PROBIOTICSFrom Bench to Community

th th7 - 8 March 2015, The Grand, New Delhi, India

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015

- 13:00-14:30 INAUGURATION

12:00-13:00

13:00-13:20

Prof. N.K. Ganguly

(Professor of Eminence ,Policy Centre for Biomedical Research, THSTI, Gurgaon, India)

13:20-13:40

Prof. G. Balakrish Nair

(National Chair, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Trivandrum, India)

13:40-14:10

Prof. Anil K. Tyagi

(Vice-Chancellor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India)

14:10-14:20

14:20-14:30

Chairperson

Dr. Pawan Malhotra

(Head – Mammalian Biology: Malaria, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi , India)

Lunch

GROUP PHOTOGRAPH

WELCOME ADDRESS

OPENING REMARKS

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

BOOK RELEASE & LAUNCH OF WEBSITE

14:30-15:00 PLENARY LECTURE 1

Bile Acid as a Host Factor to Control Gut Microbiota Composition and Disease Development

Prof. Atsushi Yokota

(Professor and Vice Dean and University Senator, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan)

Chairperson

Prof. Shinjini Bhatnagar

(Dean Clinical Research, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Gurgaon, India)

15:00-15:30

Prof. Patricia Conway

(Associate Professor, Microbiology, University of New South Wales, Australia)

15:30-15:50

Prof. G. Balakrish Nair

( National Chair, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum, India)

15: 50-16:00 Discussions

16:00-16:15

Chairperson

Dr. Randhir Sud(Chairman, Medanta Institute of Digestive & Hepatobiliary Sciences, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, India)

15:00-16:00 SESSION I – GUT, ITS MICROBES – IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH

16:15-16:45 PLENARY LECTURE 2

Keynote Lecture 1- Intestinal Microbiota during Life

Undernourished Children and the Gut Microbiome

Tea / Coffee break

Probiotics and Mucosal Immunity Interactions in Early Life

Probiotics Impact on Human Intestinal Microbiota

Prof. Bruno Pot

(Research Director, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CILL), INSERM, Institut Pasteur de Lille (IPL), France

Chairperson

Prof. G.P. Talwar

(Director Research, The Talwar Research Foundation, New Delhi, India)

16:45-17: 15

Prof. N.K. Ganguly

(Professor of Eminence, Policy Centre for Biomedical Research, THSTI, Gurgaon, India)

17:15-17:35

Dr Muriel Derrien

(Senior Research Scientist, Danone Research, Palaiseau, France)

17:35-17:45 Discussions

19:00 onwards

16:45-17:45 SESSION II – GUT MICROBIOTA AND PROBIOTICS – THE LINK

Keynote Lecture 2- Probiotics and Vaccines

Cocktails and Dinner

SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2015

07:00-09:00 POSTER EVALUATION BY INTERNATIONAL JURY MEMBERS

09:00-09:30 PLENARY LECTURE 3

09:30-10:30 SESSION III – REACHING ACROSS COMMUNITY

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Prof. Atsushi Yokota, Prof. Yuan Kun Lee, Prof. Bruno Pot, Prof. B.S. Ramakrishna, Prof. N.K Ganguly, Prof. N.K. Mehra

Chairperson

Prof. S. K Mittal

(Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital, Ghaziabad, India)

Prof. Yuan Kun Lee

Head, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Life Science Curriculum, National University of Singapore, Singapore and President, International Union for Microbiology Societies (IUMS) .

Chairperson

Dr. V. K Batish

(Emeritus Scientist, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India)

09:30-10:00

Prof. A. K Srivastava (Director and Vice- Chancellor, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India)

10:00- 10:20

Prof. J.B. Prajapati

(Professor and Head, Dairy Microbiology Division, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India)

Probiotics for the Developing World

Keynote Lecture 3-Probiotics in Dairy Industry

Probiotics in Geriatric Population

10:20-10:30 Discussions

10:30-10:45

Chairperson

Dr.Navin Dang

(Director, Dr. Dangs Lab Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India

Prof. Masanobu Nanno

(Executive Officer, Deputy Director of Institute, Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan)

Chairperson

Prof. Keya Lahiri (Professor & Head, Dept. of Pediatrics, Padmashree Dr. DY Patil College Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India)

11:15-11:35

Dr. Ajay Bhalla

(Additional Director & HOD- Gastroenterology, Fortis Hospital, Noida, India)

11:35-11:55

Dr. Neelam Mohan

(Director, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Transplantation, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, India)

Tea / Coffee break

10:45-11:15

New Aspects of Probiotics: A Good Supporter for Assisting the Symbiosis

Probiotics in Inflammatory Bowel Disorder( IBD)

11:15-12:15 SESSION IV – FROM RESEARCH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE

Keynote Lecture 4

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Probiotics and Antibiotic- Associated Diarrhoea

11:55-12:15

Dr. Sourabh Dutta

(Additional Professor, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandigarh, India)

Panel Moderator

Dr. Sarath Gopalan

(Senior Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Indraparastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi and Executive Director, CRNSS, New Delhi, India)

Panelists Prof. Atsushi Yokota, Prof. Bruno Pot, Dr. Dinesh Banur, Ms. Ishi Khosla, Prof. Jyoti Tamang, Prof. , Prof. Rama Chaudhry, Dr. Sandeep Bhargava

13:00-13:15

13:15-13:30

13:30 onwards

Probiotics for Preterm Neonates and Prevention of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Vote of thanks - Dr. Keya Lahiri

Lunch

12:15-13:00 PANEL DISCUSSION

Yuan Kun Lee

Young Investigator Awards