The Human Microbiome

Overview

Symposium Overview

Human microbiota – the collection of microbes living in and on our body – have a significant impact on human health and well-being. They have been associated with numerous diseases, yet we have barely understood their role in the context of life-style and genetics. Various initiatives are underway around the world to survey the human microbiota at several body sites, characterise them, understand their interactions with the human hosts, elucidate their role in diseases, and design possible therapeutic or dietary interventions. There is a new wave of studies mining the human microbiota for bioactive compounds such as antibiotics, and for characterising specific microbial strains. This conference will provide plentiful opportunities for researchers to learn about and to connect to important developments in studying the human microbiota

Session Topics

• Microbes and us: A complex ecosystem
• Bioinformatics for the microbiome
• Microbiome in nutrition and metabolism
• Microbiome in gut-brain axis
• Synthetic biology
• Novel techniques for microbial ecology
• Antimicrobials from the microbiome

Speakers

Fredrik Bäckhed

University of Gothenburg

Sweden

Gary Borisy

Forsyth Institute

USA

Frederic Bushman

University of Pennsylvania

USA

Patrice Cani

Université catholique de Louvain

Belgium

John Cryan

University College Cork

Ireland

Andrew Goodman

Yale University

USA

Elizabeth Grice

University of Pennsylvania

USA

Curtis Huttenhower

Harvard University

USA

Nichole Klatt

University of Washington

USA

Rob Knight

University of California, San Diego

USA

Katherine Lemon

Forsyth Institute

USA

Alice McHardy

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

Germany

Max Nieuwdorp

Academic Medical Center

The Netherlands

Eric Pamer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

USA

Andreas Peschel

University of Tübingen

Germany

Christopher Quince

University of Warwick

UK

Yolanda Sanz Herranz

Spanish National Research Council

Spain

Eran Segal

Weizmann Institute of Science

Israel

Scientific Organisers

Manimozhiyan Arumugam

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Peer Bork

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Nicola Segata

University of Trento

Italy

Conference Organisers

Lisa Trinh

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany