What is the event about? online via MS Teams
The Industry Club will launch with a Kick-Off event on Tuesday 12 October 2021 for academics, regulators and industry active in the microbiome space.
Join us for an open dialogue about the challenges in the sector, to meet academics working at the cutting edge of microbiome research, and to find out how your company could get involved.
What is the event agenda?
- 1:30 – 1:45 Introduction to Network and Industry Club Network
- Director Prof Marc-Emmanuel Dumas
- 1:45 – 2:30 Industry session
- AstraZeneca – Bret Sellman (Executive Director, Head of Microbiome Research)
- Eagle Genomics – Sven Sewitz (Director of Biodata
Innovation) - 4D Pharma – Marsilio Adriani (Principal Scientist)
- 2:30 – 2:45 Imperial Session -Landscape of Microbiome Research
- Julian Marchesi (Prof of Digestive Health)
- 2:45 – 3:00 Regulatory
- MHRA – Simeon Gill (Pharmaceutical Assessor)
- 3:00 – 3:10 Coffee Break
- 3:10 – 3:45 Industry session
- Microbiotica – Mike Romanos (CEO)
- NatureMetrics – Lewis Campbell (Product Manager)
- Roche – Petar Scepanovic (Senior Scientist)
- 3:45-4:00 Imperial Session- Landscape of Microbiome Research
- Pietro Spanu (Prof of Molecular Plant Pathology)
- 4:00 – 4:15 Regulatory
- NIBSC – Chrysi Sergaki (Interim Head of Microbiome Section)
- 4:15 – 4:45 Expert Panel
- Imperial – (Chair) James Kinross (Clinical SeniorLecturer)
- Janssen LLC – Dirk Gevers (Global Head, Janssen Human Microbiome Institute)
- Merck / EMD Serono – Ravi Kiron (Head BioPharma External Innovation)
- Seventure Partners – Prof Denise Kelly (Investment Advisor)
- Microbiotica – Mike Romanos (CEO)
- 4:45 – 5:00 Q&A Open to all
- 5:00 Closing remarks
What is the Imperial microbiome network industry club?
The cross-cutting nature of microbiome research in health, agriculture, environmental sciences, and energy necessitates coordinated and collaborative development solutions to tackle grand challenges in fundamental and applied research. This Network via its Industry Club seeks to build bridges and insights to guide current and future research.
- To bring together multi-disciplinary teams to leverage existing research and highlight value
- To identify challenges to translating microbiome research into everyday use to benefit the community
- To work together to develop and test solutions
- To educate the professional and lay communities on the potential of microbiome research
- To accelerate cross-pollination of solutions and strategies
Who is this event for?
This event will appeal to Imperial staff, Alumni, public and postgraduate students.