07:30-09:00- Registration- Lobby Floor
08:00-09:00- Light Breakfast and visit at the exhibit hall- Elstein Gallery 1- Floor 1
09:00-09:05- Welcome
Prof. Eli Zuckerman, Chairman of the Israel Association for the Study of the Liver
Session 1: Gut-liver axis: Overview
Chairs: Prof. Eli Zuckerman, Dr. Rawi Hazan
09:05-09:30- Gut-liver axis: functional links – overview
Dr. Eran Elinav, ElinavLab, Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science
09:30-09:55- The state of the art methods in gut microbiome research
Prof. Omry Koren, Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Israel
09:55-10:20-The tumor microbiome and its effects of chemoresistance
Dr. Ravid Straussman, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology,
Weizmann Institute of Science
10:20-10:45- Gut microbiome and drug metabolism
Dr. Eran Elinav, ElinavLab, Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science
10:45-11:00- Coffee Break and visit at the exhibit hall
Session 2: Gut microbiome, metabolic syndrome and non- alcoholic fatty liver disease
Chairs: Prof. Ran Oren, Dr. Yoram Menachem
11:00-11:25 -Gut microbiome, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Prof. Zamir Halpern, Director of Research Center of Gastroenterology,
Tel Aviv Souraski Medical Center
11:25-11:55- Gut microbiome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Prof. Oren Shibolet, Director of Digestive Disease Center
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
11:55-12:20- Novel methods for the treatment of NASH-Targeting the gut immune System
Prof. Yaron Ilan, Head of Internal Medicine Department A, Hadassah Ein Kerem.
12:20-12:45- Gut microbiome and alcoholic liver disease
Prof. Jasmohan Bajaj, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire
VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
12:45-13:05- Coffee Break and visit at the exhibit hall
Session 3: Gut microbiome and liver diseases
Chairs: Dr. Marius Braun, Dr. Michal Carmiel
13:05-13:30-The gut microbiome, cirrhosis and complications: hepatic encephalopathy
and decompensation
Prof. Jasmohan Bajaj, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire
VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
13:30-13:55- Gut microbiome and cholestatic liver diseases
Prof. Ziv Ben Ari, Director of Liver Diseases Center, Sheba Medical Center
13:55-14:20- Targeting the gut microbiome in the treatment of liver diseases (clinical )
Prof. Yehuda Ringel, Division of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center
14:20-Lunch- Oratiorio Restaurant - Floor 1