Awati Ajay, Danisco Animal Nutrition, DuPont Industrial Biosciences, United Kingdom
Title of presentation: “Think outside the gut!: Effects of probiotics on animal performance and environment”.
Saghir Bashir, Scientific Assessment Support, EFSA, Italy
Title of presentation: “EFSA Guidance on Statistical Reporting.”
Marion Bernardeau, University of Caen, France
Title of presentation: “Beneficial effects of heat-inactivated microorganisms in human & animal.”
Bruno Biavati, Agricultural Microbiology, Bologna University, Italy
Title of presentation: “Characterization of strains for taxonomic purposes and probiotic applications.”
Alojz Bomba, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Slovakia
Title of presentation: “The effect of probiotic microorganisms and natural bioactive substances on molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases.”
Nadiya Boyko, Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine
Title of presentation: “Personalized nutrition, microbiota/inflammation balance in successful “biotics” implementation for the prevention and control of diet-related diseases.”
Muriel Derrien, Danone Research, France
Title of presentation: “Gut microbiota and probiotic intervention in clinical studies.”
Dirk Haller, Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Technical University Munich, Germany
Title of presentation: “Sequential analysis of microbe-host interactions in IBD-related mouse models – from the complex microbiota to bacterial structures.”
Nam Soo Han, Enzyme and Fermentation Engineering Laboratory, Food Science and Biotechnology, South Korea
Title of presentation: “Biotechnological production methods of human milk oligosaccharides. ”
Wilhelm Holzapfel, Handong Global University, South Korea
Title of presentation: “Metabolic syndrome, gut microbiota and probiotics.”
Chaiyavat Chaiyasut, Health Product Research and Development Center, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Title of presentation: “Comparative analysis about the impact of maternal bifidobacteria on the gut bifidobacteria of infants in Thailand and Japan.”
Sin-Hyeog Im, School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Instuitute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea
Title of presentation: “Modulation of gut immunity by probiotics ameliorates hyper-immune disorders.”
Hiroshi Kano, Food Science Institute, Meiji Dairies Corporation, Japan
Title of presentation: “Immunomodulatory effects of polysaccharides from Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp bulgaricus OLL 1073R-1.”
Yasuhiro Koga, Japanese Society for Probiotic Science, Japan
Title of presentation: “Molecular analysis of the bacterial microbiota in the stomach of healthy volunteers and patients taking proton pump inhibitors.”
Spyridon Kritas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Veterinary Medicine, Greece
Title of presentation: “The Effects of Probiotics in Pigs-Current Knowledge and Future Opportunities.”
Elinor McCartney, Pen & Tec Consulting, S.L., Spain
Title of presentation: “What’s new in EU regulation of probiotics?”
Annick Mercenier, Nestlé Research Centre, Nutrition and Health, Switzerland
Title of presentation: “Probiotic mechanisms of action – the beginning of a fascinating story.”
Marika Mikelsaar, Department of Microbiology, University of Tartu, Estonia
Title of presentation: “Human microbiota in maintenance of health biomarkers.”
Ger Rijkers, Science Department, University College Roosevelt, Netherlands
Title of presentation: “What is a health benefit? An evaluation of EFSA opinions on health benefits with reference to probiotics.”
Helena Tlaskalová-Hogenová, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Title of presentation: “Microbiota, probiotics and mucosal barrier function.”
Koen Venema, Beneficial Microbes Consultancy, Netherlands
Title of presentation: “Differences in energy extraction by lean and obese microbiota is dependent on the substrate provided.”