Speakeing panel: London Microbiome Meeting 8 - 30th October 2019
Professor Elizabeth Wellington - University of Warwick
Liz Wellington is part of Environmental Bioscience, School of Life Sciences and director of Warwick Environmental Systems Interdisciplinary Centre at the University of Warwick. She is involved in the study of bacteria in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and also studies survival of pathogenic and antibiotic resistant bacteria in the environment. The focus is on understanding activity of bacterial microbiomes, interactions with higher organisms and the survival, activity and interaction of human, animal and plant pathogens outside of their hosts. She has expertise in the environmental transmission routes for antimicrobial resistant bacteria and resistance genes, identifying drivers for their dissemination.
Twitter:@ComMetUK
Liz Wellington is part of Environmental Bioscience, School of Life Sciences and director of Warwick Environmental Systems Interdisciplinary Centre at the University of Warwick. She is involved in the study of bacteria in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and also studies survival of pathogenic and antibiotic resistant bacteria in the environment. The focus is on understanding activity of bacterial microbiomes, interactions with higher organisms and the survival, activity and interaction of human, animal and plant pathogens outside of their hosts. She has expertise in the environmental transmission routes for antimicrobial resistant bacteria and resistance genes, identifying drivers for their dissemination.
Twitter:@ComMetUK
Dr Filipe Cabreiro - Imperial College London
Dr Cabreiro is a biochemist, who did his PhD studies at the University of Paris, followed by post-doctoral training at University College London, working on understanding the biological mechanisms underlying molecular stress protection and ageing. More recently he has pioneered the use of the nematode worm C. elegans as a model system to study complex host-microbiota-drug interactions, in the context of metabolism and ageing. He was awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship from Wellcome/Royal Society in 2014 to establish his independent group at UCL, and since 2018 heads a lab at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London using a combination of multi-omic, computational and high-throughput screening approaches in C. elegans and mouse models to discover the role of gut microbial metabolites in regulating host physiology, and to develop strategies targeting the microbiota for the treatment of metabolic disease, cancer and ageing. He was awarded an EMBO Young Investor Award in 2017, in recognition of his contributions to his research field.
Dr Cabreiro is a biochemist, who did his PhD studies at the University of Paris, followed by post-doctoral training at University College London, working on understanding the biological mechanisms underlying molecular stress protection and ageing. More recently he has pioneered the use of the nematode worm C. elegans as a model system to study complex host-microbiota-drug interactions, in the context of metabolism and ageing. He was awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship from Wellcome/Royal Society in 2014 to establish his independent group at UCL, and since 2018 heads a lab at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London using a combination of multi-omic, computational and high-throughput screening approaches in C. elegans and mouse models to discover the role of gut microbial metabolites in regulating host physiology, and to develop strategies targeting the microbiota for the treatment of metabolic disease, cancer and ageing. He was awarded an EMBO Young Investor Award in 2017, in recognition of his contributions to his research field.
Dr Ana Rodriguez-Mateos - King's College London
Dr Rodriguez-Mateos is a Lecturer at the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine of King’s College London, UK. She holds a BSc in Chemistry from the University of A Coruña, Spain, and a PhD from the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences of the University of Reading, UK. Prior to joining Kings in 2016, she worked as a Research Group Leader at the Division of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine of the University of Dusseldorf in Germany. Her research aims to investigate the health benefits of plant foods and phytochemicals, with a strong focus on understanding the bioavailability, metabolism and cardiovascular health benefits of dietary (poly)phenols. Current interests include the investigation of the role of the gut microbiome on the health benefits of phytochemicals, and the development of biomarkers of plant food intake using metabolomic approaches. She is an Associate Editor for the RSC journal Food and Function and member of the editorial board of Nutrition and Healthy Aging.
Twitter: @anarmateos
Dr Rodriguez-Mateos is a Lecturer at the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine of King’s College London, UK. She holds a BSc in Chemistry from the University of A Coruña, Spain, and a PhD from the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences of the University of Reading, UK. Prior to joining Kings in 2016, she worked as a Research Group Leader at the Division of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine of the University of Dusseldorf in Germany. Her research aims to investigate the health benefits of plant foods and phytochemicals, with a strong focus on understanding the bioavailability, metabolism and cardiovascular health benefits of dietary (poly)phenols. Current interests include the investigation of the role of the gut microbiome on the health benefits of phytochemicals, and the development of biomarkers of plant food intake using metabolomic approaches. She is an Associate Editor for the RSC journal Food and Function and member of the editorial board of Nutrition and Healthy Aging.
Twitter: @anarmateos
Short talks
The standard of submitted abstracts was very high, and we look forward to welcoming the following speakers for short talks. We are no longer running a lightening round but hope to offer this in future for those in the early stages of their careers.
