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Probiotics: From Bench to Market

Friday, June 11, 2010 | 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The New York Academy of Sciences

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The use and marketing of probiotics microorganisms is becoming more prevalent in the current consumer marketplace. It is the purpose of this conference to bring together scientists from industry, academia, and government to discuss the emerging science of mechanisms behind the possible benefits of probiotic microorganisms in promoting human health and combating disease and the role of basic science in bringing a probiotic product to market.

Organizers

Tri Duong, PhD

Texas A&M University

Marguerite Klein

Office of Dietary Supplements

Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD

Dairy and Food Culture Technologies

Howard Young, PhD

National Cancer Institute

Kathy Granger, PhD

The New York Academy of Sciences

Agenda

Friday, June 11, 2010
8:00 – 8:45 am	Registration and Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 am	Opening Remarks
8:30 – 1:00 pm	Session I: Basic Mechanisms of Actions Moderated by Tri Duong and Howard Young This session will provide an overview of the current state of our understanding of the mechanisms responsible for probiotic benefits with particular focus on the effects of probiotics on the gastrointestinal, nervous and immune systems.
8:30 am	Keynote Lecture — Probiotics: myths vs. facts Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD, Consultant, Dairy and Food Culture Technologies
9:00 am	Mechanisms of action for probiotics and the digestive tract Eamonn Quigley, MD, University College Cork, Ireland
9:30 am	TBD
10:00 am	Impact of probiotics on the central nervous system Emeran Mayer, MD, UCLA
10:30 – 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am	TBD
11:30 am	Altering a hosts microbial genomics Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, Stanford University
12:00 pm	Antimicrobial activities: Expression of anti-listerial bacteriocin Colin Hill, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
12:30pm	Relevant models for studying efficacy in probiotics Glenn Gibson, PhD, University of Reading, UK
1:00 – 2:30 pm	Lunch and Poster Session
2:30 – 3:45 pm	Session II: Data Blitz Talks Moderated by Mary Ellen Sanders This session aims to highlight innovative approaches to substantiation of health effects of probiotic strains. Members of the industrial and academic scientific community will be selected from submitted abstracts to present new data relevant to supporting health benefits of commercial or research probiotic strains.
3:45 – 4:15 pm	Coffee Break
4:15 – 5:15 pm	Session III: From Clinical Trials to Market Moderated by Marguerite Klein The session will provide description and discussions of US regulatory experiences in the conduct of probiotic clinical research, the results of which could be used to substantiate health effects.
4:15 pm	Introductory Comments Marguerite Klein, Health Science Administrator, Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
4:30 pm	TBD
4:45 pm	Probiotic foods: designing and implementing quality clinical trials Dan Merenstein, MD, Georgetown University Medical Center
5:00 pm	Therapeutic probiotics: designing and implementing quality clinical trials Pat Hibberd, MD, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine
5:15 – 5:45 pm	Panel Discussion Panelists from "From clinical trials to market" session
5:45 – 5:50 pm	Closing Statements
5:50 – 7:30 pm	Networking Reception

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