State of the Art in the Era of Microbiome Study: Current Approach and Future Perspectives

Event Description

The microbiome has several key functions and affects health and disease susceptibility by modulating metabolism, immune responses, neurological function, and resistance to pathogenic microbes. Increasing clinical evidence correlates diseases with the microbiota, and understanding mechanisms of this complex interaction may help to identify new potential pathways to new therapeutic strategies in the management of infections, cancer and other diseases. The study of microbiome involves novel technical approaches as bioinformatics, computational metagenomics, metabolomics that could be difficult to interpretate for clinicians. This course aims to focus the current knowledge on microbiome studies and to have a glimpse into the interpretation of microbiome analysis and future possible strategies of intervention targeting microbiome.

Intended audience:

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Clinical Microbiologist, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biologists. Specialists, Residents and Fellows are welcome, PhD students with focus on microbiome are also welcome.

Objectives:

• Understand current knowledge on microbiome studies.
• Translate microbiome data into clinical practice.
• Apply microbiome research in clinical setting such as infectious diseases, cancer, gastroenterology.
• Evaluate the role of new techniques targeting the microbiome and their future development.

Course coordinator:

Silvia Corcione, University of Turin, Italy & Tufts Medical Center Boston, USA
Nicolas Benech, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
Ed Kuijiper, Leiden University, Netherlands
 

Organisers:

ESGHAMI - Host and Microbiota Interaction
ESGNTA - Non-traditional Antibacterial Therapy
La Società Italiana per la Terapia Antinfettiva (SITA)
University of Turin, Italy

Accreditation:

The ESCMID Education team will apply for accreditation to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). 

ECM ITALIAN CREDITS for participants from Italy
The course will provide ECM credits for the following professions: Medical Doctors (Allergology and Clinical Immunology; Clinical Biochemistry; Clinical Pathology; Dermatology; Endocrinology; Gastroenterology; Diabetology; Gynecology; Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine; Microbiology and Virology; Neonatology; Oncology; Pediatrics; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Pneumology; Rheumatology),Chemists, Dietologists, Hospital Pharmacists, Veterinarians.
ECM credits will be assigned to all those who have attended for a minimum of 90% of the educational hours.
Italian participants will need to sign in every day, at the entrance and at the exit for ECM credits and must remember to hand in the personal information sheet, the evaluation form and the written test at the end of the meeting at the registration desk.
 

For any questions regarding ECM Italian Credits, please contact:
HealthData Consulting S.r.l.
via Morghen 27, 10143 Torino
P.IVA 01429280058
Tel. 011.0267950 - Fax 011.0267954
segreteria(at)hdcons.it
 

Certification:

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Only participants attending live sessions will be able to receive the certification.

Course Venue:

AC Hotel Torino
Via Bisalta 11 Turin, Italy
 

Accommodation:

Not included

Registration Fees

The registration fee includes full access to the course.

The ESCMID Attendance Grant does not cover travel expenses.