Emory Microbiome Research Center


An Emory-level Center

Missions

  1. To bring together Emory researchers working to define the mechanistic interactions between the microbiome and other systems that influence normal physiology and pathophysiology of diseases
  2. To promote omics-based platforms that identify microbial impediments to optimal health.

Objectives

  • To address the gap in establishing “causation” in microbiome related research.
  • To foster multidisciplinary collaborations among scientists in a variety of research disciplines, including, but not limited to immunology, epithelial pathobiology, metabolism, bioinformatics, genomics, and other '-omics' sciences.
  • To promote research projects that define mechanistic interactions between the microbiome community structures and/or individual taxa that influence normal physiology and pathophysiology of diseases.
  • To promote research that focuses on identifying the functional elements within microbes that elicit beneficial influences on the host.
  • To identify the influence of microbiome community structure on outcomes of clinical therapy.
  • To promote clinical research that identify microbial impediments to optimal health.
  • To employ metabolomic approaches to identify microbial generated metabolites that contribute to host health and disease.
  • To discover biomarkers of microbial origin as indicators of health status.
  • To support approaches in bacterial-based clinical therapy for the rational manipulation of the microbiome as treatment for disease.
  • To enhance awareness of germ-free, gnotobiotic and bioinformatics core resources within Emory University.
  • To promote didactic activities by hosting monthly seminars and an annual symposium focused on functional microbiome themed research.