Enabling rational management of microbes for health, environment and engineering applications
The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Microbiomes brings together a unique and interdisciplinary research program with experimental and clinical microbiome studies. Combining computational, modeling, engineering and synthetic approaches, the Centre aims to understand the unifying principles of microbiome functioning, to develop tools to diagnose microbiome status, and to devise strategies to intervene and restore imbalanced microbiomes. Its scope encompasses microbial communities in human, animals, plants, as well as in natural and industrial environments.
The NCCR Microbiomes comprises 23 research teams from across Switzerland: the University of Lausanne (leading house), ETH Zurich (co-leading house), EPF Lausanne, the University of Zurich, the University of Bern, and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). It brings together internationally recognized experts in human infections, animal gut and plant microbiomes, genomics and computational biology, applied and environmental microbiology, and microbial ecology and evolution. Launched in 2020, the NCCR Microbiomes is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Research
An interdisciplinary approach
The NCCR Microbiomes integrates computational biology, bioinformatics, experimental approaches and medical microbiology with a focus on synthetic and engineering applications.
Latest News
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29 February 2024
Phage therapy awarded the Leenaards Foundation Prize for translational research
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22 December 2023
2023: the NCCR Microbiomes publishing year in review
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14 December 2023
Sabrina Stöckli awarded a BRIDGE grant for the spin-off Santella.
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5 July 2023
World Microbiome Day 2023 at the Alimentarium
Latest publications
Agenda / Events
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Jul 1 - Jun 30, 2024
NCCR Microbiomes Seminar Series Sept 2023 – June 2024
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Jan 23 - May 28, 2024
Joint NCCR course on Lateral Leadership
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May 7, 2024
Camille Goemans on antibiotics and the gut microbiome