Scientific Programme 2nd Annual Conference of PROBIOTIC ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (PAi) International Symposium on “Probiotics and Microbiome: Gut and Beyond” 3rd and 4th Nov., 2014 Organizing Secretary: Dr. V.K Batish, Former Head and Emeritus Scientist, Secretary PAi, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, INDIA | Venue: Auditorium, India Habitat Centre Co-organizing Secretary: Dr. Sunita Grover, Principal Scientist, & Head, DM Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, INDIA “Probiotics and Microbiome: Gut and Beyond” Details of Technical Sessions Dates: 3 and 4 November, 2014 | Venue: Auditorium, India Habitat Centre rd th DAY 1 (3rd Nov., 2014 – Monday) 12.35 – 1.00 PM : Inauguration of Poster session I (Basic Sciences) 8.30 AM Registration 1.00 – 2.00 PM : Lunch 9.00 – 10.30 AM Oral presentations by Young Researchers 2.00 – 3.00 PM Selection committee for best three papers Probiotics and Gut Brain Axis – Food for thought Chair : Six selected presentations each of 10 min. followed by individual discussions of 5 min each 10.30 – 11.30 AM Chief Guest Inaugural Session : Dr. V. M. Katoch, Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and DG, ICMR, New Delhi, INDIA Chief Patron PAi, INDIA vishwamohan_katoch@yahoo.co.in Guest of Honour : Technical Session–I (20 min. each speaker + 5 min. for discussion) Chair : 2.00 – 2.20 PM : Dr. Aletta D. Kraneveld, Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht University, The NETHERLANDS a.d.kraneveld@uu.nl 2.25 – 3.00 PM : : 11.45 – 12.30 PM The probiotic, VSL#3, resets the intestinal microbiota and attenuates the deficit in long-term potentiation in aged rats Dr. Marina Lynch, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland nkganaguly@nii.ac.in 11.30 – 11.45 AM Neuroimmunomodulation of the young brain: microbiomegut-immune-brain axis Prof. N. K. Ganguly, Former DG, ICMR Visiting Professor of Eminence, Policy Centre of Biomedical Sciences, Translational Health Science &, Technology Institute, New Delhi, INDIA Dr. John Bienenstock lynchma@tcd.ie Tea Break 3.00 – 3.15 PM Plenary Session–I : 3.15 - 5.30 PM Tea Break Technical Session–II Gut Feelings and Food for thought Metagenomics of human gut Chair : Prof. N. K. Ganguly (20 min each speaker + 5 min for discussion) Key Note Speaker : Dr. John Bienenstock, Distinguished University Professor and Director, McMaster Brain Body Institute (BBI), St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Ontario, CANADA Chair bienens@mcmaster.ca : Dr. G. Balakrish Nair, Executive Director Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Gurgoan, Haryana, INDIA gbnair_2000@yahoo.com P R O B I O T I C A S S O C I AT I O N O F I N D I A ( PA i ) “Probiotics and Microbiome: Gut and Beyond” 3.15 – 3.35 PM : Functional metagenomics of the human small intestine, microbiome, and the impact of the consumption of probiotic lactobacilli Dr. Michiel Kleerebezem, Principal Scientist, Health Department of NIZO Food Research, The NETHERLANDS 5.00 – 5.30 PM : Food matrix and efficacy of probiotics Dr. Nagendra P. Shah, Professor and Team Leader, Food and Nutritional Science; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG michiel.kleerebezem@nizo.nl npshah@hku.hk 7.30 PM onwards : Dinner 3.40 – 4.00 PM Day II (4th Nov., 2014) : Elucidating the role of human gut microbiome in diseases using metagenomics Dr. Manimozhiyan Arumugam, Associate Professor & Group Leader The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK arumugam@sund.ku.dk 4.05 – 4.25 PM : Human gut microbiome in Indian perspective and need for indigenous probiotics Dr. Yogesh Shouche, Scientist G and Incharge, Microbial Culture Collection (MCC), National Center for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, INDIA yogesh@nccs.res.in 4.30 – 4.50 PM : Metagenomic analyses of Indian geriatric