# The Microbiome: From Mother to Child

> **NIH NIH R13** · KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA · 2020 · $10,000

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Support is requested for a Keystone Symposia conference entitled The Microbiome: From Mother to Child
organized by Drs. Jacques Ravel, David M. Aronoff, Grace M. Aldrovandi and Maria Carmen Collado. The
conference will be held in Keystone, Colorado from January 17-21, 2021.
Early events in microbial colonization have a profound effect on physiology and immune education in the gut,
thereby impacting disease susceptibility and infant health outcomes, yet we know remarkably little about the
natural history of how the microbiome forms in children. However, recent research is connecting the
importance of mother to child microbial transmission on establishment of the infant microbiome, as well as the
essential role of the microbiome in health outcomes for the developing child. Therefore, this conference will
focus on the importance of the microbiome to maternal-child health. This conference will cover topics such as
microbiome and pregnancy outcomes, the development of the infant gut microbiota, the impact of the mother
and infant microbiome on neurodevelopment and the relationship between nutrition, breast milk composition
and infant gut microbiome. Overall, this conference attempts to explore the role of the microbiome from pre-
pregnancy, throughout pregnancy, and in the infants, and evaluate the impact of nutrition, stress and other
factors on these microbiomes and ultimately on infant development, including neurodevelopment and
metabolic health. By assembling such a diverse group of scientists who usually attend different meetings
(either focused on women's health or on infant health), this conference will provide a forum for developing
engaged discussions and collaborations that will help move the field forward. Further, attendees will be
exposed to a breadth of science unassembled to date. In addition, as this field is still in its infancy, many
questions remain, such as the existence of an in-utero microbiome and this conference will include a healthy
debate between two scientists with opposite view on the issue.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10071073
- **Project number:** 1R13HD103469-01
- **Recipient organization:** KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Thale Cross Jarvis
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $10,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10071073

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10071073, The Microbiome: From Mother to Child (1R13HD103469-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10071073. Licensed CC0.

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