Please join us for our next General Membership Meeting on Tuesday May 18th, 2021… See Details Below:
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⦁ When: Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
⦁ Time: 2-345pm (EDT)
⦁ AGENDA:
⦁ 2-2:15 pm: General Business Meeting (Lisa Stanislawczyk, President)
⦁ 2:15-2:30 pm: Vendor Sponsor Spotlight with Q & A: a-tune Software Inc.®, Presenter: Bryan Guider
⦁ Discussion: Advantages of utilizing Animal Facility Software
⦁ 2:30-3:20pm: Keynote Speakers:
⦁ Dr. Martin Blaser, Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome and Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and
⦁ Dr. Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello, Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and of Anthropology, Rutgers University.
⦁ Discussion with Q&A: Exploring the relationship between microbiome perturbations and host phenotypes in mouse models.
⦁ 3:20-3:30 pm: Closing Remarks (Lisa Stanislawczyk, President)
Please be sure to stay connected:
*Membership Enrollment/Renewal (CURRENTLY OPEN):
⦁ Membership (effective: 1/1/2021 – 12/31/2021) (http://www.njaalas.org/membership.html )
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Questions, please forward to Membership Chair Nakeisha (Nikki) Williams: williamsn343@gmail.com
NJAALAS Tuesday May 18th, 2021 Meeting Speakers Abstract/Bio/Topics
Vendor Sponsor Spotlight… a-tune Software, Inc.®
Bryan Guider
a-tune software INC.
19621 FM 1431, Suite 402
Jonestown, TX 78645
USA
Account Executive for North America
BGuider@a-tune.com
⦁ Bryan Guider, Account Executive for North America, a-tune Software, Inc.®
⦁ Discussion: Advantages of utilizing Animal Facility Software
Bio: As Account Executive for North America, Bryan Guider is responsible for driving the growth of a-tune’s customer base in the USA and Canada. He joined a-tune in 2017, and his main focuses include attending and presenting at trade shows, developing new prospective clients, maintaining relations with existing clients, and managing the resources necessary to support the entire sales cycle of the tick@lab product. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on International Business Management.
Main Scientific Speakers (Rutgers University)
Discussion:
Exploring the relationship between microbiome perturbations and host phenotypes in mouse models.
Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Ph.D.
Director, NJ Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health
Professor of Microbiology, and Anthropology
Fellow of the CIFAR program in Humans & the Microbiome
mg.dominguez-bello@rutgers.edu
848-932-5648
Laboratory Website
Lipman Hall, Room 333B
76 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525
https://dbm.rutgers.edu/personnel/maria-gloria-dominguez-bello.html
⦁ Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello: [Her] Research interest focuses on the microbiome development from birth, functions for the host, impact by practices that reduce microbial transmission or disrupt the microbiota, and strategies for restoration. [Dr. Dominguez-Bello’s group] also study how Westernization changes environmental microbes and human exposures, integrating the fields of anthropology and architecture/urban studies into microbial ecology.
⦁ Current Projects:
⦁ 1. Effects of C-section on development
The major goal of this study is to determine perinatal microbial factors that protect against or predispose to metabolic diseases and to type 1 diabetes. JDRF; Emch Fund; C&D Fund, CIFAR, SEBS-IFNH-Seed grant.
⦁ 2. Effect of lack of direct breastfeeding on the infant microbiome development
The major goal of this study is to determine whether bottle-feeding maternal breastmilk introduces developmental changes in the microbiome of babies. Funds: Emch Fund; C&D Fund, CIFAR.
⦁ 3. The microbiome of isolated peoples
Hunter-gatherer societies bring a unique opportunity as a proximities to pre-urban life practices (void of antimicrobial factors such as antibiotics, C-sections, excessive hygiene). This project studies the community structure and function of the bacterial populations in the body of traditional peoples, to understand their protective effect against modern immune and metabolic diseases. Funds: Emch Fund; C&D Fund.
Martin J. Blaser, M.D.
Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome
Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine – RWJMS
Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Rutgers University
CABM, 106A
Blaser Lab
blaser@cabm.rutgers.edu
(848) 445-9834
https://cabm.rutgers.edu/person/martin-j-blaser
⦁ Martin J. Blaser holds the Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome at Rutgers University, where he also serves as Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and as Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. Previously, he served as Chair of the Department of Medicine at New York University. A physician and microbiologist, Dr. Blaser has been studying the relationships we have with our persistently colonizing bacteria. His work over 30 years focused on Campylobacter species and Helicobacter pylori, which also are model systems for understanding the interactions of residential bacteria with their hosts. Over the last 20 years, he has also been actively studying the relationship of the human microbiome with health and important diseases including asthma, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. Dr. Blaser has served as the advisor to many students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty. He currently serves as Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB). He holds 28 U.S. patents, and has authored over 600 original articles. He wrote Missing Microbes, a book targeted to general audiences, now translated into 20 languages.
