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Concurrent Symposia Session III
Natcher Conference Center
Balcony C
52
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Microbiome Working Group
Microbiome research at the NIH:
From disease to therapeutics
Co-Chairs: Rashmi Sinha, NCI; and Leigh Greathouse, NCI
Symposium on Microbiome Research at the NIH: From disease to therapeutics.
This symposium will center on current work within the NIH intramural program, and
will focus on characterization of the microbiome, etiologic investigations, and the
possible use of microorganisms in therapy. The symposium will end with a discussion
including the speakers, selected poster presenters, and a panel of experts, which will
be lead by the session chairs. The purpose of this discussion will be to address the
research needed to advance interdisciplinary work on the microbiome at the NIH so
that both basic science and epidemiology are fully integrated.
Shruti Naik, NIAID
Compartmentalized control of skin immunity by resident commensals
Christian Abnet, NCI
Upper GI microbiome and mortality
Katia Garcia-Crespo, NIAID
Lactobacillus-mediated priming of the respiratory mucosa protects
against lethal virus infection
Laurel Lagenaur, NCI
Live biotherapeutic approaches to HIV prevention
Noriho Iida, NCI
Gut commensal bacteria promote anti-tumor innate immune responses
in distant tumors after immunotherapy and chemotherapy
FARE Award Winner
Poster Blitz: 1. Roberto Flores (NCI) Standardization of specimen collection and handling
procedures for gut microbiome analyses; 2. John Grainger (NIAID) Inflammatory
macrophages regulate pathologic responses to commensals during acute gastrointestinal
infection; 3. Reiko Yamane (NEI) Commensal microbiota as a trigger for ‘Spontaneous’
Autoimmune Uveitis