Joint with: Host-Microbe Co-Evolution in Human Health: The Microbiome-Pathobiont Continuum
Human Microbiome: Diversity, Selection and Adaptation

Feb 18–21, 2025 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Suzanne Devkota, Jeff F. Miller and Roberto G. Kolter

  In Person
  On Demand

Feb 18–21, 2025 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Suzanne Devkota, Jeff F. Miller and Roberto G. Kolter

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 President's Hall
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
 Van Horne A
Dan R. Littman, HHMI/New York University School of Medicine
Commensals and Pathobionts in the Gut
Coffee Break
9:00–9:30 AM
 Van Horne Foyer
Microbes Across Space, Time, and Populations
9:30–11:30 AM
 Van Horne A
Roberto G. Kolter, Harvard Medical School
The History of Microbiology and Modern-Day Approaches
Mohamed S. Abou Donia, Princeton University
Microbiome-Derived Small Molecules in Health and Disease
Ashlee M. Earl, Broad Institute Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Talk Title to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Poster Setup
11:30–1:00 PM
 Van Horne C
On Own for Lunch
11:30–2:30 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Symposia Spotlight: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Van Horne A
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Microbial Diversity and Fitness
5:00–7:00 PM
 Van Horne A
Jeff F. Miller, University of California, Los Angeles
Diversity Generating Retroelements in the Gut Microbiome
Maria Mercedes Zambrano, Corporación CorpoGen
Community Adaptations Across Environments
Suzanne Devkota, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Host-Microbe Dynamics in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 President's Hall
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 President's Hall
What is a Pathobiont? Microbial Adaptations and Host Damage (Joint)
8:00–11:00 AM
 Van Horne A
Peter J Turnbaugh, University of California, San Francisco
Harnessing the Gut Microbiome to Counteract and Predict Cancer Chemotherapy Toxicity
Scott Hultgren, Washington University School of Medicine
Uropathogenic E. coli and Host Colonization in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
Russell E Vance, University of California, Berkeley
At First Sight: How Hosts and Microbes Sense Each Other
Julie A. Segre, National Institutes of Health
Global Skin Microbiome: Insights into Urbanization and Skin Microbial Pathogens
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Van Horne Foyer
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
 Van Horne C
On Own for Lunch
11:00–2:45 PM
Career Roundtable (Joint)
1:00–2:30 PM
 Van Horne B
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Panel Discussion 1: Toward Molecular Mechanisms in Microbiome Research: Insights from Genetic Systems and Co-Evolved Pathways (Joint)
2:45–4:30 PM
 Van Horne A
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Host Colonization and Co-Evolution of Host-Microbial Interactions (Joint)
5:00–7:00 PM
 Van Horne A
Maria Manuel Dias da Mota, GIMM- Gulbenkian Institute For Molecular Medicine
Inter-Kingdom Interactions Shaping Malaria Infections
Andrew L Goodman, Yale School of Medicine
Bacterial Diversity and Host Response to Medications
Melanie Blokesch, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Environmental Lifestyle and Evolvability of Vibrio Cholerae
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 President's Hall
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Friday, February 21, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 President's Hall
Genomic Insights from Big Data and Sequencing
8:00–11:00 AM
 Van Horne A
Trevor Lawley, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Integrating Mass Culturing and Metagenomic Analysis for Human Microbiome Translational Science
Ami S. Bhatt, Stanford University
Dissecting Microbe: Microbe and Microbe: Host Interactions using Genomics
Katherine S. Pollard, University of California, San Francisco
Strain-Resolved Metagenome-Wide Association Studies
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Van Horne Foyer
On Own for Lunch
11:00–2:30 PM
Panel Discussion 2: Where are all the Microbiome Therapeutics? A Gap Analysis
2:30–4:30 PM
 Van Horne A
* Jeff F. Miller, University of California, Los Angeles
Dan R. Littman, HHMI/New York University School of Medicine
Trevor Lawley, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Hannah Wastyk, Interface Biosciences
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Novel Approaches and Applications
5:00–7:00 PM
 Van Horne A
Katherine Duncan, University of Newcastle
Abyssal Antibiotics – Marine Biodiscovery from the Deep Ocean
Hannah Wastyk, Interface Biosciences
Bacterial Metabolites as Drugs
Cammie Lesser, Massachusetts General Hospital
Bacterial Delivery Systems from Agents of Pathogenesis to Vectors for Novel Therapeutics
David Bikard, Pasteur Institute and Eligo Bioscience
Genetic Perturbation of Gut Bacteria With Engineered Phage Vectors and CRISPR
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:00–7:15 PM
 Van Horne A
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:15–8:15 PM
 President's Hall
Cash Bar
8:30–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:30–11:00 PM
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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