Category: Healthcare professionals

Celebrating World Microbiome Day 2024

Celebrating World Microbiome Day 2024

This year to celebrate #WorldMicrobiomeDay, we are sharing some resources from the DOMINO project and its collaborative initiatives! The theme of 2024 was “Feed your microbes – How diet shapes your gut microbiome”. Dive in to the information below to learn more about how microbiomes play an important role for our health and everyday lives. […]

Meet our DOMINO Microbiome Ambassadors!

Meet our DOMINO Microbiome Ambassadors!

#MicrobiomeAmbassador is a campaign initiated by the EU project MicrobiomeSupport. This is a social media campaign aimed at all microbe enthusiasts to share why they love microbes and their communities (a.k.a microbiomes). Through this campaign, we see the faces behind the research, and get a glimpse into why the microbiome is important for them. Meet […]

Gut Health & Fermented Foods – An Emerging Factor for Health and Disease Prevention?

Gut Health & Fermented Foods – An Emerging Factor for Health and Disease Prevention?

The human microbiome, a community of more than 50 trillion bacteria and many more living microorganisms settled in and on our bodies, represents a pandora box of great mysteries. While a clear definition of a “healthy microbiome” does not yet exist, diversity has emerged as one major factor that enables the microbiome to support the immune system, provide nutrients and in some cases prevent certain diseases. Overall, these microorganisms play an important role in our lives and in the way our bodies function.