TAGC Microbiome Workshop 2020
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Date: 2020-06-29

Cultivating Communities: Making Sense of Host-Microbiome Interactions Through the Lens of Genetics
Thursday, June 18, 1 p.m. EDT
Organizers: Buck Samuel, Nichole Broderick, Cara Haney

Across phylogeny, microbes forge relationships with their hosts and exert considerable influence on their physiology, development, and predisposition to disease. The genetic pathways that underlie these relationships are likely to represent both ancient and host specific approaches to microbiome regulation. Thus, a community-wide effort is needed to comprehensively define the molecular connections that link us (and our host proxies) to the fates of our microbes. This workshop aims to highlight the use of highly tractable systems and population-based studies to advancing genetic understanding of microbiome regulation and spur engagement across these robust research communities.

Speakers

Natural variation in host genetics shape form and function of the C. elegans gut microbiome
Buck Samuel, Baylor College of Medicine

Using a fly model to understand host-microbe interactions
Nichole Broderick, Johns Hopkins University

What Zebrafish can show us about how animals shape the intestinal ecosystem
Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon

Using human genetics to understand the physiological basis of host microbiome interactions
Emily Davenport, Pennsylvania State University

A systems genetics approach to dissect microbe-host interactions
Federico Rey, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Comparative approaches for understanding assembly of the gut microbiome
Kevin Kohl, University of Pittsburgh

Genomics of plant-microbiome interactions
Cara Haney, University of British Columbia

Metal matters at the host microbial interface
Michael Johnson, University of Arizona