Hiroki Tashiro

Thank you very much for giving me a great award from APSR-ISRD session at the ATS in Dallas. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the session because of flight cancellation but I had wonderful time at ATS meeting.

I presented my data in rapid abstract poster session and discussed with a lot of researchers. My research title was "Sex differences in the effect of dietary fibre on ozone-induced airway hyperresponsiveness: role of the microbiome". The purpose of this study was to examine sex differences in the effects of dietary fibre on ozone-induced AHR and to determine whether microbial production of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) contributes to sex differences in the impact of the microbiome on ozone-induced AHR. Our results indicate marked sex differences in the impact of dietary fibre on ozone-induced AHR in male and female mice. Our data also indicate sex differences in the role of SCFAs in gut microbial modulation of ozone-induced AHR.

I also presented my another research data in a mini symposium about fecal transplant with an obese microbiome augments pulmonary responses to ozone in mice. This study was elected to David Bates Award from Environmental, Occupational and Population Health.

I am invited as a symposium presenter at the ATS meeting 2020 in Philadelphia so I'm looking forward to attending the meeting again and talking about ozone-induced airway responses and microbiome interaction.