‘Emerging Voices in Microbiome Science’ 2025 Monthly Webinar Series organised by CoEM Sl. No. Month Name of speaker and affiliation Webinar title 1 July Dr. Deepak Chouhan Postdoctoral Fellow, ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ‘Health Under Construction : Decoding the Role of Microbiome’ 2 August Dr. Femi Anna Thomas Asst. Prof., Dept. of Zoology, Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala ‘The Secret Life of Polar Microbes: Stories from the Arctic and Antarctica’ 3 September Dr. Muhammed Manzoor Senior Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland ‘Human Oral Microbiome: Friends or Foes’ 4 October Dr. Khyati Girdhar Asst. Prof., Dept. of Paediatrics, McGee Diabetes Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin, USA ‘Beyond Association: Causal Mechanisms of Gut Microbiota in Autoimmune Disease’ 5 November Dr. Vinothkannan Ravichandran Asst. Prof. & Head, Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (CD3), Amity University, Mumbai ‘Beyond Association: Causal Mechanisms of Gut Microbiota in Autoimmune Disease’ 6 December Dr. Preena P. G. Faculty in Microbiology, Dept. of Marine Biosciences, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi ‘Aquatic Microbiomes: Engines of Greener and Healthier Aquaculture’