The Microbiome Network brings together researchers from across Imperial faculties, to foster an integrated forum for strategic research efforts and to educate the next generation of microbiome scientists and the public.

Join the Network for a day of inspiring talks and the chance to network with your colleagues! The Network have two keynote speakers lined up, Professors Jeroen Raes and Peter Openshaw, and would encourage colleagues to sign up on Eventbrite.

Welcome & Introduction

• Professor Marc-Emmanuel Dumas and Professor Miriam Moffatt.

Keynote speakers

• Professor Jeroen Raes, Vice Director, VIB-KU Leuven Centre for Microbiology: Quantitative Microbiome Profiling in Health and Disease
• Professor Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute: How The Microbiome Might Influence Respiratory Viral Infections

Other speakers

• Dr Charlotte Short, Academic Clinical Lecturer, Department of Infectious Diseases: HIV and Preterm Birth: An Example of Microbiota and Immune Interactions in Women
• Dr Fengjie Liu, NERC Research Fellow, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change: Nano- and Micro-scale Environment Surrounding Living Cells: Bring Nano- Probes to The Microbiome
• Dr Hakan Bagci, Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation: Imperial Enterprise’s support for Corporate Partnerships
• Dr Po-Heng (Henry) Lee, Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Revolutionising Waste-to-Energy Bio-Methanation with Quantum Computing simulation

There will also be presentations from submitted abstracts and further opportunities to network through lunch, tea breaks, and drinks in the evening.