Next Steps in Studying the Human Microbiome and Health in Prospective Studies, Bethesda, MD, May 16-17, 2017

Overview

Journal Microbiome

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Genetics
Microbiology

Date 2018 Nov 28

PMID 30477563

Citations 15

Authors

Rashmi Sinha

Habibul Ahsan

Martin Blaser

J Gregory Caporaso

Joseph Russell Carmical

Andrew T Chan

Anthony Fodor

Mitchell H Gail

Curtis C Harris

Kathy Helzlsouer

Curtis Huttenhower

Rob Knight

Heidi H Kong

Gabriel Y Lai

Diane Leigh Smith Hutchinson

Loic Le Marchand

Hongzhe Li

Michael J Orlich

Jianxin Shi

Ann Truelove

Mukesh Verma

Emily Vogtmann

Owen White

Walter Willett

Wei Zheng

Somdat Mahabir

Christian Abnet

Affiliations

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Abstract

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored a 2-day workshop, "Next Steps in Studying the Human Microbiome and Health in Prospective Studies," in Bethesda, Maryland, May 16-17, 2017. The workshop brought together researchers in the field to discuss the challenges of conducting microbiome studies, including study design, collection and processing of samples, bioinformatics and statistical methods, publishing results, and ensuring reproducibility of published results. The presenters emphasized the great potential of microbiome research in understanding the etiology of cancer. This report summarizes the workshop and presents practical suggestions for conducting microbiome studies, from workshop presenters, moderators, and participants.

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