Recordings

Watch on-demand recordings of sessions from the Microbiome Throughout Life (MBTL) International Conference, held 19-21 March 2026 in Belgrade, Serbia.

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MICROBIOME FROM PREGNANCY TO EARLY LIFE – SESSION 7, PART 2
Chair: Michael Silverman, Children`s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Are we missing half of the picture? The early life virome Alexandra Zhernakova,University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands Early-life exposures and functional maturation trajectories of the infant gut microbiome: Insights from a longitudinal meta-analysis Maxime Naour, Nantes Université, France Gut Plasmidome Composition and Plasmid-Encoded Gene Functions During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in Mothers From the Lifelines NEXT Cohort Sergio George, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Microbial strain transmission between infants in the nursery drives gut microbiome development Liviana Ricci, Cibio, University of Trento, Italy Panel Discussion
57:21
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OTHER MICROBIOMES IN HEALTH AND DISEASE (VAGINAL, ORAL, SKIN, ETC.) – SESSION 8
Chair: Patrice Cani, UCLouvain, Belgium The Dynamic Vaginal Microbiome: Cycles, Pregnancy, and Microbial Transmission to the Next Generation.  Ina Schuppe Koistinen, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Changes in the oral microbiome and systemic inflammatory biomarkers one year after periodontal therapy: bergen oral intervention study Randi J Bertelsen, Oral Health Center of Expertise in Western Norway, Norway Integrated salivary microbiome and proteome profiling uncovers functional diversity linked to obesity among Qataris Selvasankar Murugesan, Reproductive and Perinatal Health Division, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar Panel Discussion
47:02
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MICROBIOME FROM PREGNANCY TO EARLY LIFE – SESSION 9, PART 3
Chair: Nicola Segata, University of Trento, Italy Maternally derived microbial metabolites and the fetal immune system Liza Konnikova, Yale University School of Medicine, USA What Shapes the Early-Life Microbiota, Resistome and Phageome?: Insights from MAMI cohort Maria Carmen Collado, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology-National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), Spain Panel discussion
45:33
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THE HUMAN MICROBIOME AND CANCER – SESSION 10
Chair: Dino Tarabar, University Hospital Center Dr Dragiša Mišović, Serbia Gut microbiota mediates the impact of oral iron therapy on colorectal cancer progression in ApcMin/+ mice Manuela M Santos, CRCHUM Montréal, Canada Anastomotic response microbial subtypes (ARMS) predict anastomotic leakage after colorectal cancer surgery Jonge Wouter, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Panel Discussion
38:07
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THE MICROBIOME FOR CLINICIANS: HOW TO MOVE MICROBIOME INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE – SESSION 11, PART 2
Chair: Miodrag Krstic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Gut microbiota in endometriosis – screening or treatment? Elvira Brătilă, Alexandra Bausic, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania Microbiome and obesity: the hidden connection Gerasim Temelkov, Director of a private gastroenterology and longevity practice, Bulgaria Oral administration of Lactobacillus crispatus in pregnant women colonized with GBS: preliminary results Radu Vlădăreanu, Mihaela Boț, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania Fertility, Pregnancy, Obesity: One Axis, One Microbiome Desimira Mironova, Bulgarian Association of reproductive and metabolic disease, Bulgaria Panel Discussion
49:16
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THE MICROBIOME, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THERAPEUTICS – SESSION 12
Chair: Liza Konnikova, Yale University School of Medicine, USA Beyond the Drug: The “Mediterranean Code”—Microbiome, Immunity, and Clinical translation Nitida Pastor Perez, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Spain Optogenetics-integrated gut organ culture system connects enteric neurons dynamics and gut homeostasis Nissan Yissachar, Bar-ilan University, Israel Opsonisation of vaginal microbiota in women at high-risk of delivering preterm Belen Gimeno Molina, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Aggression: a gut reaction? The cross-generational effects of gut microbiome manipulation on aggression Sondra Turjeman, Bar-Ilan University, Isreal Panel discussion
54:14
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COMPUTATIONAL, INTEGRATIVE AND AI TOOLS FOR META-OMICS – SESSSION 13 PART 2
Chair: Francesco Asnicar, University of Trento, Italy Unravelling the role of gut microbial proteases genes in inflammatory bowel disease: a cross-species metagenomic study Riccardo Vanini, CIBIO, University of Trento, Italy Unravelling the BGC-ome of the human gut prokaryome: a comprehensive mining of biosynthetic gene clusters in a northern Netherlands human cohort Cristian D Grisales-Vargas, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands Translating microbiome research into clinical decision support Mattia Bolzan, PreBiomics, Italy Panel discussion
43:34
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KEYNOTE LECTURE: HUMAN-TO-HUMAN MICROBIOME TRANSMISSION: FROM RESEARCH TO CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Chair: Liza Konnikova, Yale University School of Medicine, USA Human-to-human microbiome transmission: from research to clinical applications Nicola Segata, University of Trento, Italy
45:33