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Francis Muchaamba

Co-founder, organizing committee

Francis is a postdoc at the Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich (UZH) and is a passionate molecular microbiologist. His research focuses on Listeria and Escherichia albertii. He is also the former American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Young Leaders Circle Chairperson.

Danai Etter

Co-founder, organizing committee

Danai is a group leader at the Chair of Food Microbiology at LMU Munich. She's researching bacterial enterotoxins. In her free time she likes to hang out with her cat, go bouldering, or read novels. She is also an ASM Young Ambassador.

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Giverny Ganz

Organizing committee

Giverny is a Research Associate in the Food Biotechnology group at the ZHAW in Wädenswil. Her research encompasses the science behind food fermentation and optimization of food products using functional starter cultures. A few of her hobbies include hiking, climbing and baking.

Lukas Schwyter

Organizing committee

Lukas is currently a PhD student in the Department of Quantitative Biomedicine. His research focuses on studying polymicrobial infections in children with cystic fibrosis. He is particularly interested in understanding how interactions among the three most abundant pathogens in young CF patients—P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, and H. influenzae—evolve and change during the first eight years of their lives. 

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Dennis Wipfli

Organizing committee

Dennis studied microbiology at University of Zurich and works as an R&D Scientist at the Mibelle Biochemistry Group where he develops new active ingredients based on natural resources. In his free time he likes doing all kind of sports such as hiking in the mountains, cycling on the road or windsurfing on the lake.

Daniel Brugger

Organizing Committee

Daniel is an animal scientist at the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Dietetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, UZH, with a focus on the nutritional physiology of livestock organisms. Before his employment at the University of Zurich, Daniel worked at the Chair of Animal Nutrition at the Technical University of Munich, where he oversaw a variety of projects on all aspects of animal nutrition and nutritional physiology. He recently entered microbiological research by launching a project on the interactions of microplastic particles within the rumen microbial ecosystem.

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Dorentina Humolli

Organizing Committee

Dorentina is a PhD student at the Lab of Molecular Phage Biology at ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on exploring the therapeutic potential of bacteriophages, which are viruses that specifically target bacteria, as a promising alternative to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Outside of the lab, she loves spending time in nature and doing yoga.

Mariella Greutmann

Organizing Committee

Mariella is a PhD candidate in the Applied Microbiology Research Group at the University of Zurich. Her research focuses on how bacterial interactions impact antibiotic efficacy. Outside the lab, she enjoys relaxing in her favourite Badi and eating out.

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Alicia Romanò

Organizing Committee

Alicia is a scientific collaborator in the Microbiological Food Safety Research Group at Agroscope in Bern. Her research focuses on studying the bacteria that cause mastitis in cows and the spread of antimicrobial resistance at the farm level. Outside of science, her hobbies include volleyball, Zumba and reading novels.

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