Scientific Program
The Program is Preliminary and is a subject to change.
Part of the scientific program are two not-to-miss pre-Conference workshops:
- Clinical and Translational Microbiome Studies Bootcamp – a workshop by Prof. Kjersti Aagaard’s and Prof. Omry Koren’s labs
- Introduction to Shotgun Metagenomic Data Аnalysis with bioBakery – a workshop by Prof. Nicola Segata’s lab
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13:30 – 13:40
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
13:40 – 14:10
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
OPENING KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chair: Nicola Segata, University of Trento, Italy
Personalized medicine based on microbiome and deep human phenotyping
Eran Segal, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
(14:10 – 14:20) short technical break
14:20 – 15:55
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 1: THE MATERNAL MICROBIOME
Chairs: Ina Schuppe Koistinen, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden & Maria Carmen Collado, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spain
14:20 – 14:40
Conversations in the Womb: Role of the perinatal microbiome in maternal-fetal communication
Kjersti Aagaard, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
14:40 – 14:55
Impacts of the maternal microbiome on the developing infant across the perinatal period
Lindsay Hall, Quadram Institute, UK
14:55 – 15:05
The preterm gut microbiota and administration routes of different probiotics: a randomized controlled trial
Ella-Noora Rahkola, University of Turku, Finland
15:05 – 15:15
βeta-resorcylic acid derived by gut microbiota protect against cisplatin-induced ovarian toxicity and subfertility in mice
Yinglin Feng, The First People’s Hospital of Foshan, People’s Republic of China
15:15 – 15:25
A novel approach to track individual strains during mother-to-infant transmission at the clonal level
Pernille Neve Myers, Clinical Microbiomics, Denmark
15:25 – 15:55
Panel Discussion
15:55 – 16:30
Exhibition & Networking Area (Lobby 2nd Floor)
COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING
Industry Presentations by NimaGen and Perseus Biomics.
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16:30 – 17:55
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 2: DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING OF THE MICROBIOME
Chairs: David MacIntyre, Imperial College London, United Kingdom & Erika Isolauri, University of Turku, Finland
16:30 – 16:50
Perinatal gut microbiota development in preterm neonates
Samuli Rautava, University of Turku, Finland
16:50 – 17:05
The unique metabolome of the in utero human intestine
Liza Konnikova, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
17:05 – 17:15
Characterizing the microbiota shared between mother’s milk and the very-low-birth-weight infant gut
Sara Shama, University of Toronto, Canada*
17:15 – 17:25
Perinatal exposure to phenols and perfluoroalkyl substances and gut microbiota in one-year children
Aline Davias, Inserm, France
17:25 – 17:55
Panel Discussion
(17:55 – 18:05) short technical break
18:05 – 19:40
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 3: ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES SHAPING THE MICROBIOME
Chair: Eran Segal, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel & Lindsay Hall, Quadram Institute, UK
18:05 – 18:25
Resilience to risk exposures early in life through the microbiome
Erika Isolauri, University of Turku, Finland
18:25 – 18:40
Development of gut microbiome and virome during the first year of life
Alexandra Zhernakova, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
18:40 – 18:50
CosmosID-HUB: An Analysis Software for Microbiome Research
Mo Langhi, CosmosID, USA
18:50 – 19:00
Deterioration оf 5th century Roman tomb wall paintings assessed by microbiome analysis
Borislava Tsafarova, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Bulgaria
19:00 – 19:10
Comprehensive description of bats blood microbiome
Stefan Panaiotov, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Bulgaria
19:10 – 19:40
Panel Discussion
19:40 – 20:30
Exhibition & Networking Area (Lobby 2nd Floor)
WELCOME RECEPTION, EXHIBITION & OFFICIAL POSTER VIEWING & DISCUSSIONS
08:30 – 10:30
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 4: GUT BRAIN AXIS (IN MEMORY OF PROF. JOHN BIENENSTOCK)
Chairs: Kjersti Aagaard, Baylor College of Medicine, USA & Omry Koren, Bar Ilan University, Israel
08:30 – 09:00
Keynote Lecture: The microbiota and immune system crosstalk in neurodevelopment and behavior
Rochellys Diaz Heijtz, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden*
09:00 – 09:20
Bacterial extracellular vesicles: novel players in the gut-brain axis
Roos Vandenbroucke, Ghent University, Belgium*
09:20 – 09:40
A role for the microbiome in social behavior?
Omry Koren, Bar Ilan University, Israel*
09:40 – 09:50
Short chain fatty acids and tryptophan metabolites in the gut are persistently altered by maternal western style feeding
Erin Bolte, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
09:50 – 10:00
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a safe and effective intervention for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Magdy El-Salhy, Stord Hospital, Helse Fonna, Norway
10:00 – 10:30
Panel Discussion
10:30 – 11:10
Exhibition & Networking Area (Lobby 2nd Floor)
COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING
Industry Presentations by TargEDys and Massive Bioinformatics.
