Free and open to all, the inaugural symposium and poster session of the Emory Microbiome Research Center will be held on the Emory Clifton Road Campus on August 15-16, 2019. The goal of this event is to promote and showcase local and outside expertise in microbiota, particularly in applied and mechanistic studies. External speakers are Dr. Gary Wu (Co-Director, PennCHOP Microbiome Program) who will address aspects of nutrition/metabolism and Dr. Rodney Newberry (Washington University School of Medicine) who will discuss immunoregulation and the microbiota.