Therapeutic Promise of the Microbiome: The Dr. Paul Janssen Award Symposium
Location
Event Description
Considered the "father of human microbiome research", Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, MD, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, played a foundational role in this emerging field and shaped our current understanding of the role of microbial communities in human health and disease. His fundamental work uncovered the physiologic underpinnings of mammalian gut-microbial community-host interactions. His discoveries led to a novel understanding of the influence of the gut microbiota on nutritional status, which has profound therapeutic potential for two pressing global health challenges – obesity and its associated metabolic abnormalities, and childhood undernutrition. Growth and healthy development can be restored in undernourished infants and children via targeted repair of disrupted microbial communities in the gut.
Recognizing the impact of his revolutionary insights, Dr. Gordon has been awarded the annual Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research. This half-day virtual symposium, "Therapeutic Potential of the Microbiome: Dr. Paul Janssen Award Symposium," will celebrate his pioneering work and is a must-attend event for researchers in medicine, biological chemistry, molecular biology, and pharmacology. Following Dr. Gordon's award lecture, fellow prominent scientists will discuss several aspects of modern microbiome research, from basic biology to the translational implications for human health and disease. Symposium registration is complimentary. However, pre-registration is necessary to receive access to the live stream.
Honoree:
Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished
University Professor,
Director of the Center for Genome
Sciences and Systems Biology,
Washington University in St. Louis
Speakers and Moderator:
Agenda:
- 9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks and Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research Announcement
Melanie Brickman Borchard, Ph.D., MSc, New York Academy of Sciences
William N. Hait, M.D., Ph.D., Johnson & Johnson - 9:15 AM
Tahmeed Ahmed, MBBS, Ph.D.,International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh - 9:25 AM
Developing Microbiome-directed Complementary Foods for Treating Childhood Undernutrition
Jeffrey Gordon, M.D., Washington University in St. Louis
- 10:10 AM
Lora Hooper, Ph.D., University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School - 10:35 AM
Break
- 10:55 AM
Ruth Ley, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany - 11:20 AM
Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine - 11:45 AM
Panel Discussion - 12:25 PM
Closing Remarks
Melanie Brickman Borchard, Ph.D., MSc, New York Academy of Sciences - 12:30 PM
Adjourn