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11:10 – 12:20
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 5: YOU, YOUR MICROBIOME AND THE WORLD
Chair: Iris Dotan, Rabin Medical Center, Israel & Pauline Scanlan, University College Cork, Ireland
11:10 – 11:25
Diet shapes protective niches in the microbiome of patients with Crohn`s disease
Dirk Haller, Technical University of Munich, Germany
11:25 – 11:35
Does our microbiome travel well? Gut microbiome perturbations precede the onset of post-infectious IBS in intercontinental travelers
John Penders, Maastricht University, Netherlands
11:35 – 11:45
Population-level variability in gut microbiome antibiotic resistance: an analysis of demographic, dietary, health, and geographic factors
Katariina Pärnänen, University of Turku, Finland
11:45 – 11:55
Bridging the gap between clinical and preclinical gut microbiome research with the SIFR® technology
Pieter Van den Abbeele, Cryptobiotix, Belgium*
11:55 – 12:20
Panel Discussion
(12:20 – 12:30) short technical break
12:30 – 13:15
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
PANEL DISCUSSION: GIVE THE BUGS OR FEED THE BUGS
Chair: Kjersti Aagaard, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Panelists:
Erika Isolauri, University of Turku, Finland
Iris Dotan, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
Dirk Haller, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Samuli Rautava, University of Turku, Finland
13:15 – 14:30
Exhibition & Networking Area (Lobby 2nd Floor)
LUNCH BREAK, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING
13:25 – 14:15
Best Poster Presentations
14:30 – 15:35
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 6: THE FORGOTTEN MEMBERS OF THE MICROBIOME
Chairs: Rochellys Diaz Heijtz, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden & Alexandra Zhernakova, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
14:30 – 14:45
The human archaeome
Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Medical University of Graz, Austria
14:45 – 15:00
Protists associated with the healthy human gut microbiome: who is in there and what are they doing?
Pauline Scanlan, University College Cork, Ireland
15:00 – 15:15
The human blood microbiome: microbial morphology, life cycle and bacterial-fungal interactions
Stefan Panaiotov & Yordan Hodzhev, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Bulgaria
15:15 – 15:35
Panel Discussion
15:35 – 16:00
The history and early days of Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Irina Gotova & Zoltan Urshev, LB Bulgaricum, Bulgaria
16:00 – 17:00
Exhibition & Networking Area (Lobby 2nd Floor)
REFRESH AND RECONNECT BREAK
16:10 – 16:35
Coffee with the Professor
16:35 – 17:00
My journey in the WoM
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17:00 – 18:35
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 7: DIET AND MEDICATION
Chair: Dirk Haller, Technical University of Munich, Germany
17:00 – 17:30
Keynote Lecture: Personalisation and the human microbiome
Tim Spector, King’s College London, United Kingdom
Chairs: Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Medical University of Graz, Austria & Tim Spector, King’s College London, United Kingdom
17:30 – 17:45
Effects of diet on maternal-infant microbiota and breast milk composition: relevance for health outcomes
Maria Carmen Collado, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spain
17:45 – 17:55
Environmental pollution shapes the gut microbiome and drives the enrichment In xenobiotics-degrading activities
Francesca de Filippis, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
17:55 – 18:05
Diet modulation of the gut microbiota and its impact on antitumor immunity in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Myriam Benlaifaoui, CHUM Research Center, Canada
18:05 – 18:35
Panel Discussion
09:00 – 10:25
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 8: FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE – USING MICROBIOME IN CLINICAL TRIALS
Chair: Samuli Rautava, University of Turku, Finland
09:00 – 09:20
Microbial manipulation in IBD – from research to practice
Iris Dotan, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
09:20 – 09:35
Gut microbiome into clinical practice
Gianluca Ianiro, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy*
09:35 – 09:45
A randomized double-blind phase 2 trial of fecal microbiota transplantation versus placebo in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and acute myeloid leukemia
Armin Rashidi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, USA
09:45 – 09:55
Microbial and aucosal gene expression findings from the first randomized clinical trial on fecal microbiota transplantation for chronic pouchitis
Reetta Satokari, University of Helsinki, Finland
09:55 – 10:25
Panel Discussion
10:25 – 11:00
Exhibition & Networking Area (Lobby 2nd Floor)
COFFEE BREAK, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING
10:35 – 10:50
An Interview with a patient: Healing thanks to research
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11:00 – 12:20
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 9: IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE GUT: VAGINAL, ORAL AND SKIN MICROBIOMES IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Chair: Benoit Chassaing, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France
11:00 – 11:15
Deciphering women’s reproductive health through population-based microbiome studies
Ina Schuppe Koistinen, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
11:15 – 11:30
Spatial characterisation of reproductive tract microbiota-host immune responses in preterm birth
David MacIntyre, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
11:30 – 11:40
Effect on sub-gingival microbiome of diverse subgingival air-polishing in the treatment of advanced periodontitis: a randomized controlled clinical trial
Irene Soffritti, University Of Ferrara, Italy
11:40 – 11:50
Quantifying the effects of urbanization on the health of ancient populations with the ancient oral microbiome
Sterling Wright, Penn State University, USA
11:50 – 12:20
Panel Discussion
12:20 – 13:20
Exhibition & Networking Area (Lobby 2nd Floor)
LUNCH BREAK, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING
12:45 – 13:00
Awards Ceremony
13:20 – 14:15
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
SESSION 10: TEASING OUT A MECHANISM: HOW DOES THE MICROBIOME CONTRIBUTE TO DISEASE
Chairs: Liza Konnikova, Yale University School of Medicine, USA & Gianluca Ianiro, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
13:20 – 13:35
Diet-Microbiota interaction: a personalized point of view
Benoit Chassaing, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France
13:35 – 13:45
Studying post-translational modifications at the diet-host-microbe interface
Lior Lobel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
13:45 – 13:55
A depleted gut microbiome predicts incident type 2 diabetes
Yong Fan, University Of Copenhagen, Denmark
13:55 – 14:15
Panel Discussion
14:15 – 14:45
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
CLOSING KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chair: Roberto Berni Canani, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Metagenomics of the human microbiome: next steps and clinical applications
Nicola Segata, University of Trento, Italy
14:45 – 15:00
Plenary Hall (Millennium Grand Ballroom)
CLOSING DISCUSSION WITH THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
*the speakers marked with a star (*) next to their affiliation have not given consent to have their presentations recorded, therefore their talks will be available for viewing only live (on-site and online)