Network
A Swiss interdisciplinary network
The NCCR Microbiomes integrates 25 research groups from six research institutions across Switzerland. The researchers gathered in the NCCR cover very diverse scientific fields: experimental biology, bioengineering, clinical microbiology, computational biology, bioinformatics, and evolutionary biology. They study microbiomes in humans, plants, animals, soils, and industrial systems.
Research in the NCCR Microbiomes is structured in five interconnected work packages (WP): several groups participate in each WP, and all groups are active in more than one WP. Two NCCR principal investigators supervise each PhD student, which promotes interactions between the participating groups and contributes to strengthening the network. The NCCR Microbiomes aims to build a tight-knit community of scientists working in all aspects of microbiomes across Switzerland.
Other consortia and initiatives in microbiome research
In Switzerland:
- Botnar Research Centre for Child Health
- Microbiota Vault (Pilot project in Switzerland, International)
- NCCR Antiresist (UNIBAS)
- One Health – Interfaculty Research Cooperation (UNIBE)
In Europe:
- APC Microbiome Ireland – Human and animal microbiomes
- Austrian Microbiome Initiative – Interdisciplinary platform to support microbiome research
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (Austria) – Multi-system research
- Collaborative Crop Resilience Program (Denmark) – Plant, soil, and microbe interactions
- The European Microbiome Centres Consortium (EU) – Legacy of the Human Microbiome Action project
- Intestinal Microbiota (Germany) – Human microbiome
- Metagenopolis (France) – Human microbiome
- Microbes in Wastewater Treatment Systems (Denmark)
- Microbiome Innovation Network (UK) – Microbiome applications
- Microbiome signatures (Germany) – Intestinal microbes and diseases
- Microbiome Support (EU Horizon 2020)
- Microp (Netherlands) – Plant microbiomes
- Microverse (Germany) – Dynamic balance of communities in hosts and environment
- MiDAS Field Guide (Denmark) – Wastewater microbiomes
- Origin and Function of Metaorganisms (Germany) – Animal and plant microbiomes
- Paris Center for Microbiome Medecine (France) – FMT
- The TARA Ocean Foundation (France) – Ocean microbiome
- Unlock Microbial Potential (Netherlands) – large-scale open infrastructure for microbial research
- Euregional Microbiome Center (Belgium/Netherland/Germany) – Neonates microbiome
- SymbNET (Portugal/Germany/Switzerland) – Genomics and Metabolomics in a Host-Microbe Symbiosis Network
In the rest of the world:
- The Earth Microbiome Project (USA)
- Global Initiative of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment (International)
- The Integrative Human Microbiome Project (USA)
- The Microbiome Centers Consortium (USA)
- The MIT Center for Microbiome, Informatics and Therapeutics (USA)
- The Phytobiomes Alliance (USA)
- Principles of Microbial Ecosystems (International)
- The Australian Microbiome Initiative
- Million Microbiomes from Humans Project (International)
- The NIH Integrative Human Microbiome Project (USA)
Standards in Microbiome Data Analysis & Management:
- NFDI4Microbiota (Germany)
- FAIR Microbiome (International)
- DOE National Microbiome Data Collaborative (USA)
- Microbiome Community of Special Interest (International)
- International Human Microbiome Standards
- NIH Human Microbiome Project (USA)