Microbiota, Metagenomics & Health

We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Microbiota, Metagenomics & Health which will be held in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday September 4, and will conclude after lunch on September 8, 2017.

The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in microbiota & human health. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

Major Topics: 
1. Microbiome & immune conditions
2. Microbiota & mucosal immunity
3. Molecular mechanisms ofhost & microbe cross-talks
4. Microbiota & metabolisms
5. Metagenomics & genetics 
6. New method developments in microbiota & microbiome
7. Human microbiome, health & disease

Keynote Speakers:
Thaddeus Stappenbeck, Washington University, USA
Abstract title: Microbial metabolites that modify intestinal wound repair 
Invited Speakers:
Sean Brady, The Rockefeller University, USA
Abstract title: Natural products from uncultured bacteria 
Kenneth Cadwell, New York University, USA
Abstract title: Transkingdom interactions in the gut 
Jose Clemente, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Dusko Ehrlich, INRA Centre of Jouy-en-Josas, FRANCE
Eran Elinav, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL
Abstract title: Host Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease 
Andrew Goodman, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: Tuning the microbiota 
Kenya Honda, Keio University / RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, JAPAN
Abstract title: Activation of CD8 T cells by the gut microbiota 
Xiaoyu Hu, Tsinghua University, CHINA
Abstract title: Epithelial Hes1 maintains gut homeostasis by preventing microbial dysbiosis 
Ivaylo Ivanov, Columbia University, USA
Abstract title: Structural and functional characterization of host-microbiota interactions 
Luke Jostins, University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM
Abstract title: The role of genetics and host-microbe interactions in inflammatory bowel disease 
Jun Kunisawa, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health & Nutrition, JAPAN
Abstract title: Crosstalk between diets and commensal bacteria for the creation of immunologic environment in the gut 
Zhihua Liu, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, CHINA
Abstract title: Intestinal lysozyme releases Nod1 ligands to direct insulin trafficking in beta cells 
Randy Longman, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Abstract title: Microbial regulation of mucosal and extra-intestinal immunity in inflammatory bowel disease 
Andrew Macpherson, University Hospital of Bern, SWITZERLAND
Abstract title: The impact of the maternal microbiota on the early-life immune system of her offspring 
Jorge Henao-Mejia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA
Yifat Merbl, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL
Abstract title: GARDing the Golgi apparatus via Golgi quality control 
Gabriel Nunez, University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Abstract title: Control of pathogen colonization by host Immunity and the microbiota in the gut 
Sven Pettersson, Karolinska Institutet, SWDEN
Abstract title: Gut microbe dynamics, responding to diet and exercise, supporting organ function in an age dependent manner 
Yan Shi, Tsinghua University, CHINA
Abstract title: Gut fungal metabolites in control of peripheral lymphoid system 
Kiyoshi Takeda, Osaka University, JAPAN
Abstract title: Mechanism for separation of microbiota and the host in the colon 
David Underhill, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center   , USA
Abstract title: Host Recognition of Commensal Fungi in Health and Disease 
Chuan Wu, The National Institutes of Health, USA
Abstract title: Foxo1 regulates commensalism via modulating goblet cell mucus secretion 
Xuan Zhang, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CHINA