• “Anthropology, Microbiomes, and Antimicrobial Resistance”

    Speaker: Dr. Cecil Lewis, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Cecil Lewis is a Professor and biological and interdiscplinary scientist based at the University of Oklahoma. His primary research focus is the microbiome and community-engaged research, with current work that investigates ancient and contemporary human metabolomes, pathogen evolution, the impact of colonialism on the microbiome and […]

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  • “Soil health – towards a ‘microbial agriculture’?“

    Speaker: Dr. Anna Krzywoszynska, PhD. and Paula Palanco Lopez About the Speakers: Dr. Anna Krzywoszynska is an Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Oulu, and a research leader in […]

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  • Panel Discussion on the environment, microbes, and us

    Speakers: Dr. Jake Robinson, PhD., David Good, University of Guelph, Dr. Aminah Al-Attas Bradford, PhD., Dr. Stephanie Schnorr, PhD., Dr. Cecil Lewis, PhD., Dr. Anna Krzywoszynska, PhD., and Paula Palanco Lopez […]

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  • Panel Discussion on the environment, microbes, and us

    Virtual

    Speakers: Dr. Jake Robinson, PhD., David Good, University of Guelph, Dr. Aminah Al-Attas Bradford, PhD., Dr. Stephanie Schnorr, PhD., Dr. Cecil Lewis, PhD., Dr. Anna Krzywoszynska, PhD., and Paula Palanco Lopez […]

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  • Microbes and Social Equity virtual Summer Symposium June 5 – 9

    Virtual

    The Microbes and Social Equity working group, and The University of Maine Institute of Medicine will once again host a free-to-attend virtual summer symposium. Save the dates: June 5 – 9th, 2023 We will host one thematic session per day, from 11 am – 2:45 pm EDT Session themes include: Reconsidering ‘One Health’ Through Microbes Microbiomes […]

  • Precision Microbiome for Health

    Virtual

    Speaker: Professor Jack A Gilbert earned his Ph.D. from Unilever and Nottingham University, UK in 2002, and received his postdoctoral training at Queens University, Canada. From 2005-2010 he was a senior scientist at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK; and from 2010-2018 he was Group Leader for Microbial Ecology at Argonne National Laboratory, a Professor of Surgery, […]

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  • “Linking Plant, Animal, and Human Health in Livestock Systems: a Metabolomics Approach.”

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    Speaker: Dr. Stephan Van Vliet, Phd., Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science at Utah State University. Faculty profile here; “Dr. van Vliet’s research is performed at the nexus of agricultural and human health. He routinely collaborates with farmers, ecologists, and agricultural scientists to study critical linkages between agricultural production methods, the nutrient density of food, and human […]

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