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Slavko Komarnytsky, PhD
Microbiome is a Key Component of your Nutritional Health
Saturday, November 14 | 12:40 - 1:40 PM EST
Solving a problem of malnutrition in societies flooded with calories and processed foods is key to improving our lives. Gut microbiome may consist of a thousand species of bacteria that co-exist stably over years, generations, and cultures — and only now we start to understand what contributes to this surprising stability. In this talk, we will examine the interaction of diet and gastrointestinal bitter receptors, the biological crosstalk tools that shape the composition of the gut microbiome and enable the conversation between microbes and human bodies. What are the consequences of these insights for our health and wellbeing? Let’s figure it out.
Get To Know Dr. Komarnytsky
Born in the remote wilds of the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, Slavko Komarnytsky is an integrative biologist who combines expertise in botanical research and technological innovation with a commitment to reverse the worldwide trend of human metabolic and immune disorders. His scholarly work includes 70 papers that set trends in biodiscovery from natural sources, including phytochemicals such as phenolics and cannabinoids, and their interaction with bitter receptors and gut microbiome as related to health and disease. He is the Associate Professor of Pharmacogenomics at NC State University, and founder of the Mobile Discovery program that engages students and ethnic communities in global health research.
Why did you get into studying the microbiome?
“When I realized that 30% of metabolites in our blood are produced by gut bacteria”
Favorite Microbiome Resource:
http://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp/
