Origins and Benefits of Biologically Active Components of Human Milk
July 19-24, 2015
Big Sky, Montana
Organizers:
Lars Bode, PhD
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California
Michelle (Shelley) McGuire, PhD
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington
Sunday, July 19, 2015
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
DINNER
8:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Lars Bode, PhD (confirmed), University of California, San Diego, CA
8:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
“Origins and benefits of human milk research – Where do we go from here?”
W. Allan Walker, MD (confirmed), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
6 February 2016
Monday, July 20, 2015
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
General session: “Oligosaccharides – Introduction and metabolism”
Chair: Lars Bode, PhD (confirmed), University of California, San Diego, CA
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
“An introduction to human milk oligosaccharides (HMO)”
Lars Bode, PhD (confirmed), University of California, San Diego, CA
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
“In vivo 13C-labelling of milk oligosaccharides in lactating mothers and
metabolism in their infants”
Clemens Kunz, PhD (confirmed), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
MORNING COFFEE BREAK
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
“HMO in the infant’s feces – Appearance and disappearance over the course of
lactation”
Henk Schols, PhD (confirmed), Wageningen University, The Netherlands
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
“A milk-oriented microbiota (MOM) in infants: How HMO help babies find their
‘other’ MOM”
David Mills, PhD (confirmed), University of California, Davis, CA
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH and
MEET THE SPEAKERS
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free time
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
General session: “Oligosaccharides – Potential benefits for the breastfed
infant”
Chair: David Mills, PhD (confirmed), University of California, Davis, CA
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
“The role of oligosaccharides in host-microbial interactions”
Jonathan Lane, PhD (confirmed), Teagasc Food Research Center, Cork,
Ireland
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
“Anti-infective effects of HMO: Potential for public health impact”
Ardythe L. Morrow, PhD (confirmed), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati,
OH
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
“HMO as modulators of intestinal and systemic immunity”
Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD (confirmed), University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Urbana, IL
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
“Novel Approaches to the Elucidation of HMO Biological Effects”
Rachael H. Buck, PhD (confirmed), Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
DINNER
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Poster Session
6 February 2016
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
General session: “Oligosaccharides – Challenges and future opportunities”
Chair: Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD (confirmed) University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Urbana, IL
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
“Do HMO really work? Challenges and opportunities for designing a human
intervention study”
Nikhat Contractor, PhD (confirmed), Metagenics, Inc.
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
“Processing strategies for the purification of HMO from donors' milk”
Daniela Barile, PhD (confirmed), University of California, Davis, CA
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
“Challenges in the automated chemical synthesis of HMO and their analogs”
Nicola Pohl, PhD (confirmed), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
MORNING COFFEE BREAK and
GROUP PHOTO
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
“Unraveling functions of milk oligosaccharides using chemo-enzymatic
synthesis”
Geert-Jan Boons, PhD (confirmed), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
“Metabolic engineering as an approach to produce HMO”
Yong-Su Jin, PhD (confirmed), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Urbana, IL
11:10 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
11:25 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion on Challenges and Future Opportunities
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free time and
ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES/EVENTS
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Special session: “Bridging Academia and Industry”
Chairs: Nikhat Contractor, PhD (confirmed), Metagenics, Inc.
Lars Bode, PhD (confirmed), University of California, San Diego, CA
Expert Panel Discussion (all panelists confirmed)
Academia
Sharon Donovan, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Bruce German, PhD, University of California, Davis, CA
Josef Neu, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Industry
Carol Berseth, PhD, Director Medical Affairs, Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Keith Garleb, PhD, Director Global Discovery R&D, Abbott Nutrition
Laurent Fay, PhD, Head R&D Head Infant Formula, Nestle Nutrition
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
DINNER
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Poster Session
6 February 2016
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
General session: “Bacteria in Human Milk – Introduction, History,
Methodology, Origin(s)”
Chair: Juan M. Rodriguez, PhD (confirmed), Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
“Bacteria in human milk – Historical perspective”
Mark A. McGuire, PhD (confirmed), University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
“From the human milk microbiota to the human milk metagenome: evolution of
methods to study human milk diversity”
Esther Jimenez, PhD (confirmed), Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
MORNING COFFEE BREAK
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
“Computational approaches to inferring ecological information from microbial
genomic fingerprints”
James A. Foster, PhD (confirmed), University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
“Origin of human milk bacteria – The conquest of the “far breast”?”
