Inflammation
5th Ghent Gut Inflammation Group Meeting
15-16 May 2025, Ghent, Belgium
5th Ghent Gut Inflammation Group Meeting
5th Ghent Gut Inflammation Group Meeting
Host-microbiota interactions in health and disease
Keep me postedAdd to calendarThe ‘Ghent Gut Inflammation Group’ (GGIG) is a collaborative network of research labs at Ghent University focused on studying various aspects of intestinal biology in both health and disease. Exploring the intricate interplay between the intestinal microbiota and the host, and its impact on intestinal and systemic health, requires a multidisciplinary approach. To tackle these challenges, GGIG brings together expertise from four different UGent faculties.
Every two years, GGIG hosts a symposium that highlights cutting-edge research on intestinal biology in health and disease. This two-day event is designed to spotlight junior scientists, offering them a platform to present their latest findings. It aims to foster interaction and collaboration among early-career researchers while building a dynamic network of scientists interested in intestinal mucosal immunology. Though junior researchers take center stage, the symposium welcomes scientists of all levels.
More information on GGIG and previous symposia on www.GGIG.be.
Confirmed speakers
Achille Broggi
Achille Broggi
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), FR
Moritz Hofer
Moritz Hofer
Laboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH
Giuliana Magri
Giuliana Magri
Immunology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, ES
Olaf Perdijk
Olaf Perdijk
Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, NL
Emma Slack
Emma Slack
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK & ETH Zürich; Basel Research Center for Child Health, CH
Johan Vande Voorde
Johan Vande Voorde
University of Glasgow; Cancer Research UK - Career Development Fellow; Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, UK
Program
Day 1 - Thursday, 15 May, 2025
09:00
09:30
Welcome coffee
09:30
12:00
Session 1 - Epithelial biology and emerging technologies
09:30
10:00
Immune-mediated regenerative properties of the human intestinal epithelium
Jochem Bernink
Amsterdam UMC, NL
10:00
10:30
Human Intestinal Organoids as Translational tools to investigate epigenetic mechanisms in health and IBD
Matthias Zilbauer
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
10:30
11:00
Accessible and highly observable gastrointestinal organoid model systems for studying host-pathogen interactions
Moritz Hofer
Laboratory of Stem Cell Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH
11:00
11:30
Identification of a key signal that controls intestinal epithelial expansion in pregnancy
Masahiro Onji
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, AT
11:30
11:45
AGR2 and IRE1β: a dream team in intestinal goblet cell quality control
Phaedra Guilbert
Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Ghent University, BE; BE; VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Selected from abstracts
11:45
12:00
Mitochondrial perturbation of the intestinal epithelium shapes microbiota-dependent tissue injury
Doriane Aguanno
Technical University of Munich, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, DE
Selected from abstracts
12:00
13:00
Lunch
13:00
14:30
Session 2 - Omics and Emerging technologies for gut research
13:00
13:30
Strain tracking in complex microbiomes using synteny analysis reveals per-species modes of evolution
Hagay Enav
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, DE
13:30
14:00
Harnessing preclinical models of colorectal cancer to identify metabolic determinants of cancer cachexia
Johan Vande Voorde
University of Glasgow; Cancer Research UK - Career Development Fellow; Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, UK
14:00
14:15
Polarity reversion in the small epithelial organoids: methodology and monitoring with live fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)
Ruslan Dmitriev
Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Group, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, BE
Selected from abstracts
14:15
14:30
Integrated multi-omics of the gut microbiome in Parkinson’s disease reveals a functional disruption of bacterial motility and cross-feeding
Rémy Villette
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, LU
Selected from abstracts
14:30
15:00
Coffee break
15:00
16:30
Session 3 - Host-Microbiota interactions - Part 1
15:00
15:30
From mice to men: translating the effects of dietary fiber deprivation using a controlled-diet crossover in healthy humans
Erica Grant
Luxembourg Institute of Health, LU
15:30
16:00
Decoding host-microbiome interactions in cancer immunity. Killing cancer with a gut instinct
Evangelos Giampazolias
Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, UK
16:00
16:15
Functional study of the Indigenous Yanomami microbiota
Marie Thorp
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, BE; VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE; Ghent Gut Inflammation Group (GGIG), BE
Selected from abstracts
16:15
16:30
ATF6 activation alters colonic lipid metabolism causing tumor associated microbial adaption
Olivia Coleman
Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, DE
Selected from abstracts
16:30
18:00
Reception and poster viewing
Day 2 - Friday, 16 May, 2025
09:00
09:30
Welcome coffee
09:30
11:00
Session 3 - Host-Microbiota interactions - Part 2
09:30
10:00
A New Effector Function Of Tuft Cells In Mucosal Immunity
Imène Gasmi
Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, FR
10:00
10:30
Harnessing the early-life microbiota to prevent allergies
Olaf Perdijk
Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, NL
10:30
10:45
Role of the 'tuft cell/type 2 immune' axis in intestinal transmural inflammation in a murine model of Crohn’s disease predisposition
Nathalie Coutry
INSERM U1191, FR; CNRS UMR 5203, FR; University of Montpellier, FR
Selected from abstracts
10:45
11:00
From Oxidative Stress to Immune Success: Understanding Early Intestinal Macrophage-Microbiome Dynamics
Zohreh Mansoori Moghadam
Institute for Infection Control and Prevention, Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, DE
Selected from abstracts
11:00
11:30
Coffee break
11:30
12:30
Keynote
11:30
12:30
What role does the immune system play in controlling the intestinal ecosystem?
Emma Slack
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK & ETH Zürich; Basel Research Center for Child Health, CH
Keynote speaker
12:30
13:30
Lunch
13:30
15:30
Session 4 - Mucosal Immunology
13:30
14:00
Stressing the gut-brain axis
Markus Schneider
TUD Dresden University of Technology, DE
14:00
14:30
IFN-λ control of mucosal homeostasis
Achille Broggi
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), FR
14:30
15:00
Exploring host-microbiota interaction in Crohn's disease via integrative multi-omics
Giuliana Magri
Immunology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, ES
15:00
15:15
IFN-γ-dependent regulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis by NKT cells
Thomas ap Rees
King's College London, GB; The Francis Crick Institute, GB
Selected from abstracts
15:15
15:30
Targeted delivery of oral vaccine antigens to aminopeptidase N protects pigs against pathogenic E. coli challenge infection.
Hans Van der Weken
Ghent University, BE
Selected from abstracts
15:30
16:00
Closing words and Prize announcements
Organizing committee
Bert Devriendt
Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, BE
Debby Laukens
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, intestinal barrier signaling in disease and therapy unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, BE
Ludovica Marinelli
Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, BE
Gianluca Matteoli
Translational Research in Gastrointestinal Disorders unit, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, BE
Annemieke Smet
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, BE
Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Lynn Vanhaecke
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, BE
Lars Vereecke
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Ghent University, BE
Andy Wullaert
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research & Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, BE
Abstracts
Poster information
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation.
The full list of abstracts will be available on 08-05-2025 until 15-08-2025
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
Attendees
The full list of attendees will be available on 08-05-2025 until 15-08-2025
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
