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

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

  In Person
  On Demand

February 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
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
Dan R. Littman, HHMI/New York University School of Medicine
Commensals and Pathobionts in the Gut
Microbes Across Space, Time, and Populations
9:00–11:15 AM
Roberto G. Kolter, Harvard Medical School
The History of Microbiology and Modern-Day Approaches
Justin L. Sonnenburg, Stanford University
Global Migration of Gut Microbes with Early Humans
Mohamed S. Donia, Princeton University
Microbiome-Derived Small Molecules in Health and Disease
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Workshop: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Microbial Diversity and Fitness
5:00–7:00 PM
Maria Mercedes Zambrano, Corporación CorpoGen
Community Adaptations Across Environments
Jeff F. Miller, University of California, Los Angeles
Diversity Generating Retroelements in the Gut Microbiome
Ashlee M. Earl, Broad Institute Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Talk Title to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
What is a Pathobiont? Microbial Adaptations and Host Damage (Joint)
8:00–11:00 AM
Suzanne Devkota, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Host-Microbe Dynamics in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Panel Discussion 1: Toward Molecular Mechanisms in Microbiome Research: Insights from Genetic Systems and Co-Evolved Pathways (Joint)
1:30–3:15 PM
* Philippe J. Sansonetti, Institut Pasteur
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:30–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Host Colonization and Co-Evolution of Host-Microbial Interactions (Joint)
5:00–7:00 PM
Maria M. Mota, Instituto de Medicina Molecular
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
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Friday, February 21, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Genomic Insights from Big Data and Sequencing
8:00–11:00 AM
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
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Panel Discussion 2: Where are all the Microbiome Therapeutics? A Gap Analysis
2:30–4:30 PM
* Jeff F. Miller, University of California, Los Angeles
Justin L. Sonnenburg, Stanford University
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
Novel Approaches and Applications
5:00–7:00 PM
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
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:00–7:15 PM
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:15–8:15 PM
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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