PROGRAMME Postgraduate Course
EHMSG Postgraduate Course
“Gut microbiome: news in diagnostics and therapeutics”
September 11, 2025
Course directors: Francesco Franceschi, Antonio Gasbarrini, Gianluca Ianiro
08.45 - 09.15 Registration
09.15 - 09.30 Welcoming
Course Directors
09.30 - 10.45 Session I: Gut microbiome diagnostics
Chairs: Giovanni Cammarota, Rome, Italy & Maurizio Sanguinetti, Rome, Italy
09.30 - 09.55 hrs
01.01. Gut microbiome testing in oncology
Laurence Zitvogel, Paris, France
09.55 - 10.20 hrs
01.02. Gut microbiome testing in chronic noncommunicable disorders
Siew Ng, Hong Kong, China
10.20 - 10.45 hrs
01.03. Standardizing gut microbiome testing: ready for prime time?
Serena Porcari, Italy
10.45 - 11.15 | Coffee Break
11.15 - 12.30 Session II: Beyond gut microbiome diagnostics
Chair: Peter Malfertheiner, Munich, Germany, Sinead Smith, Dublin, Ireland
11.15 - 11.40 hrs
02.01. Breath testing for the evaluation of gut ecosystems: from lactulose and Urea to Breathomics
Loris Riccardo Lopetuso, Italy
11.40 - 12.05 hrs
02.02. Metabolomics: challenges and opportunities
Rinse K. Weersma, Netherlands
12.05 - 12.30 hrs
02.03. Microbial diagnostics in other body sites
Lars Engstrand, Stockholm, Sweden
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch break
13.30 - 14.45 | Session III: Therapeutic modulators of gut microbiome: antibiotics, pre- and probiotics
Chair: Carmelo Scarpignato, Parma, Italy & Lorenza Putignani, Rome, Italy
13.30 - 13.55 hrs
03.01. Advancing probiotics to the next level
Giovanni Barbara, Bologna, Italy
13.55 - 14.20 hrs
03.02. Which prebiotics in the therapeutic armamentarium of clinicians?
Maria Carmen Collado, Spain
14.20 - 14.45 hrs
03.03. Antibiotics for gut microbiota
Francesca Romana Ponziani, Italy
14.45 - 15.15 | Coffee-break
15.15 - 16.45 | Session IV: Therapeutic modulators of gut microbiome: FMT and beyond
Chair: Josbert Keller, The Hague, Netherlands & Mirjana Rajilic-Stojanovic, Belgrade, Serbia
15.15 - 15.40 hrs
04.01. FMT: what’s new
Nicolas Benech, France
15.40 - 16.05 hrs
04.02. An ecological approach to gut microbiota modulation
Jens Walter, Ireland
16.05 - 16.30 hrs
04.03. Current landscape of artificial microbiome therapeutics
Benjamin Mullish, United Kingdom
16.30 - 16.45 Closing
Course Directors
16.45 - 18.00 | Invited Guest Lectures
Chair: Gianluca Ianiro, Rome, Italy
16.45 - 17.30 hrs
05.01. Title tba
Giorgio Parisi, Rome, Italy
17.30 - 18.00 hrs
05.02. Diet and lifestyle in the ancient Rome: possible relationships with microbiota and life expectancy
Francesco Franceschi, Rome, Italy
18.00 hrs | Welcome Reception