Applied Molecular Microbiology
Microbial Specialised Metabolites: From Genomes to Biological Functions, the tenth in the series of John Innes – Rudjer Bošković Summer Schools on Applied Molecular Microbiology.
The summer school was held at the Inter-University Centre (IUC) in Dubrovnik, Croatia between 7 – 15 September 2024
The eleventh summer school in the series will be held between 12-20 September 2026 and will be advertised towards the end of 2025.
These summer schools are intended primarily for scientists at post-graduate and early post-doctoral level, or early career industrial scientists, but some junior faculty may also qualify. Over the years, these week-long courses have established a reputation for the quality of the faculty and participants, and a high degree of productive interaction.
The schools focus on the continuing interest in microbial metabolites that has resulted from the sequencing of the genomes of small molecule-producing microorganisms, coupled with the advances in sequencing technology, bioinformatics and chemical analysis. Ecological developments highlighting the wide range of roles for small molecules in microbial communities are also covered, as is the evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters and pathways. The course brings together young scientists from around the world with diverse backgrounds, including molecular microbiology, chemistry, microbial ecology and bioinformatics, to share information that can lead to inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding and exploiting microbial metabolite production. The summer school includes hands-on computational analysis of natural product gene clusters as well as small group discussions on topics chosen by the participants.
Financial support for the 2024 Summer School from the Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung is gratefully acknowledged.
Read report of the 2024 Summer School
Organisers
Co-directors:
- Mervyn Bibb, John Innes Centre, UK
- Greg Challis, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK & Monash University, Australia
- Matt Hutchings, John Innes Centre, UK
- Andrew Truman, John Innes Centre, UK
- Dušica Vujaklija, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- Barrie Wilkinson, John Innes Centre, UK
Administrative assistance:
Teaching Faculty:
- Lona Alkhalaf, University of Warwick, UK
- Mervyn Bibb, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
- Katherine Duncan, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, UK
- Marie Elliot, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Matt Hutchings, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
- Paul Jensen, Scripps Oceanographic Institution, San Diego, USA
- Roberto Kolter Harvard Medical School, USA
- Flavia Marinelli, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
- Mônica T. Pupo, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil
- Andrew Truman, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
- Duška Vujaklija, Rudjer Bošković Institute, Croatia
- Barrie Wilkinson, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
- Gerry Wright, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- María Mercedes Zambrano, Corporación Corpogen, Bogotá, Colombia