Gut microbiota in health and disease – from concept to evidence

SWEDISH NATIONAL COMMITTEE
FOR NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES
Gut microbiota in health and disease
– from concept to evidence
Date: Venue: 17 March 2016 (09.00–17.00)
The Beijer Hall, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
PROGRAMME
09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Welcome
Prof. Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
09.35 Introduction
Prof. Inger Björck, Food for Health Science Centre, Lund University, Sweden
MECHANISMS FOR GUT MICROBIOTA IMPACT ON HOST PHYSIOLOGY
09.40 Gut microbiota and type 2 diabetes
Prof. Fredrik Bäckhed, Wallenberg Laboratory, Sahlgrenska Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
10.30
Understanding the microbiota in metabolic conditions: cause or consequence?
Prof. Max Nieuwdorp, Amsterdam Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
11.15 Poster session
12.00 Lunch
13.15 Brain-gut-microbiota axis: Role in psychiatric illness
Prof. Ted Dinan, Dept. of Psychiatry, University College Cork, Ireland
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DIET AND GUT MICROBIOTA FOR DISEASE
PREVENTION
14.00 Tailoring of gut microbiota composition with optimized food concepts for metabolic benefits
Assoc. Prof. Frida Fåk, Food for Health Science Centre, Lund University, Sweden
14.30
Dietary modulation of gut microbiota contributes to alleviation of both genetic and simple obesity in children
Prof. Liping Zhao, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
15.15 Coffee break
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15.45 Prebiotic modulation of the gut microbiota for health benefits
Prof. Nathalie Delzenne, Louvain Drug Research Institute Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
16.30–17.00 Discussion
Scientific committee
Prof. Lilia Ahrné, SP Food and Bioscience; Prof. Inger Björck, Lund University;
Prof. emeritus Hans Lingnert; Prof. Ann-Sofie Sandberg, Chalmers University
of Technology
Adjunct scientific committee
Prof. Fredrik Bäckhed, University of Gothenburg; Assoc. Prof. Frida Fåk, Lund
University; Prof. Margareta Nyman, Lund University
The symposium is supported by Lund University, FORMAS and Stiftelsen till
bröderna Jacob och Marcus Wallenbergs minne
The symposium will be webcasted live at kva.se and will later be available as
video-on-demand at kvatv.se.
For more information and registration please visit:
http://kva.se/gutmicrobiota
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