We are pleased to announce that the upcoming KNVM Fall Meeting of the Fundamental Microbiology division will be held in Leiden on Friday, November 6, 2026.

Please find the program below. Registration will open soon.

On behalf of the Fundamental Microbiology division,

Dennis Claessen and Pedro Lopes Leão

Concept programme

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

KeynoteSimonetta Gribaldo · Institut Pasteur, France – Evolution of the cell envelope across the bacterial tree of life

10:55–11:25

Anja Spang · Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee – Deep roots and genome evolution of archaeal symbionts

11:25–11:55

Akos Kovacs · Universiteit Leiden – Circadian rhythm in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm

11:55–12:55

Lunch

12:55–13:40

KeynoteEdze Westra · University of Exeter, UK – Using modified bacteriophages to combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

13:40–14:10

Kathrin Wippel · Universiteit van Amsterdam

14:10–14:40

Maartje van Kessel · Radboud Universiteit

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

15:40–16:10

Toshi Nagakubo · Universiteit Leiden – Biological functions of phage tail-like nanostructures in actinomycetes

16:10–16:40

Daniel Tamarit Chulia · Universiteit Utrecht

16:40–17:00

Closing

17:00–18:00

Drinks reception