The purpose of the travel was for Sarah Cooper to attend and present her research paper at the 6th Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS Federation of European Microbiological Societies), Maastricht, the Netherlands. This conference is one of the leading meetings of its kind and brings together approximately 3000 microbiologists from around the world. As part of my communication strategy this congress provided the perfect opportunity to disseminate my research to the wider scientific community and it was a privilege to present my PhD findings at such a renowned congress. It is a biennial conference, therefore limited opportunity to attend this conference within researcher candidature. It is important that research results be presented as soon as possible and attending this congress enabled the researcher to do so.

Both the conference abstract can be found on page four of this report along with a copy of the given presentation.