Platforms

Platform 1
Gnotobiotic Animal Models & Intravital Microscopy

Supports the use of defined animal models that can fully interrogate host-microbiome interactions to advance microbiome research from association to causation

Platform 2
Human Cohort Design & Analysis

Supports the integration of microbiome collection and analysis in human cohort studies to advance clinical and translational research.

Platform 3
Microbial & Human Tissue Repositories

Supports rich, open-source repositories of microbes and biospecimens to advance translational microbiome research.

Platform 4
Functional Omics

Supports access to world-class omics resources, facilities, and analytical tools for the determination of mechanism and causation.

Platform 5
Computational Development

Supports open-source bioinformatics and statistical modeling platforms to develop novel computational tools for high-quality microbiome data analysis.

Education & Mentorship

Supports our research community by providing comprehensive education and training opportunities including workshops, webinars, and mentorship programs.

Sex & Gender

Supports the incorporation of sex and gender considerations into experimental design, to help improve our understanding of fundamental biological mechanisms.

Ethics

Supports the incorporation of ethics considerations into experimental design to build trust between the public and the scientific community.

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