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Annual MIT Microbiome Symposium 2023
The MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics and the MIT Microbiome Club are proud to invite you to participate in our annual MIT Microbiome Symposium to be held on Friday, April 7, 2023
Searching for bacteria that protect against IBD
CMIT researchers are pinpointing bacterial species that trigger the development of special immune cells which may be protective against ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory disorders.
CMIT Global Diversity Resource Program
The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics (CMIT) is pleased to partner with MIT spin-out OpenBiome to provide MIT researchers with no-cost, priority access to the Global Microbiome Conservancy strain collection through a targeted pilot program.
Bacterial Bullseye
In rare feat, researchers decipher how gut bacterium influences immunity
Cranking up the resolution
CMIT researchers and their collaborators have figured out how to circumvent those obstacles and enhance our understanding of the invisible communities in our guts.
Annual MIT Microbiome Symposium 2022
The MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics and the MIT Microbiome Club are proud to invite you to participate in our annual MIT Microbiome Symposium to be held on Friday, April 29, 2022.
Understanding the microbiome’s role in diabetes
Scientists have long suspected diabetes and the gut microbiome are linked. But the confounding impact of diabetes treatment on the microbiome has posed major challenges to studying the connection in people — until now.
CMIT participates in Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation community-based fundraiser
The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics joined the New England Chapter of Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation for their annual spin4 crohn’s and colitis cures fundraiser
How your gut is controlling your immune system
Microbes in the digestive system can affect the activity of our T-cells. CMIT scientists are exploring just how that happens.