PaLM Zhong Seminar October

Join us on Thursday, October 8, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., in Auditorium B at University Hospital, as Dr. Saman Maleki, discusses “Harnessing the Gut Microbiome to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy: From Response to Toxicity.”

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: University Hospital, Auditorium B
Zoom link: Click here

Learning objectives:

  1. Describe how the gut microbiome influences antitumour immunity and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
  2. Explain how microbiome-based interventions, including fecal microbiota transplantation, are being translated into cancer immunotherapy.
  3. Discuss emerging evidence that the gut microbiome can influence immune-related toxicity and how microbiome modulation could be used to optimize both the efficacy and safety of cancer immunotherapy.