Program 2022

8.30

REGISTRATION
Front Desk

9.15

WELCOME

Àngel Font, Corporate Director of Research and Health of “la Caixa” Foundation, Spain

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

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

9.30 to 11.30 Covid-19 Chair: Jose Maria Miró, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
9.30	Lung microbiome in COVID-19 Frederic Bushman, University of Pennsylvania, USA
10.00	*Novel Insights into Gut Microbiome* in Acute and Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome? Siew C Ng**, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
10.30	Overall discussion
11.00	Coffee break

11.30 to 14.00 Cancer Chair: Xavier Aldeguer, Ministry of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia, Spain
11.30	The gut microbiota in cancer therapy Paolo Nuciforo, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Spain
12.00	Vaginal microbiome and cervical cancer Adam Burgener, Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University, USA
12.30	Overall discussion
13.00	Lunch

14.00 to 16.00 Strain-resolved metagenomics and microbiome transmission Chair: Marc Noguera, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain
14.00	Strain-level metagenomics to uncover the unknowns in the microbiome Nicola Segata, Computational Metagenomics, Department CIBIO, Italy
14.30	Person-to-person transmission of the human microbiome Mireia Vallès-Colomer, University of Trento, Italy
15.00	Overall discussion
15.30	Coffee break

16.00 to 18.00 Metabolic disorders Chair: Karine Clement, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, France
16.00	Involvement of the microbiome in body weight gain after smoking cessation Hagit Shapiro, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
16.30	Gut microbiome dysbiosis precedes type 2 diabetes and ischaemic heart disease Oluf Pedersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
17.00	Overall discussion
17.30	Welcome reception

9.30 to 11.30 Dynamics of the Microbiome Chair: Roger Paredes, IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Fight Infections Foundation, Spain
9.30	Vertical transmission: neonatal acquisition of the microbiome Maria Carmen Collado, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Spain
10.00	Horizontal transmission of gut microbes between adult individuals Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
10.30	Overall discussion
11.00	Coffee break

11.30 to 13.30 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Chairs: Chaysavanh Manichanh, VHIR, Spain & Natalia Borruel, VHIR, Spain
11.30	Autologous fecal microbiota transfer in acute myeloid leukemia patients Joël Doré, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
12.00	Trials testing FMT in IBD Harry Sokol, Sorbonne Université, APHP, INSERM, INRA, France
12.30	Overall discussion
13.00	Meeting closure Francisco Guarner, VHIR, Spain