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Interventional microbiome
Interventional microbiome refers to the modification of the microbiome (usually the gut microbiome) through dietary intervation (i.e., changing of a diet). Doing so can decrease the risk of cancer and other disease in certain people.
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OCT 11, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: October 11, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the leading health threats facing humankind. With AMR, microbes can withstand...OCT 06, 2022 | 5:00 PM
Genetic biomarkers have become increasingly important for disease prediction, early disease detection and progression, and options for intervention. Tumor biopsies are commonly used as sourc...AUG 31, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Date: August 31, 2022 Time: 12:00pm (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT), 9:00pm (CEST) Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for more than 99% of cervical cancers. Most HPV infections are transient an...SEP 08, 2021 | 12:00 AM
The Human Microbiome Project was conceived almost 15 years ago, as an extension of the Human Genome Project, to explore the diversity of human-associated microorganisms at multiple body site...SEP 10, 2020 | 12:00 AM
The host response to infection is a critical determinant of virus pathogenicity. Emerging viruses require the host cellular machinery to replicate and successfully infect new hosts, and must...JUL 23, 2020 | 10:00 AM
DATE: July 23, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDT SARS-CoV-2 virus has impacted billions of lives globally and has spurred many scientists to address some of the biggest questions regarding...SEP 12, 2019 | 7:30 AM
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The incidence of conditions such as diabetes, obesity, asthma, and cancer have increased substantially in the past 30 years. The human genome has not changed in that period of time, so the en...OCT 10, 2018 | 10:30 AM
The microbiome signatures in the context of gynecologic cancers (endometrial and ovarian) and the potential for their clinical use will be discussed. The use of microfluidic technologies to i...Speaker: Marina Walther-Antonio, PhDSEP 13, 2018 | 12:00 PM
While rapid identification of pathogens, novel therapeutic interventions, and passive immunization have critical roles in disease control, none can substitute for pre-existing protective immu...SEP 13, 2018 | 12:00 PM
Sexually transmitted diseases remain a major global public health burden despite the availability of effective prevention strategies to diagnose and treat bacterial STDs. Concerning tre...SEP 13, 2018 | 10:30 AM
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) – or the non-genealogical transmission of DNA between organisms – is the dominant mode responsible for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Co...SEP 13, 2018 | 7:30 AM
In the US, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System has been using WGS of Salmonella as a tool of routine surveillance since 2013. To date, NARMS has generated MIC and WGS data...Speaker: Patrick McDermott, MS, PhDPresented at: Microbiology & Immunology Virtual Event Series 2018
SEP 13, 2018 | 6:00 AM
The Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research (CMMR) at Baylor College of Medicine is pursuing numerous research and development efforts in the study of how the microbiome impacts...JUN 21, 2018 | 7:30 AM
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis also known as inflammatory bowel diseases or IBD, are characterized by chronic, recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which result...SEP 14, 2017 | 6:00 AM
INTRODUCTION: The recent coincidental emergence of the human microbiota and the Hologneomic Theory of Co-evolution unmasked the “Dual Citizenship” of symbiotic microbes and...SEP 13, 2017 | 7:30 AM
Increasing prevalence and severity of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections has necessitated novel antibacterial strategies. Ideally, new approaches would target bacterial pat...NOV 10, 2016 | 10:00 AM
Bulk analysis often leads to conclusions that assume averages reflect the dominant biological mechanism operating within an entire population. To fully understand how cellular heterogeneity c...SEP 07, 2016 | 1:30 PM
Healthcare associated infections can be a consequence of a microbiome alteration. Increasingly, treatment and prevention strategies focus on manipulating host microbiota, the two most common...SEP 02, 2015 | 6:00 AM
Among many surprising insights, the genomic revolution has helped us to realize that we're never alone and, in fact, barely human. For most of our lives, we share our bodies with some ten ti...
OCT 11, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: October 11, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the leading health threats facing humankind. With AMR, microbes can withstand...
OCT 06, 2022 | 5:00 PM
Genetic biomarkers have become increasingly important for disease prediction, early disease detection and progression, and options for intervention. Tumor biopsies are commonly used as sourc...
AUG 31, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Date: August 31, 2022 Time: 12:00pm (PDT), 3:00pm (EDT), 9:00pm (CEST) Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for more than 99% of cervical cancers. Most HPV infections are transient an...
SEP 08, 2021 | 12:00 AM
The Human Microbiome Project was conceived almost 15 years ago, as an extension of the Human Genome Project, to explore the diversity of human-associated microorganisms at multiple body site...
SEP 10, 2020 | 12:00 AM
The host response to infection is a critical determinant of virus pathogenicity. Emerging viruses require the host cellular machinery to replicate and successfully infect new hosts, and must...
JUL 23, 2020 | 10:00 AM
DATE: July 23, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDT SARS-CoV-2 virus has impacted billions of lives globally and has spurred many scientists to address some of the biggest questions regarding...
SEP 12, 2019 | 7:30 AM
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AUG 22, 2019 | 7:30 AM
The incidence of conditions such as diabetes, obesity, asthma, and cancer have increased substantially in the past 30 years. The human genome has not changed in that period of time, so the en...
OCT 10, 2018 | 10:30 AM
The microbiome signatures in the context of gynecologic cancers (endometrial and ovarian) and the potential for their clinical use will be discussed. The use of microfluidic technologies to i...
Speaker:
Marina Walther-Antonio, PhD
SEP 13, 2018 | 12:00 PM
While rapid identification of pathogens, novel therapeutic interventions, and passive immunization have critical roles in disease control, none can substitute for pre-existing protective immu...
SEP 13, 2018 | 12:00 PM
Sexually transmitted diseases remain a major global public health burden despite the availability of effective prevention strategies to diagnose and treat bacterial STDs. Concerning tre...
SEP 13, 2018 | 10:30 AM
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) – or the non-genealogical transmission of DNA between organisms – is the dominant mode responsible for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Co...
SEP 13, 2018 | 7:30 AM
In the US, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System has been using WGS of Salmonella as a tool of routine surveillance since 2013. To date, NARMS has generated MIC and WGS data...
Speaker:
Patrick McDermott, MS, PhD
Presented at: Microbiology & Immunology Virtual Event Series 2018
SEP 13, 2018 | 6:00 AM
The Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research (CMMR) at Baylor College of Medicine is pursuing numerous research and development efforts in the study of how the microbiome impacts...
JUN 21, 2018 | 7:30 AM
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis also known as inflammatory bowel diseases or IBD, are characterized by chronic, recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which result...
SEP 14, 2017 | 6:00 AM
INTRODUCTION: The recent coincidental emergence of the human microbiota and the Hologneomic Theory of Co-evolution unmasked the “Dual Citizenship” of symbiotic microbes and...
SEP 13, 2017 | 7:30 AM
Increasing prevalence and severity of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections has necessitated novel antibacterial strategies. Ideally, new approaches would target bacterial pat...
NOV 10, 2016 | 10:00 AM
Bulk analysis often leads to conclusions that assume averages reflect the dominant biological mechanism operating within an entire population. To fully understand how cellular heterogeneity c...
SEP 07, 2016 | 1:30 PM
Healthcare associated infections can be a consequence of a microbiome alteration. Increasingly, treatment and prevention strategies focus on manipulating host microbiota, the two most common...
SEP 02, 2015 | 6:00 AM
Among many surprising insights, the genomic revolution has helped us to realize that we're never alone and, in fact, barely human. For most of our lives, we share our bodies with some ten ti...