Joint with: Microbiome Metabolite/Metabolism Discovery and Function in Health and Disease: Bringing Biochemistry into the 21st Century
Human Microbiome: From Models and Mechanism to Medicine

January 1-4, 2026 | Location to be Determined
Scientific Organizers: Ami S. Bhatt, Tami Lieberman and Harry Sokol

  In Person
  On Demand

January 1-4, 2026 | Location to be Determined
Scientific Organizers: Ami S. Bhatt, Tami Lieberman and Harry Sokol

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Friday, January 2, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint)
8:00–9:30 AM
Emily P. Balskus †, Harvard University
Mechanistic Enzymology of Microbiome-Derived Gene Products
Mohamed S. Donia †, Princeton University
Metagenomics Discovery of Microbial Gene Clusters
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Microbial Biochemistry in Health and Disease (Joint)
9:30–11:15 AM
Stavroula Hatzios †, Yale School of Medicine
Redox Signaling in the Human Gut Microbiome
Harry Sokol, Saint-Antoine Hospital
Effect of Microbiome on Energy Metabolism in IBD
Tamia Alisha Harris-Tryon †, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Small Molecules from Skin Microbiome
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Microbe-Host Interactions
5:00–7:00 PM
Mahesh S. Desai †, Luxembourg Institute of Health
Diet, the Gut Microbiome and Host Health
Ami S. Bhatt, Stanford University
Deciphering Microbe-Host Communication
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Saturday, January 3, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Microbe-Microbe Interactions in the Human Microbiome
8:00–11:00 AM
Tami Lieberman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Evolution of the Skin Microbiome Across Scales
Sur Herrera Paredes †, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Population Genetics to Study Evolution in the Human Microbiome
Naama Geva-Zatorsky †, Technion Institute of Technology
Modeling the Impact of Phages and DNA Inversions and Human Disease
Benjamin D. Ross †, Dartmouth College
Microbial Warfare
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Population Microbiome Studies
5:00–7:00 PM
Scott Hazelhurst †, University of the Witwatersrand
Expanding the African Gut Microbiome
Ramnik Xavier †, Massachusetts General Hospital
Large-Scale Population Studies to Understand the Gut-Immune Axis
Sarah Lebeer †, University of Antwerp
Citizen Science to Study the Vaginal Microbiome
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Sunday, January 4, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Advanced Methods to Study the Microbiome (Joint)
8:00–11:00 AM
Donald E. Ingber †, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard
Studying the Vaginal Microbiome with Organ-on-a-Chip Methods
Cheri Ackerman †, Concerto Biosciences
Skin Microbiome Therapeutics and Chip-Based Studies
Elaine Y. Hsiao †, University of California, Los Angeles
Advances in the Gut-Brain Axis
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Microbiome Drivers of Disease
5:00–6:45 PM
Philippe Langella †, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Microbiome-Based Therapeutics for Cancer Treatment
Benjamin Hadida †, Exeliom Biosciences
Microbiome-Based Therapeutics for Cancer Treatment
Karine Clément †, INSERM / Sorbonne Universite
Diabetes, Obesity and the Gut Microbiome
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Monday, January 5, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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