UQDI Seminar Series: Tommi Vatanen (University of Auckland)

Event Details

Date:

Wednesday, 02 June 2021

Time:

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Room:

Via Zoom - https://uqz.zoom.us/j/87275793962

UQ Location:

Translational Research Institute (Princess Alexandra Hospital)

Event category(s):

Full Description:: UQ Diamantina Institute Seminar Series
Guest speaker Dr Tommi Vatanen from the University of Auckland.
Tommi will be presenting Gut bacteria, phages and their impact in life-long health.

Wednesday 2 June, 9:30-10:30am, via Zoom: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/87275793962

Tommi Vatanen’s Bio: Tommi Vatanen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland. He holds a PhD in computational biology from Aalto University, Finland. Dr Vatanen is a gut microbiome researcher with specific interests in infant gut microbiomes and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). He is currently investigating mother-to-infant bacteriophage transmission and the role of bacteriophages in FMT. He also leads the collection of gut microbial strains from New Zealand populations for global comparative research as part of Global Microbiome Conservancy initiative.