AGENDA
Saturday, September 21, 2019
7:00 AM | Breakfast/Exhibit Hall
8:00 AM | Welcome
Mark Pimentel, MD FRCP(C)
NOVEL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MICROBIOME
8:15 AM | Engineering the microbiome for animal health and conservation
Rob Knight, PhD
9:00 AM | An atlas of β-glucuronidases in the human intestinal microbiome
Aadra Bhatt, PhD
9:30 AM | The microbiome tipping point
Rustem F. Ismagilov, PhD
10:00 AM | Panel Discussion
10:15 AM | AM Break/Exhibit Hall
MICROBES AND THE MIND
10:30 AM | Microbiota-gut-brain axis in the development of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
Mary Kimmel, MD
11:00 AM | Middle age is associated with pervasive neuroimmune alterations that are reversed by targeting the
gut microbiome
John F. Cryan, PhD, MRIA
GASTROENTERITIS: THE MICROBIOME PROVOCATEUR
11:30 AM | The interesting case of Campylobacter
Mark S. Riddle, MD, DrPH, FISTM
12:00 PM | Lunch/Exhibit Hall
THE SMALL INTESTINE
1:00 PM | The small intestine: Lessons from the REIMAGINE study
Ruchi Mathur, MD
HYDROGEN CONSUMING ORGANISMS
1:45PM | Methanogens and human health and disease
Mark Pimentel, MD FRCP(C)
2:15 PM | Sulfate reducing organisms
Gabriella Leite, PhD
3:00 PM | Panel Discussion
3:15 PM | PM Break/Exhibit Hall
FECAL TRANSPLANT: IT'S GETTING MORE INTERESTING
3:30 PM | Fecal microbial transplantation for Clostridium difficile and beyond
Ajay Gulati, MD
4:15 PM | Adjourn
Sunday, September 22, 2019
7:00 AM | Breakfast/Exhibit Hall
8:00 AM | Opening Remarks
THE HOLISTIC MICROBIOME
8:15 AM | The intricate relationship between our microbiota and our health
Jack Gilbert, PhD
MICROBES AND CACHEXIA/CANCER
9:00 AM | Influences of nutrient-starved enteric microbes on host physiology
Ian Carroll, PhD
9:45 AM | Functional consequences of the gut microbiome on intestinal cancer
Janelle C. Arthur, PhD
10:30 AM | AM Break/Exhibit Hall
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE MICROBIOME
10:45 AM | Diagnosis based on the Microbiome
Ali Rezaie, MD, MSc Epi, FRCPC
11:15 AM | Update on Gut Microbiome
Mark Pimentel, MD, FRCP(C)
11:45 AM | Concluding remarks
12:00 PM | Adjourn
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