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ACSM's From Around the Field: Exercise and Fermented Foods to Promote Immune Health
Friday, November 15, 2024  | 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET

Dr. Allen will present the latest research from his lab on the interplay between exercise and bioactive microbial-derived metabolites in humans. He will explore how physical activity influences the production of these metabolites and their role in modulating immune function, with implications for overall health and disease prevention. Dr. Allen will then shift focus to similar bioactive compounds found in fermented foods, introducing novel strategies developed by his lab to manipulate microbial metabolism during fermentation. Dr. Allen will discuss how his lab plans to use these approaches aim to enhance immune responses and promote better health outcomes.

Learning Objectives: 
1. Discuss how exercise influences the microbiota and the immune system
2. Describe how microbiota-derived metabolites regulate immune function
3. Explore strategies to enhance microbial metabolites in fermented foods to impact immune signaling.

Presenter:

Jacob Allen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Division of Nutritional Sciences
University of Illinois

About the presenter
Dr. Allen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Hired under a campus wide Microbial Systems Initiative (MSI), he holds faculty positions in Health and Kinesiology (HK), the Division for Nutritional Sciences (DNS), and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB). His research program is focused on understanding how specific environmental interventions and conditions-- 1.  Nutrition 2. Exercise 3. Stress and 4. Aging—influence gut microbial communities and metabolite production during both homeostatic and pathological disease states. Dr. Allen’s lab utilizes a range of in vitro systems (organoids, bacterial culture), pre-clinical animal models, and clinical studies to test hypotheses into how gut microbes interact with the host immune system. His lab is currently focused on understanding how microbial metabolites found in fermented foods (postbiotics) can impact innate immune function.

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