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

PRELIMINARY Programme Day 1 - 10 October

Open registration and poster assembly

Opening and welcome words

KEYNOTE LECTURE 1

Role of diet on the gut health and disease
Prof. Konstatinos Gerasimidis, University of Glasgow, UK

Break

Tea & Coffee break / Poster viewing

SESSION 1: THE INFANT GUT

Chair: Prof. Ger Rijkers, University College Roosevelt, The Netherlands

Cross talk gut microbiota -breast milk 
Prof. Flavia Indrio, Bari School of Medicine, Italy

The establishment of the gut microbiota in 1-year-aged infants: from birth to family food
Prof. Christine Edwards , University of Glasgow, UK

One health. Exposome and xenobiome: new ongoing research
Assoc. Prof. Sylvia Turroni, University of Bologna, Italy

Break

Lunch  / Poster Viewing

 

SESSION 2: WOMEN'S HEALTH

Chair: Prof. Flavia Indrio, Bari School of Medicine, Italy

Immune system, microbiome, endometriosis
Speaker to be confirmed

ISALA project: the next steps
Prof. Sarah Lebeer, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Hormones and gut
Prof. Max Nieuwdorp, Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Break

Tea & Coffee break /  Poster viewing

SESSION 3: BRAIN HEALTH

Chair: Dr. Olaf Larsen, Yakult Nederland B.V., The Netherlands

Gut brain axis – Mode of action 
Asst. Prof. Alejandro Arias-Vasquez, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Brain. Cognitive function, Alzheimer’s, nutrition
Prof. Yvonne Nolan, University College Cork, Ireland

Gut brain axis / efficacy study of LcS on performance of healthy office workers
Kazunori Suda, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, Belgium

SESSION 4: FLASH TALKS FROM POSTERS

Chair: to be confirmed
Five posters selected by the Scientific Committee (5 min each)

End of sessions Day 1

Free time

Symposium dinner (optional)

Boarding Oceandiva + Pre-dinner drinks & snacks

Welcome words by Mr. Hiroyasu Matsubara, Managing Director, Yakult Europe

Symposium dinner + dancing

  • 20:00 – 22:00 Boat trip on IJ

Disembark boat