Highlights from the Advancing Microbiome Research Symposia

Learn more about current advances in microbiome research from our panel of experts. The below videos are from the November 2016 Advancing Microbiome Research Symposia series featuring presentations on differing themes.

Featured Presentations:

Microbiome Analysis

• Common Assumptions and Pitfalls of Microbiome Analysis - Robert Beiko, Dalhousie University
• High-Resolution Taxonomic Profiling to Enhance Translational Microbiome Research - James Robert White, Resphera Biosciences
• Complex Microbiota Targeted Rederivation – A New Paradigm in Gnotobiology - Aaron Ericsson, University of Missouri
• Benefits and Pitfalls of Microbiome Research - Mohan S. Iyer, Second Genome Solutions

Infectious Disease and the Microbiome

• A “Gut” Feeling About Malaria - Nathan W. Schmidt, University of Louisville
• Triangulating Immune Responses, the Microbiota and Infection Outcomes in Giardiasis - Steven Singer, Georgetown University

Cancer and the Microbiome

• The Fiber-Microbiota-Butyrate Axis in Tumor Suppression - Scott Bultman, University of North Carolina
• Effects of Food Matrix and Western Diet on Colorectal Cancer and Metabolism in C57BL/6 Mice - Korry Hintze, Utah State University
• How Adhesive Components of Microbiota Stimulate Tumor Elicited Inflammation and Colorectal Cancer - Sergey Grivennikov, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Metabolic Disease and the Microbiome

• Effects of Food Matrix and Western Diet on Colorectal Cancer and Metabolism in C57BL/6 Mice - Korry Hintze, Utah State University
• Dialogue Between Host Metabolism and Gut Microbiota - David Alvarado, Washington University
• Exercise as a Lens to View the Microbiome and Intestinal Health - Sara Campbell, Rutgers University
• The Role of Gut Microbiota and Innate Immunity in Mouse Model of Autoimmune Diabetes - Ningwen Tai, Yale University
• Deciphering the Biofilm-Macrophage Interactome: Targeting Polarization in Chronic Wounds - Mary Cloud B. Ammons, Montana State University

Autoimmune Disease and the Microbiome

• EGFR Regulates Colonic Microbiome Composition and Colitis Susceptibility - Philip Dubé, Taconic Biosciences
• Gut Microbiota Drives Autoimmune Arthritis by Unleashing the Tfh Response - Hsin-Jung Joyce Wu, University of Arizona
• Regulatory B Cell Induction by a Human Gut Commensal Antigen Protects Against CNS Inflammation and Demyelination - Sara L. Colpitts, Dartmouth University
• The Role of Gut Microbiota and Innate Immunity in Mouse Model of Autoimmune Diabetes - Ningwen Tai, Yale University

Microbiome and Recovery from Infection and Injury

• Sepsis and Microbiome - Thomas Griffith, University of Minnesota
• Gut Dysbiosis Impairs Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury - Kristina A. Kigerl, The Ohio State University
• C. difficile and the Microbiome: Pathogenesis and Protection - Jhansi Leslie, University of Michigan