I attended a Cell Press symposium about microbiomes and their interactions with the host organism at Bruges in May. It was mostly about the one in the human gut and its interaction with the immune system, but for my feature I chose the road less travelled and focused on the microbiomes of other body parts, including vagina, skin and nose. I was really most inspired by the Belgian project Isala, which due to the lack of an animal model for the vaginal microbiome, relied on actual humans sending in their samples.
The resulting feature is out now:
Know your microbiomes inside and out
Current Biology Volume 36, Issue 12, 22 June 2026, Pages R677--R679
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Last year's thread is here .
The Isala project studying the vaginal microbiome was launched as a citizen science project and has received overwhelming support from thousands of participants. Symbolic picture on the theme of sisterhood, not actual participants of the project as far as I know. (Photo: Colin Anderson Productions pty ltd/Getty Images.)
The view from the top floor of the (otherwise horrible) conference venue was ok.
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