African Microbiome Day 3.0: Showcasing microbiome research in Africa – Exploring Health, Ecosystems and Innovations (Virtual Event)

Overview

Date: 16 September 2024

14:00 – 18:00 CAT / 12:00 – 16:00 GMT (see your time here)

Venue: Virtual. Zoom (Call details will be shared with registrants)

Abstract submissions due: 02 August 2024

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Organizing Team

  1. H3Africa Coordinating Centre
  2. H3Africa Microbiome Task Force/African Microbiome Special Interest Group
    • Dr. Edward Wampande
    • Dr. Adetola Louis-Jacques
    • Prof. Jo-Ann Passmore
    • Prof. Morenike Ukpong-Folayan
    • Dr. Soumaya Kouidhi
    • Dr. Brian Kullin
    • Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran
    • Prof. Lamech Mwapagha

Flyer Poster

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Organizing Team

  1. H3Africa Coordinating Centre
  2. H3Africa Microbiome Task Force/African Microbiome Special Interest Group
    • Dr. Edward Wampande
    • Dr. Adetola Louis-Jacques
    • Prof. Jo-Ann Passmore
    • Prof. Morenike Ukpong-Folayan
    • Dr. Soumaya Kouidhi
    • Dr. Brian Kullin
    • Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran
    • Prof. Lamech Mwapagha

Agenda

African Microbiome Day 3.0 (Virtual Event) Tentative Agenda
September 16th, 2024 (14:00 - 18:00 CAT)
Moderator
14:00 - 14:05
Welcome/Introduction
Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran
Session 1 - Microbiome and Disease
Prof. Morenike Ukpong-Folayan
14:05 - 14:25Invited Speaker talk: Prof. Moses Obimbo Madadi - Status Update on Vaginal Microbiome and Metabolomics Research in the Kenyan Population
14:25 - 14:55
Selected abstracts for flash presentation (pre-recorded talks with combined live Q&A session)
Philip Ashton - Interplay Between the Gut Microbiome and Typhoid Fever: Insights from Endemic Countries and a Controlled Human Infection Model
Chefor Magha - Comorbidity profiles among sputum positive tuberculosis patients in Cameroon
Kabo Ronald Wale - Isogenic pdhR bacterial pathogens cause a lower degree of dysbiosis in the gut microbiome
Wafa Babay - Role of Intestinal Microbiota and IL-22 in Colorectal Cancer: Prospects for microbiological and molecular analysis
Session 2 - Microbiome and One Health / General
Prof. Lamech Mwapagha
14:55 - 15:15Invited Speaker talk: Dr. Harris Onywera - Cervical Microbiota and HPV Infection in Reproductive-Age African Women: Insights from a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
15:15 - 15:45
Selected abstracts for flash presentation (pre-recorded talks with combined live Q&A session)
Eunice Njuguna - The Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV10) on Pneumococcal Population Structure in Kilifi, Kenya: A Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis
Lobna Nabil/Reem Sallam - Fermented Food Consumption and Gut Microbiota in Egypt; Current Challenges and Future Directions
Sarra Farjallah - Assessment of the Genetic Structure of Lamellodiscus echeneis in the Mediterranean Sea Indicates Parasitic Transmission Between Wild and Cage-Reared Sparus aurata Populations
Sara Gaida - Assessment of Biochar and Compost Effects on Rhizospheric Soil Enzymatic Activities and Metagenomic Diversity
15:45 - 16:00
Break/optional networking opportunities in break out rooms/poster slide show in the background
Dr. Brian Kullin
Session 3 - Microbiome and its applications
Prof. Jo-Ann Passmore
16:00 - 16:20Invited Speaker talk: Prof. Heather Jaspan - Bifidobacterium infantis to improve immunity of infants exposed to HIV
Selected abstracts for flash presentation (pre-recorded talks with combined live Q&A session)
16:20 - 16:30Caroline Musiime - Investigating gut microbiome diversity among children infected with schistosomiasis in the endemic region of Albert Nile, Pakwach district
16:30 - 16:50Invited Speaker talk: Dr. Disebo Potloane - Multi-strain L. crispatus live biotherapeutic intervention to modify the vaginal microbiome in women with BV
16:50 - 17:00Ovokeraye Oduaran - The Vision: An African Microbiome Consortium
17:00 - 17:55
Keynote Speakers - Prof. Ami Bhatt & Scott Hazelhurst
Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa
Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran
17:55 - 18:00
Closing/Thanks

Moderators

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Prof. Morenike Ukpong-Folayan

The board chair for Heartland Alliance International Nigeria, Morenike is an academic at the renowned Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Dr. Lamech Mwapagha

Dr. Lamech Mwapagha

Head Molecular and Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology. Member H3Africa’s Microbiome Task Force.
Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia
Jo-Ann Passmore

Prof. Jo-Ann Passmore

Head, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology & Member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town.
Associate Professor Jo-Ann Passmore PhD (Cape Town)

Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran

Honorary researcher at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and a research fellow at the SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. She is the current chair of the H3Africa’s Microbiome Task Force.
Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand

Attendees