Platteberg 24
9000 Gent
België
Microbiome: From Benchtop to Bedside, 5th edition
Five years on, how much of the microbiome's promise has translated into clinical practice? This fifth edition brings together leading international researchers and clinicians to explore recent breakthroughs, scientific challenges, and future applications in healthcare.
Programme
09:00 – 09:45 | Registration, coffee & opening
09:45 – 11:55 | Session 1: Five Years Later – What Has Really Changed?
- 09:45 – Sarah Lebeer: Vaginal microbiome & citizen science
- 10:10 – Lisa Derosa: Microbiome & cancer immunotherapy
- 10:35 – Shari Mackens: Microbiome & reproductive medicine
- 11:00 – Max Nieuwdorp: Fecal microbiota transplantation & metabolic disease
- 11:25 – Panel discussion
11:55 – 13:45 | Best Abstract Award, Lunch & Poster Session
13:45 – 15:25 | Session 2: How Do We Know a Signal Is Real?
- 13:45 – Mette Hazenberg: FMT & graft-versus-host disease
- 14:10 – Crystel Hajjar: Short-chain fatty acids & gut–immune interactions
- 14:35 – Thies Gehrmann: Analytical choices & research robustness
- 15:00 – Panel discussion
15:25 – 16:10 | Coffee Break & Poster Session
16:10 – 18:00 | Session 3: The Microbiome Across the Lifespan
- 16:10 – Debby Bogaert: Early-life respiratory microbiome
- 16:35 – Francesco Asnicar: Diet, gut microbiome & healthy ageing
- 17:00 – Third speaker: To be announced
- 17:25 – Panel discussion
18:00 – 19:30 | Networking Reception & Posters
Evening Programme (in Dutch)
- 19:30 – Opening lecture: From microbiome research to clinical practice
- 20:00 – Walking dinner & expert roundtables
- 21:00 – Panel discussion
- 21:45 – Networking drinks
- 23:00 – End
Abstract submission deadline: 5 October
Registration deadline: 20 October
Organised with UGent, UAntwerpen and VUB as part of FTI Festival Ghent.
The daytime scientific programme is in English; the evening programme is in Dutch.