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This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually.
Symposium overview
Human microbiota – the collection of microbes living in and on our body – have a significant impact on human health and well-being. They have been associated with numerous diseases, yet we are still far from understanding their role in the context of life-style and genetics. Various initiatives are underway around the world to survey the human microbiota at several body sites, characterize them, understand their interactions with the human hosts, elucidate their role in diseases, and design possible therapeutic or dietary interventions. Recent efforts have started mining the human microbiome data to discover bioactive compounds; detect interactions between microbes and molecules; and design novel interventions. The return of this established meeting will bring together the community for a timely, in-person symposium picking up on developments across the field since the last edition in 2023.
Session topics
Future outlook for microbiome research and translation
- Methodological advances in microbiome analysis
- The human microbiome across biological age
- The human microbiome’s response to nutrition and drugs
- Host-microbe interactions
- Integrative approaches in microbiome research
- Microbiome-targeted therapeutics
