Network
A Swiss interdisciplinary network
The NCCR Microbiomes integrates 20 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 six 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:
- NCCR Antiresist (UNIBAS).
- One Health – Interfaculty Research Cooperation (UNIBE)
In Europe:
- Microbiome Support (EU Horizon 2020)
- Austrian Microbiome Initiative
- Metagenopolis (France) – Human microbiome
- The TARA Ocean Foundation (France) – Ocean microbiome
- Intestinal Microbiota (Germany) – Human microbiome
- Origin and Function of Metaorganisms (Germany) – Animal and plant microbiomes
- APC Microbiome Ireland – Human and animal microbiomes
- Microp (Netherlands) – Plant microbiome
- Microbes in Wastewater Treatment Systems (Denmark)
- Unlock Microbial Potential (Netherlands) – Environmental microbiomes
- 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)
- The Microbiome Centers Consortium (USA)
- The NIH Integrative Human Microbiome Project (USA)
- The Phytobiomes Alliance (USA)
- The Australian Microbiome Initiative
- Global Initiative of Crop Microbiome and Sustainable Agriculture (International)
- Principles of Microbial Ecosystems (International)
- Million Microbiomes from Humans Project (International)
Standards in Microbiome Data Analysis & Management:
- NFDI4Microbiota (Germany)
- FAIR Microbiome (International)
- International Human Microbiome Standards
- NIH Human Microbiome Project (USA)
- DOE National Microbiome Data Collaborative (USA)
- Microbiome Community of Special Interest (International)