The Toronto Human Immunology Network
presents:
Decoding the influence of the microbiota on health and disease
Wednesday May 30, 2012
1-5PM
Room 3153 , Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto
Co-Chairs: Dana Philpott and Ken Croitoru
1:00 Welcome and introductions (Co-chairs)
1:10 Keynote Speaker: David Relman, Stanford University
“Unrest at home: the human microbiome in health and disease”
2:00 Michael Surette, McMaster University
“Lower respiratory tract microbiomes across airway diseases.”
2:30-3:00 Nutrition break – Medical Alumni Lounge
3:00 Alberto Martin, University of Toronto
“The Gut Microbiota and Colon Cancer”
3:30 David Guttman, University of Toronto
“Microbiome dynamics in the cystic fibrosis lung”
4:00 Jayne Danska, Hospital for Sick Children
“Sex, genes and bacteria in Type 1 diabetes”
4:30- 5:00 Phil Sherman, Hospital for Sick Children
Discussion and wrap up
Keynote speaker costs deferred by an educational grant from Danone
Free Registration is required, go to: http://microbiotasymposium.eventbrite.ca/