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Microbial Diversity as a Lever for Effective Biodiversity Conservation: Linking Hosts, Environments, and Health (Symposium)

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Programme
Thursday, July 9, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room DM.1.15

Speakers and Presentation Titles

Dr. CLAUDIA BARELLI
University of Florence, Italy

GUT MICROBIOTA VARIATION IN WILD PRIMATES: ROLES OF ENVIRONMENT, HOST BIOLOGY, AND HELMINTH CO-INFECTIONS

Mr. Aloïs Berard
INRAE

Forest environment influence on microbiome composition, diet, and their interactions in a generalist rodent

Dr. Toni Jernfors
University Of Jyväskylä

Soil microbes drive gut fungal assembly and immunity in a wild rodent model

Ms. Elif Kaplan
Charles University

Impact of lifestyle transitions on bacteriophage–bacterium interactions in the gut microbiome

Jakub Kreisinger
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science,Charles University

Drivers of gut microbiota variation in endemic and invasive rodents of Papua New Guinea

Ms. Michaela Majerová
Charles University, Prague

More than just friendship? Social behavior as a mechanism for microbiota adaptation in Przewalski’s horse

Dr. Jan Zukal
Senior Researcher
Institute of Vertebrate Biology CAS

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and bats: diversity and zoonotic potential

Dr. Katerina Zukalova
Postdoc
Institute of Vertebrate Biology CAS

Microbial architects of scent: VOCs and bacteriomes in bat glands for olfactory signalling and defence

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