2nd Copenhagen Gut Microbiome Symposium

9:15-10:30 Talks session #1, Chair: Urvish Trivedi

9:15-10:00
Keynote #1: “Microbiome as a therapeutic target for neurodevelopmental disorders”, Assoc. Professor Rochellys Diaz Heijtz (Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

10:00-10:30
CPH Gut Microbiome Hub speaker #1: “Culturomics for exploiting the oral and the gut microbiota – towards next generation probiotics”, Professor Karsten Kristiansen (Genome Research and Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

11:30-12:30 Talks session #2, Chair: Trine Nielsen

Short talks (4x 10+5 minute talks selected from submitted abstracts)

“Substrate availability and dietary fibre regulate tryptophan metabolism by gut microbes”, Researcher Anurag Sinha (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

 “Engineering butyrogenic trophic chains in the human colon – dried chicory root as intact plant-cell fibre product to boost human health”, Postdoc Marie-Luise Puhlmann (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

 “Changes in gut microbiota predict neutropenia after induction treatment in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia”, Postdoc Maria Ebbesen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

“Extensive PFAS accumulation by human gut bacteria”, PhD Anna Lindell (University of Cambridge, UK)

13:30-14:45 Talks session #3, Chair: Martin F. Laursen

13:30-14:15
Keynote #2: “Diet-microbe-host interaction in early life: discovery of novel microbial therapies”, Professor Christopher Stewart (Translational and Clinical Research Institute Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK)

14:15-14:45
CPH Gut Microbiome Hub speaker #2: “The enigmatic anelloviruses in the infant gut”, Postdoc Ulrika Boulund (Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark)

16:00-17:00 Talks session #4, Chair: Camilla H. F. Hansen

Short talks (4x 10+5 minute talks selected from submitted abstracts)

“Dietary fibers shape the infant gut microbiome composition and metabolism”, PhD student Marianne Lalli (University of Helsinki, Finland)

“Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI influence breast milk composition, infant gut microbiome development, and early-life growth of term infants”, Postdoc Rasmus Riemer Jakobsen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

“Dynamics and Determinants of the Gut Mobilome in Early Life”, PhD student Asier Fernandez-Pato (University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands)

“Early life gut dysbiosis exacerbates oxazolone-induced allergic skin inflammation in human microbiota transplanted mice”, PhD student Frederikke Mortensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)