Where: Cinema Theater, Discovery Square
Description
We are excited to host the 2020 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to this year’s theme ‘Personalized Medicine’.
Is the future of medicine being played out in your intestine? Recent discoveries about the micro-universe nestled in our guts have enabled us to better understand such diverse conditions as diabetes, obesity, inflammatory bowel diseases, some types of cancer, and even autism and depression. This understanding gives hope for a cure for chronic conditions that have so far resisted the efforts of modern medicine. For a long time, little was known about the intestinal microbiota. It is now slowing revealing its secrets. “It’s like discovering a new organ!” exclaims pioneering researcher Dusko Ehrlich. What makes it work? Symbiosis, i.e. the harmony between it and the rest of the organism. In fact, we have a kind of contract with the 100,000 billion bacteria living in our intestines: in exchange for room and board, they keep us healthy by producing a range of molecules. Thousands of scientists worldwide are currently working on decoding the singular language of this contract.
Dr. Adeel Ahmad -from KAUST Health- and microbiologist Mona Alsomali will introduce and lead the discussion of this screening.
Microbiota: The amazing powers of the gut from YUZU Productions on Vimeo.
Adeel Ahmad
Dr. Adeel is the Medical Director and Head of Family Medicine at KAUST Health. He has a keen interest in healthcare quality, research, health promotion and evidence-based medicine.
Mona Alsomali
Mona currently works as a Sr. Microbiologist at the DOW company. Despite her current role which deals mainly with the industrial microbiology area, her passion was and still is in clinical microbiology and to understand the relationship between humans and the microbes around us, and how these microorganisms especially the ones that reside in our gut contributes to our health and well-being.
Ph.D. in Bioscience (microbial genomics ) from KAUST .
MSc in Biotech from the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.
BSc in Medical laboratory technology form King Abdulaziz university. Jeddah.
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