16:00 - 16:50
17:00 - 17:10
Dr. Karsten Zengler - University of California, San Diego
17:10 - 18:10
18:10 - 19:30
08:00 - 09:00
Emmanuel T. Ugwuoji - Baylor University, USA
09:00 - 09:30
Josie Rivera Alfaro - San Diego State University, USA
09:30 - 10:00
Laleh Walsh - Michigan State University, USA
10:00 - 10:15
Emerson Taminang - Arizona State University, USA
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
Robert Quinn - Michigan State University, USA
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
Hannah Kim - University of Michigan, USA
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 13:15
Jordan Bisanz - Pennsylvania State University, USA
13:15 - 13:45
Nicole Norve - Florida International University, USA
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:30
Dr. Kelly Wrighton - Colorado State University, USA
14:30 - 15:30
15:30 - 17:00
08:30 - 09:30
Jan Claesen - Cleveland Clinic Research, USA
Lucy Crouch - University of Birmingham, UK
10:00 - 10:30
Tehreema Ghaffar - University of Rome "Foro Italico", Italy
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
M Alejandra Diaz De Rienzo - University of Salford, UK
11:15 - 11:30
Jeffrey Gralnick - University of Minnesota, USA
Sophie Stephens - Imperial College London, UK
Yousi Fu - Michigan State University, USA
Kitty Guo - University of Dundee, UK
Mallory Cunningham - Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
14:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:45
Dr. Yan Shao- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
14:45 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:00
Registration
Welcome and introduction
Dr. Karsten Zengler - University of California, San Diego Keynote speech: Unraveling Microbial Interactions and Niches Enables The Targeted Alteration of the Microbiome
Refreshments
18:00 - 18:00
Cocktail Reception
Continental Breakfast
Emmanuel T. Ugwuoji - Baylor University, USA Session 1 - Microbes in Host-Associated Microbiomes
Josie Rivera Alfaro - San Diego State University, USA Session 1 - Microbes in Host-Associated Microbiomes
Laleh Walsh - Michigan State University, USA Session 1 - Microbes in Host-Associated Microbiomes
Emerson Taminang - Arizona State University, USA Session 1 - Microbes in Host-Associated Microbiomes
Morning Refreshments, posters and exhibition stalls
Robert Quinn - Michigan State University, USA Session 2 - Microbes in clinically relevant microbiomes
Session 2 - Microbes in clinically relevant microbiomes
Hannah Kim - University of Michigan, USA Session 2 - Microbes in clinically relevant microbiomes
Lunch, posters and exhibition stalls
Jordan Bisanz - Pennsylvania State University, USA Session 3 - Synthetic Communities and Experimental Microbiomes
Nicole Norve - Florida International University, USA Session 4 - Microbes in Environmental Microbiomes
Afternoon Refreshments, posters and exhibition stalls
Dr. Kelly Wrighton - Colorado State University, USA Keynote speech : The Hidden Currencies of Environmental Microbiomes: Mechanisms, Control, and Opportunity
Outdoor activity
Jan Claesen - Cleveland Clinic Research, USA Session 5 - Microbes in the Human Gut Microbiome
Lucy Crouch - University of Birmingham, UK Session 5 - Microbes in the Human Gut Microbiome
Tehreema Ghaffar - University of Rome "Foro Italico", Italy Session 5 - Microbes in the Human Gut Microbiome
M Alejandra Diaz De Rienzo - University of Salford, UK Session 6 – Microbes in Food microbiomes
Jeffrey Gralnick - University of Minnesota, USA Session 7 - Unusual Microbes in Microbiomes
Sophie Stephens - Imperial College London, UK Session 7 - Unusual Microbes in Microbiomes
Yousi Fu - Michigan State University, USA Session 8 - Microbes in Other Human Microbiomes
Kitty Guo - University of Dundee, UK Session 8 - Microbes in Other Human Microbiomes
Mallory Cunningham - Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Session 8 - Microbes in Other Human Microbiomes
Dr. Yan Shao- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK Keynote speech : Mapping Early-Life Microbiome Assembly and Decoding Bifidobacteria Diversity for Infant Health
Closing remarks and prizes