Microbiome Friday Seminar - 10 January 2025

10 January 2025

Every month between 3:00 and 6:00 PM all researchers involved in interdisciplinary research on personal microbiome health from the member faculties of our RPA are welcome to meet and share their successes and challenges, as well as discuss their projects with with each other at the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS).

REGISTER FORM:

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Join us for for an insightful presentation related to microbiome research by invited speaker.

The program for this event is as follows:

  • 14:45 – 15:00: Walk-in, tea, coffee
  • 15:00 : Start of seminar, welcome, announcement
  • 15:05 – 15:35: A talk by David Barnett, PhD
    • David is a bioinformatician and researcher at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Disease and Infection Prevention at Maastricht University Medical Center+. He developed the R package microViz during his PhD at the Maastricht Centre for System Biology. He will give a talk about microViz and some of his work on gastrointestinal symptoms in infants and their links to biopsychosocial factors.
  • 15:35 – 16: 05: A talk by Martha Endika, PhD
    • Martha is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Preventive Dentistry at ACTA. She obtained her PhD in Microbiology from Wageningen University, focusing her research on the role of non-digestible oligosaccharides on the antibiotic resilience of infant gut microbiota. She will give a talk about her work on evaluating the use of NDCs towards mitigating the effects of antibiotics on microbiota in an in vitro colon model (TIM-2) of the weaning infant.
  • 16:05 onward: Drinks, snacks, and discussions
Please sign up by filling out the form below. We look forward to seeing you during the event!

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