The Microbiome: from Planetary to Microbial Scale

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The Microbiome: from Planetary to Microbial Scale

Join us for the Gairdner Global Perspectives Panel, "The Microbiome: from Planetary to Microbial Scale"

Happening Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 1:00-2:30 pm for a full-scale survey of the role of the microbiome in human health and the role of humans in a microbial world.

Leading experts Brett Finlay, Amber Benezra and Samira Mubareka join Gairdner Early Career Investigators Sarah Elton, Abiola Olaitan and Artem Babaian to share knowledge on how our understanding of microbiota is being applied in immunology, cancer and experimental systems, what this means for human populations scientifically and ethically, and how our complex relationships with our micro and macro environments shape us.

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Schedule

1:00-1:05 Introductions

 

1:05-1:10

The role of the microbiome in human health and disease

Dr. Brett Finlay 

Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories; Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia

1:10-1:15

The social microbiome

Prof. Amber Benezra

Assistant Professor, Science and Technology Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology

1:15-1:20

Viral ecologies; inter-species connections from molecules to ecosystems

Dr. Samira Mubareka

Clinician-Scientist, Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Disease consultant, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

1:20- 2:10

Roundtable Discussion: Speakers & ECIs

Brett Finlay, Amber Benezra, Samira Mubareka, Abiola Olaitan, Sarah Elton & Artem Babaian

2:10- 2:25 Q&A 
2:25-2:30Concluding Remarks 

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