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13th Microbiome & Probiotics R&D and Business Collaboration Forum

The 13th Microbiome, Probiotics & Prebiotics R&D and Business Collaboration Forum, is confirmed to be held on April 28-29 2025 in The Netherlands. It will be co-located with the 7th Skin Microbiome & Cosmeceuticals Congress.

Advances in the last few years have provided a much deeper understanding of the complex and dynamic microbial communities that inhabit our bodies and impact our health. High-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics have facilitated more detailed and accurate analyses of microbial communities, revolutionizing our approach to microbiome research. We now know that the microbiome affects everything from mucosal and systemic immune function to mental health and chronic diseases.

Topics covered have included gut health and disease, as well as the stunning advances being made in understanding the gut-brain axis. Speakers report on the developments in Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Postbiotic research as well as personalized nutrition and cardiometabolic disease. Women’s health, advances in HMO & infant health, and Cancer. are also explored as well as the challenges and opportunities in translating research towards commercialization, and building the partnerships and collaborations can secure investment.

The Forum is currently in production.

Interested in speaking? Contact febrina@global-engage.com
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Start-Up Organisations

Are you a start-up? We offer the opportunity to give “flash” oral presentations from the conference stage. Contact maria@globalengage.co.uk  or complete this form for access to a bespoke package to meet your particular needs.

Venture Captial

“Attending Global Engage’s Microbiome R&D & Business Collaboration Forum was transformative for my software tool’s commercialization. The Investor Meet and Greet connected me with invaluable resources, leading to ongoing support from investors and multiple collaboration opportunities. Notably, it facilitated my sponsorship of a women’s health fundraising event and participation in a business pitch competition.”

Jennifer Fouquier, PhD (www.explana.io)

Are you looking to invest in the microbiome space? Join the meeting for our investor-meet-and-greet. For more details contact lyubomir@globalengage.co.uk

 

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"An exceptional meeting for exploring the scientific & commercial advancements across the microbiome in health and disease... in our opinion, one of the premier microbiome scientific & networking events"

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Build new partnerships and collaborations for new research and find business partners to commercialize your discoveries

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Flash oral presentations for start-ups and poster presentations to amplify your research, providing a unique opportunity to present your findings to a dedicated audience of industry and academic leaders.

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Discover the future of Skin Microbiome testing

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Find out what are investors looking for?

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Review the Tools and Technologies Advancing Research

2025 Speakers

Jeroen Raes

Jeroen Raes

Professor and Group Leader, Bioinformatics and (eco-)systems Biology Lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega institute, KU Leuven; Vice-Director, VIB Center for Microbiology

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Pierre Déchelotte

Professor of Nutrition, Rouen University Hospital and Director, INSERM

Nicole de Wit

Nicole de Wit

Expertise Leader, Consumer Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University of Food and Biobased Research, WUR

Denise Kelly

Denise Kelly

Microbiome Investment Advisor, Seventure Partners

Vanesa Rocha Martin

Vanesa Rocha Martin

CEO, SURI Biotech

Jason Harcup

Jason Harcup

Chief R&D Officer – Beauty & Wellbeing, Unilever

Hok Bing Thio

Hok Bing Thio

Adjunct Professor, Department of Dermatology, Erasmus Medical Centre

Cecile Clavaud

Cecile Clavaud

Head of Skin Microbiome Knowledge Laboratory, Advanced Research, L’Oréal Research and Innovation

Rochellys Diaz Heijtz

Rochellys Diaz Heijtz

Associate Professor and Group Leader, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet

Marcus Claesson

Marcus Claesson

Associate Professor in Bioinformatics, School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork

Benjamin Hadida

Benjamin Hadida

CEO and Co-Founder, Exeliom Biosciences

Jan-Peter van Pijkeren

Jan-Peter van Pijkeren

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Chair, Food Science Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Guenolee Prioult

Guenolee Prioult

Senior Director, Nutrition, Science and Technology, Nestle Health Sciences

Colette Shortt

Colette Shortt

Visiting Professor, University of Ulster

Katia Merten-Lenz

Katia Merten-Lenz

Food Regulatory Lawyer and Founding Partner, Food Law Science & Partners

Alicia Showering

Alicia Showering

CEO & Co-founder BugBiome

Oliver Worsley

Oliver Worsley

PhD., CEO & Co-Founder, Sequential

Johanna Gillbro

Johanna Gillbro

PhD, Skin Research Scientist & Founder, Skinome Research AB

Eric Chun-Ming Huang

Eric Chun-Ming Huang

Professor, Arizona State University

David Suissa

David Suissa

CEO and Founder, BYOME LABS

Bernardo Cervantes

Bernardo Cervantes

Chief Operating Officer, Concerto Biosciences

Elisa Chiquet

Elisa Chiquet

COO, HelloBiome

Robert Brucker

Robert Brucker

Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder, Dermbiont, USA

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Vanesa Piattoni

CEO, Cryosmetics

Tiina Orasmäe-Meder

Tiina Orasmäe-Meder

CEO and Founder, MEDER Beauty

Natalise Kalea Robinson

Natalise Kalea Robinson

CEO & Co-Founder, Parallel Health

Ralph Slijkerman

Ralph Slijkerman

MSAT Engineer, Wacker Biotech B.V.

Sarah Lebeer

Sarah Lebeer

Full Research Professor, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Audrey Guéniche

Audrey Guéniche

International Scientific Director, Helena Rubinstein, Loreal Ultra Luxury Division

Stephan Bielfeldt

Stephan Bielfeldt

Senior Expert Science & Innovation, SGS Proderm GmbH

Alexandra Zhernakova

Alexandra Zhernakova

Full Professor of Human Genome and Exposome, University of Groningen

Olaf Larsen

Olaf Larsen

Senior Manager Science, Yakult

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