The Fifth Gut Microbiota for Health Summit – Miami – March 5-6, 2016

The Gut Summit Fact Sheets
The Summit Report
The Gut Microbiota Quiz
The Gut Microbiota Infographics
Useful links
– Download the program here!

 

 

The Gut Summit Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet #1: Gut microbiota composition: a new kind of biomarker?

The compositions and the changes of the gut microbial communities provide a huge potential of new biomarkers for indicating, monitoring and predicting intestinal conditions.

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Fact Sheet #2: When the gut microbiota gets out of balance

The gut microbiota is an incredibly complex network of interacting microbes that plays a key role in digestion and immune defense.

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Fact Sheet #3: Sneaking through barrier gaps: gut microbiota imbalance harms the liver

Gut microbial dysbiosis can also affect the liver. Diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis are associated with a disturbed microbial balance in the intestine.

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Fact Sheet #4: Gut’s helpers: What can be expected of probiotics?

Probiotics have become a blooming area of research, raising hopes for a treatment that is efficient, easily applicable and safe.

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Experts video interviews, bios & pictures

Prof. Max Nieuwdorp BiographyPictureVideo interview – duration 4 min 07

Dr. Kishore Vipperla BiographyPictureVideo interview – duration 3 min 17

Prof. Francisco Guarner BiographyPictureVideo interview – duration 4 min 24

Prof. Bernd Schnabl BiographyPictureVideo interview – duration 3 min 34

Prof. Philippe Marteau BiographyPictureVideo interview – duration 4 min 16

Prof. Fernando Azpiroz BiographyPictureVideo interview – duration 4 min

Prof. Eamonn Quigley Biography Picture Video interview – duration 3 min 36

Dr. R. Balfour Sartor Biography PictureVideo interview – duration 4 min 45

Prof. Joël Doré Video interview – duration 4 min 22

Prof. Christian Jobin BiographyPicture

 

 

The Gut Microbiota Quiz

Answer 10 questions to test your knowledge on gut microbiota!

The Gut Microbiota Infographics

Here are 2 infographics to learn more about our gut microbiota, one about gut dysbiosis and the other one about the mechanisms of action of probiotics:

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Useful Links

 

The Organizing Medical Societies

ESNM: The European Society of Neurogastroenterology & Motility
AGA: The American Gastroenterological Association
ECCO: The European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation
ESPGHAN: The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

 

The previous editions of the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit


Barcelona 2015 – The Fourth Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

Miami 2014 – The Third Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

Madrid 2013 – The Second Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit

Evian 2012 – The First Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit