Nutrition Research Discoveries Symposium and Celebration (SU41)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

Course level:

Advanced

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Summarize the effects of feeding essential amino acid-only (EAA) meals after sepsis on muscle, whole body net protein, and non-EAA metabolism. 
  • Describe the role and benefits of non-essential amino acids in post-sepsis nutrition. 
  • Describe the role of the microbiome in pediatric short bowel syndrome. Including how the microbiome is analyzed and ways to modify the microbiome. 
  • Summarize how, in this piglet model of short bowel syndrome, probiotics modulated the microbiome structure and function, along with any possible complications with the use of probiotics in this model. 

Topics & Presenters

Effects of Essential Amino Acid-Only Nutrition (EAA) on Non-EAA Metabolism During Sepsis Recovery

Gabriella AM Ten Have
PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

The Role of Probiotics Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in Neonatal Short Bowel Syndrome to Promote Adaptation and Improve Metabolic Function: Studied in Piglets

Mirielle Pauline
Mirielle L. Pauline
PhD, BSc

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alberta

St. Albert, AB Canada

Moderators:

Biren Modi

MD, MPH

Surgical Director

Thyroid Center & CAIR, Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA