The second Annual Microbiome Symposium will be held on October 29. It is co-sponsored by the Penn-CHOP Microbiome Program & Penn Vet Center for Host-Microbial Interactions.

It will be preceded on October 28, from 6-7 p.m., with a special guest lecture, Opportunities for the Microbiome in Human Health, given by Jo Handelsman, associate director for science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It will be held in E.R. Marookian Auditorium, Lecture Room 130, Hill Pavilion.

On October 29, the Second Annual Microbiome Symposium will be held from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. in BRB II/III Auditorium.

The deadline for registration is October 14. To register visit: https://www.med.upenn.edu/penn-chop-microbiome/

Please direct all inquiries to April Weakley at aweakley@mail.med.upenn.edu