The 11th IYS – ‘The gut, conductor of our health: putting the microbiota in the spotlight’

PRELIMINARY Programme Day 2 - 11 October

Registration and poster viewing

Welcome, programme and household messages

KEYNOTE LECTURE 2

Fermented foods: An update on evidence based health benefits and future perspective
Prof. Paul Cotter, Teagasc Food Research Centre and APC Microbiome Ireland, Ireland

 

Break

Tea & Coffee break / Poster viewing

SESSION 5. LcS STUDIES

Chair: Dr. Osamu Chonan

Effects of habitual intake of fermented milk products containing Lacticaseibacillus paracasei strain Shirota on health maintenance in older people
Dr. Yukitoshi Aoyagi, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan

Anti-infectious & anti-cancer effects of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei Shirota through host immune regulation
Masatoshi Morikawa, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, Belgium

SESSION 6: ROUNDTABLE

Roundtable discussions

Break

Lunch / Poster viewing

SESSION 7: GUT HEALTH: THE OTHER 'AXES'

Chair: Prof. Sarah Lebeer, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Gut- lung axis – microbiota, butyrate and protection from pneumonia
Dr. Bastiaan Haak, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK & Amsterdam UMC

Oral health in relation to system disease
Prof. Egija Zaura, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SESSION 8: GUT METABOLISM

Chair: Dr. Gwen Falony, UMC Mainz, Germany

Gut microbiota, metabolic activity, and interactions with the host immune, metabolic, and neurological functions
Prof. Marie-Christine Simon, University of Bonn, Germany

Lifelines Project
Prof. Jingyuan Fu, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands

Poster Prize awards

Poster prize ceremony

Closing
Dr. Bruno Pot, Science Director, Yakult Europe

End of International Yakult Symposium