LabLinks: Gut Microbiota and Immune Regulation

Meeting Program

8:55–9:00 Welcome 9:00–9:30 Dirk Gevers, Broad Institute The normal human microbiome in its diversity 9:00–10:00 Laurie Comstock, Biological properties of the intestinal Bacteroidales 10:00–10:30 Margaret Riley, UMass Amherst, Massachusetts Academy of Sciences Microbial toxins promote biological diversity in a real-life game of rock-paper-scissors LabLinks: 10:30–10:55 Coffee Break Gut Microbiota and 10:55–11:40 Keynote Speaker: Dan Littman, Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine Immune Regulation Modulation of host function by commensal bacteria Friday, April 22, 2011 11:40–12:10 Dennis Kasper, Harvard Medical School Jimmy Fund Auditorium Gut immune maturation depends upon Dana-Farber Cancer Center colonization with species specific microbiota 35 Binney Street 12:10–12:30 Peter Turnbaugh, FAS Center for Systems , MA Biology, Developing a metagenomic view Organizers of drug metabolism Laurie Glimcher, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health 12:30–1:40 Lunch (On your own) Wendy Garrett, Harvard Medical School, 1:40–2:10 Richard Blumberg, Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health, and Endoplasmic reticulum stress and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute intestinal inflammation Liz Thompson, Trends in Immunology 2:10–2:40 Dennis Kim, Massachusetts Institute Gail Teitzel, Trends in Microbiology of Technology Linking microbes, innate immunity and physi- Keynote Speaker ological ER stress in the C. elegans intestine Dan Littman, NYU School of Medecine 2:40–3:10 Hans-Christian Reinecker, Massachusetts General Hospital To register go to: Recognition of microbiota in the intestine http://www.cell.com/cellpress/lablinks 3:10–3:40 Diane Mathis, Harvard Medical School Registration is FREE Microbiome effects on autoimmunity

3:40–4:10 Coffee Break 4:10–4:40 Scott Snapper, Massachusetts General Hospital The buzz around WASPs: cytoskeletal control of mucosal homeostasis and microbial pathogenesis 4:40–5:10 Laurie Glimcher, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health Colitogenic organisms in a rodent model of transmissible ulcerative colitis 5:10–5:30 Wendy Garrett, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Gut microbial communities and dysbiosis in colitis www.cell.com 5:30–5:35 Closing Remarks