2nd Microbiome PT Summit

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About this Event

After the success of the 1st year, the Microbiome PT Summit returns for a second edition, but this time in a face-to-face fashion in Lisbon.

BioData.pt, ELIXIR Portugal, the Portuguese node of the European Infrastructure for Biological Data, and SymbNET, the European network for research on host-microbe symbiosis, are committed to help microbiome research facing the challenges of data findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse caused the substancial growth of microbiome research and the massive amounts of data produced over the last decade in terms of the range of biomes sampled.

Biodata.pt, ELIXIR Portugal, and SymbNET are hosting the 2nd Microbiome PT Summit, sponsored by the ELIXIR Bioinformatics Industry Forum, Novogene, Germano de Sousa, and OLISSIPO. The purpose of the event is to gather the scientific community in Portugal that is working with microbiomes.

Are you involved in Microbiome research? Then, you can't miss this summit.

Agenda

DAY 1 - OCT 26, 2023
14:00 - 15:00 | OPENING SESSION
Welcome and presentation of BioData.pt | ELIXIR Portugal - Ana Teresa Freitas (IST), ELIXIR Portugal Head of Node
How plant endophyte shapes the future of sustainable agriculture? - Dilfuza Egamberdieva (TIMAE)
15:00 - 16:15 | DOMAIN SESSION I: MICROBIOMES IN AGRICULTURE
Chair: Juan Ignácio Vílchez (ITQB NOVA)

The role of auxin and ethylene biosynthesis and signalling in plant microbiome assembly dynamics - Francisco X. Nascimento (iBET)
Role of the rhizosphere physicochemistry and microbiome in acute and chronic decline in oaks - Conceição Egas (CNC-UC, Biocant)
Plant symbiotic interactions with the soil microbiome: how mycorrhizal fungi benefit their host plants - Mónica Guita Sebastiana (Ciências ULisboa)
Discussion
16:15 - 16:30 | BREAK
16:30 - 17:45 | DOMAIN SESSION II: MICROBIOMES IN AQUACULTURE
Chair: Ricardo Leite (IGC)

Microbiome as tool to access fish health in Aquaculture - Florbela Soares (S2Aqua/IPMA)
The Microbiome-Diet-Performance Nexus in Aquaculture: An Opportunity For Precision Nutrition - Ana Teresa Gonçalves (GreenColab/Sparus)
Microalgae-associated microbiomes: challenges, outlooks and applications - João Varela & Tamára Santos (CCMAR/UAlg)
Discussion
WELCOME DRINK (SNACKS) AND POSTER SESSION (17:45 - 19:15)

DAY 2 - OCT 27, 2023
09:00 - 09:45 | KEYNOTE SESSION
Charting a metagenomic atlas of the uncultured microbiome in health and disease - Alexandre Almeida (University of Cambridge)
09:45 - 11:00 | DOMAIN SESSION III: MICROBIOME AND HUMAN HEALTH
Chair: Isabel Gordo (IGC)

The human microbiome: beyond the gut - Benedita Sampaio-Maia (i3S)
Interactions between diet and the gut microbiota - a new therapeutic target - Cláudia Marques (NMS)
Harnessing the gut microbiota to modulate the immune response in colorectal cancer - Ana Margarida Almeida (iMM)
Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 | COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
11:30 - 12:30 | DOMAIN SESSION IV: INDUSTRY SESSION
Chair: Despoina Sousoni (ELIXIR)

Microbes at work in environmental and industrial processes - Vanessa Luís (SGS)
Microbiome analysis as a service in agriculture: challenges and opportunities - Ricardo Ramiro (InnovPlantProtect CoLAB)
Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 | LUNCH
14:00 - 15:15 | Domain session V: Microbiomes in the Environment
Chair: Rodrigo Costa (IST)

