Horizons in Metaorganism Research

International Conference of the Collaborative Research Center 1182
October 4 – 6 2023, Kiel University

• Organizers: Thomas Bosch & Hinrich Schulenburg
• Organizers of the Satellite Workshop: Christina Hölzel
• Venue: Maritim Hotel Bellevue Kiel

The “Horizons in Metaorganism Research” conference is a premier, international scientific conference concentrating on the latest developments in the field of host-microbiome interaction research. The conference will be the final academic highlight of the 2nd funding period of the CRC 1182. The aim of the CRC 1182 is to understand why and how microbial communities enter into long-term connections with their host organisms and what functional consequences these interactions have.

The CRC 1182 meeting “Horizons in Metaorganism Research” starts with its satellite workshop Microbiomes in agricultural systems and human nutrition. The satellite workshop will focus on soil & plant microbiomes, livestock microbiomes & resistomes, gut microbial ecology, and microbial metabolism.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Gloria Dominguez Bello, Rutgers University, USA
• Takema Fukatsu, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
• Tom Gilbert, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Mark Hanson, University of Exeter, UK
• Kevin Kohl, University of Pittsburgh, USA
• Carolina Tropini, University British Columbia Vancouver, Canada (online)
• Katharina Ribbeck, MIT Cambridge, USA
• Dario R. Valenzano, Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena, Germany
• Manuel Liebeke, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen, Germany
• Christian Voolstra, University of Konstanz, Germany
• Karina Xavier, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
• Katharina Ribbeck, MIT, USA

Confirmed Speakers for the Satellite Workshop

• Jana Seifert, University of Hohenheim, Germany
• Petra Louis, University of Aberdeen, UK
• Kyle Mason-Jones, Wageningen University, Netherlands

Please have a look at the programme here:

Registration has now closed, if you are interested in joining the conference, please email office@metaorganism-research.com

If you have any questions please contact the CRC 1182 office: office@metaorganism-research.com