Scientific Presentations

Many people who are not directly involved with research are often unaware of the fun that comes with it. I have had the pleasure and honor to accompany my colleagues in different scientific events. Here you can find a couple of pictures about this.

Presentations in Conferences

International Society for Microbial Ecology Symposium

http://www.isme-microbes.org/


ISME17, August 2018

https://www.isme-microbes.org/isme17

Leipzig, Germany

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Alanis-Lopez C. A comprehensive view of fecal microbiomes from pet birds with implications to human health and microbial ecology. ISME17. August 12-17, 2018. Leipzig, Germany. NOTE: this abstract was accepted but this time ISME allows only one work per presenting author.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Kawas JR, Chew B, Noratto G. Supplementation with full-apple extracts for 6 weeks is associated with a distinctive fecal microbiota in Dawley Sprague rats fed a high-fat diet. ISME17. August 12-17, 2018. Leipzig, Germany.

Watch this great video to see some of the activities we enjoyed.


ISME16, August 2016

https://www.isme-microbes.org/isme16

Montreal, Canada

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Cabrera-Castillo D. Nucleotide composition and substitution patterns of 16S rRNA gene sequences across the entire Firmicutes phylum. ISME16. August 21-26, 2016. Montreal, Canada.

Watch this local dance show during the first day of the Symposium


ISME15, August 2014

http://www.isme-microbes.org/isme15

Seoul, South Korea

Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Nucleotide substitution saturation in bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences from three different environments. ISME15. August 24-29, 2014. Seoul, South Korea.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Alanis-Lopez C, Castillo-Carranza SA, de la Rosa-Contreras LN, Dowd SE, Zamora-Avila DE. High throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing of fecal microbiota from pet birds. ISME15, August 24-29, 2014. Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea is a very interesting country, look at this video of a Buddhist temple in Seoul


International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP)

ISAPP Annual Meeting

October, 2012

http://www.isapp.net/

Cork, Ireland

Link to my very short contribution.


Digestive Disease Week

https://ddw.org/

Garcia-Mazcorro JF et al. 2018. Duodenal and fecal microbiota before and after a gluten-free diet (GFD) in patients with celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and controls.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF et al. 2018. Nopal fiber (Opuntia ficus indica) improves symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: results from a 7 day randomized-controlled trial.


Semana Nacional de Gastroenterología

http://gastro.org.mx/

Garcia-Mazcorro JF et al. Effect of daily probiotic supplementation for 2 months on the fecal microbiota of female patients with constipation. Semana Nacional de Gastroenterologia 2019. Noviembre 2019, Cancun, Mexico.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, et al. Microbiota fecal en pacientes con sindrome de intestino irritable antes y despues de consumir fibra de nopal. Semana Nacional de Gastroenterologia 2018. Noviembre 2018, Yucatan, Mexico.

Rivera-Gutierrez X, Cobos-Quevedo OJ, Garcia-Mazcorro JF et al. Microbiota intestinal en pacientes sanos, con enfermedad celiaca y con sensibilidad al gluten no celiaca antes y despues de una dieta libre de gluten. Semana Nacional de Gastroenterologia 2017. 82(Supl 2):80-83. Noviembre 17-21, 2017. Puebla, Mexico.


American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum

http://acvim.org/

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS. Day-to-day variation of fecal microbiota in dogs of different ages. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012. 26: 775.

Minamoto Y, Barry KA, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Markel ME, Gossett NM, Fahey Jr. GC, Steiner JM, Swanson KS, Suchodolski JS. Effect of low fructan supplementation on the abundance of specific bacterial groups in fecal samples of dogs. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012. 26: 774.

Markel ME, Berghoff N, Unterer S, Barros L, Grellet A, Allenspach K, Toresson L, Barr J, Heilmann RM, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Steiner JM, Luckschander-Zeller N, Suchodolski JS. Characterization of fecal dysbiosis in dogs with chronic enteropathies and acute hemorrhagic diarrhea. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012. 26: 765-766.

