Course in Biomedical Ecology

18.01.2010

"The normal flora in health & disease" Postgraduate course 8-12 March, 2010 Department of Microbiology, Tumor & Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

The course is free, and to sign up please contact elisabeth.norin@ki.se as soon as possible!

BIOMEDICAL ECOLOGY
The normal flora in health & disease
Postgraduate course 8-12 March, 2010
Department of Microbiology, Tumor & Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

Program

Monday 8th March
09.00 Welcome and presentation of participants (30 min) All participants
Introduction and overview (30 min) Elisabeth Norin, Katrin Pütsep, Roland Möllby & Tore Midtvedt

Coffee

10.40 Microbiological methods;
Traditional cultivation and identification (30 min) Roland Möllby
Functional biomarkers/GAG/MAC concept (30 min) Elisabeth Norin

LUNCH

13.30 Molecular methods and applications (30 min) Lars Engstrand
Composition, oral cavity (30 min) Katrin Pütsep
Composition, intestinal functions (30 min) Tore Midtvedt

Coffee

Composition, other sites (30 min) Roland Möllby
Occurrence of parasites (30 min) Anders Örn
Occurence of viruses (30 min) Annika Linde
Information about group works
and lab works Elisabeth, Roland & Tore

Tuesday 9th March
09.00 Demonstration about cultivation and diversity studies Roland Möllby/ Inger Kühn

Coffee

10.30 Gnotobiology 60 min Elisabeth Norin

LUNCH

Subjects for working groups
Probiotics – use in man
Disinfectants and the household
Antibiotics and environmental influences on the GI flora
Food additives and the GI flora
Caesarean section/Vaginal delivery – the GI flora establishment
These studies should be presented on Friday 2nd October

Wednesday 10th March
09.00 Intestinal flora - celiaki 30 min Bo Tjellström
Balloon intestine (IBS) 30 min Roland Möllby
IBD 30 min Johan Bark

Coffee

Cl difficile infections 30 min Christina Jorup
Dietary fibers 30 min Peter Benno
Autism 30 min Tore Midtvedt
Obesity 45 min Fredrik Bäckhed
Bacteria & enterocytes 30 min Gesan Arulampalam

LUNCH

Working groups

Thursday 11th March
09.00 Innate immunity 40 min Katrin Pütsep
Intestinal flora - immunology 40 min Klas Kärre
Intestinal flora – allergy 40 min Bengt Björkstén

Coffee

Tight junctions 40 min Karl-Eric Magnusson
Biofilm, formation and function 30 min Ute Römling
The role of NO 30 min Jon Lundberg

LUNCH

13.30 Analysis of diversity and clustering of the intestinal flora of the participants Inger Kühn

Friday 12th March
09.00 Presentations by the working groups
Coffee
Presentations by the working groups

LUNCH

Antibiotics and the intestinal flora 30 min Roland Möllby
Probiotics and the intestinal flora 30 min Tore Midtvedt

Course examination and evaluation