12.00: All-inclusive panel on gender, leadership and research in early and later careers, moderated by Lauri Robbins Ericsson
12.00–12.15: Wrap up discussion & Poll
Panel
Moderator: Lauri Robbins Ericsson
Catherine Legrand, Professor of Marine Ecology, Linnaeus University
Catherine Paul, Associate Professor of Applied Microbiology, Lund University
Karin Rengefors, Professor in Limnology, Lund University
