Sex and Bugs and Oestradiol

£5.00

3.00pm

This introductory workshop explores the importance of the female microbiome to the changing landscape of menstrual health. This will include an explanation of current theories of how the microbiome influences the risk of conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis. It will provide practical insights into how the microbiome can be used to modify the symptoms of the menopause. The final objective is to provide a practical explanation of how the microbiome interacts with contraceptives and hormone replacement therapies

Location: Stable 1

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James Kinross

James Kinross is a Reader in Surgery and Consultant Surgeon at Imperial CollegeLondon. His clinical interest is in robotic surgery for colorectal cancer, and he holds aPhD on the gut microbiome. He is a visiting Professor at the Royal College ofSurgeons of Ireland. James’s first scientific love is the gut microbiome, and he studies how the microbiome causes chronic diseases such as cancer. He is also currently funded byCRUK, DASA, Horizon 2020 and the EPSRC to perform translational research into a diverse set of research themes such as surgical artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and robotics. James’s has published extensively and regularly presents his work internationally. His first book Dark Matter: The new science of the microbiome was published in 2023.