We are pleased to invite clinicians, scientists, allied health professionals, patient and family representatives, and other stakeholders to an international symposium exploring the development of the gut microbiota–immune–brain axis in early life.
The earliest stages of life represent a critical window during which microbial colonization, immune maturation, nutrition, environmental exposures, and clinical care may shape health and development far beyond infancy. These processes are particularly relevant for preterm and other vulnerable newborn infants, in whom early microbial and immune trajectories are profoundly influenced by both immaturity and intensive medical care.
The symposium aims to connect fundamental, translational, and clinical perspectives on how early microbial communities interact with the developing immune and nervous systems, and how these interactions may be supported to improve infant health and long-term outcomes.
Join us in Vienna for a day of interdisciplinary exchange, discussion, and collaboration.
Programme
The programme will bring together leading experts in early-life immunology, neonatal care, industry, and family-centred advocacy.
- Petter Brodin
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden - Teresa Primavesi-Poggio
Global Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (GFCNI), Germany - María Rodríguez Aburto
Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Ireland - Alexandra Zhernakova
Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands - Rochellys Diaz Heijtz
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden - Isabella Anderson-Wagner
University of Vienna, Austria - Clarissa Campbell
University of Vienna, CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austria
Further speakers will be announced.
Registration
Please follow this link to register for the event.
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