Webb CB, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS. The effect of multi-strain synbiotic supplementation on the microbiota of cats with chronic diarrhea. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2012. 26: 773.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Suchodolski JS, Jones K, Clark-Price S, Steiner JM, Dossin O. Quantification of gastric and duodenal bacteria using fluorescent in situ hybridization in healthy dogs during omeprazole treatment. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2011. 25: 688.

Markel M, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS. Evaluation of bacterial groups in dogs with gastrointestinal disease using quantitative PCR assays. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2011. 25: 689.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Barney BJ, Longnecker M, Lane DE, Krassavin K, Speed M, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS. Predictors for fecal colonization with probiotic lactic acid bacteria in healthy cats and dogs. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2010. 24: 739.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS. Evaluation of intra-stool variability of three lactic acid bacterial genera in dogs by quantitative real-time PCR. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2009. 23: 756.

Suchodolski JS, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Berghoff N, Grützner N, Paddock CG, Lanerie DJ, Steiner JM. The effect of a multi-strain probiotic formulation on markers of gastrointestinal function in healthy dogs and cats. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2009. 23: 756.


South Central SAS Users's Group Educational Forum

http://www.scsug.org/

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM, Barney BJ. Predictors for fecal colonization of probiotic bacteria in healthy cats and dogs. South Central SAS Users’ Group Educational Forum 2010.


Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting

http://www.toxicology.org/

Noratto GD, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Martino HS, Byrne D, Markel M, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM, Mertens-Talcott S. Peach and plum consumption modulate gut microbiota and obesity markers in Zucker rats. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting. March 10-14, 2013. San Antonio, TX.


GENOBIOTEC

http://genobiotec13.com/

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Alanis-Lopez C. Nucleotide substitution saturation in bacterial 16S rRNA genes from the mammalian digestive tract. GENOBIOTEC13. November 21-23, 2013. Monterrey, NL, Mexico.


One Health UANL

Alanis-Lopez C, Castillo-Carranza SA, Dowd SE, Avalos-Ramirez R, Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Analisis molecular de microbiota fecal en 3 especies de aves de compañia. Una Salud UANL. May 22nd, 2015. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UANL. Second place in the master's category.

Gomez-Vazquez JP, Dowd SE, Guard B, Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Perfil metabolico de comunidades microbianas en heces de aves de compañia. Una Salud UANL. May 22nd, 2015. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UANL. First place in undergraduate category.

Rico-Costilla DS, Kawas-Garza JR, Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Perfil metabolico de comunidades microbianas del aparato digestivo de ganado Holstein. Una Salud UANL. May 22nd, 2015. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UANL. First place in Doctoral category.


Congreso Nacional de Investigación en Medicina

Gomez-Vazquez JP, Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Herramientas moleculares y computacionales para estudiar la microbiota gastrointestinal. XXVIII Congreso Nacional de Investigación en Medicina. October 8-9, 2015. Cintermex, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.


Others

Rossi M, Taboada-Liceaga HA, Gill S, Amieva-Balmori M, Hernández-Ramírez GA, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Whelan K, Remes-Troche JM. Fibre from nopal cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) improves symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome in the short term: a pilot randomised-controlled trial.

Winter Conference 2019: Diet and Digestive Disease. London, UK. December 2-4, 2019.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Martínez Ruiz A, Rodríguez R, Kawas JR, Morales-Loredo A. Análisis molecular de comunidades microbianas en la rizosfera de citricos infectados con la enfermedad Huanglongbing (Molecular analysis of microbial communities in the rizosphere of citrics infected with Huanglongbing disease). Reuniones Nacionales de Investigación e Innovación Pecuaria, Agrícola, Forestal y Acuícola Pesqueras. 23-26 Octubre 2019, Chiapas, Mexico.

Ruiz-Uribe A.J., Martínez-Ávila C.G., Marroquín-Cardona A.G., García-Mazcorro J.F. First Massive Molecular Assessment of Bacterial Microbiota in Mexican Propolis. Latin Food 2016.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Treviño-Espinosa RS, Medina-Ponce ML, Marroquin-Cardona AG, Cruz-Valdéz JC, Ramírez-Martínez C. Massive molecular description of microorganisms in an urban river (2016). IUTOX-Mexico2016.

Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Aplicaciones de la metagenomica en sanidad e inocuidad agroalimentaria. 1er Congreso Internacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria en el Campus de Ciencias Agropecuarias, General Escobedo, NL, Mexico. September 2, 2016.

Noratto G, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Mills D. Effects of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) consumption on fecal microbiome of obesee diabetic (db/db) mice (2016). The FASEB Journal vol. 30 no. 1 Supplement 683.9 (link). Presented at the Experimental Biology 2016 in San Diego California.

Gomez-Vazquez JP, Alanis-Lopez C, Castillo-Carranza SA, Dowd SE, Avalos-Ramirez R, Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Perfil metabolico de comunidades microbianas en heces de aves en cautiverio (Metabolic profile of microbial communities in feces of captive birds). 4º Congreso Internacional en Ecologia de Enfermedades. October 13-15 2015. Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.

Alanis-Lopez C, Castillo-Carranza SA, de la Rosa-Contreras LN, Garcia-Mazcorro JF. Secuenciación masiva de nueva generación revela cientos de especies bacterianas en heces de aves de compañía. XVIII Simposio Nacional de Ornitología. July 3-5, 2014. Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México.

Kuljacha Gastelum AL, Cortes Avalos J, Ruiz Flores A, Garcia Mazcorro JF, de Leija Portilla J. Características epidemiológicas y clínicas de pacientes con enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal en el noreste de México. Curso Pre-Congreso Gastroenterología. November 16, 2013.

Markel ME, Berghoff N, Unterer S, Allenspach K, Heilmann RM, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Steiner JM, Barr J, Suchodolski JS. Characterization of bacterial dysbiosis in dogs with gastrointestinal disease. Proceedings: Keystone Symposia – The Microbiome (p 205). Keystone, CO, March 2012.

Marroquin-Cardona A, Deng Y, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Johnson N, Mitchell N, Tang L, Robinson A, Taylor J, Wang S, Phillips T. Mineral characteristics and safety of montmorillonites as potential aflatoxin enterosorbents. ASA, CSSA, SSSA, International Annual Meetings 2011. S09 Soil Mineralogy.

Handl S, Dowd SE, Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Steiner JM, Suchodolski JS. Species-specific differences in the faecal microbiota of healthy dogs and cats. 14th Congress of the European Society of Veterinary & Comparative nutrition (ESVCN), September 6-8, 2010. Zurich, Switzerland.

Other Presentations

"Microbiome and feed efficiency in beef cattle"

XXIII Symposium UANL: Cattle fattening in corral. Monterrey, NL, Mexico.

October 4-5, 2022


"Microbes and personalized medicine"

Invitation to talk in the Biotechnology Centre at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.

Invitation by Dr. Cuauhtemoc Licona Cassani.

November 13, 2019


"What is more important for food efficiency: the genetics of the animal or its gastrointestinal microbiota?"

XXI Symposium UANL: Cattle fattening in corral. Monterrey, NL, Mexico.

Here is the link to my presentation

October 2-3, 2018


"Updates on the importance of the gut microbiome in health and disease".

Clinic for Small Animals, Leipzig University

August 14, 2018


"Introduction to Microbiology"

Incubadora de Biotecnología, Parque de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica (PITT)

September 19, 2017


Invitation to talk in the School of Physics and Mathematics (UANL) by the Academic Group "Biophysics". Invitation by Dr. Francisco Cabrera

September 9th, 2016


"Environmental Microbiology: A Journey to the Great All"

Ciclo de Seminarios "Genomica Agropecuaria: Aplicaciones de la secuenciacion masiva y la biologia molecular. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UANL

August 19, 2016


"Microbiota en Animales"

Simposio Internacional de Inmunonutricion Avanzada: Microbiota e Inmunidad Intestinal. Toluca Edo. de Mexico

May 23-25, 2016


"Análisis metagenomico de comunidades complejas de microorganismos"

International Conference on Chemical Sciences and Engineering. Boca del Rio, Veracruz

September 3-4, 2015


"Microorganismos gastrointestinales en salud y enfermedad"

Simposio Nacional de Ciencias Farmaceuticas y Biomedicina. Monterrey Nuevo Leon

August 20-21, 2015