
Improving lives
with microbiome science, bringing innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration

UCR Microbiome Initiative
A research catalyst initiative bringing together UCR researchers from multiple fields and across our campus to foster interdisciplinary interactions and leverage the existing resources at UCR to promote Microbiome Science.

Driving positive change
in human health and the biogeochemical processes that sustain life on our planet.

Microbiome
The microbiome comprises all of the genetic material within a microbiota (the entire collection of microorganisms in a specific niche, such as the human gut). This can also be referred to as the metagenome of the microbiota. nature.com