DRAFT AGENDA |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 |
| 7:15 – 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Setting the Stage
Jeff Gordon, Director, Center for Genome Sciences,
Washington University School of Medicine
Jon Vanderhoof, Vice President, Global Medical Affairs,
Mead-Johnson Nutritionals |
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Session I: Function of Gut Microbiota |
| 8:30 – 8:35 a.m. |
Introduction by Session Chair
Cathryn Nagler, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical
School |
| 8:35 – 9:00 a.m. |
Roles of Gut Microbes in Bioavailability of
Dietary Phenolics
Suzanne Hendrich, Department of Food Science and Human
Nutrition, Iowa State
University |
| 9:00 – 9:25 a.m. |
Modifying Immune Function
Bengt Björkstén, Allergy Prevention, Karolinska
Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 9:25– 9:50 a.m. |
Animal Models of Immune System Development and
Modulation Throughout Lifespan
Gary Huffnagle, Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Michigan |
| 9:50 – 10:20 a.m. |
Session Discussion |
| 10:20– 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
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Session II: Defining Normal Gut
Ecology |
| 10:45 – 10:50 a.m. |
Introduction by Session Chair
Martin Floch, Digestive Disease Section, Department of Internal
Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine |
| 10:50 – 11:15 a.m. |
Development and Maintenance of Gut Microbiota
David Newburg, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 11:15– 11:40 p.m. |
Esophageal Bacterial Biota, Beyond, and Below
Zhiheng Pei, Department of Medicine, New York
University School of Medicine |
| 11:40 – 12:05 p.m. |
Analysis of Distal Gut in Adults
Ruth Ley, Center of Genome Sciences, Washington
University School of Medicine |
| 12:05 – 1:20 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:20 – 1:45 p.m. |
Elderly and Gut Microbiota
Adil E. Bharucha, Division of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
| 1:45 – 2:10 p.m. |
Animal Models of Human Gastrointestinal Function
Simon Hogan, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
| 2:10 – 2:40 p.m. |
Session Discussion |
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Session III: Impact of Disease on
Gut Microbiota |
| 2:40 – 2:45 p.m. |
Introduction by Session Chair
Martin Blaser, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine |
| 2:45 – 3:10 p.m. |
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Cathy Hammerman, Newborn Nurseries, Shaare Zedek Medical
Center, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 3:10 – 3:35 p.m. |
Effects of Probiotics in Mouse Models and IBD
Fabio Cominelli, Digestive Health Research Center, University of
Virginia Health System |
| 3:35 – 4:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 4:00 – 4:25 p.m. |
Type 1 Interferon: New Assignment in the Intestinal Tract
Eyal Raz, Department of Medicine, University of California–San Diego |
| 4:25 – 4:50 p.m. |
Metagenomic Studies of the Gut Microbiome and the
Role of Energy Balance
Jeff Gordon, Center for Genome Sciences, Washington
University School of Medicine |
| 4:50 – 5:20 p.m. |
Session Discussion |
| 5:20 – 5:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
Jeff Gordon, Director, Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine
Jon Vanderhoof, Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Mead-Johnson Nutritionals |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Adjournment |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
| 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session IV: Factors Influencing
Gut Microbiota |
| 8:30 – 8:35 a.m. |
Introduction by Session Chair
Kelly Tappenden, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 8:35 – 9:00 a.m. |
Factors Influencing Gut Microbiota: Probiotics
Mary Ellen Sanders, Dairy and Food Culture Technologies |
| 9:00 – 9:25 a.m. |
Prebiotics and Their Effects on Intestinal Microbiota in GI Health and Disease
Leo Dieleman, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada |
| 9:25 – 9:50 a.m. |
Factors Influencing the Gut Microbiota of the Premature Infant
Frank Greer, Department of Pediatrics and Nutritional Science, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine |
| 9:50 – 10:15 a.m. |
Impact of Diet and Nutritional Status on the Gut Microbiota
Randy Buddington, Department of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Memphis |
| 10:15 – 10:35 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:35 – 11:00 a.m. |
Factors Affecting Gut Microbiota: Antibiotic Use
Josef Neu, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida |
| 11:00 – 11:25 a.m. |
Colonization of Gut in Animal Models
Kelly Tappenden, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 11:25 – 11:55 a.m. |
Session Discussion |
| 11:55 – 1:05 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
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Session V: New Developments in Prebiotic and
Probiotic Research |
| 1:05 – 1:10 p.m. |
Introduction by Session Chair
James Versalovic, Departments of Pathology, Molecular and Human Genetics, and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital |
| 1:10 – 1:35 p.m. |
Novel Dietary Carbohydrates for Changing Intestinal Microbiota
George Fahey, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois |
| 1:35 – 2:00 p.m. |
Immune Enhancing Effects of Prebiotics
Bernhard Watzl, Institute of Nutritional Physiology, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food, Karlsrune, Germany |
| 2:00 – 2:25 p.m. |
Interrelationship Between Soy Isoflavone-Metabolizing Phenotypes and Human Genetics
Johanna Lampe, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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| 2:25 – 2:50 p.m. |
A Functional Genomic-Based Analysis of the Interactions Between Probiotics, Prominent Members of the Gut Microbiota, and the Host
Justin Sonnenburg, Center of Genome Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine
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| 2:50 – 3:20 p.m. |
Session Discussion |
| 3:20 – 3:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
Jeff Gordon, Director, Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine
Jon Vanderhoof, Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Mead-Johnson Nutritionals |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Adjournment |
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