One Health Microbiome Center
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The One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State optimizes, accelerates, and disseminates microbiome applications and knowledge. On BlueSky | LinkedIn | YouTube
State College, PA
Joined August 2017
🚨 Registration is OPEN! 🚨 Join us May 13–14, 2026 at Penn State for the One Health Microbiome Center Symposium. Two days of cutting-edge science + networking on human, animal, and environmental microbiomes. 🔗 Register now:
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The 2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium will be hosted at Penn State University. Abstract submissions will open early 2026.
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Recently from @inschool4life & colleagues: A new arXiv paper on a Sparse Bayesian partially identified model for sequence count data, improving differential analysis for microbiome and RNA-seq studies. 🔗 https://t.co/oQdoyk1kor
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In genomics, differential abundance and expression analyses are complicated by the compositional nature of sequence count data, which reflect only relative-not absolute-abundances or expression...
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Plus major milestones: 🏆 W.H. Pierce Prize for Global Impact 🎓 $2.6M NIH T32 microbiome training grant 🎖️ Launch of the Microbiome Medal 📅 2026 OHMC Symposium announced Here’s to advancing One Health microbiome science worldwide! https://t.co/PtarGacZBL
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From research to training programs and an international award, these are the stories that defined the past year for the One Health Microbiome Center.
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A big year for the One Health Microbiome Center🦠🌍 Top-viewed Penn State News stories spotlighted OHMC research on: • Gut microbiomes & chronic disease • Nutrition & cardiometabolic health • Food, agriculture & plant disease • Microbial conservation & sustainability
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We are deeply grateful to Professor Bosch for his generosity, curiosity, and engaging scholarship, and for helping us launch the Microbiome Medal in such a meaningful way. Thank you for an unforgettable visit, and congratulations again on receiving the first Microbiome Medal!
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Professor Bosch spent two days with our community, sharing his pioneering work on how microbial partners shape Hydra development, behavior, and function. His visit sparked lively scientific discussions, new ideas, and genuine inspiration across our faculty and trainees.
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We were honored to host Professor Thomas Bosch, senior research professor at @kieluni, at the Penn State One Health Microbiome Center this week as the inaugural recipient of the Microbiome Medal.
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Recently from Pak Kin Wong’s lab, AI-designed bacterial product “cocktails” show promise for strengthening and personalizing cancer immunotherapy. Using microbial products instead of live bacteria offers greater control and safety. 🔗 https://t.co/QQFeQM9pKC
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Bacteria may be the next frontier in cancer treatment, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State that devised a new approach of creating bacteria-derived mixtures — or cocktails — to help...
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Recognizing microbiome center members Sarah Bordenstein, Alexis Palucki & @nazifatabs_open — and other members who are part of the larger STREAMS consortium — for helping launch new reporting guidelines for microbiome research! 🧬🌍 Read here: https://t.co/2H8tX3TqD3
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Nature Microbiology - This Consensus Statement presents the standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies (STREAMS) guidelines.
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Two College of Ag Sciences faculty earn spots on highly cited researchers list https://t.co/WwTkugFkE3
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Recently from @FDiniAndreote lab — new research shows that bee bread (pollen + nectar that feeds young bees) has a stable core microbiota, even across locations, sampling periods, and with miticide use. 🐝 Read more:
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Background Bee bread is composed of a mixture of pollen and nectar used as the main source of proteins and lipids for the development of bee larvae. Despite its important role in honey bee food...
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This morning we marked Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day with experts from Penn State, Penn Medicine, PA DOH & QIAGEN. 🦠 Great insights on AMR across human, animal & environmental health — and why collaboration is key. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
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1 lab radically shaking up biology's floor is easily @delafuentelab who visited @PSUmBiome today. AI in biology will not be the same after the work, which notably was hard to get funded; and people did not believe it would yield just 5-10 years ago. Big social lessons there!
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To close #GivingWeek, we’re celebrating the global impact of the One Health Microbiome Center. 🌍 • Collaborations in 100 countries • 550+ members • 2024 WH Pierce Global Impact in Microbiology Prize recipient Support science that improves health worldwide.
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This Giving Week, we’re celebrating the graduate trainees who are shaping the future of microbiome science at the #OHMC. Your support powers interdisciplinary training, hands-on research, and the next generation of scientific leaders. Give today: https://t.co/R9uSqpVT6V
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This Giving Week, we’re celebrating OHMC’s amazing student clubs — DAWG, Macrobes for Microbes, and CATS. They create hands-on learning, outreach, and collaboration across microbiome science. Support their work: https://t.co/R9uSqpVlhn
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It’s #GivingTuesday!🎊 Check out our new video celebrating the excellence and impact of the One Health Microbiome Center. Our researchers and students are driving discoveries that improve health for people, agriculture, and the environment. 🎥 Watch:
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