CI3 Symposium 2019 - Gut Inflammation

Symposium on Gut Inflammation hosted by the Centre for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation (CI3).

Attendance is mandatory for students in the MIC (Microbiology and Immunology) program.
MIC students will be required to sign in at the event.

You will not require a ticket to attend the symposium, however, we would greatly appreciate if you registered in advance to assist us in planning the event.

Please find the complete scientific schedule below:

8:30-9:00 - Coffee and continental breakfast

9:00-9:30 - Dr. Daniel Figeys (University of Ottawa): Drug microbiome interactions

9:30-10:00 - Dr. Alberto Martin (University of Toronto): The role of microbiome in colon cancer

10:00-10:30 - Dr. Dawn Bowdish (McMaster University): The aging microbiome contributes to age-associated inflammation and immuno-senescence

10:30-11:00 - Coffee break

11:00-11:30 - Dr. Lisa Osborne (University of British Columbia): Host-microbiome interactions in intestinal infection and inflammation

11:30-12:00 - Dr. Bruce Vallance (BC Children’s Hospital): E. coli pathobionts and inflammatory bowel disease: Wolves hiding amongst the commensal sheep

12:00-13:00 - Lunch break

13:00-13:30 - Dr. Subash Sad (University of Ottawa): Rescue of inflamed gut by the Fox

13:30-14:00 - Dr. Jean-François Beaulieu (Université de Sherbrooke): The inflammatory response in the immature intestine