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Microbiome Research

The Microbiome Research’s group seeks to investigate the role of the microbiota in health and disease. Its secondary objectives include developing molecular as well as bioinformatics tools to characterize the microbiome structure and function, discovering micro-biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis, investigating how fecal microbiota transplantation could be used as a therapeutic strategy, and evaluating the impact of diet on the gut microbial ecosystem The Microbiome Lab is a multidisciplinary team, composed of molecular biologists, bioinformaticians, and physicians. The group tackles several clinical fields including inflammatory bowel diseases, diabetes, liver diseases, pre-term birth, and critical illness.

Team

Zaida Soler Luque

Zaida Soler Luque

Predoctoral researcher
Microbiome Research
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Gerard Serrano Gomez

Gerard Serrano Gomez

Research technician
Microbiome Research
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Andrea Martínez Jiménez

Andrea Martínez Jiménez

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Marc Pons Tarín

Marc Pons Tarín

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Chaysavanh Manichanh

Chaysavanh Manichanh

Head of group
Microbiome Research
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Leidy Alejandra Gonzalez Molano

Leidy Alejandra Gonzalez Molano

Research technician
Microbiome Research
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Zaida Soler Luque

Zaida Soler Luque

Predoctoral researcher
Microbiome Research
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Gerard Serrano Gomez

Gerard Serrano Gomez

Research technician
Microbiome Research
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Andrea Martínez Jiménez

Andrea Martínez Jiménez

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Marc Pons Tarín

Marc Pons Tarín

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Chaysavanh Manichanh

Chaysavanh Manichanh

Head of group
Microbiome Research
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Leidy Alejandra Gonzalez Molano

Leidy Alejandra Gonzalez Molano

Research technician
Microbiome Research
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Research lines

The Human Microbiome

The Microbiome Research Group seeks to investigate the role of the microbiota in health and disease. Its secondary objectives include:

1. Role of the microbiota in health and disease

2. Tools to characterize the microbiome structure and function

3. Micro-biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis

4. Fecal microbiota transplantation as a therapeutic strategy

5. Impact of diet on the gut microbial ecosystem


IP: Chaysavanh Manichanh

Projects

Fisiologia i fisiopatologia digestiva

IP: Chaysavanh Manichanh
Collaborators: Itxarone Izaskun Bilbao Aguirre, Zaida Soler Luque, Jordi Barquinero Mañez, Oscar Segarra Canton, Gerard Serrano Gomez, Cristina Dopazo Taboada, Rocío Piñera Moreno, Zixuan Xie
Funding agency: AGAUR no fer servir-correcte 4301-37
Funding: 40000
Reference: 2021 SGR 00459
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024

El déficit de CFTR facilita la carcinogénesis pancreática y potencia el crecimiento, la agresividad tumoral y las metástasis

IP: Chaysavanh Manichanh
Collaborators: Laura Campderros Traver, Judit Álvarez González
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 95000
Reference: CD22/00177
Duration: 01/03/2023 - 28/02/2025

Evaluate the effect of diet on the gut microbial community

IP: Chaysavanh Manichanh
Collaborators: Zaida Soler Luque, Judit Álvarez González
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 119567
Reference: FI21/00262
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Microbiome: Diagnosis and prediction of disease activity from the lab to the patients

IP: Chaysavanh Manichanh
Collaborators: Claudia Maria Herrera de Guise, Natalia Borruel Sainz, Francesc Casellas Jordá, Francisca Yañez Araya, Zixuan Xie
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 135520
Reference: PI20/00130
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2023

Publications

Colonic bacterial diversity and dysbiosis in active microscopic colitis as compared to chronic diarrhoea and healthy controls: effect of polyethylene glycol after bowel lavage for colonoscopy.

PMID: 35764931
Journal: BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Year: 2022
Reference: BMC Gastroenterol. 2022 Jun 28;22(1):320. doi: 10.1186/s12876-022-02392-w.
Impact factor: 3.067
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Batista, Lissette; Robles, Virginia; Manichanh, Chaysavanh; Ruiz, Laura; Pinsach, Ferran; Guarner, Francisco; Fernandez-Banares, Fernando; Guagnozzi, Danila et al.
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-022-02392-w

Blog

News

The composition of gut microbiota is unique, like our fingerprints.

FunHoMic integrates experts in fungal pathogenesis, immunology, microbial ecology and "omics" technologies to train 13 researchers to identify biomarkers related to the risk of infection by fungi such as Candida.

The quantification of the gut microbiota, combined with clinical data, would be useful to facilitate the correct diagnosis of patients and offer them the appropriate treatment for their pathology and also to prevent the appearance of flares.

Job offers

Technician Researcher in Biology-Microbiome Research group.
Start date:
25/07/2023
End date:
08/08/2023
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Technician Researcher in Biology-Microbiome Research group.
Start date:
25/07/2023
End date:
08/08/2023
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Bioinformatician-Microbioma Lab.
Start date:
01/07/2022
End date:
15/07/2022
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Rates

Check the current rates of the services offered by the Microbiome Research group

We are looking for healthy volunteers for a study on the microbiota and eating habits

We are looking for approximately 1,000 volunteers who will have to answer a very simple questionnaire about their eating habits and provide a stool sample, 3 times over the course of a year.

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