Sponsored Satellite Program: Methods in Nutrition & Gut Microbiome Research

Sponsored By: Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences, in cooperation with the ASN Nutritional Microbiology RIS 

This Sponsored Satellite Program was originally presented as part of NUTRITION 2022.

The development of dietary guidance relies upon the ability to synthesize a body of evidence and arrive at a reasonably well-supported conclusion. Although publications have purported to identify characteristics of a “healthy gut microbiome”, the one certainty at present is that gut microbiome is highly variable across individuals. In addition, the reality is that gut microbiome research still requires method advancement and refinement. Continuing to improve methods, and working toward alignment across laboratories will move all closer to understanding how diet can impact health at the point of the gut microbiome. In this session, the current state of knowledge related to sample collection, utility of standards, sequencing, and bioinformatic and biostatistical approaches will be reviewed by experts working in the field. Speakers will expand on how selection among the various methodological options can impact study results.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the various types of standards that can be used in gut microbiome research and the pros and cons of each type
  • Articulate sampling methods and next generation sequencing methods and critical steps in these processes
  • Describe options for data processing, including bioinformatics and biostatistics approaches and when different approaches are appropriate to apply
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.50 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: 
04/13/2023
Course expires: 
10/12/2025
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

This Sponsored Satellite Program includes the following presentations:

  • Introductions - Methods for Fecal Sample Collection and Preservation: Considerations for Current and Future Studies 
  • Methods for Fecal Sample Collection and Preservation: Considerations for Current and Future Studies
  • Standards for Human Gut Microbiome Research 
  • First Panel Discussion
  • Improving Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Measurements of the Microbiome
  • From Relative to Absolute Quantification in Gut Microbiome Research: Translation and Importance
  • Second Panel Discussion
  • Bioinformatic Approaches in Gut Microbiome Research 
  • Biostatistical Approaches in Gut Microbiome Research - 2 
  • Third Panel Discussion

Co-Chair:  Mary E. Kable, PhD – Research Scientist/Adjunct Assistant Professor, USDA-ARS/University of California, Davis

Co-Chair:  Sarah S. Comstock, PhD – Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Speaker:  Cara Frankenfeld, PhD – Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Program Director in Public Health, University of Puget Sound

Speaker:  Daryl Gohl, PhD – Group Leader, University of Minnesota

Speaker:  Curtis Huttenhower, PhD – Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Speaker:  Scott A. Jackson, PhD – Group Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Speaker:  Stephanie Servetas, PhD – NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Speaker:  Doris Vandeputte, PhD – Post-doctoral Scientist, Cornell University

Speaker:  Emily Vogtmann, PhD, MPH – Investigator, National Cancer Institute

Available Credit

  • 2.50 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.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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