Rocío Martín, PhD (confirmed), Danone Research Center for Specialized
Nutrition, Utrecht, The Netherlands
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
BUSINESS MEETING
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH and
MEET THE SPEAKERS
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free time
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
General session: “Bacteria in Human Milk – Potential Effects on Mothers
and Infants”
Chair: Mark McGuire, PhD (confirmed), University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
“Milk microbes and HMO – An evolutionary, sociocultural perspective”
Shelley McGuire, PhD (confirmed), Washington State University, Pullman, WA
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
“Infectious mastitis during lactation: a mammary dysbiosis model”
Juan M. Rodriguez, PhD (confirmed), Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
“Relationship of milk microbiota and infant gastrointestinal microbiota”
Christophe Lacroix, PhD (confirmed), Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health,
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
“Probiotic consumption during lactation – State of the science concerning
effects on maternal and infant health”
Seppo Salminen, PhD (confirmed), University of Turku, Turku, Finland
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
DINNER
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Poster Session
6 February 2016
Thursday, July 23, 2015
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
General session: “Maternal Cells and Immune Modulators in Human Milk:
Historical Perspective, Origin, and Potential Functions”
Chair: Shelley McGuire, PhD (confirmed), Washington State University, Pullman,
WA
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
“Overview of immune cells in human milk – What are they and what are they
doing there?”
Peter Hartmann, PhD (confirmed), University of Western Australia, Perth,
Australia
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
“Update on presence and potential functions of stem cells in human milk”
Foteini Hassiotou, PhD (confirmed), University of Western Australia, Perth,
Australia
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
MORNING COFFEE BREAK
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
“Protective effects of milk and their species-specificity for the preterm newborn”
Per Torp Sangild, PhD (confirmed), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
"Role of human milk bioactives in the development of food allergy in infants"
Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, MD PhD (confirmed), University of Rochester Medical
Center, Rochester, NY
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH and
MEET THE SPEAKERS
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free time
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Special session: “Hot Topics and Data Blitz”
Chair: Lars Bode, PhD (confirmed), University of California, San Diego, CA
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
“The Breast Milk, Microbiome and Immunity Project (First Results from the
Gates Foundation Project)”
Jeffrey Gordon, MD (not confirmed), Washington University in St. Louis, MO
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
TBD
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
5: 45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
DINNER and
SPECIAL EVENT
6 February 2016
Friday, July 24, 2015
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
General session: “Gene Expression in Human Mammary Secretory
Epithelial Cells – Evolution of Methods and Current Knowledge”
Chair: Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, MD PhD (confirmed), University of Rochester
Medical Center, Rochester, NY
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
“Comparative milk genomics: What makes us human?”
Danielle Lemay, PhD (confirmed), University of California, Davis, CA
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
“Gene expression patterns in the human mammary secretory cell, epigenetics,
and relevance to milk production and lactation success”
Monique Rijnkels, PhD (confirmed), Texas A&M University, Houston, TX
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
MORNING COFFEE BREAK
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
“MicroRNAs in human milk – regulation by maternal diet and putative functions
in the neonate”
Kjersti Aagaard, MD PhD (confirmed), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
“International Milk Genomics Consortium – Overview and opportunities”
Bruce German, PhD (confirmed), University of California, Davis, CA
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Shelley McGuire, PhD (confirmed), Washington State University, Pullman, WA
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH to go and
DEPARTURES
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