Having IMPACTT 2025 Symposium

Having IMPACTT 5:
Advancing Microbiome Research
Sept 22-24, 2025

About The Symposium

IMPACTT (Integrated Microbiome Platforms for Advancing Causation Testing and Translation) and the IMC (International Microbiome Centre) organized the Having IMPACTT 5: Advancing Microbiome Research Symposium on Sep 22-24, 2025, of interest to microbiome researchers, clinicians, trainees, and members of industry.

Our goal for the Having IMPACTT Symposium is to bring together leading minds and highlight the latest findings and new discoveries from microbiome research teams across Canada and around the world.

Symposium Location

The Malcolm Hotel
321 Spring Creek Drive
Canmore, AB, Canada

Session Topics

Sessions at our 2025 symposium:

Diet, Microbiome, and Host
Translational Microbiome: From Insight to Intervention
Microbiome-Immunity Interplay
Microbial Ecosystems
Microbiome Interactions in Autoimmunity and Inflammatory Disease
The Future of Microbial Therapeutics

Awards for Presenters

Congratulations to the winners of our 2025 awards!

Travel Awards

Darlene Dai (University of British Columbia, Canada) | Sponsored by the Weston Family Foundation
Kristoff Nieves (University College Cork, Ireland)
Dr. Gulistan Agirman (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Maeva Duquesnoy (Pasteur Institute, France)
Dr. Amanda Araujo Serrao de Andrade (University of Calgary, Canada)
Md Moniruzzaman (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Jennifer C. Onuora (University of Toronto, Canada)
Grace Parish (University of Toronto, Canada)
Albina Tskhay (McGill University, Canada)
Brendan Whitman (University of Alberta, Canada)
Geoff Winsoy (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Oral Presentation Awards

Kristoff Nieves (University College Cork, Ireland) | Best Short Talk | Sponsored by NKP-Isotec
Dr. Eric Armstrong (Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Canada) | Best Flash Talk | Sponsored by the Rosell® Institute for Microbiome and Probiotics
Ramya Balasubramanian (University College Cork, Ireland) | People’s Choice Flash Talk | Sponsored by Mucosal Immunology
Ariel Kim (University of Calgary, Canada) | People’s Choice Flash Talk | Sponsored by Funomics

Poster Presentation Awards

Spencer Abbott (University of Calgary, Canada) | 1st Place Poster | Sponsored by Mucosal Immunology
Garrett Ainsworth-Cruickshank (University of Calgary, Canada) | 2nd Place Poster | Sponsored by Mucosal Immunology
Kelsey Huus (University of Tübingen, Germany) | 3rd Place Poster | Sponsored by Mucosal Immunology
Isla Skalosky (University of Calgary, Canada) | People’s Choice Poster | Sponsored by Mucosal Immunology
Dr. Amanda Araujo Serrao de Andrade (University of Calgary, Canada) | People’s Choice Poster | Sponsored by Mucosal Immunology
Madeline Mellett (University of Calgary, Canada) | People’s Choice Poster | Sponsored by Funomics
Muhammad Fakher Ud Din (Macquarie University, Australia) | People’s Choice Poster | Sponsored by Funomics
Dr. Andrea Silverj (University of Calgary, Canada) | People’s Choice Poster | Sponsored by Funomics
Marine Rullier (Université de Montréal, Canada) | People’s Choice Poster | Sponsored by Funomics