The 2nd COLOTAN Symposium “Drug Disposition in the Colon” was held virtually on 20th January 2022
Lectures with permission for recording
Part 1
Part 2
09:30am – 09:45am
Welcoming note by the Host and Project Coordinator
Christos Reppas & Guy Van den Mooter
Biography Guy Van den Mooter & Biography Christos Reppas
09:45am – 10:30am
The microbiome and stress-related psychiatric disorders: A prescription for therapeutic targeting of the gut-brain axis
Dr. Gerard Clarke
Biography & Abstract
10:30am – 11:15am
The human gut microbiome and its influence on drug efficacy
Prof. Dennis Sandris Nielsen
Biography & Abstract
11:15am – 11:45am
Coffee Break
11:45am – 12:30am
Delivery of short chain fatty acids into the human colon to evaluate their impact on the host
Prof. Kristin Verbeke
Biography & Abstract
12:30 – 13:15
Physiological properties, composition and structural profiling of gastrointestinal mucus in preclinical species
Prof. Christel Bergström
Biography & Abstract
13:15 – 14:15
Lunch
14:15 –15:00
Drug delivery to the colon: Some considerations from an imaging perspective
Prof. Werner Weitschies
Biography & Abstract
15:00 – 15:45
Optimized fecal material for simulating bacterial drug degradation in the lower intestine
Prof. Maria Vertzoni
Biography & Abstract
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00
Colonic drug permeability in humans and predictive preclinical models: implications for drug development
Dr. David Dahlgren
Biography & Abstract
17:00 – 17:45
17:45 – 18:00
Closing Session
Contact person: Rabab Nasser