gut microbiome during probiotic intervention Dr. J. B. Prajapati, Coordinator, SASNET Fermented Foods Professor & Head, Dairy Microbiology Department SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand, Gujarat, INDIA 09.00 – 9.45 AM Chair Plenary Session II : Dr. C. S. Yajnik, Director Diabetes Unit, KEMH and Research Centre Pune, INDIA csyajnik@hotmail.com Key Note Speaker : Probiotics and mucosal immunity interactions in early Life Prof. Bruno Pot, Research Director Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CIIL), INSERM, Institut Pasteur de Lille (IPL), FRANCE bruno_pot@applied-maths.com 9.45 – 11.00 AM Technical Session –IV Gut Microbiota and the Host - Cross talk (20 min. for each speaker + 5 min. Discussion) Chair : Dr. Bruno Pot 9.45 – 10.05 AM : Indian Probiotic Strains: An Untapped Therapeutic Goldmine prajapatijashbhai@yahoo.com Dr. Santasabuj Das, Scientist D, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR), Kolkata, INDIA 5.00 – 6.00 PM dasss@icmr.org.in/ santasabujdas@yahoo.com 10.10 – 10.30 AM Probiotics show promise in intervening bacterial and viral infection Technical Session III Food matrix as the carrier of probiotics Chair : Prof. (Dr.) A. K. Srivastava, Director & Vice Chancellor, ICARNational Dairy Research Institute (Deemed University), Karnal, Haryana, INDIA dir.ndri@gmail.com Dr. Palok Aich, Associate Professor (G) School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER), Odisha, INDIA palok.aich@niser.ac.in P R O B I O T I C A S S O C I AT I O N O F I N D I A ( PA i ) “Probiotics and Microbiome: Gut and Beyond” 10.30 – 10.45 PM : Inauguration of Poster session II (Applied Sciences) 2.00 – 3.00 PM 10.45 – 11.00 PM : Tea Break Probiotic interventions: From a clinical perspective Technical Session –V Chair 11.00 – 1.00 PM (20 min. for each speaker + 5 min. discussion) Probiotic regulatory perspective: Reaching Consumers and other stakeholders (20 min. for each speaker + 5 min. discussion) Chair : Technical Session VI : Prof. G. P. Talwar, Founder Director National Institute of Immunology and Director Research, Talwar Research Foundation, New Delhi, INDIA gptalwar@gmail.com Dr. B. Sesikeran, Former Director 2.00 – 2.20 PM National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Hyderabad, INDIA Probiotics and Cognitive Functions: New Frontiers in Gut Brain Axis Dr. Kanwal Preet Kochhar, Professor Department of Physiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, INDIA sesikeran@gmail.com kpkochhar6@gmail.com 11.00 – 11.20 AM Probiotics between science and regulation: a European view 2.25 – 2.45 PM Role of prophylactic probiotics in the prevention of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis, sepsis and mortality Prof. Lorenzo Morelli, Full Professor of Food Microbiology Istituto di Microbiologia UCSS, Piacenza, ITALY Dr. Sourabh Dutta, Additional Professor Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, INDIA lorenzo.morelli@unicatt.it sourabhdutta1@gmail.com 11.25 – 11.45 AM : Probiotic formulations: clinical trial and registration Dr. Partha Dasgupta, Ex-DCGI New Delhi, INDIA pdasgupta1012@gmail.com 11.50 – 1.00 PM 1.00 – 2.00 PM Industry Academia Interaction (Sesikeran, Lorenzo Morelli, Partha Dasgupta, Vinod Kotwal, A.K. Srivastava, V.K. Batish, Sanjeev Ganguly, Neerja Hajela, Andrian Pollard) : Lunch 2.50 – 3.10 PM The role of pro, pre and postbiotics in curtailing the cancer cell proliferation: in vitro evidences Dr. (Mrs.) S.G. Prapulla, Senior Principal Scientist Department of Fermentation Technology & Bioengineering Central Food Technological Research Institute, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Mysore, INDIA prapullasg@yahoo.co.in 3.15 – 3.45 PM Award Ceremony and Sum up 3.45 – 4.00 PM : Tea Break 4.00 – 5.00 PM : General Body Meeting (GBM) P R O B I O T I C A S S O C I AT I O N O F I N D I A ( PA i )