Program
08h30-09h00 | Check-in
09h00 | Opening Session
Maria Mota, CEO of GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine
Waldan Kwong, GIMM
Isabel Gordo, GIMM
Ilana Gabanyi, GIMM
Kevin Foster, University of Oxford
Maria Mota, CEO of GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine
Waldan Kwong, GIMM
Isabel Gordo, GIMM
Ilana Gabanyi, GIMM
Kevin Foster, University of Oxford
09h15 | Keynote Speaker
Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur
Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur
10h00-10h30 | Coffee Break
Micro: Health-disease Session
How does the constant dialogue between host and microbes shape health and disease?
This session explores the shifting understanding of health as a partnership between species. From nutrition, the microbiome and the immune system to aging and the gut-brain axis, we consider how microbes affect host’s physiology and behaviour and what happens when the balance is lost.
How does the constant dialogue between host and microbes shape health and disease?
This session explores the shifting understanding of health as a partnership between species. From nutrition, the microbiome and the immune system to aging and the gut-brain axis, we consider how microbes affect host’s physiology and behaviour and what happens when the balance is lost.
10h30 | Daniel Mucida, Rockefeller University
11h00 | Luísa Figueiredo, GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine
11h30 | Miguel Soares, GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine
12h00 | Carolina Lucas, Yale University
12h30-13h30 | Lunch
13h30 | Round Table Session – Questions of the Future: Health and Disease
Daniel Mucida, Luísa Figueiredo, Miguel Soares and Carolina Lucas
Chair: Emma Yee, Cell Press
Daniel Mucida, Luísa Figueiredo, Miguel Soares and Carolina Lucas
Chair: Emma Yee, Cell Press
14h15-14h45 | Selected Micro Talks
Micro: Eco-evo-Diversity Session
What can microbes teach us about the web – and origins – of life?
This session explores how microbes drive evolution, diversity, and stability across ecosystems. From bacterial cell signalling to the origins of complex life, we trace how microbial networks shape the planet’s past and future, including tools to understand and counter resistance.
What can microbes teach us about the web – and origins – of life?
This session explores how microbes drive evolution, diversity, and stability across ecosystems. From bacterial cell signalling to the origins of complex life, we trace how microbial networks shape the planet’s past and future, including tools to understand and counter resistance.
14h45 | Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University
15h15 | Marco A. Coelho, Duke University Medical Center
15h45-16h15 | Coffee Break
16h15 | Karina Xavier, GIMM
16h45 | Roy Kishony, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
17h15 | Round Table Session – Questions of the Future: Eco-evo-Diversity
Bonnie Bassler, Marco A. Coelho, Karina Xavier and Roy Kishony
Chair: Joana Osório, Science Magazine
Bonnie Bassler, Marco A. Coelho, Karina Xavier and Roy Kishony
Chair: Joana Osório, Science Magazine
18h30 Dinner
09h15 | Keynote Speaker
Charles Rice, Rockefeller University
Charles Rice, Rockefeller University
10h00-10h30 | Coffee Break
Micro: Engineering Session
How can we re-design life?
This session explores the power of synthetic biology and engineered microbes to improve health of humans, animals and the environment; e.g. build new biomaterials and new biotherapeutics, engineer artificial ecosystems that can sense, clean and repair natural ecosystems, thus reshaping industry, sustainability and the concept of creativity.
How can we re-design life?
This session explores the power of synthetic biology and engineered microbes to improve health of humans, animals and the environment; e.g. build new biomaterials and new biotherapeutics, engineer artificial ecosystems that can sense, clean and repair natural ecosystems, thus reshaping industry, sustainability and the concept of creativity.
10h30 | Jeffery Barrick, Michigan State University
11h00 | Carolina Tropini, University of British Columbia
11h30 | Joy Bergelson, New York University
12h00 | Matthew Chang, National University of Singapore
12h30-13h30 | Lunch
13h30 | Round Table Session – Questions of the Future: Micro: Engineering
Jeffery Barrick, Carolina Tropini, Joy Bergelson and Matthew Chang
Chair: Emily White, Nature Microbiology
Jeffery Barrick, Carolina Tropini, Joy Bergelson and Matthew Chang
Chair: Emily White, Nature Microbiology
14h15-14h45 | Selected Micro Talks
14h45-17h00 | Poster Session
17h00 | Round Table Session – Questions of the Future: Micro: Society
Francisco Garcia (Val d’Hebron Hospital Campus), Rita Sá Machado (General Director of Health) and Marta Entradas (ISCTE-IUL and London School of Economics)
Chair: Miguel Prudêncio, GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine
Francisco Garcia (Val d’Hebron Hospital Campus), Rita Sá Machado (General Director of Health) and Marta Entradas (ISCTE-IUL and London School of Economics)
Chair: Miguel Prudêncio, GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine
18h00 | Wrap Up Session
Maria Mota, CEO of GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine
Maria Mota, CEO of GIMM, Lisbon School of Medicine