The 2021 Microbiome Center Symposium was held virtually on January 11-13, 2021
Outstanding internationally recognized speakers highlighted the importance of microbiome-related research, its diversity, and its consequence on human health.
Keynote Speakers
Debby Bogaert, MD/PhD
Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Edinburgh
Pathophysiology of respiratory infections and inflammation from an ecological perspective
Ravid Straussman, MD/PhD
Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science
Tumor microenvironment and microbiome
Ramnik Xavier, MD
Immunology Program, Broad Institute
Microbiome driven innate and adaptive immunity
Program
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Day 1: |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Debby Bogaert, MD/PhD, Keynote Lecture: Born in a microbial cloud; how early life events may affect respiratory health |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Jessica Scoffield, PhD: Impact of Streptococcus salivarius on Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis |
| 1:45 - 2:25 PM | Beatriz Leon-Ruiz, PhD: Role of gut microbiota in infant susceptibility to asthma and allergic disease |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | Jeff Singer, MD/PhD: Targeting the microbiome to prevent neonatal late-onset sepsis |
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Day 2: |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Ravid Straussmann, MD/PhD, Keynote Lecture: Characterizing the tumor microbiome and its effects on response to therapy |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Selene Meza-Perez, PhD: Gut microbiome affects cancer metastasis in the omentum by modifying Tregs suppression phenotype |
| 1:45 - 2:00 PM | Nathan Erdmann, MD/PhD: Bacterial co-colonization in COVID-19 associated ARDS predicts clinical outcomes |
| 2:00 - 2:15 PM | Prescott Atkinson, MD/PhD: Variable abundance and diversity among Spiroplasma Strains in Horse Flies (Tabinidae) in Southeastern United States |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | Microbiome Symposium Virtual Poster Session - via UAB website |
| 2:15 - 2:30 PM | Elliot Lefkowitz, PhD: UAB Microbiome Bioinformatics: The analyses and visualization of your data |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | Elliot Lefkowitz, PhD, Casey Morrow, PhD, Jeremy Foote, DVM/PhD & Charles Elson, MD: Q&A session with panelists to discuss microbiome related capabilities available at UAB |
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Day 3: |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Ramnik Xavier, MD, Keynote Lecture: Gut microbes, metabolism and mucosal immunity |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Kent Willis MD, FAAP: The gut-lung axis shapes innate pulmonary immunity in bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
| 1:45 - 2:00 PM | Akash Nagarajan, BS: Insights into the gut microbiota changes associated with Alzheimer's disease and aging in the Tgf344-AD rat model |
| 2:00 - 2:15 PM | Abbi Hernandez, PhD: Alzheimer's disease-inflicted microbiome alterations may be ameriolated by a ketogenic, time restricted diet in rats |
| 2:15 - 2:30 PM | Zachary Wallen, PhD: Characterizing dysbiosis of gut microbiome in Parkinson's Disease: evidence of overabundance of opportunistic pathogens |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | Christina Muzny, MD/MSPH & Chris Taylor, PhD: Shotgun metagenomic Sequencing of vaginal specimens suggests potential Involvement of phages preceding incident bacterial vaginosis |