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a role in KSD and alterations in the UMB may be a Some of the posts, posted on social media were as
risk factor for KSD. There may be a few key species under:
that give protection against stone disease, while, some
phylotypes like Kalamiella piersonii MCC 3118 may
facilitate the stone accumulation due to their specific
metabolic pathways or modify the stone composition.

Participants

Total registration of 1700 + delegates. Online
participation of about 900+ on Day 01 and 700+ on
Day 02. 50 plus participants attended the symposium
physically.
Mangesh Suryavanshi
(Yenepoya Research Centre, Mangalore) Valedictory Session
The third prize was awarded to Dr. Ankita Kumari Panel Discussion
(NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NDRI),
Karnal). She presented on “Probiotic Lactobacillus
fermentum mediates its immunoregulatory function
by targeting epigenomic modulations. The probiotic
bacteria was isolated from the faeces of a 10-month-
old infant had a role in gut homeostasis through the
regulation of the immune response and could attenuate
E.coli or LPS induced inflammatory response in
intestinal epithelial cells. The proposed mechanism
was that L. fermentum regulated immune genes by
activating HDAC1 which reduces H3 acetylation in
a manner opposite to inflammatory which increases
the levels of H3 acetylation by suppressing the mRNA
expression of HDAC1.
The regulation of immune genes by probiotics
through epigenomic mechanisms further aided the
existing understanding of cellular and molecular
pathways that regulate host-commensal interactions.
Panel Discussion

Dr. Neerja Hajela (General Secretary,
Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science
Foundation (India)
Feedback
Most of the delegates rated the Symposium as
“Excellent” for all sessions.
Social Media
The panel discussion was moderated by Prof.
Anura Kurpad and the panel members were Prof. Three social media platforms were created for the
N.K. Ganguly, Prof. B.S. Ramakrishna, Prof. Anil digital promotion of the symposium.
Kumar Srivastava, Prof. J.B. Prajapati and Dr. B. 1. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/11th-India-
Sesikeran. The panel discussion highlighted the Probiotic-Symposium-103923931757909/?ref=page_
importance of the gut and its microbes in maintaining internal
the immune system. It also highlighted the role of
the gut microbiome in chronic systemic inflammation 2. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/
and the role of probiotics in mitigating inflammation. indiaprobioticsymposium/
There was a discussion on real evidence for the use 3. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/india-
of probiotics and the conditions where they may be probiotic-symposium-b07a2a206/
useful. The carrier matrix for delivery of a probiotic
strain was discussed and the advantage of milk or Regular posts were uploaded to encourage people
fermented milk as a food matrix was highlighted. The to register. Of the three platforms, LinkedIn got us
difference between a probiotic food and traditional the best results. The method adopted was to reach out
fermented foods was clearly brought out. The to groups on Linked In and furnishing symposium
myths surrounding A1 and A2 milk in terms of their details on these groups. We filtered people on
nutritional and health attributes were clarified. The Linked Inn by location in India and targeted those
panel discussion was highly interactive and very who specialized in Biotechnology, Immunology
well conducted. and Microbiology.