Preventive Medicine via Precision Nutrition
March 12, 2026 @ 08:30 – 18:00 CET
The Preventive Medicine via Precision Nutrition Conference will take place at SciLifeLab in Stockholm on 12th March 2026.
It is widely known that different types of diet shape the composition of the human gut microbiome and that the gut microbiome composition plays a crucial role in several gastrointestinal diseases (i.e. colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases). The goal of this event aims to bring together experts of complementary fields like food composition, gut microbiome, precision nutrition and precision health to both enhance and create new communication bridges across these disciplines and promote interdisciplinary collaborations to increase the molecular understanding of how food can be leveraged as a precise intervention on individual health. Thus, it will contribute to envisioning a future where food can be employed as preventive medicine by tailoring specific food consumption based on the individual’s gut microbiome composition and molecular needs.
Overall, the participants will gain knowledge on the ongoing research to disentangle the complex intersection between food composition, its impact on the gut microbiome composition and precision nutrition.
We look forward to welcoming you in March 2026!
Preliminary Program
| Time | ||
| 08:30 | Coffee and registration | |
| Session 1: Food composition and health effects | ||
| 09:00 | Event intro | |
| 09:05 | Francisco Vilaplana | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 09:35 | Rikard Landberg | Chalmers University |
| 10:05 | Stefania Giacomello | KTH Royal Institute of Technology & SciLifeLab |
| 10:35 | Coffee break & poster viewing | |
| Session 2: Microbiome and disease | ||
| 11:00 | Georg Zeller | Leiden University |
| 11:30 | Cecilia Williams | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 12:00 | Lunch & poster viewing | |
| Session 3: Microbiome and metabolism | ||
| 13:00 | Fredrik Bäckhed | Gothenburg University & DTU |
| 13:30 | Yolanda Sanz | Spanish National Research Council |
| 14:00 | Robert Brummer | Örebro University |
| 14:30 | Coffee break & poster viewing | |
| Session 4: Preventive Nutrition | ||
| 15:00 | Sara Andersson and Grigorios Petrousis | Karolinska Hospital |
| 15:30 | Christopher Gardner | Stanford University |
| 16:00 | Round table | |
| 16:30-18:00 | Mingle |
Participants
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Leiden University
Gothenburg University
Stanford University
The Spanish National Research Council
Technical University of Denmark
Chalmers University
Karolinska Hospital
Karolinska Institutet
Örebro University
Confirmed Speakers
Prof. Cecila Williams, KTH
Prof. Fredrik Bäckhed, GU & DTU
Prof. Robert Jan Brummer, ORU
Prof. Rikard Landberg Chalmers
Prof. Yolanda Sanz, CSIC
Prof. Georg Zeller, LUMC
Prof. Christopher Gardner, Stanford
Prof. Francisco Vilaplana KTH
Assoc. Prof. Stefania Giacomello KTH
Dr. Sara Andersson Karolinska Hospital
Dr. Grigorios Petrousis Karolinska Hospital
Organising committee
Stefania Giacomello
Francisco Vilaplana
Emilia Marklund
Isolde Palombo
For questions, please contact emilia.marklund@scilifelab.se
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