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Center members are helping advance research on pandemics, gut health, drug-resistant bacteria and airborne disease.

The Ray R. Weil Endowed E-Nnovate Professorship will support research on soil carbon, agricultural waste recycling and sustainable farming.

Ryan Blaustein of the UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences is working with seven local urban farms to advance food safety.

The grant will support the next phase of their project to improve the “smart pill” sensor design, ensuring the capsule captures reliable, real-time data on gut inflammation.

Nazifa Ahmed Moumi is working to develop faster, more accessible tools to analyze vast amounts of genetic data.

Graduate students spotlight the path from microbiome discovery to real-world impact.

Katharina Maisel of the UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences co-authored a study on a rare lung disease that progressively blocks oxygen flow.

An NIH-funded effort led by Mihai Pop is developing open-source tools and safeguards the integrity of bioinformatic analytics.

UMD researchers are exploring how the diverse microbial communities in soil can affect agricultural output, the environment, and human and animal health.

Joshua Weitz co-authored an interdisciplinary study published in Nature Communications that analyzed microbial growth in the Sargasso Sea.