The 11th IYS – ‘The gut, conductor of our health: putting the microbiota in the spotlight’
PRELIMINARY Programme Day 2 - 11 October
Registration and poster viewing
Welcome, programme and household messages
KEYNOTE LECTURE 2
Fermented foods: An update on evidence based health benefits and future perspective
Prof. Paul Cotter, Teagasc Food Research Centre and APC Microbiome Ireland, Ireland
Break
Tea & Coffee break / Poster viewing
SESSION 5. LcS STUDIES
Chair: Dr. Osamu Chonan
Effects of habitual intake of fermented milk products containing Lacticaseibacillus paracasei strain Shirota on health maintenance in older people
Dr. Yukitoshi Aoyagi, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
Anti-infectious & anti-cancer effects of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei Shirota through host immune regulation
Masatoshi Morikawa, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, Belgium
SESSION 6: ROUNDTABLE
Roundtable discussions
Break
Lunch / Poster viewing
SESSION 7: GUT HEALTH: THE OTHER 'AXES'
Chair: Prof. Sarah Lebeer, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Gut- lung axis – microbiota, butyrate and protection from pneumonia
Dr. Bastiaan Haak, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK & Amsterdam UMC
Oral health in relation to system disease
Prof. Egija Zaura, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SESSION 8: GUT METABOLISM
Chair: Dr. Gwen Falony, UMC Mainz, Germany
Gut microbiota, metabolic activity, and interactions with the host immune, metabolic, and neurological functions
Prof. Marie-Christine Simon, University of Bonn, Germany
Lifelines Project
Prof. Jingyuan Fu, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands
Poster Prize awards
Poster prize ceremony
Closing
Dr. Bruno Pot, Science Director, Yakult Europe