The multifaceted wastewater microbiome - Ivone Vaz-Moreira (ESB-UCP)
Insect vectors microbiome and disease transmission - Luís Teixeira (CBR-UCP/IGC)
How does MIRRI boost the microbiome era? - Nelson Lima (UMinho/MIRRI-PT)
Discussion
15:15 - 15:45 | COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
15:45 - 16:45 | DOMAIN SESSION VI: INDUSTRY SESSION
Chair: Gracinda Sanches Fernandes (BioChromoGene)

Enhancing microbial discoveries through sequencing technologies - Carolina Jiang Zheng, Oriol Alejo-Valle (Novogene)
Probiotics - what distinguishes them and what's the future? - Filipa Horta (Biocodex)
Discussion
16:45 - 17:30 | KEYNOTE SESSION
Bringing the understanding of microbes in their natural environments: the relevance of standardizing initiatives - Catarina Magalhães (CIIMAR/UP)
17:30 - 17:45 | CLOSING SESSION
FEGA Portugal - Ana Teresa Freitas (IST), Isabel Gordo (IGC)

Keynote Speakers


Portait of Dilfuza Egamberdieva

Dilfuza Egamberdieva

Dr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva is the head of the Biological Research and Food Safety Lab, Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, National Research University (TIAME). She received her PhD in agricultural sciences from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. She pioneered research on the soil and plant microbiome. She conducted her postdoctoral studies at the Helsinki University of Finland, University of Florence, Italy, at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and as well as Leiden University of Netherlands. She continued her research activities at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research and Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her remarkable contributions to science in the field of microbiology received SCOPUS-2019 Regional Award. “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013). TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Women Research Award (2009), L'OREAL-UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science (2006), American Society of Microbiology, (ASM) Morrison Rogosa Award (2006), UNESCO-Man and Biosphere (MAB) Award (2005). On the national level she has played a leading role in the implementation and evaluation the national programs and projects in microbiological and biotechnological research for sustainable development. She act as a chair of the Executive Committee of the OWSD Central Asia National Chapter, and vice-chair and national focal point representative to the UNESCO-STEPAN (Science and Technology Policy Asian Network). Dilfuza is also involved in science policy, and served on the advisory committee of the German Council of Science and Humanities (WR), and member of The High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), The Committee on World Food Security, and also acts as the Country Ambassador for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). She is a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS). She is co-editor of the Environmental Sustainability Journal (Springer), and serves on the editorial board of several professional journals including BMC Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Plants (MDPI). She authored/co-authored over 200 research articles and edited 6 book published by Springer and Elsevier.

Portrait of Alexandre Almeida

Alexandre Almeida

Alex is a Principal Investigator at the University of Cambridge, leading a research group aiming to understand the role that the hidden, uncultured microbiome plays in human health and disease. Throughout his research career he has specialized in the development and application of bioinformatics and genomic approaches to make biological discoveries with relevance to human health. After completing his PhD at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at EMBL-EBI exploring the human gut microbiome using large-scale metagenomics. His work led to the discovery of thousands of uncultivated bacterial species in the human microbiome, more than tripling the number of gut-associated species previously known. His research group is now focused on characterizing the relevance of this huge uncharacterised microbial diversity for the development of microbiome-based diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Portrait of Catarina Magalhães

Catarina Magalhães

PhD in Marine Sciences, researcher of CIIMAR, professor at University of Porto and member of the coordination committee of Portuguese Polar Program. Her research cover the study of fundamental biogeochemical cycles (e.g Nitrogen) and microbial communities in extreme polar regions (Arctic and Antarctica), deep sea environments, temperate coastal waters, estuarine ecosystems and open ocean environments, with a broader perspective on how microbiomes respond to global changes. Our studies are multidimensional involving oceanographic campaigns, as well as in situ experiments, microcosms and bioreactors experimentation using biogeochemical measurements, microbiome sample processing and genomics / metagenomics / metatranscriptomics work flow analysis. She have an active participation in national, and international marine microbiome monitoring programs by generating long-term genomic data sets, with an active involvement in international microbiome consortia and metagenomics standardized initiatives.

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