Gut Microbiome-Related Diseases and Therapies

1. The Human Microbiome.- 2. In silico metagenomics analysis.- 3. Gut microbiome and Gastrointestinal Disorders.- 4. Gut Microbiome and Cancer.- 5. Gut microbiome, diabetes and obesity: Complex Interplay of Physiology- 6. Gut Microbiota in Obesity and Bariatric Surgery: Where do we stand?.- 7. Gut microbiome and mental stress-related disorders: The interplay of microbial endocrinology.- 8. Chapter 8. The Gut Microbiome in Serious Mental Illnesses.- 9. The controversial interplay of gut microbiome and reproductive function in humans.- 10. Gut microbiome on allergies.

Maria Gazouli, PhD, is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. She was admitted as a PhD student at the Biology Department and Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and granted an honored Hellenic Pasteur Institute scholarship. She continued her postdoc training in the Cell Biology Department, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C. USA. Dr. M. Gazouli's work refers mainly to molecular basis of diseases, mainly autoimmune diseases and cancer, to molecular detection of pathogens and investigation of the pathogenesis of the diseases they cause to humans. These activities have produced more than 250 publications in peer reviewed journals, 10,702 citations (h-index: 53), more than 150 announcements in scientific congresses that were awarded in 17 cases, 1 granted International Patent, and 3 European Patent Applications. Recently Dr. Gazouli was involved in the incorporation of nanotechnology to targeted cancer detection, imaging and drug delivery. She was honored with a Fulbright Scholarship for the Development of Nanotechnology-based Biosensor Arrays for the Detection of Circulating Colorectal Cancer Cells at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. The research has been recognized by distinguished awards and funded by national and international (EU) competitive research grants. Maria Gazouli has been actively involved in undergraduate and post graduate training, as well as the ERASMUS program, and her laboratory has trained a significant number of young scientists.

George Theodoropoulos graduated Athens Medical School in 1992. His PhD research was in Gastrointestinal Malignancies Tumor Markers. He completed a 6-year residency program in General Surgery and a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery in USA. He currently holds an academic post as an Associate Professor of Surgery at Athens Medical School,