Table 1 Summary of presented research
From: Meeting report of the fourth annual Tri-Service Microbiome Consortium symposium
| Organization | Microbiome area | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| DoD laboratories | ||
| Air Force | ||
| AFRL | Health and performance | Exploring changes in the host gut microbiota during a controlled human infection model for Campylobacter jejuni |
| AFRL | Environmental | Microbiomes of military aircraft and vehicles and their connection to biocorrosion and biodeterioration |
| USAFA | Environmental | Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-degrading microorganism mining |
| Army | ||
| DEVCOM ARL | Analysis and discovery | Metagenomics and genome-scale metabolic modeling of microbes sampled from corroded Army equipment |
| DEVCOM SC | Enabling technologies | In vitro fermentation as a complement to human studies to explore gut microbial composition and metabolic capacity* |
| ERDC-CRREL | Enabling technologies | Growing the dark web: melanized fungal structures as a biological wire |
| ERDC-CRREL | Environmental | Determination of the ecological process structuring microbial communities during permafrost that using a phylogenetic null modeling approach |
| ERDC-CRREL | Environmental | DRTSPORE: a model that predicts soil activity across the landscape* |
| ERDC-CRREL | Environmental | Changes in permafrost microbial community composition after thaw* |
| ERDC-CRREL | Environmental | Cataloguing psychrophilic and psychrotolerant bacteria* |
| ERDC-CRREL | Environmental | UV-resistant psychrotolerant microorganisms: understanding the role of pigmentation for survival* |
| WRAIR | Health and performance | Longitudinal shift in fecal microbiota associated with acute and delayed effects of PTSD-eliciting stress model |
| WRAIR | Health and performance | Impact of radiation dose and temporal delay on host-biome relationships and fecal metagenomics* |
| Navy | ||
| NRL | Analysis and discovery | Multiomic analysis of the gut microbiome of US Navy divers |
| NRL | Environmental | Compositional variability and biodegradative potential of the plastisphere in aquatic environments* |
| Government laboratories | ||
| LANL | Enabling technologies | Utilizing single cell genomics and gel microdroplets to advance public health, environmental impact, and security |
| MIT-LL | Enabling technologies | A generalizable method for engineering non-model microbes |
| USDA-ARS | Enabling technologies | The in vitro human gut microbiome system* |
| US EPA | Environmental | EPA activities related to indoor microbiome and human health* |
| VA-Rocky Mountain MIRECC | Health and performance | Evaluation of an immunomodulatory probiotic intervention for veterans with co-occurring mild TBI and PTSD: a pilot study* |
| Academia | ||
| Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Health and performance | Bone loss with aging is independent of age-related gut microbiome dysbiosis in mice |
| MIT | Enabling technologies | Mining the chemical signals human-associated bacteria use to control their host$ |
| UCSD | Analysis and discovery | Metabolomics tools to study the molecular impact of the microbiome$ |
| UMASS-Amherst | Environmental | Soil microbial adaptation to chronic soil warming$ |
| Weizmann Institute of Science | Health and performance | Host-microbiome interactions in health and disease$ |
| Industry | ||
| DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences | Analysis and discovery | Comparative microbiome study in lean vs. obese population: discovery of novel probiotics for metabolic health |