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• Interview with François Leulier, PhD - of Drosophila and Microbiota

  

  Dr François Leulier tells us about his research work on the genetics of the immune response using the Drosophila melanogaster as a model and how...

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• François Leulier on the Biovision Forum 2013

  

  Dr François Leulier chaired and moderated a session on the gut microbiota at the Biovision Forum 2013. In this short interview, he tells us about...

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• A Bug versus Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders

  

  A study mainly conducted at the Université Catholique de Louvain was recently published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)...

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• Sessions of the GMFH 2013

  

  Below you can access the entire content of the Gut Microbiota for Health Summit that took place in Madrid (February 2013). All the sessions are...

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• Bones joint interactions with the microbiome

  

  Rheumatic disorders like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) have got autoimmune origins and usually present prominent...

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• [Save the Date] 2nd International Symposium of Human Gut Microbiota in Health & Disease

  

  After the success of the 1st edition, we're happy to announce the "Second International Symposium of Human Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease"...

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• The human gut microbiome: our second genotype

  

  EMBL Heidelberg and Washington University scientists Peer Bork and George Weinstock respectively deciphered for the first time the genotype of gut...

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• Gut Microbiota Across Theaters

  

  Under this thread, we will gather videos we feel are worth seeing on the subject of gut microbiota.  

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• Gut microbiota changes after gastric bypass

  

  While obesity and type II diabetes seems to alter the gut microbiota ecology associated with low grade inflammation in humans, the gastric bypass...

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• Interview with Pierre Rimbaud, MD – Enterome co-founder

  

  Can you tell us about your experience prior to Enterome?PR: I worked for 14 years as a general practitioner, a family doctor and even as a country...

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• Online press conference at the 2nd World Summit “Gut Microbiota For Health”

  

  Re-watch the official online press conference that took place on the occasion of the 2nd Gut Microbiota For Health World Summit in Madrid. 

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• Gut Summit 2013 on the Web

  

  The Second World Summit Gut Microbiota for Health took place in Madrid from the 24th til the 26th of February 2013. In case you weren't able to be...

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• Microbiome & Host Health - May 12-14, 2013

  

  It is now well appreciated that more microbes than actual human cells exist in and on the human body and that these microbes represent a vastly...

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• Gut Microbiota For Health Summit 2013: Interview with family doctor and BBC media medic Mark Porter

  

  The famous British TV presenter and family doctor Mark Porter hosted the Gut Microbiota For Health Summits 2012 (Evian, France) and 2013 (Madrid,...

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• Press release - Gut microbiota research: pinpointing a moving target

  

  (27 February 2013) Although considerable progress has been made in determining the impact of the gut microbiota on the development of inflammatory...

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• Gut Summit 2013: impressions from the third day

  

  Get your impression from the third day (Tuesday, 26 February 2013) by video-interviews with attendees and speakers.

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• Press release - Faecal microbiota transplantation cures gastrointestinal diseases

  

  (26 February 2013) Clostridium difficile infections have developed into a virtual pandemic over the past two decades. The outcome of standard...

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• Press release - Gut feelings: can the microbiota talk to the brain?

  

  (25 February 2013) The intake of probiotics has a measurable effect on brain areas that are associated with reactions to an emotional attention...

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• Gut Summit 2013: impressions from the second day

  

  Get your impression from the second day (Monday, 25 February 2013) by video-interviews with attendees and speakers from the workshops.

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• Gut Summit 2013: live from Madrid!

  

  The live webcast will resume on Tuesday February 26th at 9.00 am CET.

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• Gut Summit 2013: impressions from the first day

  

  The 2nd World Summit “Gut Microbiota for Health” is currently taking place in Madrid (24–26 February 2013). Renowned experts from all over the...

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• Press Release - Gut microbiota plays important role in functional bowel disorders

  

  (24 February 2013) An estimated 50 per cent of patients consulting a gastroenterologist suffer from functional bowel disorders (FBD), such as...

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• Gut Microbiota and Undernutrition

  

  Science Magazine published an article by Smith et al (see selection below) on links between Gut Microbiota and Undernutrition, together with a...

