Understanding the Human Microbiota - a research symposium honouring Prof Gerald Tannock

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We welcome you to this event celebrating the career of Prof Gerald Tannock, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago.

To register, click here.

 

Preliminary programme below:

Thursday 30 May 2019

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Registration desk open

1:00 - 1:15 pm

Mihi Whakatau

1:15 - 1:30 pm

Welcome HOD Microbiology

 

Chair: Clive Ronson

1:30 - 2:10 pm

International Invited Speaker
Paul O'Toole - Gut microbiome in Health and Disease

2:10 - 2:35 pm

Invited NZ Speaker

Rachael Taylor - Prevention of early childhood obesity: role for the microbiome?

2:35 - 3:00 pm

Invited NZ Speaker
Ian Sims - The Carbohydrate Chemist's Guide to Gut Microbiota

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Afternoon tea

 

Chair: Michelle McConnell

3:30 - 4:10 pm

Invited International Speaker

Jens Walter - Modulation of the Human Gut Microbiota: An Ecological Perspective

4:10 - 4:35 pm

Invited NZ Speaker
Nick Heng - Genes and Genomes: A Career with the 4-letter Alphabet

4:35 - 5:00 pm

Invited NZ Speaker

Jacqui Keenan - A bacterial driver model for colorectal cancer

5:00 - 6:30 pm

Free time / drinks

6.30pm - late

Symposium dinner at Savoy

   

Friday 31 May 2019

8:00am - 12:00 pm

Registration desk open

 

Chair: Xochitl Morgan

9:30 - 10:10 am

Invited International Speaker

TBD

am

Invited NZ Speaker

Anne-Louise Heath - Introducing solids - food for babies and their bugs

10:30 - 11:00 am

Morning tea

 

Chair: Judith Bateup

11:00 - 11:30 am

Invited NZ Speaker

James Dekker

11:30 - 12:00 pm

Invited NZ Speaker

Bernhard Breier

12:05 - 12:15 pm