Welcome back to Team Insights, where we offer you a chance to get to know a Microbiome Insights team member on a deeper level. For our newest issue of Team Insights, we bring in a new member of our Laboratory team: Kody Fung. We're excited to welcome Kody into the Microbiome Insights team, and...
The Importance of Quantification in Microbiome Science
January 13, 2023/by Ruairi Robertson, PhDNext-generation sequencing is a hugely powerful tool in microbiome science to study what microbes and microbial genes are within a certain environment. This has led to major advances in our understanding of human health, environmental science and basic biology. However, next-generation sequencing...
List of Available Microbiome Grants - Updated for 2023
December 20, 2022/by Ben AmuwoUpdated December 2022. Grants are a critical resource for funding microbiome research. We’ve taken the time to identify some relevant grants and funding opportunities for individuals looking to conduct large-scale microbiome studies. This list of grants also contains funding opportunities that may...
Team Insights: Sarah Carden
November 23, 2022/by Malcolm KendallWelcome back to Team Insights, where we offer you a chance to get to know a Microbiome Insights team member on a deeper level. For our newest issue of Team Insights, we bring in a new member of our Sales Team: Sarah Carden. We're excited to welcome Sarah into the Microbiome Insights team, and...
Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing: Determining Depth
October 12, 2022/by Ruairi Robertson, PhDBefore conducting a microbiome study with shotgun metagenomic sequencing, it is important to consider how deeply you will sequence your samples.
Team Insights: Seanon Crean
June 19, 2022/by Ben AmuwoWelcome back to Team Insights, where we offer you a chance to get to know a Microbiome Insights team member on a deeper level. For our newest issue of Team Insights, we bring in a new member of our Sales Team: Seanon Crean. We're excited to welcome Seanon into the MBI team and looking forward to...
The importance of longitudinal analysis in human microbiome studies
March 8, 2022/by Ruairi Robertson, PhDHuman microbiome research has exploded over the past decade, revealing the fascinating influence of our bodily microbes on human health and disease from gut health to skin health to brain health. To date, however, a majority of human microbiome studies have been cross-sectional, analysing...
Microbiome Conferences in 2022
March 4, 2022/by Karl MoranMicrobiome Conferences are back in 2022 – Hooray!
With that in mind, we have compiled a list of both in-person and online conferences from around the world, which cover all aspects of the microbiome from stage (science, R&D, commercialization) to application (human, animal, plant, environmental,...
Team Insights: Pedro Dimitriu
February 28, 2022/by Ben AmuwoWelcome back to Team Insights, where we offer you a chance to get to know a Microbiome Insights team member on a deeper level. For our 11th issue, we present to you Pedro Dimitriu, who contributes greatly to the planning and development of our bioinformatics analysis.
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Team Insights: Ben Amuwo
January 25, 2022/by Karl MoranWelcome back to Team Insights, where we offer you a chance to get to know a Microbiome Insights team member on a deeper level. For our 10th issue (and the first issue of 2022), we present to you Ben Amuwo, a core and valuable member of our Sales Team.