Welcome to my.microbes
Microbes live in, on and around us all the time, contributing approximately 2 kilograms to our body masses. Most of them are essential for our health and live in equilibrium with our bodies. The vast majority of these microbes live in our guts and breaking this balance may have various consequences such as obesity or inflammatory bowel diseases. Knowing which microbes live in us can lead to better, personalized diets, early diagnosis, and treatment of diseases.
Thus, the original discoverers of enterotypes launched my.microbes to coordinate a large-scale scientific study open to everyone. The study aims to provide new ways of analyzing any person's gut microbes in the context of samples from many individuals around the world.
If you would be willing to participate, please download our information package and join today. You can also contribute without direct participation, through a generous donation.
Our Concept
We will analyze the microbial composition and its related functions from samples that are collected non-invasively from participants. Our goal is to better understand both the similarities/differences between microbiota from different individuals and interactions between microbes and ourselves.
Individual Results
Participants will have an option to see how their sample is used and obtain a subset of their personal results in the context of all the others.
A Global Network
Once our participant database becomes large enough, we will enable the social networking aspect of the study. Participants will be able to contact others with similar microbial profiles around the world to directly share experiences, remedies, health and diet tips.
Latest News
Participant costs lowered
In line with the reduction of the overall sequencing costs, my.microbes study participation cost has been reduced to 500 EUR.
Another reduction in the participant costs
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.
Study expanded
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.
Enterotypes
People can be classified into one of three gut microbial types called enterotypes. Read more...
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