Aging & Microbiome Conference 2025
AMC25 brings together computational/omics approaches, ecology and evolution of host–microbe interactions, and translational and clinical insights — all in one exciting program. Exciting talks, meet-the-expert coffee breaks, and lively poster sessions.
Conference Dinner & Planetarium Night — Tue, Oct 28
We start with an exclusive “Voyager” dome show at the Zeiss-Planetarium Jena, then move next door to Restaurant Bauersfeld for a relaxed networking dinner with great food (veg/vegan options) and plenty of room to mingle.
Time: 18:30–23:00 · Location: Zeiss-Planetarium & Restaurant Bauersfeld, Jena · RSVP during registration
🏅 Prizes & Awards
Best Talk
Best Poster
Networking Prize
Sponsor Bingo
Winners announced on Wed, Oct 29 during the Closing.
Program
Day 1 – October 28
| Time | ||
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening (Organizers) | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 09:10 – 10:10 |
KEYNOTE – Niranjan Nagarajan NUS & A*STAR, Singapore (online) |
Insights into aging associated gut microbial changes based on an Asian octogenarian cohort |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Coffee Break | |
| Microbial ecology and evolution during aging | ||
| 10:40 – 11:20 |
Christoph Kaleta CAU Kiel, Germany |
Metabolic modeling-driven elucidation of microbial drivers of host aging |
| 11:20 – 12:00 |
Reena Debray MPI for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany |
Aging, social isolation, and microbiome transmission in a wild primate |
| 12:00 – 12:20 |
Norma Gabriela Zavala-Torres CECAD Univ. of Cologne (DE) & CINVESTAV-IPN (MX) |
Mapping microbial contribution to aging: a longitudinal atlas of host physiology |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Sponsor Talk: M.Sc. Irem Ayhan Yilmaz / Sr. Field Sales Account Manager – Oxford Nanopore Technologies | Pushing boundaries – Innovations and applications of Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch & Posters (Session 1) | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 |
KEYNOTE – Karine Clément Sorbonne Université, Paris, France |
Microbiome, nutrition and cardiometabolic diseases (lessons from the EU Project MetaCardis) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break & Meet-the-Expert (Karine Clément) | |
| Microbiome in age-associated diseases | ||
| 15:30 – 16:10 |
Yvonne Nolan University College Cork, Ireland |
The role of gut microbiota in Alzheimer’s disease: lessons from faecal microbiota transplantation studies |
| 16:10 – 16:30 |
Daniel Cuervo Zanatta CINVESTAV-IPN (MX) & Univ. of Vienna (AT) |
Alterations in gut microbiota and the impact on female mice with age-related dementia |
| 16:30 – 16:50 |
Leonhard Kuhlmann Leibniz Institute on Aging – FLI, Jena, Germany |
Influence of heterochronic microbiota transfer on age-dependent brain inflammation |
| 16:50 – 17:30 |
Veronica Witte Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany |
Impact of prebiotic diet on brain structure and function |
| 18:30 – 23:00 | Conference Dinner & Networking | Zeiss-Planetarium “Voyager” dome show & Dinner at Restaurant Bauersfeld |
Day 2 – October 29
| Time | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening (Organizers) | Opening of the second day |
| Microbiome across ages | ||
| 09:10 – 09:50 |
Bahtiyar Yilmaz University of Bern, Switzerland |
Cradled by commensals, provoked by inflammation: the dual life of anti-Gal antibodies |
| 09:50 – 10:10 |
Florian Krüger University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany |
Metabolic modeling reveals gut microbiome-derived metabolites modulating microglial function during aging |
| 10:10 – 10:30 |
Abhishek Anil Dubey Leibniz Institute on Aging – FLI, Jena, Germany |
The Three-Body Problem: Host, Microbiome, and Diet interactions in regulating proteostasis and longevity |
| 10:30 – 10:50 |
Dominic Fowler-Shorten University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK |
Age-associated gut microbiota alterations promote bone marrow dysfunction and myeloma progression |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch & Posters (Session 2) | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 |
KEYNOTE – Gianni Panagiotou Friedrich Schiller University & HKI Jena, Germany |
Decoding the Nutrient-Driven Modulation of Holobiome Function |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break & Meet-the-Expert (Gianni Panagiotou) | |
| Gut–brain axis | ||
| 15:30 – 16:10 |
Eran Blacher The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
The gut as a novel front in post-stroke inflammation |
| 16:10 – 16:30 |
Adam Sorbie LMU Munich, Germany |
Eubacterium eligens is associated with favourable outcome in elderly ischemic stroke patients |
| 16:30 – 17:10 |
Daniel Erny University Clinic Freiburg, Germany |
How gut bacteria modulate brain-resident immune cells |
| 17:10 – 17:30 |
Amir Pasokh University of Vienna, Austria |
Targeting the gut–brain axis in hemorrhagic stroke: anti-inflammatory role of short-chain fatty acids |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Closing | Announcement of prizes, closing remarks |