Saturday, May 13, 2023     3:45 PM – 5:45 PM ET     Room 207A

Block Symposium

Host–Microbiota Crosstalk

Chairs

• Neil Surana, Duke Univ.
• Shipra Vaishnava, Brown Univ.

Speakers

• Girak Kim, NCI, NIH, Mucus sialylation determines intestinal host-commensal homeostasis
• Edward Ionescu, Univ. of Chicago, Gut microbiome-derived isodeoxycholic acid promotes mucosal immune non-responsiveness
• Chin Yee Tan, Duke Univ. Sch. of Med., A commensal-derived exopolysaccharide regulates ILC3-mediated diseases
• Robert T. Patry, Univ. of Chicago, The differential influence of commensal and pathogenic flagella on intestinal barrier function
• Deanna M Pepin, Univ. of British Columbia, A vanishing family of commensal bacteria and its impact on host health and disease
• Charlie Chung, Cold Spring Harbor Lab., Microbial regulation of anti-tumor immunity in colorectal cancer
• Teruyuki Sano, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, Commensal-specific CD4 T cells can promote inflammation in the central nervous system via molecular mimicry
• Victor I. Band, NIAID, NIH, Sulfides in the gut mediate protection against gastrointestinal infection via alterations to local immunity and the microbiome