2025 Course Scientific Organisers

Martin Blaser (​​Rutgers University, USA)
Thomas Bosch (​​Kiel University and Metaorganisms CRC, Germany)
Margaret McFall-Ngai (​​California Institute of Technology, USA)
Luís Teixeira (​​Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal)
Karina Xavier (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)

2025 Course Management

Ana Teles (​​Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)

2025 Scientific Events

Regina Fernandes Zenkl (​​Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)

2025 Course Graphical Design

Lucia Antunes (https://luciaantunes.com/; Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal)

2025 Course Faculty

Jewelna Akorli (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Aileen Berasategui (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Martin Blaser (Rutgers University, USA)
Thomas Bosch (Kiel University/Metaorganisms CRC, Germany)
Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello (Rutgers University, USA)
Nicole Dubilier (MPI Marine Microbiology, Germany)
Takema Fukatsu (AIST, Japan)
Ilana Gabanyi (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)
Naama Geva-Zatorsky (Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel)
Giulia Ghedini (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)
Karen Guillemin (University of Oregon, USA)
Tina Keller-Costa (IST, Portugal)
Rob Knight (UCL, San Diego, USA)
Waldan Kwong (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)
Pedro Leão (CIIMAR, Portugal)
José Lourenço (Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal)
Margaret McFall-Ngai (Caltech, USA)
Sean Meaden (University of York, UK)
Nancy Moran (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Spencer Nyholm (University of Connecticut, USA)
Howard Ochman (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Laila Partida-Martinez (CINVESTAV, Mexico)
Ned Ruby (Caltech, USA)
Luís Teixeira (Católica Biomedical Research Centre, Portugal)
Karina Xavier (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)