Please log on using the following link 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT):
⦁ Web Access: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/594855829
⦁ Phone Access: +1 (408) 650-3123
⦁ Access Code: 594-855-829
⦁ New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/594855829
⦁ When: Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
⦁ Time: 2-345pm (EDT)
⦁ AGENDA:
⦁ 2-2:15 pm: General Business Meeting (Lisa Stanislawczyk, President)
⦁ 2:15-2:30 pm: Vendor Sponsor Spotlight with Q & A: a-tune Software Inc.®, Presenter: Bryan Guider
⦁ Discussion: Advantages of utilizing Animal Facility Software
⦁ 2:30-3:20pm: Keynote Speakers:
⦁ Dr. Martin Blaser, Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome and Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and
⦁ Dr. Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello, Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and of Anthropology, Rutgers University.
⦁ Discussion with Q&A: Exploring the relationship between microbiome perturbations and host phenotypes in mouse models.
⦁ 3:20-3:30 pm: Closing Remarks (Lisa Stanislawczyk, President)
Please be sure to stay connected:
*Membership Enrollment/Renewal (CURRENTLY OPEN):
⦁ Membership (effective: 1/1/2021 – 12/31/2021) (http://www.njaalas.org/membership.html )
⦁ For new memberships, register online at:
https://s07.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp;jsessionid=1B189D5A928BBB4FA84D03DF92C4DF01?type=2⦁ &⦁ PG=1523360182200⦁ &⦁ P=152336000
To renew an existing membership, renew online at:
https://s07.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp;jsessionid=6DD4FBF72B8243E3FA38C20ED3C952FE?PG=1523360182700⦁ &⦁ P=152336000
Questions, please forward to Membership Chair Nakeisha (Nikki) Williams: williamsn343@gmail.com
NJAALAS Tuesday May 18th, 2021 Meeting Speakers Abstract/Bio/Topics
Vendor Sponsor Spotlight… a-tune Software, Inc.®
Bryan Guider
a-tune software INC.
19621 FM 1431, Suite 402
Jonestown, TX 78645
USA
Account Executive for North America
BGuider@a-tune.com
⦁ Bryan Guider, Account Executive for North America, a-tune Software, Inc.®
⦁ Discussion: Advantages of utilizing Animal Facility Software
Bio: As Account Executive for North America, Bryan Guider is responsible for driving the growth of a-tune’s customer base in the USA and Canada. He joined a-tune in 2017, and his main focuses include attending and presenting at trade shows, developing new prospective clients, maintaining relations with existing clients, and managing the resources necessary to support the entire sales cycle of the tick@lab product. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on International Business Management.
Main Scientific Speakers (Rutgers University)
Discussion:
Exploring the relationship between microbiome perturbations and host phenotypes in mouse models.
Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Ph.D.
Director, NJ Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health
Professor of Microbiology, and Anthropology
Fellow of the CIFAR program in Humans & the Microbiome
mg.dominguez-bello@rutgers.edu
848-932-5648
Laboratory Website
Lipman Hall, Room 333B
76 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525
https://dbm.rutgers.edu/personnel/maria-gloria-dominguez-bello.html
⦁ Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello: [Her] Research interest focuses on the microbiome development from birth, functions for the host, impact by practices that reduce microbial transmission or disrupt the microbiota, and strategies for restoration. [Dr. Dominguez-Bello’s group] also study how Westernization changes environmental microbes and human exposures, integrating the fields of anthropology and architecture/urban studies into microbial ecology.
⦁ Current Projects:
⦁ 1. Effects of C-section on development
The major goal of this study is to determine perinatal microbial factors that protect against or predispose to metabolic diseases and to type 1 diabetes. JDRF; Emch Fund; C&D Fund, CIFAR, SEBS-IFNH-Seed grant.
⦁ 2. Effect of lack of direct breastfeeding on the infant microbiome development
The major goal of this study is to determine whether bottle-feeding maternal breastmilk introduces developmental changes in the microbiome of babies. Funds: Emch Fund; C&D Fund, CIFAR.
⦁ 3. The microbiome of isolated peoples
Hunter-gatherer societies bring a unique opportunity as a proximities to pre-urban life practices (void of antimicrobial factors such as antibiotics, C-sections, excessive hygiene). This project studies the community structure and function of the bacterial populations in the body of traditional peoples, to understand their protective effect against modern immune and metabolic diseases. Funds: Emch Fund; C&D Fund.
Martin J. Blaser, M.D.
Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome
Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine – RWJMS
Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Rutgers University
CABM, 106A
Blaser Lab
blaser@cabm.rutgers.edu
(848) 445-9834
https://cabm.rutgers.edu/person/martin-j-blaser
⦁ Martin J. Blaser holds the Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome at Rutgers University, where he also serves as Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and as Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. Previously, he served as Chair of the Department of Medicine at New York University. A physician and microbiologist, Dr. Blaser has been studying the relationships we have with our persistently colonizing bacteria. His work over 30 years focused on Campylobacter species and Helicobacter pylori, which also are model systems for understanding the interactions of residential bacteria with their hosts. Over the last 20 years, he has also been actively studying the relationship of the human microbiome with health and important diseases including asthma, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. Dr. Blaser has served as the advisor to many students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty. He currently serves as Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB). He holds 28 U.S. patents, and has authored over 600 original articles. He wrote Missing Microbes, a book targeted to general audiences, now translated into 20 languages.