Program 2023

11.10

REGISTRATION
Front Desk

11.20

WELCOME

Francisco Guarner, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Spain

Roger Paredes, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Fight Infections Foundation, Spain

11.30 to 13.00 Microbiome and Metabolome Chairs: M. Luz Calle, Universitat de Vic, Spain & Ricard Guerrero, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
11.30	An online atlas of human plasma metabolite signatures of gut microbiome composition Tove Fall, Uppsala University, Sweden
12.00	Dietary macronutrients, the gut microbiome and precision nutrition Ellen Black, Maastricht University, School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), The Netherlands
12.30	Overall discussion
13.00	Lunch and Poster viewing – Poster Section A (round and discussion)

14.00 to 15.30 Microbiome Brain interactions Chairs: Amanda Rodriguez-Urrutia, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Spain & José Manuel Fernández-Real, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI), Spain
14.30	Microbiota alterations in proline metabolism impact depression José Manuel Fernández-Real, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI), Spain
15.00	Exploring the relationship between gut microbiome and mental healths Mireia Valles-Colomer, University of Trento, Italy
15.30	Overall discussion
16.00	Coffee and Poster viewing – Poster Section B (round and discussion)

16.00 to 17.30 Non-bacterial communities Chairs: Mireia Valles-Colomer, University of Trento, Italy & Francisco Guarner, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Spain
16.30	Host-microbiome interactions in health and disease Saeed Shoaie, King’s College London, United Kingdom
17.00	Deciphering the human gut phagenome and plasmidome by long-read metagenomics Masahira Hattori, Waseda University. RIKEN. University of Tokyo, Japan
17.30	Overall discussion

9.00 to 10.30 Microbiome in organ transplantation Chairs: Claudia Arajol, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain & Roger Paredes, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Fight Infections Foundation, Spain
9.00	Gut microbiome dysbiosis is associated with increased mortality after solid organ transplantation Johannes Björk, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands
9.30	Pre-transplant prediction of acute graft versus-host disease using the gut microbiome Ramtin Z Marandi, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
10.00	Overall discussion
10.30	Coffee and Poster viewing – Poster Section C (round and discussion)

11.00 to 12.30 Microbiota markers for clinics Chairs: Ellen Black, Maastricht University, NUTRIM, The Netherlands & Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRAE), France
11.00	Potential markers of microbiome analysis in the clinical setting Mathieu Almeida, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRAE), France
11.30	Microbiome based stratification in HIV vaccine efficacy and chronic disease Roger Paredes, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Fight Infections Foundation, Spain
12.00	Overall discussion

12.30 to 14.00 Inflammation mechanisms Chairs: Chaysavanh Manichanh, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Spain & Adam Burgener, Case Western Reserve University, USA
12.30	Neural Inflammation and the Microbiome Aaron Burberry, Case Western Reserve University, United States
13.00	Crohn’s disease, Inflammation and Escherichia coli Margarita Martínez, Universitat de Girona, Spain
13.30	Overall discussion
14.00	Meeting closure Francisco Guarner, VHIR, Spain