Title of the plenary: “Enteric infections disrupt gut microbiota biofilms: From mechanisms to therapy”
Prof. Andre G. Buret
Associate Vice-President Research
Professor Biological Sciences
Adjunct Professor Phsyiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary (Canada)
The overall aim of Dr. Buret’s research is to characterize microbial-host interactions in gastrointestinal tract and in the lungs, and their effects on health, inflammation, and chronic disease, in an attempt to develop novel therapeutic strategies. Dr. Buret has published over 200 articles and book chapters, and has been invited to deliver more than 330 presentations worldwide. Dr. Buret holds over 20 issued patents, and contributed to the creation of three biotech spin-off companies. He has mentored more than 100 undergraduate research projects, over 150 Ph.D and M.Sc. students, as well as 14 post-doctoral fellows. He serves on many National, and International grant and government committees, and acts as advisor, scientific committee member, and/or board member for several institutes and private companies.
Dr. Buret was inducted in the Order of the University of Calgary (2013) the institution’s top honour, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (London UK, 2001), a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (2020), and a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (2009). His long list of awards include many Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Excellence awards from 2 universities, the 2007 NSERC Synergy Award for collaborative research and innovation with industry from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the 2007 Research Excellence Award from the Canadian Association of Gastroenterologists (for which he served as VP Research), the 2008 Robert A. Wardle Medal from the Canadian Society of Zoologists for excellence in Parasitology research, the 2019 Stoll-Stunkard award from the American Society of Parasitologists, and a Killam Professorship (2012). His research has been funded by more than 80 grants from numerous organizations, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Dr. Buret has a current h index of 70, with over 17,000 citations to date (Google scholar).