Why Attend
The gut microbiome is becoming an increasingly important druggable target for pharma companies through a range of modalities from FMT to small molecule and even phage. 2020 looks set to be a pivotal year for the microbiome industry with a handful of companies (including Seres, Rebiotix and Finch Therapeutics) set to release ground-breaking phase 3 clinical data. We’re a step away from market approval, but there’s still so much to learn…
Major advances in shotgun metagenomic sequencing and computational biology allow us to see what’s going on at a strain-specific and metabolomic level of detail. Elucidating the key metabolites and mechanisms of action in both extra-intestinal and intestinal indications is a key objective in 2020/2021 and is a cornerstone of the discussion at Microbiome Connect: Human.
Join key opinion leaders and 50+ expert speakers across three dedicated tracks of content to examine the latest preclinical and clinical data in extra-intestinal and intestinal indications. This is your opportunity to find out how others plan on translating gut-microbiome research into therapeutics that have the power to treat Oncological, Neurological, Gastro-Intestinal & Metabolic diseases.
Previously known as North American Microbiome Congress, Microbiome Connect: Human USA is all about connecting leading academics and biotech companies presenting preclinical and clinical data, to network, educate and share knowledge.
What's new for 2020
- Deep dive into the microbiome’s mechanistic and metabolomic role in Neurological, Oncological, Gastro-Intestinal & Metabolic indications with three distinct scientific streams of the latest pre-clinical and clinical data.
- Assess how leading biotech companies and academics are designing a range of therapeutic microbiome-modulating modalities from small-molecule and Phage to rationally designed live bio-therapeutics and FMT.
- Meet your next commercial partner and learn exactly what Pharma and VCs are looking for in terms of pre-clinical and clinical data to finance academic spin-outs and later-stage clinical trials.
Speakers
Johan van Hylckama Vlieg
Johan E.T. van Hylckama Vlieg is currently Senior Director Microbiome at Chr. Hansen AS, one of the largest microbe producing companies in the world. He is responsible for microbiome innovation program and heading the microbiome research and pilot facility. He has 20 years of experience and leadership in gut microbiology, probiotics and food biotechnology in industry and academia. He is (co)author of more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and inventor of 13 patents or patent applications.
Dan Couto
Jessica Schneider
Emeran Mayer
Dr. Emeran Mayer is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Executive Director of the Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress, and Co-director of the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center at UCLA. He is a world renowned gastroenterologist and neuroscientist with 30 years of experience in the study of clinical and neurobiological aspects of how the digestive system and the nervous system interact in health and disease, and his work has been continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is currently principal investigator on 4 NIH grants including a center grant from ORWH/NIDDK on sex differences in brain gut interactions, a consortium grant by NIDDK on pelvic pain syndromes, a RO1 grant on the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on brain signatures in IBS and a ROI grant on brain gut microbiome interactions in inflammatory and functional GI disorders (both from NIDDK). He has published over 320 peer-reviewed articles (average H index 90), including 100 chapters and reviews, co-edited four books, and organized several interdisciplinary symposia in the area of visceral pain and mind body interactions. His current research focus is on the role of the gut microbiota in modulating brain gut interactions, and their role in emotion regulation, chronic visceral pain and obesity.
Dr Michael Zasloff
Michael Zasloff (MD, PhD) is the Chief Science Officer and medical guru behind illumai and our patent-pending XO-70® science. A firm believer that every day is a good day to discover a better solution, Dr. Zasloff has dedicated his career to understanding the self-healing properties of the skin. It was through this research that he discovered a vital need for better cleansing options for the hair, skin and scalp. And with illumai, that is exactly what he did.
For over 25 years, Dr. Zasloff has studied the mechanisms behind illumai’s proprietary cleansing ingredient XO-70®. But it was only recently that he was able to distill the multiple beneficial aspects of this cleansing agent into a format that was highly compatible with hair, and that would produce such luxurious, rich results. With this discovery, illumai was born – a prestigious line of products that is revolutionizing haircare by changing how we approach actually cleansing the hair and scalp. And, we are doing it all without the need for sodium lauryl sulfate, organosulfates, preservatives, parabens or silicones, or asking you to sacrifice your health to look and feel absolutely beautiful.
“We all believe that natural beauty is the best kind of beauty, and with Illumai, your hair finally has a chance to shine with the same radiance, luminosity and strength as when you were a child. To ensure these results, I personally demanded that every product Illumai creates be 100% free of all sulfates because I know first-hand how dangerous they are, and that they aren't necessary ingredients in our personal care products. With illumai, I hope the health and beauty of your hair will be nothing less than remarkable.”
– Dr. Michael Zasloff
Christopher Missling
Christopher U. Missling, PhD is President and CEO of Anavex Life Sciences Corp, has over 20 years of healthcare industry experience within large pharmaceutical companies and the biotech industry. Prior to joining Anavex, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Curis and ImmunoGen. In addition, at Aventis (now Sanofi), Christopher’s work is dedicated to finding potential cures for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease, as well as, Rett syndrome, Fragile X, Angelman’s syndrome, infantile spasms. Dr. Missling is working with his team to advance new potential treatments through clinical trials by involving the respective advocacy groups early on. Dr. Missling has an MS and PhD from the University of Munich in Chemistry and an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management.
Anna Williamson
Anna Williamson is a member of Roche and Genentech’s partnering group. Anna is based in Cambridge, UK and is responsible for sourcing and evaluating new collaboration opportunities and executing strategic alliances in all areas of interest to Roche and Genentech, with an increasing focus on UK/European companies. Anna joined Genentech in San Francisco in 2004 and moved to Cambridge in 2017 to establish a partnering presence in the UK. Prior to joining Genentech, Anna worked for the University of California Office of Technology Transfer where she was a member of the life-sciences team, responsible for managing and out-licensing a portfolio of life sciences inventions from multiple UC campuses. Anna holds a BA in Natural Sciences (Neuroscience) and a PhD in Neuroscience, both from the University of Cambridge and carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Colorado and UCSF.
Glennda Smithson
Lothar Steidler
Jack Egelund Madsen
Julius Goepp
Assaf Oron
Sonia Timberlake
Giulio Pasinetti
Frank Middleton
Matt Henn
Sudha Biddinger
Ellen Li
Sridevi Devraj
Grégory Lambert
Grégory Lambert’s career has been split between biotech and pharma as VP of R&D and CSO in companies such as Novagali Pharma (now Santen) and Septodont. His responsibilities have included innovation, CMC, pre-clinical and clinical development in both Europe and North America. Grégory also has experience managing IP, business development and general management. He is an inventor on more than 20 patents, he was involved in the IPO of Novagali Pharma and he has driven the development of several pharmaceutical products from the laboratory through to market authorisation. In 2014, Gregory joined the scientific founders of TargEDys as CEO to setup the business plan and start operations, so far has raised over 10M€ in a mixture of grant and VC funding and begins human clinical trials this year.
Serguei Fetissov
Dan Couto
John Aunins
Scott Plevy
Mike Romanos
Mike Romanos is a co-founder and Chief Executive of Microbiotica. He has 30 years’ experience in the biotech and pharma industry and previously co-founded Crescendo Biologics which he built and led as CEO and CSO, developing a leading antibody fragment discovery platform and pipeline in oncology and inflammation. Prior to that he held global VP roles in GlaxoSmithKline R&D over 10 years, during which time he formed and led major transnational divisions which helped shape the company’s discovery platforms and pipelines across therapeutic areas and modalities. In his last role he led a trans-national group of 300 staff providing genomics, target and biomarker discovery, and platform biology for R&D. Mike is highly experienced in the biotech translation and commercialisation, currently serving as a Non-Exec Director of the life-sciences charity LifeArc, and previously as Translational Adviser in Biomedicine at Imperial College, Venture Partner to UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund, and committee member on the MRC’s Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme for translational academic research. Mike holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, a PhD in Molecular Virology from Imperial College, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
Bharat Dixit
Lucy Yanckello
Mark Smith
Rodolphe Clerval
Imke Mulder
Maya Kahan-Hanum
Mingyang Song
Fyza Shaikh
Torsten Madsen
Isabelle De Cremoux
Denise Kelly
Denise joined Seventure in September 2015 as an investment Advisor to the Life Sciences Team for microbiome field.
Her focus is in Human Microbiome Research and her time is dedicated to coverage of scientific and academic community on behalf of Seventure, and to prospect new investment opportunities in the specific field of microbiome.
Denise is currently based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Prior to joining Seventure, Denise was Head of her Research team at the World-renowned Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, where she acquired over 20 years experience in gut microbiology and immunology. She was the (former) Founder Director, CEO and CSO of GT Biologics Ltd, one of the first translational spinouts, developing Innovative Microbiome-based Therapies.
