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

Feb 18–21, 2025 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Bana Jabri, Caetano Reis e Sousa and Philippe J. Sansonetti

  In Person
  On Demand

Feb 18–21, 2025 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Bana Jabri, Caetano Reis e Sousa and Philippe J. Sansonetti

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
Viruses Within Us
9:30–11:30 AM
 Van Horne B
George Kassiotis, The Francis Crick Institute
Endogenous Retroelements and Immunity
Luis Barreiro, University of Chicago
Exploring Evolutionary Immunogenomics: Lessons from our Ancestors and Past Pandemics
Vivien Béziat, Institut Imagine
Human Genetic Determinants of Immunity to Muco-Cutaneous Papillomavirus
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
 Van Horne C
On Own for Lunch
11:15–2:30 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Van Horne C
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Van Horne B
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Microbes Within Us
5:00–7:00 PM
 Van Horne B
Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann, University of Zürich
Living with Commensal Fungi
Sophie Helaine, Harvard Medical School
Persisters Curing Infection
Emma Slack, ETH Zurich
Mechanisms the Host uses to Control the Gut Microbiota
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
Mechanisms of mucosal immunity against the intracellular gut pathogen Shigella flexneri
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
Role of Gut Microbiota in Disease
8:00–11:00 AM
 Van Horne B
Speaker to be Announced
Talk Title to be Announced
Pascale Vonaesch, University of Lausanne
Role of Gut Microbiota in Disease
Bana Jabri, University of Chicago
Intestinal Barrier, Commensals and Immunopathology
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
Symposia Spotlight 2: Interface of Nutrition, Microbiome and Disease
2:30–4:30 PM
 Van Horne B
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Van Horne Foyer
Therapeutic Lessons from Bugs
5:00–6:30 PM
 Van Horne B
Ramnik Xavier, Massachusetts General Hospital
Learning Mucosal Immunity from Gut Bugs
Caetano Reis e Sousa, Francis Crick Institute
Micronutrients, the Microbiome and Cancer Immunity
Marlies Meisel, University of Pittsburgh
Metabolism, Microbiota and Cancer Immunity
Closing Keynote Address
6:30–7:15 PM
 Van Horne B
Wendy S. Garrett, Harvard School of Public Health
Interplay Between the Gastrointestinal Immune System and the Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
 Van Horne B
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 President's Hall
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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