Bruno Pot PhD

Prof. Bruno Pot made a PhD in microbiology at the University of Gent, Belgium. In subsequent postdocs he performed research on lactic acid bacteria. In 1997 he joined the science department of the company Yakult as science manager Benelux. In 2001 he became Research Director at the Institut Pasteur in Lille, France. During that time he was also Director of Business Development at the bioinformatics company Applied Maths NV. Since 2001 Bruno is Guest Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for courses in food microbiology and -hygiene. His major research topics have always been lactic acid bacteria, probiotics, bacteria-host interactions and health claim substantiation. Since November 2016 Bruno is back with Yakult as Science Director for Europe. He is a member of the Taxonomic Subcommittee for Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and related taxa, President of the Pharmabiotic Research Institute, France and founding member of the European Scientific League for Probiotics, Belgium.