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In this article we cover what the intestinal microbiome is and why you should care about yours.

It’s all about sequencing these days. Let’s sequence this, let’s sequence that. We have already sequenced the human genome (The Human...

This Pretty Light Science article takes a closer look at what researchers are saying about probiotics in skin care.

A recent article published in Nature Communications by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University reported...

Read about how primates and AI are unlocking secrets of the human genome.

Vowst, a product manufactured by Seres Therapeutics Inc., is the first microbiome-based C. difficile therapy that is administered orally

Find out what aDNA is and what roles it plays in unlocking secrets from the past.

A recent article published in Nature by a group of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...

A recent review published in Nature by a group of researchers from Australia and the United States explored recent advances in our...

A recent study published in Nature by a group of researchers from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands investigated bacterial...

How does running and cycling impact your intestinal microbiome?

If every burger eater out there was willing to replace their beef patty with an environmentally friendly substitution derived from...

What if “always follow your gut” took on the meaning of always trying to make your intestinal microbes happy?

Scientists have been using mouse models in biomedical research since the 17th century for a number of good reasons. Mice are easy to...

Voice from the gut microbes This is the news that we all have been waiting for. Chocolate is good for you, and dark chocolate is even...

Skin is the largest organ of the body, providing a vital defense layer between an organism and the surrounding environment. The outer...

As you probably have noticed, summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere. For many, summer means vacation, barbecues, mosquitoes,...

Submitting a hundred online job applications or being referred for a position by a contact in your company of interest - what’s the best...

Recently in the MicroEducation series we’ve written a lot about food - coffee, sourdough bread, and even food composting. That’s because...

This post is mostly dedicated to current graduate students or those researchers already holding a PhD degree and looking for a...