A collaboration with Danone Nutricia Research and The Microsetta Initiative
This project brings together scientists from Danone Nutricia Research and the CMI to conduct the largest international citizen science program, in order to better understand the connection between diet and the gut microbiome. Our partnership will allow us to engage hundreds of citizen scientists from around the world in the gut microbiome revolution, described as ‘the next frontier in healthcare’. Because of the high variability in the gut microbiome composition among individuals, we need big data through the recruitment of several cohorts across many geographical regions to enable a full mapping of the gut microbiome and measure the effect of diet. This project uses standardized sampling and the latest sequencing technology implemented in the American Gut Project/Microsetta Initiative platform to enroll and assess the dietary profiles and gut microbial composition of a wide range of citizen scientists internationally.
The relationships between regional diets, cultural lifestyles, and human health have been a topic of research and public interest for decades. Concepts like the Mediterranean and Blue Zone diets have entered the public consciousness and driven people outside those regions to integrate some of those populations’ habits into their own, in the hopes of improving…
Center for Microbiome Innovation
Andrew Bartko, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice
Researchers
Nicole Litwin, Ph.D., Franck Lejzerowicz, Ph.D., Alex Richter, MSc., Brittanie Collinsworth
Knight Lab
Rob Knight, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, and Computer Science and Engineering
Researchers
Daniel McDonald, Ph.D., Edgar Diaz, Katharine Gilbert
Danone Nutricia Research
Liliana Jimenez
Director of Innovation, Science & Nutrition
Researchers
Aghilas Zouaoui, Agnes Méheust, MSc., Aurélie Cotillard, Ph.D., Diane L’Heureux-Bouron, Ph.D. Florent Schäfer, MSc., Hana Koutnikova, Ph.D., Julien Tap, Ph.D., Laetitia Demaretz, MSc., Marie Poupin, Matthieu Pichaud, Ph.D., Muriel Derrien, Ph.D., Nathalie Hanet, Ph.D., Patrick Veiga, Ph.D., Silvia Miret-Catalan, Ph.D., Soline Chaumont, MSc.
Past Contributors
Diana Gutierrez Lopez, Bryn Taylor, Justin Shaffer, Amira Pierucci-Lagha, Ph.D., Bénédicte Monnerie, Gérald Neveu, Marion Poirel
