Even though joining the study is the best way of contributing, you can also help my.microbes without direct participation. Expenses associated with our state of the art methods are significant and we welcome any donation to help covering them. All donators will be properly ancknowledged. Note that donations are tax-deductible in most countries.
Please click the link below to download a PDF file with detailed information about the study, its goals and participation procedure. You will need a PDF reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar, to view the file. Please contact us if you have trouble accessing or displaying the information package.
If you have any other questions or comments, please send us an email (contact@my.microbes.eu).
You can download the information package here: English or Deutsch .
In line with the reduction of the overall sequencing costs, my.microbes study participation cost has been reduced to 500 EUR.
With the further expansion of our sequencing capacity and partial automation of our DNA extraction pipeline, my.microbes study participation cost has been further reduced to 550 EUR.
We have released an updated participant information package, which details various study expansions that will be implemented in the near future. In addition, my.microbes study participation cost has been further reduced to a minimum of 800 EUR.
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