On September 17, 2025, an interdisciplinary scientific and practical conference was held at the Educational and Scientific Medical Institute of Sumy State University on the occasion of International Microorganism Day. The event was organized with the assistance of the Sports, Mass and Patriotic Education Sector and the Educational and Scientific Sector of the Student Directorate. The jury members were Associate Professor of the Department of Public Health Tetiana IVAKHNІUK and Senior Lecturer of the Department Alina PIKHTIROVA.
Conference participants discussed highly relevant topics at the intersection of microbiology, sports, and healthy lifestyles. In particular, presentations were given on:
- the impact of the microbiome on the endurance of athletes;
- the role of the microbiome in the nutritional characteristics of active individuals;
- the importance of probiotics in the diet of athletes;
- immunity as a team system that works on the principles of interaction and support.
The conference contributed to the popularization of microbiology as a science important for human health and physical endurance, becoming not only a scientific event, but also a platform for inspiration, exchange of ideas, and the formation of new ideas. It proved once again that microbiology is not only a laboratory, but also real life, sports, nutrition, and health.
We would like to thank all participants for their active participation and informative presentations! We wish all participants inexhaustible curiosity, scientific courage, new achievements, and good health!
