Microbiome in health and in disease

Symposium
Chairs: Ruby Pawankar (Tokyo, Japan), Oliver Eickelberg (Munich, Germany)
Aims: The aim of this session is to give participants insight in the latest developments related to environmental and respiratory microbiome research, in particular focussed on the respiratory microbiome.

Effect of the microbiome on early life Erika von Mutius (Munich, Germany)
The airway microbiota: a key regulator of homeostasis and fibrosis Eric Bernasconi (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Gut microbiome in COPD Philip Hansbro (Callaghan, Australia)