Microbiome: Latest News

05/08/17

The Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge Funds Innovative, Cross-Cutting Research

Three interdisciplinary teams of researchers will develop novel tools and methods in the field of microbiome research.

04/26/17

Bugs For Thought: Gut Bacteria Tell the Brain What Animals Should Eat

Could gut bacteria influence our food choices? A study shows, for the first time, that this idea may not be as far-fetched as it seems.

10/24/16

Call for Submissions: Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge

Submit your ideas for groundbreaking experimental tools and methods for understanding microbial function.

09/20/16

Uniting Diverse Sciences to Tackle the Microbiome

The Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge will provide $1 million in grants for innovative tools to investigate how microbes live in complex communities. Three scientists - Tim Donohue, Julie Biteen and Terry Hwa - discuss why it matters.

05/13/16

White House Announces National Microbiome Initiative

Public-private initiative aims foster the integrated study of microbiomes across different ecosystems.

05/13/16

American Society for Microbiology Launches the Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge In Partnership with Two Leading Scientific Societies

The $1-million science competition will support the development of scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scale.

02/25/16

Spotlight Live: A Microbial Manifesto (Transcript)

In this live webcast, three of the scientists behind The Unified Microbiome Initiative proposal—Janet Jansson, Rob Knight and Jeff Miller—discuss how to unlock the power of the microbial communities that shape our world and influence our health.

01/11/16

Spotlight Live: A Microbial Manifesto

A live webcast on the Unified Microbiome Initiative, in which Janet Jansson, Rob Knight and Jeffrey Miller discuss the potential of nature's microbiomes and how we can tap into it.

11/23/15

Why It's Time to Map the Microbiome

The Unified Microbiome Initiative proposes to unlock the power of the microbial communities that shape our world and influence our health. Janet Jansson, Rob Knight and Jeff Miller talk about why it's urgent.

10/28/15

Researchers Call for Ambitious Research to Unlock the Power of Earth’s Smallest Ecosystems

Understanding and controlling microbiomes could lead to significant advances in human health and environmental sustainability.

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