The gut microbiota has profound influences on human health. In my talk I will review progress made in this field in recent years, and present our studies of how gut microbial communities change in non-infectious diseases. In particular, I will show how therapeutic interventions can modify gut species composition, and discuss the potential consequences of these modifications.
Uri Gophna (*1970 in Tel Aviv, Israel) studied biotechnology and engineering at the Technion, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Haifa, and at the Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Life Sciences. In 2003, he received his Ph.D. in Microbiology. He worked as teaching assistant, instructor, and deputy-chairman at Tel Aviv University. From 2003-2005, he was postdoctoral research fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. After returning to Tel Aviv, he worked as a Ph.D. level instructor and was appointed as senior lecturer in 2007. Uri Gophna received several fellowships and awards, including the Nili Rubinovich-Grossman memorial award for outstanding young scientists.
Moderation: Professor Dr. Bärbel Friedrich