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Global Microbiome Conservancy News

Explore Global Microbiome Conservacy (GMbC) program highlights as well as news from the frontlines of human microbiome research.

Photo Credit: GMbC co-founder M. Groussin training local collaborator for the processing of stool samples in Thailand. ©Global Microbiome Conservancy / Photo by C. Corzett

GMbC Program Highlights

Q&A: Gathering Diverse Microbiome Samples: GMbC Program Cofounders speak with The Scientist about their new partnership with the nonprofit OpenBiome and how to ethically work with microbiome sample donors.
Uncovering the mysteries of important bugs that help us live a healthy life: Dr. Dibesh Karmacharya, a member of the GMbC program's Science and Ethics Advisory Board, writes about the need to better understand human microbiome diversity.
Parachute science falls to earth: GMbC program cofounder Mathilde Poyet describes how scientists can address parachute science for more equitable human microbiome science.
Elevated rates of horizontal gene transfer in the industrialized human microbiome: GMbC's inaugural article, led by GMbC cofounders Mathieu Groussin, PhD & Mathilde Poyet, PhD.

Cofounders of a microbiome biobank speak with The Scientist about their new partnership with nonprofit OpenBiome and how to ethically work with donors Opens a new window

Impact of lifestyle on human gut microbiome function

Evolution and function of host-microbiome systems

Multi-omics techniques applied to investigate the global human microbiome

The Global Microbiome Conservancy – Uncovering the mysteries of important bugs that help us live a healthy life Opens a new window

The “disappearing” human microbiome – and the fraught push to preserve it Opens a new window

Microbiome in Oncology Symposium

An illustration of a diver in a collection of bacteria

Evolution of host-microbiome systems in humans

Conserving Cultures

Industrialization is associated with elevated rates of horizontal gene transfer in the human gut microbiome

Global industrialization & the human microbiome

Microbiologist brings his photography skills to support a global research effort Opens a new window

Parachute science falls to earth Opens a new window

Global study finds gut bacteria swap genes at different rates, depending on living situation Opens a new window

International Study Reveals Higher Rates of Gene Transfer in the Industrialized Human Microbiome Opens a new window

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