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Day 1 – December 3rd, 2025
WELCOME by the Scientific Organizer

9:30 – 9:35     M. Canan Arkan

SESSION I - Place

9:35 – 10:10    Eran Elinav, Weizmann Institute, Israel

                                Host-microbiome interaction in health and disease

10:10 – 10:45    Michael Zimmermann, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany

                                Identifying gut microbiome contributions to drug metabolism and carcinogen toxicity

10:45 – 11:20    Sergei Grivennikov, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA

                                Microbial and cytokine determinants of colorectal cancer liver metastasis

11:20 - 11: 50 Coffee break

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

11:50 – 12:40    Michael Karin, University of California San Diego, USA

                                The intestinal neuroimmunological network controls the pathogenesis of diet and alcohol induced fatty liver diseases, providing new therapeutic opportunities

12:40 - 14:00 Lunch break

Special Session: Roadmap to suXXess

14:00 – 14:30    Katrin Springsgut, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

                               Gender equality in research and in leadership positions

SESSION II - Space

14:30 – 15:05    Georg Zeller, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

                                Investigating composition, spatial organisation and function of microbial communities associated with colorectal cancer

15:05 – 15:40    Thomas Clavel, RWTH University Aachen, Germany

                                Diet-microbiome interactions in colorectal cancer

15:40 - 16:00 Coffee break

SESSION II - Space

Continuation

16:00 – 16:35    Falk Hildebrand, Quadram and Earlham Institute, UK

                               Gut microbial persistence in health and disease

16:35 – 17:10    Silke Matura, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

                               Gut feelings: The role of the gut–brain axis in mental health

19:00 Speakers and Sponsors Dinner 

Day 2 – December 4th, 2025
SESSION III - Time

09:30 – 10:05    Nicola Segata, University of Trento, Italy

                                The microbiome in nutrition and cardiometabolic health

10:05 – 10:40    Achim Kramer, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany

                                Past and future of circadian medicine

10:40 – 11:15    M. Canan Arkan, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Germany

                                Impact of timed eating on microbial dynamics and treatment outcomes in colorectal cancer

11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break

SESSION IV - Interaction

11:45– 12:20    Christoph Stein-Thöringer, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany

                               Microbiome and cancer chemotherapy of solid and hematologic malignancies

12:20 – 12:55    Nicola Wilck, Max Delbrück Center, Germany

                                Host-microbiome interaction in cardiovascular and kidney disease

12:55 - 14:30 Lunch break

SESSION V - Modifiability

14:30 – 15:05    Jens Puschhof, DKFZ, Germany

                                Modelling cancer-microbe interactions with organoids and organ chips

15:05 – 15:40    Sara Vieira-Silva, Universtiy Medical Center Mainz, Germany

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15:40 – 16:15    Lisa Maier, The M3 Research Center, Tübingen, Germany

                                Drugging the gut microbiome: from unintended side effects to targeted modulation

 

WRAP UP

16:15 - 16:25    M. Canan Arkan

16:40 Museum tour of the historical research site of Paul Ehrlich