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The Microbiota Vault is a global non-profit initiative to conserve long-term health for humanity.

https://www.microbiotavault.org/
A new Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been established by the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN). Microbiota Vault collaborators are among the founding members: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity - Nature Microbiology
Nature Microbiology - Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity
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October 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We had great talks at this year's Global Microbiome Network symposium. Many thanks to the speakers and our partners @microbiomevif.bsky.social!

You can find the talks on our Youtube channel:

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The next Global Microbiome Network symposium (GloMiNe 2025), dedicated to the preservation of microbial diversity, will be held in partnership with MVIF in September.
You can register here: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
GloMiNe | 9 & 10/11 September 2025
jointly organized by The Microbiota Vault and MVIF
www.microbiome-vif.org
September 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The next Global Microbiome Network symposium - GloMiNe 2025 - about the preservation of microbial diversity will be in partnership with MVIF and will take place in September.
You can register here: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
GloMiNe | 9 & 10/11 September 2025
jointly organized by The Microbiota Vault and MVIF
www.microbiome-vif.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The next Global Microbiome Network symposium - GloMiNe 2025 - about the preservation of microbial diversity will be in partnership with MVIF and will take place in September.
You can register here: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
GloMiNe | 9 & 10/11 September 2025
jointly organized by The Microbiota Vault and MVIF
www.microbiome-vif.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We're partnering with the DSI Scientific Network to strengthen capacity around Digital Sequence Information (DSI).
We kicked off with a great seminar featuring a Microbiota Vault intro by Dominik Steiger and a DSI update by Pablo Orozco.
www.microbiotavault.org/partnership-...
Partnership with the DSI Scientific Network | The Microbiota Vault
We are partnering with the DSI Scientific Network for capacity strengthening in the field of Digital Sequence Information (DSI). There are important developments with regard to the future of the ABS/N...
www.microbiotavault.org
July 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Our beautiful Microbiota Vault framework figure, designed together with Joel Colombo and used in our Nature Communications perspective paper (doi.org/10.1038/s414...), made it Infographic of the week in the Nature Briefing Microbiology newsletter (www.nature.com/briefing/mic...)!
July 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by The Microbiota Vault
The Microbiota Vault Initiative: Safeguarding Earth's microbial heritage for future generations

#Microbiomes4Life @gilbertjacka.bsky.social

https://bit.ly/3GpfSu5
June 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today is World Microbiome Day and today the Microbiota Vault, together with all participating Local Collections, publishes the perspective paper "The Microbiota Vault Initiative: Safeguarding Earth's microbial heritage for future generations" in Nature Communications.

Link: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth’s microbial heritage for future generations - Nature Communications
Nature Communications - The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth’s microbial heritage for future generations
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity.

There is visible and invisible biodiversity. Both are at risk.

The Microbiota Vault acts as a global guardian of microbial diversity.

www.microbiotavault.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Microbiota Vault initiative is being featured at the prestigious Triennale in Milano in the thought-provoking expedition "We The Bacteria", as part of the 24th International Exhibition "Inequalities".
May 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The next Global Microbiome Network symposium - GloMiNe 2025 - about the preservation of microbial diversity will be in partnership with MVIF and will take place in September.
Please register here: cassyni.com/s/mvif-glomi...
May 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Microbiota Vault and Messer Schweiz AG sign a partnership to advance the field of cryogenic biospecimen preservation.
November 25, 2024 at 10:16 AM
The Microbiota Vault at the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 #COP16 in Cali.

Many thanks to Joe Tohme and alliancebioversityciat.org!

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November 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM
4th Globale Microbiome Network - GloMiNe - Symposium for Chile
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4th GloMiNe - Symposium for Chile - YouTube
Human societies are facing an ecological crisis of global proportions. Accumulation of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is shifting the planets radiative b...
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November 19, 2024 at 10:49 AM
3rd Global Microbiome Network - GloMiNe- Symposium for Asia
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3rd GloMiNe - Symposium for Asia - YouTube
Microbial diversity, crucial for human health, is globally threatened by urbanization at an unprecedented pace. Microbial biodiversity hotspots are mostly lo...
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November 19, 2024 at 10:49 AM
2nd Global Microbiome Network - GloMiNe- Symposium for Africa
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2nd GloMiNe - Symposium for Africa - YouTube
2nd Global Microbiome Network – GloMiNe – Symposium for Africa Microbial diversity, crucial for human health, is globally threatened by urbanization at an un...
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November 19, 2024 at 10:41 AM
First Global Microbiome Network - GloMiNe - Symposium for Latin America
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November 19, 2024 at 10:39 AM