Tuesday, June 1st
| Registration | 15:30 – 19:00 |
| Opening Ceremony | 17:30 – 18:00 |
| Spanish wine reception | 18:00 – 19:00 |
Wednesday, June 2nd
| Registration | 9:00 – 9:30 |
Session 1: Physiology and Metabolism
Chair: Prof. Denis Roy (Laval University, Québec, Canada)
PLENARY LECTURE
| Anne Thierry (STLO-INRA, Rennes, France) | 9:30 – 10:30 |
“New insights into physiology and metabolism of Propionibacterium freudenreichii”
SHORT LECTURES
| Luc De Vuyst (Vrije University, Brussels, Belgium) | 10:30 – 11:00 |
“Cross-feeding between bifidobacteria and butyrate-producing colon bacteria explains bifidobacterial competitiveness, butyrate production, and gas production”.
| Coffee break / Poster viewing | 11:00 – 11:30 |
| Bernard Berger (Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland) | 11:30 – 12:00 |
“Molecular characterization of Bifidobacterium longum heat-shock tolerant mutans”
| Marta Ávila (IF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain) | 12:00 – 12:30 |
“Bioconversion of anthocyanin glycosides by Bifidobacterium lactis BB-12”
| POSTER PRESENTATIONS | 12:30 – 13:15 |
Stephanie-Marie Deutsch (France)
Ondrej Valina (Denmark)
Clinton Moodley (South Africa)
Marta Corzo-Martínez (Spain)
| Lunch | 13:30 – 15:00 |
Session 2: Industrial and Technological Applications
Chair: Prof. Thor Langsrud (Norwegian University of Life Science, Aas, Norway)
PLENARY LECTURE
| Maria Saarela (VTT, Espoo, Finland) | 15:00 – 16:00 |
“Technological challenges of bifidobacteria – how to ensure and improve viability and stability”
SHORT LECTURES
| Nagendra Shah (Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia) | 16:00 – 16:30 |
“Role of bifidobacteria in biotransformation of isoflavones glycosides to isoflavones aglycones”
| Coffee break / Poster viewing | 16:30 – 17:00 |
| Miguel Gueimonde (IPLA-CSIC, Asturias, Spain) | 17:00 – 17:30 |
“Selection and characterization of Bifidobacterium strains isolated from breast-milk as potential probiotics for neonates”
| Sampo Lahtinen (Danisco, Kantvik, Finland) | 17:30 – 18:00 |
“Probiotics against metabolic diseases: anti-diabetic effects and mechanisms of Bifidobacterium lactis 420
| POSTER PRESENTATIONS | 18:00 – 18:45 |
Susana Delgado (Spain)
Cristina S.B. Bogsan (Brazil)
Fabien Cousin (France)
| Traditional Asturian Dinner “Espicha” | Departure 19:45 |
Thursday, June 3rd
Session 3: Health Effects: Clinical and in vivo Data
Chair: Dr. Teresa Requena (IF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
PLENARY LECTURE
| Francisco Guarner (Vall d´Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain) | 9:00 – 10:00 |
“The WGO (World Gastroenterology Organization) guideline for probiotics. Focus on Bifidobacterium and Propionibacterium”
SHORT LECTURES
| Catherine Stanton (Teagasc, Cork, Ireland) | 10:00 – 10:30 |
“Gut microbiota and food-grade bacteria have a regulatory influence on the composition of host fat tissue”
| Coffee break / Poster viewing | 10:30 – 11:00 |
| Esther Jiménez (Complutense University, Madrid, Spain) | 11:00 – 11:30 |
“Mother-to-child transmission of bifidobacteria through breastfeeding”
| Paula Guerra (Minas Gerais F. University, Belo Horizonte, Brasil) | 11:30 – 12:00 |
“Use of probiotic yogurt supplemented with a Bifidobacterium longum strain as treatment of children and adolescents with functional chronic intestinal constipation: a double-blind randomized study”
| POSTER PRESENTATIONS | 12:00 – 12:45 |
Patricia Peso-Echarri (Spain)
Patricia Savard (Canada)
Tomás García Cayuela (Spain)
Celia Ferreira (Brazil)
| Lunch | 13:00 – 14:30 |
Session 4: Health Effects: Mechanisms
Chair: Prof. Yoshimi Benno (RIKEN Bioresource Center, Saitama, Japan)
PLENARY LECTURE
| Seppo Salminen (Turku University, Turku, Finland) | 14:30 – 15:30 |
“Bifidobacteria and Propionibacteria: from characterization to health benefits”
SHORT LECTURES
| Simone Guglielmetti (Milan University, Milan, Italy) | 15:30 – 16:00 |
“A surface peptidoglycan-lytic enzyme mediates the immune-stimulatory effects of Bifidobacterium bifidum MIMBb75 on dendritic cells”
| Coffee break / Poster viewing | 16:00 – 16:30 |
| Biliana Lesic (Danone Research, Palaiseau, France) | 16:30 – 17:00 |
“Comparative analysis of a highly diverse set of bifidobacteria using in vitro cellular models towards an alleviation of IBS symptoms”
| Gwénaël Jan (STLO-INRA, Rennes, France) | 17:00 – 17:30 |
“Promising immunomodulatory effects of selected strains of Propionibacterium freudenreichii evidenced in vitro and in vivo”
| POSTER PRESENTATIONS | 17:30 – 18:15 |
Patricia López (Spain)
Julia Preising (Germany)
Nuria Salazar (Spain)
José-Antonio Moreno (Spain)
| Gala Dinner | 21:30 |
Friday, June 4th
Session 5: “Omics” and Molecular Approaches
Chair: Dr. Abelardo Margolles (IPLA-CSIC, Asturias, Spain)
PLENARY LECTURE
| Douwe van Sinderen (National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland) | 9:30 – 10:30 |
“Functional analysis of a prototype Bifidobacterium through ‘omics’ approaches”
SHORT LECTURES
| Marco Ventura (University of Parma, Parma, Italy) | 10:30 – 11:00 |
“The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium bifidum 317B reveals genetic strategies for utilization of host derived glycans”
| Coffee break / Poster viewing | 11:00 – 11:30 |
| David Sela (University of California, Davis, CA, USA) | 11:30 – 12:00 |
“The (pan)genomics and glycobiology of Bifidobacterium longum utilization of human milk oligosaccharides”
| Hélène Falentin (STLO-INRA, Rennes, France) | 12:00 – 12:30 |
“The complete genome of Propionibacterium freudenreichii CIRM 1, a hardy actinobacteria with food and probiotic applications”
| POSTER PRESENTATIONS | 12:30 – 13:15 |
Marion Dalmasso (France)
Pablo Álvarez (Ireland)
Deborah Moine (Switzerland)
Concluding Remarks and Closing
| Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán (IPLA-CSIC, Asturias, Spain) | 13:15 – 13:30 |
| Lunch | 13:30 – 15:00 |
| Social Program | 15:00 |