KLEB-GAP webinar, September 2021

Online, September 6-8 2021
The KLEB-GAP annual meeting was held digitally in 2021.
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KLEB-GAP webinar, September 6-8 2021


WP3: Geno- and phenotype associations in AMR and virulence prediction.

September 6th. 09:15-12:00

09:15 - 09:20: Welcome to KLEB-GAP Webinar – Arnfinn Sundsfjord

09:20 - 09:30: Overview of WP3 – Ørjan Samuelsen

09:30 - 09:50: Human KLEB-GAP Kp collections – Marit Hetland

09:50 - 10:10: Update on Kp pathogenesis – Jose Bengoechea

10:10 - 10:20: Break

10:20 - 10:40: Preliminary results from virulence assay screening – Jose Bengoechea

10:40 - 11:00: Discussion/comments from SAB

11:00 - 11:10: Genotype-phenotype AMR – Ørjan Samuelsen

11:10 - 11:30: Kleborate and AMR prediction – Kat Holt

11:30 - 11:45: Siderophores & Cefiderocol: a small pilot study – Ken Lindstedt

11:45 - 12:00: Discussion/comments from SAB


WP4: Phage therapy against MDR-Kp.

September 6th. 13:00-16:00

13:00 - 13:30: Overview of WP4 – Christian Giske

13:30 - 14:00: Insights from animal studies using phages – Martha Clokie

14:00 - 14:15: Break

14:15 - 14:45: Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates by predicted serotype, CRISPR-Cas protospacer targets, and phage sensitivity – Mia Winkler

14:45 - 15:10: Update from Stim – Cyril Franzén

15:10 - 15:35: Respiratory animal model – José Bengoechea

15:35 - 16:00: Discussion/concluding remarks


WP1: Determine the presence, population structure, and pan-genome of Kp in human, animal, and marine reservoirs to elucidate potential eco-adaptation and crosstalk between reservoirs.

September 7th. 09.00-12.00

09:00 - 09:10: Welcome and overview of WP1 – Iren Löhr

09:10 - 09:30: News in Kp nomenclature – Sylvain Brissè

09:30 - 09:50: Kleborate update – Kat Holt

09:50 - 10:10: Update from the animal niche – Håkon Kaspersen

10:10 - 10:30: Update from the marine niche – Fredrik Håkonsholm

10:30 - 10:40: Break

10:40 - 11:00: Kp across niches in KLEB-GAP: an overview – Marit Hetland

11:00 - 11:20: Discussion and comments from SAB

11:20 - 11:40: The SpARK study: Kp transmission modelling across niches – Ed Feil

11:40 - 12:00: Discussion and comments from SAB


WP2: Exploring whole metagenomic sequencing (WMS) for detection and indepth analysis of K. pneumoniae (Kp) population genomics in selected reservoirs.

September 7th. 13.00-16.00

13:00 - 13:10: Welcome and overview of WP2 - Arnfinn Sundsfjord

13:10 - 13:30: Overview bioinformatic pipeline for Kp-fecal metagenomics – Dorota Buczek

13:30 - 13:50: Detection of Kp human gut colonisation: a comparison of culture, qPCR and whole metagenomic sequencing methods and brief introduction to the longitudinal human Kp-study – Ken Lindstedt

13:50 - 14:10: Discussions and comments from SAB

14:10 - 14:20: Break

14:20 - 14:50: Plan/discussion on faecal metagenomics in farm animals - Håkon Kaspersen and Marianne Sunde

14:50 - 15:10: Unravelling Klebsiella-ST diversity in bacterial sweeps from SCAI-agar – Dorota

15:10 - 15:25: Kp-enrichment in WMS using MyBaits RNA-probes – Ken Lindstedt

15:25 - 15:40: Alternative Kp-enrichment methods in WMS – Kat Holt

15:40 - 16:00: Discussions/comments from SAB


KLEB-GAP partner meeting for summary and future planning

September 8th. 10:00-11:30

1. Brief summary from each WP and specific comments from SAB during each WPwebinar

2. Future meeting activities

3. Other businesses


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