👩‍🔬 Ready to dive into the future of microbiome science? Join us for the "Engineering Microbiomes" Symposium on Feb 3, 2026, a hybrid event with an exciting lineup of speakers!
✨ Network, learn, and be inspired by top scientists at UCSF and beyond.
Sign up here: microbiome.ucsf.edu/events/bcmm-...

🎉 Excited to be part of the Bay Area Science Festival
bayareascifest.bsky.social! Join us tomorrow for a fun-filled day of science-packed activities, including exploring exhibits featuring microbial foods and human microbes. Grab your own science-inspired Pokémon cards! 🧫✨ #BASF2025 #MicrobialFun

Shoutout to everyone who came through for the BCMM and @immunox.bsky.social social hour! Chill vibes, fun games, and good times with the community. 🙌🧬 #UCSF

Come visit the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine at the Bay Area Science Festival @bayareascifest.bsky.social on October 25th! A fun, educational experience for families and friends. Discover the microbes that surround us and live inside us, and learn how they impact our health. 🔬🧫

🚀 Ignite Talk Highlight: Kai Trepka @ BCMM
Today at our monthly Ignite talks, Kai Trepka, a PhD student from Peter Turnbaugh’s lab, delivered an engaging talk on popular sweet treats-microbiome associations and their role in human health. 🍫🎂 #MicrobiomeResearch #UCSF

🚀🔬Exciting news: GRC has chosen microbiome editing as the focus of its inaugural Microbiome Editing Gordon Research Conference! This 5-day event offers cutting-edge talks, poster sessions, and mentorship opportunities. Don’t miss this opportunity! www.grc.org/microbiome-e...

The Computational Core at BCMM is hiring a Research Assistant (Junior/Assistant Specialist) to support bioinformatics for microbiome research projects (16S, ITS2, metagenomics, RNA-seq).
🔗 Apply here: aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05786
Please share with your network!

We are thrilled to launch the Microbiome Data Analysis Workshop Series with about 30 BCMM trainees! In this first session, Lu Yang shared tools to transform raw data into biological insights. #PracticalLearning

We’re excited to welcome Monet Yuan, a graduate student in the Biomedical Sciences program and a member of the Roan Lab, as our new BCMM Trainee Ambassador! Starting in October, she’ll team up with Margôt Bacino to support and empower our amazing trainee community.

UCSF’s DREAM Challenge microbiome dataset, now part of NSF’s NAIRR Pilot, offers >3,500 vaginal microbiome samples to advance AI-powered health research. Explore the resource: pretermbirthdb.org/mod/resources.

📢 Open Positions 📢
We're hiring motivated PhDs & Postdocs to join a cutting-edge research program @VIBLifeSciences @ugent
🔬in vivo CRISPR screens
💻Multi-omics, Modelling & Deep Learning
🧬Macrophages, Liver homeostasis, Regeneration & Metastasis
💶ERC AdG, FWO & Cancer Grant

As researchers, we know reproducibility is key to scientific progress. NIST’s rigorously analyzed stool reference material is a big step forward for the microbiome field. #GutMicrobiome
www.nist.gov/news-events/...

Big news! The Biomedical Data Translator Consortium has launched Translator—an open-source platform that connects and harmonizes complex biomedical data. Shoutout to BCMM’s Sergio Baranzini for helping drive this innovative tool. Check it out: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The Lynch lab’s latest research delves into the gut microbiome’s influence on peanut oral immunotherapy outcomes. The study identifies specific bile acids and microbial metabolic signatures that predict treatment success. #Microbiome #AllergyResearch #UCSF rdcu.be/ewbEn

Reflecting on our incredible BCMM Retreat at Chaminade Resort & Spa! Over 60 participants shared cutting-edge research, fostered collaborations, and enjoyed fun activities. Excitedly planning the next one! 🌟 #BCMMRetreat #UCSF

🌍🎉 Happy World Microbiome Day! At the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine @UCSF, we’re dedicated to understanding and harnessing the power of microbiomes to improve human health. Join us in celebrating the tiny organisms that make a huge difference! #WorldMicrobiomeDay #UCSF