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• Press Release - Gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome: unveiling the hidden mechanisms

  

  (7 February 2013) An estimated 300 million individuals worldwide suffer from obesity, a condition closely connected with, among others, insulin...

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• Gut Summit 2013

  

  The upcoming 2nd World Summit Gut Microbiota for Health will take place in Madrid (February 24-26, 2013). More information is available on the...

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• Video statement from the Chairmen of the 2nd Gut Microbiota For Health World Summit Scientific Committee and the Gut Microbiota & Health Section

  

  Invitation to the online press conference at the 2nd World Summit “Gut Microbiota For Health”Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 14.00–15.30 h (CET)Find...

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• [UPDATED] NGM 2012: Joint International Neurogastroenterology and Motility Meeting

  

  Leading experts and emerging young investigators actively involved in neurogastroenterology and digestive motility from around the world gathered...

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• Gut microbes in the autism context

  

  Autism is a complex etiology with probably a genetic part combined with an environmental part. Different studies found controversial results about...

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• The heart gut axis

  

  More and more science articles focussed on the associations between heart disease and gut microbiota. In 2012, some of them tried to connect gut...

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• Gut Microbiota projects that will make a difference

  

  With the HMP and MetaHIT projects finished, human microbiome initiatives are now entering a second generation of research studies, with the...

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• 5 easy steps to master the Gut Microbiota for Health Experts Exchange

  

  There are a few things you can do on the Experts Exchange: you can read and discover articles and selections of interest in the emerging fields of...

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• The early life gut microbiota

  

  Knowing how microbiota is established in the gut is a very important topic regarding epithelium maturation and immune system developpement. The...

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• Inflammation-associated enterotypes

  

  Scientists from Brussels University noticed recently in a recent published article that enterotypes could be found also in mice model whatever the...

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• The gut mobile metagenome

  

  The gut mobile metagenome comprises mobile genetic element (MGE) like bacterial viruses, known as bacteriophage. Other MGE are plamids or...

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• Focus on gut microbiota

  

  Published in October 2012, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology focuses on gut microbiota pictured by several research highlight. You...

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• A bad gut feeling ?

  

  Stress early in life could have long-term effects on the composition of the gut microbiota. Observed in rat and monkeys, maternal separation could...

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• How can age impact your gut microbiota?

  

  The effects of ageing on the microbiota are poorly characterized. Bifidobacteria declines in the elderly in favor of Enterobacteria and...

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• Microbiology: the new germ theory

  

  What can microbiologists who study human bowels learn from those who study the bowels of Earth?

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• The human gut microbiota by the numbers

  

  The colon of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract (GI-tract) and is the densest microbial habit known on earth and the number of bacteria reaches...

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• The microbial diversity among humans and the core microbiome

  

  Colonization of the newborn begins immediately after parturition and by the end of the first week of life bacterial communities are already...

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• HMP, Metahit and the sequencing of metagenomes

  

  Since 2007 two major international initiatives, The Human Microbiome project and MetaHit, have begun to sequence the metagenomes of the intestinal...

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• Dr Liou brings her light about gastric bypass

  

  Dr Alice Liou, first author of a recent article published in Science Translational Medicine,  gives us some clarification about gastric bypass...

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• In your Newspapers

  

  Because it is associated with topics on diet, health and technology, gut microbiota has become a popular topic in the mainstream press. It is...

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• Welcome to the Gut Microbiota For Health Experts Exchange

  

  By becoming a member of this community, you can help us raise awareness and findings on this topic.

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• Obesity & Gut Microbiota

  

  Obesity is one of the new challenges that the western countries are facing with increasing rates of their population being affected by this...

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• Immunity & the immune system : what’s in the news ?

  

  It is now admitted that gut microbiota and immunity are tightly associated.Recent breakthroughs and discoveries, remarkable articles, reports from...

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• Gut Microbiota events

  

  We are counting on everyone's contribution to enrich this topic, so feel free to add events that you would lke to bring to the attention of...

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