Human Microbiome: From Multi-Omics and Computation to Functions, Mechanisms, and Predictions (J7)
January 31-February 3, 2028 | Fairmont Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Julie Segre, Nicola Segata and Andrew L Goodman
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of October 12, 2026 5 PM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Monday, January 31, 2028
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Tuesday, February 1, 2028
12:55–1:55 PM Lunch
7:30–8:30 AM Breakfast
8:00–8:30 AM Poster Setup
8:15–5:00 PM Poster Viewing
8:30–8:40 AM Welcome Remarks
8:40–10:00 AM Keynote Session (Joint)
  Wendy S Garrett †, Harvard School of Public Health
Microbial Metabolites at the Interface of Mucosal Immunity, Inflammation, and Cancer
 
  Eran Elinav †, Weizmann Institute of Science
Metagenome-informed Metaproteomics Signatures of Human Health
 
10:00–10:20 AM Coffee Break
10:00–11:45 AM Microbiome Function Across Scales: Communities, Molecules, and Hosts (Joint)
  Christoph A. Thaiss †, Arc Institute & Stanford University
Intestinal Interoception Links the Aging Microbiome to Cognitive Decline
 
  Lora V. Hooper †, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Microbiota Control of Intestinal Epithelial and Immune Physiology
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
11:55–12:55 PM Meet-the-Editors (Joint)
1:00–2:30 PM Posters
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: Translational Applications of Microbiome
  Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Data-Driven Approaches to Microbial Communities
  Andrea L. Graham †, Princeton University
Ecologic Concepts of Microbial Community in the Wild
 
  Athanasios Typas †, EMBL Heidelberg
Harnessing Gut Microbial Communities to Unravel Microbiome Functions
 
  Cesar de la Fuente †, University of Pennsylvania
Deep Learning Approaches to Antibiotic Discovery
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM On Own for Dinner
Wednesday, February 2, 2028
7:30–8:30 AM Breakfast
8:00–8:30 AM Poster Setup
8:15–5:00 PM Poster Viewing
8:30–11:30 AM Host Microbiome Functional Analyses
  Ai Ing Lim †, Princeton University
Helminth Regulation of Antiviral Immunity
 
  Erin Erin Chen †, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Bacterial Quorum Sensing Modulates Host Immune Response
 
  Joseph D. Mougous †, Yale University School of Medicine
Molecular Bet Hedging Strategies to Regulate Bacterial Communities
 
  Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva †, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Data-Driven Approaches to Microbial Metabolism and Drug Perturbations
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:30–12:30 PM Lunch
12:30–2:30 PM Posters
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Engineering Complex Microbial Communities in Human Studies
  Ophelia Venturelli †, Duke University
Design of Multi-Scale Dynamics and Functions of Microbial Communities
 
  Greg Medlock †, Vedanta Biosciences
Microbiome Therapeutics in the Age of Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogens
 
  Colin Hill †, University College Cork
Simplified Microbial Communities Generate Complex Models
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM On Own for Dinner
Thursday, February 3, 2028
12:40–1:40 PM Lunch
7:30–8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30–11:30 AM Using all the Data, New Bioinformatic Approaches to Microbiome Analyses
  Martin Steinegger †, Seoul National University
Multiple Protein Structure Alignment at Scale with FoldMason
 
  Julie Segre, NHGRI, NIH
Skin Microbiome and Antimicrobial Resistance
 
  A. Murat Eren †, University of Oldenburg
Modeling Microbial Diversity
 
  Nicola Segata, University of Trento
Functional Microbiome Analyses from Kingdom to Strains
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:40–12:40 PM Panel Discussion: Direct Translation of the Microbiome: Industry Perspectives (Joint)
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Computational Approaches to Microbiome Analyses
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–6:45 PM Bugs as Drugs
  Chris Quince †, Earlham Institute
Metagenomic Assembly from Long Reads Gives You More than You Hoped For
 
  Sarah Lebeer †, University of Antwerp
Female Urogenital Microbiome: Therapeutic Strategies and Molecular Mechanisms
 
  Andrew L Goodman, Yale School of Medicine
Microbiome Interactions that Affect Gut Infection
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions
7:00–8:00 PM On Own for Dinner
Friday, February 4, 2028
12:00–11:59 PM Departure