In a decommissioned army bunker in a remote Swiss valley, millions of small containers of bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea are stored with strict security measures. The goal: an archive of microbial communities worth preserving – the Microbiota Vault. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

🦠#Microbiota and Human Health🩺 🗓️7 July, 17h30-19h30 at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: Margaret McFall-Ngai; Martin Blaser; Michael Zimmermann @Zimmermann_Lab will talk about the #microbes that live in our body and how they impact our #health. 🎟️Free entry, but registration required👇

At the PhD Summer Course on Host-Microbe Symbioses organized by SymbNET and @IGCiencia, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello will talk about the early stages of urbanization and #microbiome diversity degradation, tomorrow July 5th at 11:00.

Great 2nd day at SymbNET PhD Summer school @IGCiencia with talks from Nicole Dubilier, @Zimmermann_Lab, and Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello; 1st poster session; and now a preview of “The Invisible Extinction” feat. the lecturers MG D-Bello Microbiota Vault and M Blaser @BlaserLab

The Microbiota Vault together with Seerave Foundation is hosting a social hour for individuals passionate to informally discuss preservation efforts of microbiota essential to One Health 📆August 17th, 16:00 📍Lausanne, Rolex Learning Center

🗓️ Jan 25 - Jan 26 🌍 3rd GloMiNe event - Virtual symposium for Asia, hosted by the Mochtar Riady Institute for Nanotechnology to discuss microbiome research and conservation. RSVP to receive access: microbiotavault.org/event/3rd-glom…

Being featured in numerous film festivals, "The Invisible Extinction" is now in theatres and streaming. The award-winning documentary accompanies Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello and Martin Blaser and explores the problem of vanishing microbial diversity: microbiotavault.org/the-invisible-…

Swiss TV program "Puls" features the Microbiota Vault. srf.ch/play/tv/redire…

Join experts experts in the fields of molecular biology, microbiology, public health and bioinformatics to discuss microbiome research and conservation at the upcoming GloMiNe for Asia 2023. Starting: 🗓️Jan 25th 🕘9:00 (WIB / UTC +7) microbiotavault.org/event/3rd-glom…

We are happily looking back on a great third GloMiNe symposium. Recordings of the sessions will be uploaded soon to our YouTube-Channel. There, you can also find the previous GloMiNe sessions in case you've missed them: youtube.com/@microbiotavau…

The recordings of the 3rd Global Microbiome Network - GloMiNe - Symposium for Asia are now online. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

The Microbiota Vault Initiative in the Swiss evening news:

Screenings of ⁦The Invisible Extinction (microbiome documentary) in Basel and Zürich filled all seats! Thanks to ⁦Swiss Science Film Academy⁩ and all contributors @pascalvonaesch, AdrianEgli78 PharmaBiome, Microbiota Vault Gebert Rüf Stiftung @swissfoodresearch NCCR Microbiomes

Razor produced a wonderful in-depth feature about the Microbiota Vault: youtube.com/watch?v=nZDB1o…

Join experts in the fields of microbiology, molecular biology, ecology, bioinformatics, anthropology, conservation, preservation, ethics, and public health at the upcoming GloMiNe for Chile 2024. Starting January 9th 2024 9am (UTC-3) RSVP here: microbiotavault.org/event/glomine/

The recordings for the 4th Globale Microbiome Network - GloMiNe - Symposium for Chile are now online. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

The Microbiota Vault in BIOspektrum doi.org/10.1007/s12268…

The Microbiota Vault at the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 #COP16 in Cali. Many thanks to Joe Tohme and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT! microbiotavault.org

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