Objective A detailed understanding of human biology will require characterisation of the human-associated microorganisms, the human microbiome, and of the roles these microbes play in health and disease. Large projects in Europe, the United States, China and Canada target these objectives, using high throughput –omics approaches. Given the complexity of our microbial communities, composed of thousands of species and differing considerably between individuals, as well as the multitude of effects they have on our biology, none of the projects can hope to achieve their comprehensive characterisation. To progress most efficiently towards this ambitious goal it is of utmost importance that the data generated in each individual project be optimally comparable across all the current projects and those yet to come. Our proposal seeks to coordinate development of standard operating procedures and protocols, which will optimize data comparisons in the human microbiome field and thus improve the synergy between all the projects. It focuses on three key aspects of data generation: (i) human sample collection, processing and identification via the associated metadata; (ii) DNA sequence quality obtained by the new generation methods from complex microbial mixtures; (iii) analysis of DNA sequence in conjunction with the metadata. Importantly, it organises public access to the standard operating procedures and protocols and enables exchanges between the users and providers of the standards. It gathers very strong international partnership that includes leaders in the field and represents the current large projects, which span three continents, Europe, Asia and America. Furthermore, it interfaces via the International Human Microbiome Consortium with additional projects from Africa and Australia. The proposal is thus highly congruent with the focus of the call, which targets omics, standards and international context. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiology Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH.2010.2.1.1-2 - Coordination action(s) on standards in large scale data gathering. FP7-HEALTH-2010-single-stage Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2010-single-stage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT EU contribution € 759 626,00 Address 147 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE 75007 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Florence Haimet (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT CATALA DE LA SALUT Spain EU contribution € 99 964,00 Address GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 587 08007 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Francisco Guarner (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE United States EU contribution € 110 000,00 Address ONE BAYLOR PLAZA T119 77030 Houston Tx See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Helen Shepherd (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY China EU contribution € 60 027,00 Address HUASHAN ROAD 1954 200030 SHANGHAI See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Liping Zhao (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France EU contribution € 299 020,00 Address RUE LEBLANC 25 75015 PARIS 15 See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Régis Copin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beijing Genomics Institute at Shenzhen China EU contribution € 149 907,00 Address Beishan Industrial Zone 518083 Shenzhen See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jun Wang (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY Germany EU contribution € 490 340,06 Address Meyerhofstrasse 1 69117 Heidelberg See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Phil Irving (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO Canada EU contribution € 30 002,00 Address RICHMOND STREET NORD - SUITE 2 1151 N6A 3K7 Ontario -London See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Bhagirath Singh (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data