ORGANISED BY             Dr. Yuan-Kun Lee National University of Singapore, Singapore Probiotics: their impact on health and regulatory position   Prof. Ying Chieh Tsai National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Microbiota-gut-brain axis and development of potential psychobiotics         Prof. Dietmar Haltrich University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria Microbial production of prebiotics   Dr. Erwin G. Zoetendal Wageningen University, The Netherlands The human intestinal microbiota: What can we learn from our closest neighbours?               Dr. Koichi Watanabe Visiting Professor Department of Animal Science and Technology National Taiwan University TOPIC: Enumeration of probiotic strains: culture-dependent and alternative techniques to quantify viable cells   Dr. Ratha Mahendran Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore TOPIC: The use of Lactobcillus in bladder cancer therapy   Professor G. Balakrish Nair Centre for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India TOPIC: Microbial membership and functional profiles of the gut microbiome of Indian children Professor Guo-Qing He The Institute of Food Science and Fermentation Engineering, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Biosystems Engineering & Food Science, Zhejiang University, China TOPIC: Lactic acid bacteria in chinese sourdough   Dr. Namrata Thapa, Assoc. Prof. Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Sikkim University, India TOPIC: LAB in some ethnic fermented foods of North East India   Professor Ing. Miroslava Kačániová Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic TOPIC: Identification of lactic acid bacteria by real time PCR isolated from wine Professor Jyoti Prakash Tamang Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Sikkim University, India TOPIC: Molecular characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from ethnic fermented foods   Professor Raha Abdul Rahim Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences /Director, Research Management Center, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia TOPIC: Lactic acid bacteria as a vaccine delivery vehicle: targets and challenges   Professor Tadao Saito Laboratory of Animal Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science of Tohoku University, Japan TOPIC: Developmental strategy of functional yogurts in Japan Professor Ming-Ju Chen National Taiwan University, Taiwan TOPIC: Microorganisms and functionalities of fermented products: kefir and sugary kefir   Professor Sung-Sik Yoon Division of Biological Science and Technology, Yonsei University Graduate School, South Korea TOPIC: A natural odor attraction between Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) and strains of lactic acid bacteria   Dr. Foo Hooi Ling, Assoc. Prof. Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia TOPIC: Cytotoxic effect of postbiotic produced by Lactobacillus sp. Professor Kohei Oda Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan TOPIC: Bio-functional pickles that reduce blood pressure of rats   Dr. Jairam Vanamala, Assoc. Prof. Department of Food Science, The Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, USA TOPIC: Gut bacteria: an intersection between food and host inflammation   Dr. Min-Tze Liong, Assoc. Prof. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia TOPIC: Probiotics: a new brain food Professor Sin-Hyeog IM Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea TOPIC: Rationally selected probiotics as an immune modulator for hyper-immune disorders   Dr. Neerja Hajela Yakult Danone India Private Ltd., India TOPIC: Probiotics and Vaccine               Email: Password: Creat an account for submissions of your abstracts and full papers.           © 2014, ACLAB 2015