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Microbiomes

This page provides educational resources, events, news and products related to microbiomes in humans, animals and our environment. Content will cover aspects from the techniques used to interrogate microbiomes and the organisms that inhabit them, to the role they play in health and how to maintain and improve them.

Microbiomes – Highlights

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Five Challenges Limiting Widespread Adoption of Microbiome-Based Diagnostics

This article explores challenges hindering broad adoption and application of emerging microbiome-based diagnostics and outlines recommendations for diagnostic developers to overcome these barriers.

Sequencing the Microbiome

Download this infographic to discover what the microbiome is, why it's important and how we can learn more from harnessing the power of sequencing.

Six Steps Towards Understanding the Microbiome and Cancer

In cancer, rapidly emerging evidence suggests that the microbiome influences disease progression in a myriad of direct and indirect ways. In this listicle, we look at recent research developments directed towards exploring the emerging “oncomicrobiome”.

The Skin Microbiome

Human skin is an ecosystem for billions of microorganisms that colonize each fold, crease and niche from head to toe. In this article, we describe what the skin microbiome is, which microorganisms are part of the skin microbiome and how we’ve come to understand the various relationships between the human skin and its microbial residents through advanced genomics.

Unpicking the Complexities of the Cancer Microbiome

Understanding the relationship between cancer and the microbes that call our bodies home could transform the way the disease is managed in the future.

Microbiomes – News and Features

Nicotine’s Appetite-Suppressing Effects Are Driven by the Gut Microbiota

In a new study, published in Scientific Reports, researchers from Kyoto University explored the role of nicotine on weight management through host metabolism and gut microbial metabolites.

Pregnancy Alters Gut Microbiome and Impacts Immune Response

Pregnancy leads to an eruption of physiological and metabolic changes in the body. Among many of these changes are dramatic fluctuations in the immune system, but how these changes may take place has alluded scientists until now.

Efficiently Unlocking Plant Sugars Could Lead to Biofuels and Medicines

Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) sheds new light on how to access the sugars locked up in plants to produce petroleum-free fuels, chemicals, and medicines.

New Tool Decodes Microbial Metabolism Mysteries

Using a database of over 60,000 microorganisms curated by researchers from across the globe, the new search tool instantly matches microbes to the metabolites they produce.

Common Lantibiotic Has Unexpected Effect on the Gut Microbiome

A common lantibiotic used in food production has potent effects on both pathogenic and commensal gut bacteria, which may affect out gut health.

High-Fiber Diet Could Delay Onset of Huntington’s Disease Symptoms

In a groundbreaking study, Florey researchers have shown for the first time that high-fibre intake has a positive effect on Huntington’s disease.

Microbiomes – Multimedia

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What Is the Microbiome and How Do We Study It?

Bacteriophages: Not Just Bacteria Killers, but Essential Resources for Mammalian Cells

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Mouse “Astronauts” Reveal Possible Links Between Gut Bacteria and Bone Loss in Microgravity

Microbiomes – Webinars and Online Events

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Bugging Our Bowels: Engineering Bacteria To Eavesdrop on Gut Health

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Engineering Mucosal Barriers: From Organoids to Organs-on-Chips

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Automated Solutions for Scalable and Consistent Sample Preparation

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Creating a More Human-Relevant Model of the Small Intestine with Organ-Chip Technology

CN Bio Licenses Human Gut Microbiome Modelling Tool from MIT and Northeastern University

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