Tuesday 3^rd June 2025

09:20 - 09:30 Introduction

SESSION 1: Gut microbes in health, climate and environment: an intricate equation

09:30 - 10:15          L1            Chris GREENING: Modulating hydrogen flow to enhance human health and reduce livestock
                                                emissions

10:15 - 10:35          O1           Graeme ATTWOOD: Early life treatment with probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus strains
                                                drives sustained reductions in enteric methane emissions in growing dairy heifers

10:35 - 10:55          O2           Laurianne VOLAND: Dynamics of rumen bacterial guilds in lambs from birth to finish are
                                                affected by the absence of dams in the suckling period

10:55 - 11:25                          Coffee break

11:25 - 11:45          O3           Chris PROUDMAN: Early-life gut microbial communities are associated with health and athletic
                                                performance in horses bred for racing

11:45 - 12:05          O4           Omar TOVAR-HERRERA: Exploring the functional patterns of the core rumen microbiome

12:05 - 12:25          O5           Andrea MARCHETTO: Endocrine disrupting chemicals alter gut bacterial growth and ecology,
                                                revealing species- and chemical-specific responses and mitigation potential through microbe
                                                interactions

12:25 - 13:40                          Lunch

13:40 - 15:00                          Poster Session

SESSION 2: Diet to optimize gut microbiota-host symbiosis

15:00 - 15:45          L2            Francesca DE FILIPPIS: Nutritional interventions for the modulation of gut microbiome and
                                                and health

15:45 - 16:05          O6           Yoram GERCHMAN: Bacterial disarming of plant defense facilitate tripartite Plant-Bacteria-Bird
                                                 interaction

16:05 - 16:25          O7           Selvin SOLIS: Metabolism-driven self-aggregation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum modulates
                                                macrophage phagocytosis and type I interferon signalling

16:25 - 16:55                          Coffee break

16:55 - 17:15          O8           Matthias HESS: Red seaweed-mediated suppression of enteric methanogenesis reveals
                                                potentially beneficial traits among hydrogenotrophic rumen bacteria

17:15 - 17:35          O9           Roberta MARCONI: A cultivation-based approach to explore the association between coffee
                                                intake and Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus

17:35 - 17:55          O10         Ivonne PEUGNET-GONZÁLEZ: The influence of Bifidobacteria-derived compounds on intestinal
                                                epithelial cells

Wednesday 4^th June 2025
 

SESSION 3: Local and distant roles of the gut microbiota

09:00 - 09:45          L3            Leluo GUAN: Unraveling the roles of the gut microbiota in cattle liver and respiratory tract
                                                health

09:45 - 10:05          O11         Robert GRUNINGER: Unraveling the gut-liver axis in bovine liver abscesses: isolation and
                                                characterization of Bacteroides from hepatic lesions

10:05 - 10:25          O12         David MARTIN: Atypical gut microbial ecosystem from athletes with very high aerobic exercise
                                                capacity improves insulin sensitivity and muscle glycogen store in mice

10:25 - 10:55                          Coffee break

10:55 - 11:15          O13         Marie-Luise PUHLMANN: Bifidobacterium strains produce gamma-glutamyl peptides in the
                                                the infant gut

11:15 - 11:35          O14         Anwar KANDARI: SCFA-mediated responses in HepG2 cells under acute and chronic glucose-
                                                palmitate stress

11:35 - 11:55          O15         Simon ROQUES: Multi-omic investigation to decipher host-microbiota relationships in dairy
                                                cattle in the context of methane inhibition

11:55 - 13:10                           Lunch

13:10 - 14:40                           Poster Session

14:40 - 14:45          P1            Sylvie BINDA:  New perspectives in the Use of the Psychobiotic Cerebiome® in mental health: 
                                                from strains characterization to clinical evidence
14:45 - 14:50          P2            Alice RACANATI: Unraveling the genetic architecture of the caecal microbiota in laying hens:
                                                a step toward microbiome-informed breeding
14:50 - 14:55          P3            Andrew SOMMER: Genomic evidence for files as carriers of zoonotic pathogens on dairy farms
14:55 - 15:00          P4            Eva ROMERA-RECIO: Effects of feed additives supplementation on rumen bacterial diversity
                                                and composition in calves during pre- and postweaning
15:00 - 15:05          P5            Hiroto MIURA: Exploration of key fiber-degrading bacteria in the hindgut of sows using in vitro
                                                batch culture with plant fiber materials
15:05 - 15:10          P6            Ludovica MARINELLI: SBS-microbe: an in vitro approach to identify microbial and cellular
                                                signatures of Short Bowel Syndrome
15:10 - 15:15          P7            Oluwadunmininu OKUDE: Elucidating the molecular mechanisms that commensal bacteria
                                                utilize to antagonize Tuberculosis infection
15:15 - 15:20          P8            Vinata VEDAM-MAI & Volker MAI: Modulating gut microbiota to improve outcomes in
                                                Parkinson’s disease
15:20 - 15:25          P9           Ifra FERHEEN:  Tracking the emergence of Vibrio illness associated with climate change in
                                               coastal lake of Mediterranean ecoregion: Implications for human health
15:25 - 15:30          P10         Ingrid COUTURIER: Influence of resistant starch on human gut microbiota and immune
                                               response using complementary in vitro approaches
15:30 - 15:35          P11         Katie LAWTHER: A metagenomic analysis uncovers novel mechanisms of methane emission
                                               reduction by Asparagopsis taxiformis in ruminant diets
15:35 - 15:55          Q&A

SESSION 4: New approaches in gut microbiota research

16:20 - 17:05          L4            Ole LUND: Prediction of phenotypes using machine learning – advances and challenges in 
                                                microbiome analysis

17:05 - 17:25          O16         Katie LAWTHER: PyamilySeq: Transparent and interpretable gene (re)clustering and
                                                pangenomic inference highlights the fragility of‬ ‭ conventional methods - a gut microbiome
                                                perspective‬

17:25 - 17:45          O17         Rafael MUNOZ-TAMAYO: Synergetic opportunities between in vitro experimental approaches
                                                and mathematical modelling for designing robust methane mitigation strategies in ruminants

20:00 - 23:00                          Gala Dinner - Château de Chignat

Thursday 5^th June 2025
 

SESSION 4: New approaches in gut microbiota research (continued)

09:00 - 09:45          L5            Audrey FERRAND: Organs-on-a-chip and the challenges of personalized medicine: Illustration
                                               by interactions with the intestinal microbiota

09:45 - 10:05          O18         Amal MAMJOUD: How bacteriocins may impact the gut microbiota composition and activity?
 
10:05 - 10:25          O19         Manon AUTUORI: Breath analysis: a novel approach to study nutrient-microbiota-host
                                                interactions

10:25 - 10:55                         Coffee break

SESSION 5: Gut microbiology: from  bench to bedside

10:55 - 11:55          L6            Joël DORE: Microbial transplantation, state of the art & clinical trials

11:55 - 12:15          O20         Marion LECLERC: Akkermansia muciniphila live improved stress induced mild depression in rats
                                                and produces neurotransmitters in vitro

12:15 - 12:35          O21         Philippe LANGELLA: The Faecalibacterium prausnitzii trip from its identification to evaluation in
                                                humans

12:35 - 12:55          O22         Johannes FAAS: Bovaer® (3-Nitrooxypropanol): a decade and a half of research in methane
                                                mitigation and its impact on the rumen microbiome

12:55 - 13:05                          Conclusions + Announcements

13:05 - 14:20                          Lunch