Dr. Magdalena Flak - Queen Mary's University London
Magdalena is a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at the William Harvey Research Institute at QMUL, where she investigates the role of oral and intestinal pathobionts in rheumatoid arthritis. She obtained a BSc and an MSc from the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics. Her PhD research, under the guidance of Prof. Iain McNeish at Barts Cancer Institute, QMUL, dissected the interactions between host-cells and an oncolytic adenovirus to improve efficacy of viral gene therapy and identify potential biomarkers in ovarian cancer. After completing her PhD, Magdalena trained in Prof. Richard Blumberg’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, to study how the host and its microbiota affect each other in health and disease, such as inflammatory bowel disease. Her most recent work uncovered a mechanism via which the oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis exacerbates inflammatory arthritis.
Magdalena is a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at the William Harvey Research Institute at QMUL, where she investigates the role of oral and intestinal pathobionts in rheumatoid arthritis. She obtained a BSc and an MSc from the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics. Her PhD research, under the guidance of Prof. Iain McNeish at Barts Cancer Institute, QMUL, dissected the interactions between host-cells and an oncolytic adenovirus to improve efficacy of viral gene therapy and identify potential biomarkers in ovarian cancer. After completing her PhD, Magdalena trained in Prof. Richard Blumberg’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, to study how the host and its microbiota affect each other in health and disease, such as inflammatory bowel disease. Her most recent work uncovered a mechanism via which the oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis exacerbates inflammatory arthritis.
Dr. Robin Mesnage - King's College London
Dr Robin Mesnage is Research Associate in the Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics - full biography will be coming soon!
Twitter: @Robin_Mesnage
Dr Robin Mesnage is Research Associate in the Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics - full biography will be coming soon!
Twitter: @Robin_Mesnage
Caitlin Hall - King's College London & QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Caitlin Hall is a PhD candidate with a joint appointment at the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Kings College London, and the Clinical Brain Networks Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane. She has experience working in private practice as an Accredited Practising Dietitian, with a particular interest in the management of functional and inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders. Her PhD research investigates the complex and dynamic relationship between the composition and diversity of the human gut microbiome and brain activity. She combines expertise from neuroimaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalography), and microbiome analysis to provide compelling accounts of human gut microbiota-brain signalling in health and anxiety.
Twitter: @caitlinvhall
Caitlin Hall is a PhD candidate with a joint appointment at the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Kings College London, and the Clinical Brain Networks Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane. She has experience working in private practice as an Accredited Practising Dietitian, with a particular interest in the management of functional and inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders. Her PhD research investigates the complex and dynamic relationship between the composition and diversity of the human gut microbiome and brain activity. She combines expertise from neuroimaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalography), and microbiome analysis to provide compelling accounts of human gut microbiota-brain signalling in health and anxiety.
Twitter: @caitlinvhall
Ikram Mercha - Morocco National Institute of Agricultural research
Mercha Ikram, received the B.Sc. degree in Bio analyses and quality control (2014) From Hassan II University (Casablanca, Morocco) and the M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology and Bio Engineering (2016) from The Faculty of Science and techniques (Mohammedia, Morocco).As a PHD student, at the national institute of agricultural research at Rabat, her current research interests include the study of the impact of the incorporation of an Argane diet on the nutritional quality of camel milk. and the valorization of promoting products using bacteria strains owning technological and probiotic aptitudes. She has published several papers in has been serving as reviewer member of many journals. Ms., Mercha is the recipient of the best oral communication award at the Fourth International American Moroccan Agricultural Sciences Conference – AMAS Conference IV (2018) as well as at the First edition of the international conference of green biotechnology, Taroudant, Morocco (2018). She also was a recipient of the Excellence scholarship from the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research, Morocco.
Twitter: @ikram_mercha
Mercha Ikram, received the B.Sc. degree in Bio analyses and quality control (2014) From Hassan II University (Casablanca, Morocco) and the M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology and Bio Engineering (2016) from The Faculty of Science and techniques (Mohammedia, Morocco).As a PHD student, at the national institute of agricultural research at Rabat, her current research interests include the study of the impact of the incorporation of an Argane diet on the nutritional quality of camel milk. and the valorization of promoting products using bacteria strains owning technological and probiotic aptitudes. She has published several papers in has been serving as reviewer member of many journals. Ms., Mercha is the recipient of the best oral communication award at the Fourth International American Moroccan Agricultural Sciences Conference – AMAS Conference IV (2018) as well as at the First edition of the international conference of green biotechnology, Taroudant, Morocco (2018). She also was a recipient of the Excellence scholarship from the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research, Morocco.
Twitter: @ikram_mercha
Dr Sanchutha Sathiananthamoorthy - University College London
Dr Sathiananthamoorthy studies the urinary microbiome. Full biography coming soon!
Dr Sathiananthamoorthy studies the urinary microbiome. Full biography coming soon!