Xue Liang
Diwakar Davar
Nicole McKnight
Jason Norman
Ben Bradley
Meenakshi Roa
Romain Dailiere
Nikole Kimes
Talk to me about… your research
Our mission at Siolta Therapeutics is to transform the therapeutic landscape of inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, through the power of the microbiome. As the lead executive driving Siolta’s early-stage development, I head a talented team of scientists, blending microbiology, immunology, and bioinformatics expertise to leverage microbiome data for the improvement of patient stratification and development of targeted microbial therapeutics. We are developing FDA-approved live biotherapeutics, as well as companion diagnostics, aimed not only at treating disease but also preventing disease, starting with asthma.
Talk to me about…something people may not know about you
My two professional passions have always been environmental systems and health. I have spent the entirety of my career exploring the relationship between these two concepts, from my time in the Solomon Islands as a Peace Corps Volunteer to my PhD work in marine ecosystems impacted by environmental alterations.
Lee Jones
Ken Blount
Ken Blount, PhD, is the Chief Scientific Officer at Rebiotix, a clinical-stage company developing transformational Microbiome Restoration Therapeutics (MRT). Ken has directed innovative R&D teams at multiple companies and academic institutions, including as the co-founder of BioRelix, a venture-backed company that developed new antibiotics for novel mRNA target classes. His scientific expertise includes microbiome and antibiotic drug development, translational medical oncology, and RNA biology. At Rebiotix, Ken leads the evolution of new analytic tools to demonstrate microbiome restoration for Rebiotix’ novel MRT portfolio, and he is heading the expansion of Rebiotix MRT platform to new therapeutic areas.
Raja Dhir
Submit your poster
Looking to showcase your recent work to the microbiome community?
Our dedicated poster area is the perfect way to get your research noticed and further involve yourself in the congress. In order to present a poster at the forum you need to be registered as a delegate. Please note that there is limited space available and poster space is assigned on a first come first served basis (subject to checks and successful registration).
At the Congress, your presentation will be displayed in a dedicated poster area which can be viewed during the networking break.
Associate Event Partner
Clinical Microbiomics
Website: http://www.clinical-microbiomics.com
Clinical Microbiomics is specialized in microbiome metagenomics and innovative bioinformatics concepts. We offer end-to-end microbiome research services for clinical and pre-clinical research including DNA-extraction, library preparation, sequencing and bioinformatics. Our proprietary bioinformatics platform provides our partners with leading capabilities to analyze and interpret microbiome metagenomics data.
With our pioneering Metagenomic Species Concept (MGS) and the most extensive collection of deep-sequenced human and mouse gut samples, we capture up to 80% of the microbiome diversity, which greatly supersedes normal reference-based methods. This provides our clients with a market-leading platform for studying the microbiome in relation to health, disease and treatment interventions. In addition, it allows for diverse applications, such as biomarker and drug target discovery, disease etiology investigation and subject stratification. With our range of advanced bioinformatics tools and experience in big data integration, we are able to move from association studies to mechanistic insights on microbiome metabolism and dynamics.
Baseclear
Website: https://www.baseclear.com/
As genomics experts and through sustainable partnerships BaseClear offers consultancy and technological expertise to accelerate the understanding and use of microorganisms. BaseClear offers a complete range of microbial genomics services, including metagenomics, microbiome analysis, microbial strain characterisation, and consultancy for genomics-based characterisation of microorganisms as required by EFSA and/or FDA.
Senior Event Partner
Biose Industrie
Website: https://www.biose.com/en/cdmo/
Biose Industrie is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), specialised in Live Biotherapeutic Products. Founded in 1951, Biose Industrie has more than 65 years of experience in the development and production of live bacteria based drugs. Company offers lab development specialised in microbiology (anaerobic, aerobic, GMO strains) and is Drug GMP certified for the manufacturing of API (From 300L to 3 500L), clinical batches and commercial drug products (capsules in blisters or pills, sachets).
Event Partner
Media Partner
Rapid Microbiology
Website: https://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/
Rapidmicrobiology.com is a well-established online resource for microbiologists worldwide, find the right products for your microbiology lab using our specially designed search functions.
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What you can expect from the 2020 Congress:
- 200+ Academic and Industry Leaders Onsite
- 50+ Thought Leaders on the Speaker Faculty
- 3 Distinct Streams
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