{"id":98105,"date":"2026-04-03T03:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=98105"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:44:40","slug":"new-webinar-series-explores-relationship-between-microbiome-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_03_2026\/new-webinar-series-explores-relationship-between-microbiome-and-health","title":{"rendered":"New Webinar Series Explores Relationship Between Microbiome and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences is partnering with the international scientific journal <a href=\"https:\/\/mah.bioscientifica.com\/\">Microbiota and Host<\/a> to launch &#8220;Microbiome Matters,&#8221; a new webinar series exploring the relationship between the human microbiome and health.<\/p>\n<p>The series kicks off Tuesday, April 7, at noon with a session titled &#8220;From Observation to Intervention: Insights from the Gut Microbiome in IBD,&#8221; featuring Dr. Harry Sokol, a professor in the Gastroenterology Department of the Saint Antoine Hospital in Paris, the co-director of the Microbiota, Gut &amp; Inflammation team at Sorbonne Universit\u00e9 in Paris, and group leader in the Micalis institute.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_98106\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98106\" class=\"wp-image-98106\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prof-Harry-Sokol.png\" alt=\"Professional headshot of Dr. Harry Sokol, a professor in the Gastroenterology Department of the Saint Antoine Hospital in Paris, the co-director of the Microbiota, Gut &amp; Inflammation team at Sorbonne Universit\u00e9 in Paris, and group leader in the Micalis institute.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prof-Harry-Sokol.png 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prof-Harry-Sokol-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Harry Sokol is an internationally recognized expert in gut microbiome research whose work focuses on inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic condition affecting millions of Americans.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sokol is an internationally recognized expert in gut microbiome research whose work focuses on inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, a chronic condition affecting millions of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The gut microbiome, the vast community of microorganisms living in the digestive system, plays a critical role in immune function and metabolic health. Sokol&#8217;s session will examine how disruptions in gut microbiota contribute to IBD and explore emerging therapies, including fecal microbiota transplantation and other microbiome-based treatments under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour health isn\u2019t just written in your genes; it\u2019s shaped by the trillions of microbes that live within you,\u201d said Dr. Bina Joe, a Distinguished University Professor and chair of the UToledo Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. \u201cJoin us to explore how the microbiome is redefining the future of human health, one discovery at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The free virtual series is open to the public. <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/krfhxHi_R1CKccis2tFIqg#\/registration\">Online registration<\/a> is required.<\/p>\n<p>Three additional Microbiome Matters webinars are being planned, with dates to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_03_2026\/new-webinar-series-explores-relationship-between-microbiome-and-health\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prof-Harry-Sokol-150x150.png\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professional headshot of Dr. Harry Sokol, a professor in the Gastroenterology Department of the Saint Antoine Hospital in Paris, the co-director of the Microbiota, Gut &amp; Inflammation team at Sorbonne Universit\u00e9 in Paris, and group leader in the Micalis institute.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The free virtual series is open to students, researchers, clinicians and anyone from the public with an interest in microbiome science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":925,"featured_media":98106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,38,1,42,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98107,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98105\/revisions\/98107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}