Emerging Technology for Improved Diet and Microbiome Analysis

Human research examining how diet and gut microbiome interactions influence health is underway globally in the form of large-scale cohort studies as well as smaller dietary interventions. Researchers working to identify new diet-gut microbe relationships face a lack of resolution and a high degree of variability in both dietary and microbial data. New tools for dietary data collection, and gut microbiota analysis are rapidly being developed and existing tools adapted to help address these issues. As this field rapidly moves forward, we need to understand how to best apply new methods across varied study groups to obtain the most accurate and precise results possible. Join us as we explore how novel methods in diet assessment, microbiology and machine learning/AI are being applied to advance understanding of diet-microbiome interactions in health and disease.

Originally presented at NUTRITION 2024, ASN's flagship meeting which was held June 29 to July 2 in Chicago, IL.

 

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Speakers

Mary Kable, PhD
Research Scientist/Adjunct Assistant Professor
Nutrition
USDA-ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center

J. Philip Karl, PhD, RD 
Nutritional Physiologist
Military Nutrition Division
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Colin Kay, PhD
Professor
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

Danielle Lemay, PhD
Research Molecular Biologist
Western Human Nutrition Research Center
USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center

 

Learning Objectives

  • Summarize several best practices for conducting research on diet and gut microbiome interactions in the context of human health and identify areas where advancing technologies can be employed to improve methods
  • Describe novel computational methods for analyzing dietary data analysis in diet-microbiome studies
  • Explain the importance and limitations of metabolomic databases in microbiome science
  • Identify current reference standards for microbiome and multi-omic measurements
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 Attendance

    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

Course opens: 
08/26/2024
Course expires: 
08/31/2026
Cost:
$15.00
Rating: 
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This activity includes the following presentations:

Welcome and Introductions

Mary Kable, PhD
Research Scientist/Adjunct Assistant Professor
Nutrition
USDA-ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center

Best Practices and Considerations for Conducting Research on Diet-Gut Microbiome Interactions

J. Philip Karl, PhD, RD 
Nutritional Physiologist
Military Nutrition Division
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Novel Computational Methods in Dietary Data Analysis

Danielle Lemay, PhD
Research Molecular Biologist
Western Human Nutrition Research Center
USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center

Metabolomic Databases and Implications on Microbiome Science

Colin Kay, PhD
Professor
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

Panel Discussion

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Speakers

Mary Kable, PhD, Research Scientist/Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nutrition, USDA-ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Disclosures: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Grant/Research Support (Terminated), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), California Dairy Research Foundation: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), National Honey Board: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

J. Philip Karl, PhD, RD, Nutritional Physiologist, Military Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Colin Kay, PhD, Professor, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Danielle Lemay, PhD, Research Molecular Biologist, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Planners

The following individuals served on the NUTRITION 2024 Scientific Program Committee. This session was included in the scientific program of NUTRITION 2024, ASN's flagship meeting which was held from June 29 to July 2, 2024.

Daniel Hoffman, PhD, Rutgers University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Debbie Humphries, PhD, MPH, Yale University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Stephanie Martin, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Stefan Pasiakos, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Drew Sayer, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Kathryn Starr, PhD, RD, Duke University School of Medicine and Durham VA Medical Center
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Krista Zanetti, PhD, RD, National Institutes of Health
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Staff

Michelle Crispino, CAE, DES, American Society for Nutrition
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Gwen Twillman, American Society for Nutrition
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Continuing education credit is not available for this activity. A Certificate of Attendance can be downloaded by learners who complete the course.

Available Credit

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    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

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