{"id":12653,"date":"2022-06-29T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/?page_id=12653"},"modified":"2023-03-22T07:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T05:15:38","slug":"african-microbiome-day-showcasing-microbiome-research-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/index.php\/african-microbiome-day-showcasing-microbiome-research-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"African Microbiome Day: Showcasing microbiome research in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1st<\/sup> African Microbiome Day: Showcasing microbiome research in Africa<\/h3>\n
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15:00 - 15:05<\/th>
Welcome\/Introduction<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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Breastmilk\/Skin\/Other Microbiome<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:05 - 15:20<\/td>Invited Speaker talk (Prof. Alash'le Abimiku) - Breast milk microbiota influence on infant gut microbiome<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:20 - 15:49<\/td>Edwin Appiah: The Gastric Microbiome and Gastric Carcinogenesis: Bacteria diversity, Co-occurrence patterns and Predictive Models
\nSaori Iwase : Longitudinal gut microbiota composition of South African and Nigerian infants in relation to tetanus vaccine responses
\nDeborah Adedire: Microboime diversity analysis of the bacterial community in Idah River, Kosi State, Nigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Respiratory\/Lung Microbiome<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:49 - 16:04<\/td>Invited Speaker - Dr. David Kateete<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:04 - 16:34<\/td>Shantelle Claassen-Weitz: The role of the nasopharyngeal bacteriome in lower respiratory tract infection in a South African birth cohort: a nested case-control study of the Drakenstein Child Health Study
\nMaimuna Carrim: Changes in nasopharyngeal microbiota and Streptococcus genus during influenza infection in a community cohort study, South Africa
\nMeryem Chebak: Assessment of the association of Chlamydiae pneumoniae infection with Lung Cancer in a Moroccan patients\u2019 Cohort
\nRegina Esinam Abotsi: The sputum bacteriome in African children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease after long term azithromycin treatment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:34 - 16:50<\/td>
Posters<\/em><\/strong><\/center>
\nBadrodien Yameen<\/a>, Fakunle Adekunhle<\/a>, Hala M Mahmoud<\/a>, Lauren Martin<\/a>, Linda Paulo<\/a>, Matsepo Ramaboli<\/a>, Reyed Reyed<\/a>, Sofia Sehli<\/a>, Yao Flora<\/a>, Kangaye Amadou Diallo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Reproductive Microbiome<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:50 - 17:05<\/td>Invited Speaker: Dr Sinaye Ngcapu - Vaginal microbiome in African women<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:05 - 17:35<\/td>Majoalane Ramatsebe:Use of a Multiplex Quantitative PCR to evaluate the association of the vaginal microbiome and adverse pregnancy outcomes in South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gut Microbiome<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:35 - 17:50<\/td>Invited Speaker: Prof. Scott Hazelhurst - The AWI-Gen Microbiome Project: A lens to explore cardio-metabolic disorders in Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:50 - 18:20<\/td>Natasha Kitchin: Gut microbial alterations in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
\nLobna Nabil: Healthy dietary choices are associated with higher serum propionate and PGC1\u03b1 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in adult humans.
\nKingsley Anukam: Comparative gut microbiota compositions of lean and overweight healthy adult women from South East Nigeria, using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing methods
\nSuereta Fortuin: Urbanization and NCDs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:20 - 18:55<\/td>
Keynote Speaker (Prof. Rob Knight)<\/mark> - Resources and methods for a representative picture of global microbiomes<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:55 -19:00<\/td>

Closing\/Thanks<\/em><\/h3><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Flyer Poster” tab_id=”1656670478787-b21f6003-4676″][vc_column_text]African Microbiome Day Poster_ed1<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Attendees” tab_id=”1656670478788-24ba29a9-6bf7″][vc_column_text]