A Prebiotics and Probiotics Task Forces' collaboration
Background and Objectives
Individuals show a broad range of responses to dietary interventions and vary widely in their susceptibility to nutritional challenges or stressors. Consequently, anticipating individual-specific responses to a given pre- or probiotic intervention and selection of the most appropriate target population for demonstrating the benefits of such an intervention is challenging.
This activity will review state-of-the-art in silico, in vitro, and in vivo approaches for the rational design and testing of personalised interventions. The main objective is to provide a path forward, highlighting tools and approaches that enable personalised pre/probiotic interventions that improve human health and well-being.
Output
This activity will review state-of-the-art in silico, in vitro, and in vivo approaches for the rational design and testing of personalized interventions. The main objective is to provide a path forward, highlighting tools and approaches that enable personalized pre/probiotic interventions that improve human health and well-being.
| Prof. Sean Gibbons – Chair | Institute for Systems Biology | Assistant Professor | US |
| Dr Gabriele Gross – Vice-Chair | Reckitt Benckiser/Mead Johnson Nutrition | Principal Scientist / Project Leader | NL |
| Prof. Dr Ana Lucia Barretto Penna | São Paulo State University | Professor | BR |
| Dr Anirikh Chakrabarti | Cargill | Senior Scientist | BE |
| Dr Veerle Dam | Sensus | Science and Regulatory Affairs Specialist | NL |
| Prof. Amandine Everard | Catholic University of Louvain | Research Associate | BE |
| Dr Almudena Goas | University of Surrey | Undergraduate student | UK |
| Prof. Thomas Gurry | University of Geneva | Senior Research Associate | CH |
| Prof. Michiel Klerebeezem | Wageningen University | Professor | NL |
| Prof. Johanna Lampe | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Research Professor | US |
| Dr Jonathan Lane | H&H Group | Senior Manager, Global Research | IE |
| Dr Pia-Johanna Maukonen | IFF | Global Health & Nutrition Science Lead | FI |
| Dr Bruno Pot | Yakult Europe | Science Director | NL |
| Prof. Ana Valdes | University of Nottingham | Professor | UK |
| Dr Gemma Walton | University of Reading | Associate Professor | UK |
| Dr Adrienne Weiss | Yili Innovation Center Europe | Innovation Project Leader | NL |
| Dr Yoghatama Cindya Zanzer | Südzucker Group | Manager Nutrition Science | DE |
| Ms Naomi Venlet | ILSI Europe | Scientific Project Manager | BE |