Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurodegenerative disease targeting the central nervous system with a prevalence of around 2.8 million people globally. The etiopathogenesis of MS is multifactorial and involves environmental factors. Amongst the environmental factors, the gut microbiota is a key player modulating MS. Dietary habits drive the gut microbiome. Thus, dietary shifts change...

2022 Grant Program CosmosID-HUB

Congratulations to the Winners of our 2022 Grant Program for Scientists and Start-Ups!

25 October 2022by Dana Walsh

We are pleased to announce the 2022 CosmosID North & South America Grant Program Winners! We are awarding a group of three scientists with funding and resources along their journey in the microbiome space. The winners are each receiving 90 samples extracted and sequenced, taxonomic profiling, functional profiling, statistical comparative analysis & a CosmosID-HUB bronze subscription! Each...

2022 Grant Program CosmosID-HUB

Industry Winner of the 2022 Grant Program!

25 October 2022by Dana Walsh

Congratulations to our three 2022 Grant Program for Scientists & Start-Ups North and South America winners! We are awarding a group of scientists with funding and resources along their journey in the microbiome space. The winners are receiving 90 samples extracted and sequenced, taxonomic profiling, functional profiling, statistical comparative analysis & a CosmosID-HUB bronze subscription! The...

2022 Grant Program CosmosID-HUB

Trainee Winner of the 2022 Grant Program!

25 October 2022by Dana Walsh

Congratulations to our three 2022 Grant Program for Scientists & Start-Ups North and South America winners! We are awarding a group of scientists with funding and resources along their journey in the microbiome space. The winners are receiving 90 samples extracted and sequenced, taxonomic profiling, functional profiling, statistical comparative analysis & The Metagenomics App bronze...

2022 Grant Program CosmosID-HUB

Academia Winner of the 2022 Grant Program!

25 October 2022by Dana Walsh

Congratulations to our three 2022 Grant Program for Scientists & Start-Ups North and South America winners! We are awarding a group of scientists with funding and resources along their journey in the microbiome space. The winners are receiving 90 samples extracted and sequenced, taxonomic profiling, functional profiling, statistical comparative analysis & a CosmosID-HUB bronze subscription! The...

The gut microbiome is improved by exercise

13 October 2022by Barış Özdinç

A recent article featured on BBC highlights that the gut microbiome may have a greater role in the improvement of health through exercise than we previously thought. Our guts are alive with a vast diversity of microbial residents. Their roles range from fermenting dietary fibers, vitamin synthesis, and fat metabolism regulation to immune support against...

COVID-19 Surveillance through Wastewater Microbiome Analysis

5 October 2022by Barış Özdinç

Nasal swabs and saliva are conventional methods for detection of SARS-CoV-2, but the virus is also present in feces. Therefore, fecal material in wastewater samples could be used to track community dynamics of the virus. To do that, Brumfield et al. (2022) collected wastewater samples from manholes and then processed them for microbial genome sequencing...

Sugar substitutes may affect blood glucose and gut bacteria

13 September 2022by Barış Özdinç

Diet drinks that contain non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) have been around for more than 60 years. Since the dawn of the diet drink introduction to the market, a fizzing debate began; do the sweeteners, including aspartame, saccharine, sucralose and stevia, do more harm than good? Are they just innocent satisfiers of our urge to consume sweets...

Bioinformatics CosmosID-HUB Microbiome

New Metadata Dashboard Launched on the CosmosID-HUB!

7 September 2022by Dana Walsh

Over the last decade, the field of metagenomics has grown extensively, leading to an exponential increase in sequencing data in public data repositories. Availability of this huge collection of data has accelerated the discovery of novel microbiome-related biomarkers and microbiome-based novel biomedical therapeutics. One of the key steps in identifying potential biomarkers or lead candidates...

Unlocking the Microbiome: Healthy Oral Functional Metagenomes Compared by Tissue

1 September 2022by Barış Özdinç

The oral microbiome is second to the gut microbiome in human microbiome complexity partly due to its constant exposure to inhaled and ingested microbes. There are estimated to be more than 700 microbial species in the oral cavity and 54% of these microbes are uncultivable. As such, elucidating the metabolic functions of the uncultivable oral...

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Congratulations to the Winners of our 2022 Grant Program for Scientists and Start-Ups!

Industry Winner of the 2022 Grant Program!

Trainee Winner of the 2022 Grant Program!

Academia Winner of the 2022 Grant Program!

The gut microbiome is improved by exercise

COVID-19 Surveillance through Wastewater Microbiome Analysis

Sugar substitutes may affect blood glucose and gut bacteria

New Metadata Dashboard Launched on the CosmosID-HUB!

Unlocking the Microbiome: Healthy Oral Functional Metagenomes Compared by Tissue

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