Waligora-Dupriet, A.J. (Université de Paris). Impact of preterm microbiota on the gut-lung axis and health.
Brain Development
Sizonenko, S. (University of Geneva, CH). Lactoferrin for neuroprotection in term neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.
Nutrition and feeding
Philipps, C. (University College Dublin, Ireland). Predictors and associations of childhood dietary inflammation with obesity.
Sandi, C. (EPFL, Lausanne, CH). Therapeutic potential of the nutraceutical nicotinamide mononucleotide to treat early‐life stress-induced emotional and metabolic alterations.
Maternal health
O’Leary (APC Microbiome, University of Cork, Ireland). Sex matters! The role of maternal gut microbiota in shaping increased susceptibility of females to stress-related psychiatric disorders.
2019 selected projects
Microbiota
Ronchi F. (University of Bern, Switzerland). The role of microbiota in brain homeostasis during adulthood and early life.
Langella P. (Micalis Institute, INRA, France). Exploring perinatal factors on vertical microbiota transmission: modulation of early life gut microbiota to prevent long-term effects.
Brain development
Alberts J. (Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, USA). The mother-offspring microbiome (M-OM) and Neurobehavioural development.
Nutrition and feeding
Eberl, G. (Department of Immunology, Institute Pasteur, France). Intestinal homeostasis in the prevention of pediatric obesity and its consequences on health.
Maternal health
Pawluski J. (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail, University Rennes, France). Influence of post-partum depression and probiotic treatment on maternal brain serotonin and caregiving behaviours.
2018 selected projects
Microbiota
Butel M.J.(Paris Descartes University, France). Gut microbiota establishment, perinatal determinants and relationships with growth and overweight in children.
Brain development
Bellanger A. (Division of Neonatology, University Hospital of Rennes, France). Gut Bacteria and Brain of the Baby: to link up the dynamic of gut colonization in preterms born at gestational age of 30-32 weeks and their psychomotor development at 2 years.
Parnet P. (INSERM, France).Transmission of obesity from mother to child through microbiota transfer and impact on feeding behaviours.
Allergy
Bodinier M. (INRA, France). PREMIPLA project: the effect of antenatal PREbiotics supplementation on MIcrobiota in PLAcenta in the context of allergy prevention.
Schwab C./ Lacroix C. (EZH Laboratory for Food, Biotechnology Zurich, Switzerland). Infant gut development and the risk of allergy and atopic dermatitis.
