Microbiota in Health

Millions of microbes live in our bodies – the microbiota. While a few microbes can cause disease, most are not pathogenic but influence our health. In these lectures, world leaders in microbiota study will discuss the importance of these microbes to our health and medicine. Free entry and registration required.

 

Program

The session will be in English and in-person – not broadcasted or recorded

Welcome reception

Martin Blaser, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
“Health consequences of perturbing the early-life microbiome”

Isabel Gordo, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
“Drivers of antibiotic resistance and the effect of the microbiome”

Rob Knight, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
“The microbiome in cancer”

Panel discussion

 

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