Microbiome Symposium

School of Biomedical Sciences Research Committee presents

The microbiome in health and disease symposium

Thursday 13th April, 2017

Kenneth Myer Building/Melbourne Brain Centre, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville Vic 3010

9.00-10.30 Microbial interactions in disease

Time

Speaker

Session

Affiliation

9.00-9.10

Fabienne Mackay

A vision for microbiome research in health and disease - fundamental science and translational opportunities

Head, SBS, UoM

9:10-9:40

Tor Savidge

Interaction of microbes with epithelium, immune cells and the nervous system

Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Microbiome Center, USA

9:40-9:50

Gabrielle Belz

Innate immunity - optimizing immune response

in disease models

WEHI/UoM

9:50-10:00

Ashley Franks

Effects of antidepressants and genetics on microbial signatures in mouse models of autism & Parkinsons disease

La Trobe University

10:00-10:10

Len Harrison

Gut microbiomes in pregnant women with and without type 1 diabetes

WEHI

10:10-10:20

Aaron Jex

Understanding the relationship between gastrointestinal infection, pathology reprofiling of the gut microbiome and chronic disease

WEHI/UoM

10.20-10.30

PANEL DISCUSSION

MORNING TEA (30 mins)

11.00-12.00 Interpreting dysbiosis

Time

Speaker

Session

Affiliation

11:00-11:10

Kat Holt

Microbial genomics

Centre for Systems Genomics, Dept Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UoM

11:10-11:20

Seth Masters

The NLRP1 inflammasome regulates butyrate producing Clostridiales, & predisposes to inflammatory bowel disease

WEHI/UoM

11:20-11:30

Charles Mackay

Bacterial metabolites limit autoimmune T cell frequencies and protect against Type 1 diabetes

Monash University

11:30-11:40

Danilla Grando

Using the gas sensing pill as an indicator of gut health

RMIT

11:40-11:50

Dieter Bulach

The influence of probiotics on the preterm gut microbiota

Doherty Institute/UoM

11:50-12:00

PANEL DISCUSSION

LUNCH (30 mins)

12.00-1.30 Microbes, memory and brain health

Time

Speaker

Session

Affiliation

12:30-2:40

Sammy Bedoui

The role of microbiota in generating effective CD8 T cell memory

UoM DMI

12:40-12:50

Elisa Hill

Interactions of the gut nervous system with microbes in autism

RMIT/UoM

12:50-1:00

Margaret Morris

Changes in microbiota, memory deficits and hippocampal gene expression

UNSW

1:00-1:10

Amy Loughman

A psychology perspective on the gut-brain axis

RMIT/UoM

1.10-1.20

PANEL DISCUSSION

1.20-1.30

Fabienne Mackay

Closing remarks

Head, SBS, UoM