NCI Microbiome Working Group Quarterly Meetings (Agenda)

Agenda October 14, 2025

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Agenda Items:

  • Guest Speaker:  Dr. Abigail Overacre-Delgoffe, "Sucralose consumption ablates immunotherapy response through microbi9ome disruption".
  • New Business
    • Speakers needed for January and April 2026 meetings.
    • Replacement Nominations Speakers Committee members (Daschner)
    • Others items?
  • Reports
  • Links to recent microbiome meetings:               
  1. Common Fund Human Virome Program https://commonfund.nih.gov/humanvirome#:~:text=Program%20Snapshot,virome%20is%20large%20and%20diverse
  2. Kickoff Meeting Jan. 16-17, 2025. Review funded grants – Betsy Read-Connole/Phil Daschner (https://commonfund.nih.gov/humanvirome/fundingopportunities)
  3. Office of Nutrition Research Hybrid Meeting, August 21 - 22, 2024. "Impact of Diet on Mucosal Immunity and Immune-mediated Digestive Diseases", Online and In-person at 5601 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD. Registration/Recording Link: http://web.event.com/event/2723a161-7764-4b30-9d3e-1481f9865458/summary
  4. "Oral Microbiome in Health and Systemic Diseases", June 25, 2024. Event website: https://events.cancer.gov/nci/oral-microbiome
  5. 2nd NCI/NIH Microbiome- Targeted Intervention Clinical Research Workshop, March 5 - 6, 2024. Event website: http://events.cancer.gov/nci/microbiome-clinical-research.
  6. Cancer Comorbidities Working Group Webinar, May 9, 2023. “Session V. Microbiome as A Comorbidity in Cancer Therapy",  https://nci.rev.vbrick.com/#/videos/99294e8b-4997-4bc4-b5a9-ca9c9d1b48b
  7. NCI Gastric Cancer Prevention Think Tank, May 17, 2024 (Hybrid). https://events.cancer.gov/nci/gastriccancerprevention
  8. Obesity and Cancer Working Group Webinar, “Obesity, Microbiome, & Cancer: Mechanistic Considerations”  https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/events/obesity-microbiome-cancer
  9. Obesity and Cancer Working Group Webinar “The role of inflammation in obesity-associated cancer”, May 24, 2023. https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/events/role-inflammation-obesity-associated-cancer
  10. Office of Nutrition Research Webinar, “Interactions Between Diet, the Gut Microbiome, and Epigenetics that Influence Health and Disease”, July 27, 2023. https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=50023
  11. NCCIH Precision Probiotic Therapies; Challenges and Opportunities, April 26-27, 2023. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/news/events/precision-probiotic-therapies-challenges-and-opportunities     

     

  • NCI WG Future Meetings: (second Tuesday of every quarter)
    • January 13, 2026
    • April 14, 2026
    • ​​​​​​​October 13, 2026