On behalf of Dr. Rob Knight, the Center for Microbiome Innovation is pleased to host the 4th CMI International Microbiome Meeting (CIMM) on March 12th – 14th, 2024 in San Diego, CA.

This event will bring together experts and link investigators in microbiome research to foster learning, and hopefully, initiate collaborations.

CIMM 2023 featured over 25 esteemed speakers spanning industry, academia, and government agencies, presenting on a range of topics from human health to environmental ecosystems. Tech showcases, poster sessions, and interactive roundtable discussions were interspersed throughout the conference, with each day capped by a beach-front networking reception.

In 2024, we’ll be building on CIMM’s past success, with plans for 30+ presenters, daily question-and-answer sessions, and a renewed focus on how microbiome research is delivering impactful and applicable discoveries. With a mix of returning speakers discussing ongoing research and new invitees introducing their work, we’re confident that CIMM 2024 will be an enriching and enlightening experience for all.

CIMM Speakers (List subject to change):

Day One (Tuesday, March 12)

Margaret McFall-Ngai, PhD – Carnegie Institution for Science • California Institute of Technology

The extraordinary power of the innate immune system in the management of symbioses in invertebrates

Manuela Raffatellu, MD – University of California San Diego

New insights on microbiota modulation of mucosal immunity

Adina Howe, PhD – Iowa State University

Midwest agricultural microbiomes and their impacts on our lives

Sue Ishaq, PhD – University of Maine

Place and time matter for gut microbes making anti-inflammatories from broccoli sprouts

Monika Fleshner, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder

Prebiotics and stress resilience

Jennifer Martiny, PhD – University of California Irvine

Investigating eco-evolutionary processes in wild microbial communities

Babak Momeni, PhD – Boston College

Identifying the nature of metabolic interactions among nasal bacteria

Rosy Krajmalnik-Brown, PhD – Arizona State University

Changing the gut microbiome to benefit human health

Rob Knight, PhD – University of California San Diego

Group Roundtable Moderator

+ Tech Showcases from Cerillo and Qiagen

Day Two (Wednesday, March 13)

Danielle Tullman-Ercek, PhD – Northwestern University

Controlling intracellular spatial organization in gram-negative bacteria to solve challenges from health to sustainability

Monica Guma, MD, PhD – University of California San Diego

Diet-derived metabolites that fight inflammation in rheumatic diseases

Julie Meyer, PhD – University of Florida

Managing microbiomes for coral conservation

Corinne Maurice, PhD – McGill University

Uncovering the roles of bacteriophages in intestinal inflammation

Alan Wolfe, PhD – Loyola University Chicago

The urobiome: beyond stamp collecting

Nicole J. De Nisco, PhD – The University of Texas at Dallas

Functional metagenomics and metabolomics of the female urogenital microbiome

Aaron W. Miller, PhD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Antibiotic-induced shift towards sub-infectious levels of uropathogens: A common feature of urologic disease?

Nazema Y. Siddiqui, MD, MHSc – Duke University School of Medicine

Recurrent UTI – Lessons learned from the urinary microbiome

Linda Brubaker, MD – University of California San Diego

Group Roundtable Moderator

+ Tech Showcases from Complete Genomics and The Microsetta Initiative

Day Three (Thursday, March 14)

Jack Gilbert, PhD – University of California San Diego

Precision Microbiome Medicine

Trent Northen, PhD – Berkeley Lab

Small molecules that mediate rhizosphere interactions

Vanni Bucci, PhD – UMass Chan Medical School

Host-microbiome dynamics in tuberculosis disease and its treatment

Alejandra Rodriguez-Verdugo, PhD – University of California Irvine

Microbial diversification in experimentally evolved synthetic communities

Katrine L. Whiteson, PhD – University of California Irvine

May the fiber be with you: Gut microbiomes from a remote Amazon village to the undergraduate lab

Ileana M. Cristea, PhD – Princeton University

The virus microenvironment: Intra- and inter-cellular communication during Infection

Huilin Li, PhD – New York University

A novel microbial causal mediation analytic pipeline for investigating microbiome’s mediating role in disease and health disparity

Chris Callewaert, PhD – Ghent University

The indigenous skin microbiome – Lessons learnt from the jungle

Kirsten Hofmockel, PhD – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Managing microbial metabolism for soil carbon capture

Rob Knight, PhD – University of California San Diego

Group Roundtable Moderator

+ A Tech Showcase from L’Oréal Research & Innovation

Tickets Include:

• Access to all presentations, roundtable discussions, and tech showcases
• Access to a daily networking hour featuring complimentary beer/wine
• Daily breakfast and lunch conformant to any personal dietary restrictions
• Unlimited snacks, coffee, tea, and other non-alcoholic beverages
• Access to private meeting rooms
• Access to poster sessions
• Access to the CIMM 2024 phone app that offers the ability to network with attendees/speakers, interact during presentations, view daily agendas, get up-to-the-minute event announcements, and more