The keynote speakers for this event are
North America
Karine Gibbs
University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University
USA
Research Area: self- and non-self recognition in bacteria
Africa
Thulani Makhalanyane
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Research area: ecology of microbial communities in extreme environments
Asia
Janelle Thompson
Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
Singapore
Research area: relationship between structure of microbial communities and their function
#UnityInDiversity highlights the diversity of the microbial ecology field by showcasing scholars from all over the world. ISME has a wide range of diverse members throughout the world and is taking action to shine a light on this diversity.
Confirmed Invited Speakers:
North America
Nkrumah Grant, University of Idaho, USA
Nikki Traylor-Knowles, University of Miami, USA
Paul Turner, Yale University, USA
South America
Pedro Meirelles, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Claudia Rojas Alvarado, Universidad de O'Higgins and Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability, Chile
Adriana Sotero-Martins, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ - Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP), Brazil
Europe
Clémence Joseph, KU-Leuven, Belgium
Sara Mitri, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Nancy Obeng, University of Kiel, Germany
Sub-Saharan Africa
Benjamin Enagbonma, North-West University, South Africa
Wesaal Khan, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Rasheed Adeleke, North-West University, South Africa
North Africa & the Middle East
Hanin Alzubaidy, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Ramy K. Aziz, Cairo University, Egypt
Aashish Jha, NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Asia
Hisashi Endo, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
Fanghua Liu, Yantai Institute of Coastal Research, China
Hyun Ju You, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Oceania
Kim Handley, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Brajesh Singh, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Rochelle Soo, University of Queensland, Australia