Plenary & Invited Speakers > IHMC 2026 SEOUL

Alexandra Zhernakova, <span>Netherlands </span>

Alexandra Zhernakova, Netherlands

· Professor, Human Genome and Exposome, University Groningen

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Athanasios Typas, Germany

· Senior Scientist & Group Leader, Molecular Systems Biology, EMBL

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Changtao Jiang, China

· Director, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University

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Chung-Min Kang, Korea

· Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, Yonsei University College of Dentistry

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Celine Pattaroni, <span>Australia</span>

Celine Pattaroni, Australia

· Professor, Immunology (STM), Monash University

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Curtis Huttenhower, USA

· Professor, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Harvard University

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David Vauzour, <span>United Kingdom</span>

David Vauzour, United Kingdom

· Director, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia

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Dusko Ehrlich, <span>United Kingdom</span>

Dusko Ehrlich, United Kingdom

· Professor, University College London

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Elaine Hsiao, USA

· Associate Professor, UCLA

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Elhanan Borenstein, Israel

· Professor, Computer Science and Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Tel Aviv University

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Hiroshi Ohno, Japan

· Team Director, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Laboratory for Intestinal Ecosystem, RIKEN

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Hong-Wei Zhou, China

· Director, Microbiome Medicine Center, Southern Medical University (SMU)

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Hyun (Michel) Koo, USA

· Professor, Dental Medicine/Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

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Iliyan D. Iliev, USA

· Associate Professor, Microbiology, Cornell University

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Ivaylo Ivanov, USA

· Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University

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Jake Gratten, Australia

· Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland

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Jan Baumbach, Germany

· Professor, Computational Systems Biology, University of Hamburg

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Jeroen Raes, Belgium

· Professor, Medicine, KU Leuven

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Jingyuan Fu, Netherlands

· Professor, Systems Medicine, University of Groningen

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Junhua LI, China

· Director, Infection Omics Research Institute, BGI Research

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Jun Yu, Hong Kong

· Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Kenya Honda, Japan

· Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University

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Kerwyn Casey Huang , USA

· Professor, Bioengineering and of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University

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Kiyoshi Takeda, Japan

· Professor, Immune Regulation, Osaka University

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Lanjuan Li, China

· Professor, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

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Makoto Arita, Japan

· Professor, Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, RIKEN

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Marie-Claire Arrieta, <span>Canada</span>

Marie-Claire Arrieta, Canada

· Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

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Matthew Wook Chang, <span>Singapore</span>

Matthew Wook Chang, Singapore

· Professor, National University of Singapore

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Megan Baldridge, USA

· Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University of Medicine

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Melody Zeng, USA

· Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine

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Meng Wu, USA

· Assistant Professor, Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis of Medicine

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Muhammad Hamid Zaman, USA

· Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Paul Wilmes, Luxembourg

· Professor, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University Luxembourg

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Peter Turnbaugh, USA

· Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF

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Roberto Flores-Munguia, <span>USA </span>

Roberto Flores-Munguia, USA

· Director, Aging Physiology Branch, NIH

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Rob Knight, USA

· Founding Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation, UCSD

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Sarkis Mazmanian, USA

· Professor, Microbiology, Caltech

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Seth Rakoff-Nahoum, USA

· Senior Associate Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital/HMS

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Seunghyun Han, Korea

· Professor, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University School of Dentistry

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Souhaila Al Khodor, Qatar

· Director, Reproductive& Perinatal Health Division, Sidra Medicine, Doha

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Sungwhan F. Oh, USA

· Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

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Talal Chatila, USA

· Professor, Pediatrics in the Field of Allergy and Immunology, Harvard Medical School

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Toru Takeshita, Japan

· Professor, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University

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Varun Aggarwala, India

· Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator of the Microbiome Therapeutics laboratory, Jio Institute

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Virginia Pedicord, <span>United Kingdom</span>

Virginia Pedicord, United Kingdom

· University of Cambridge

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Wei-Kai Wu, Taiwan

· Assistant Professor, Bachelor Program of Biotechnology and Food Nutrition, National Taiwan University

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Won Hee Jung, Korea

· Professor, Systems Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University

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