“Genetics of irritable bowel syndrome of sex and carbs and peppermint”, presented by Prof Mauro D'Amato, 28 May

Monday 28 May, 3.00pm - 4.00pm, E2 Lecture Theatre, 21 College Walk, Clayton campus

“Genetics of irritable bowel syndrome of sex and carbs and peppermint”

Presented by Professor Mauro D’Amato, BioDonostia Health Research, Institute in San Sebastian, Spain

Mauro D’Amato is an IKERBASQUE Research Professor, and Head of the Gastrointestinal Genetics Unit at the BioDonostia Health Research Institute in San Sebastian, Spain. He formed in Rome at the University “La Sapienza” and the National Research Council.  Later, first as a postdoctoral fellow and then as senior researcher, Mauro worked at the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics
in Oxford UK, and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm Sweden, where he now holds a Visiting Professor chair in Gastrointestinal Genetics and clinical researchers.

Abstract:
Mauro D’Amato investigates how genetic variations predispose to gastrointestinal (GI) disease. Through computational and genetic approaches, his team strive to identify causative genes and the mechanisms by which they affect risk to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other GI conditions.

For more information or to meet the speaker please contact the Seminar Committee (Dr Carly Cook,
Dr Michelle Henstridge and Dr Matt McGee) at sci-biol.seminars@monash.edu