The Fleming’s External Lecture series 2026 welcomes Professor Gianni Panagiotou, PhD, for a seminar entitled “Beyond Good and Bad Gut Bacteria: Decoding Microbial Behavior.”
The seminar will explore the complexity of microbial behavior, moving beyond the conventional classification of gut bacteria as either beneficial or harmful, and highlighting the importance of understanding microbial functions and interactions in the gut ecosystem.
Speaker: Professor Gianni Panagiotou
Affiliations:
- Head of the Department of Microbiome Dynamics, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI), Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
Seminar details
- Date: Friday, 23 October 2026
- Time: 13:00
- Venue: Lecture Theatre, Fleming
Individual meetings
To arrange an individual meeting with the speaker, please contact the seminar host, Georgios Skretas, at skretas@fleming.gr.
All interested members of the scientific community are welcome to attend.


