Project description
Community outreach, microbial style
Life on Earth is likely to have originated from single-celled organisms that appeared three billion years ago in our first oceans. It took more than two billion more years for an eruption of more complex life forms that, to this day, rely strongly on microbial communities for the function of the ecosystems in which they live. These communities offer unprecedented potential to produce natural ingredients we can harness for sustainable applications in medicine, energy, environmental science and more. However, understanding complex interspecies interactions is a tremendous challenge. The EU-funded ModEM project is beginning to untangle the interconnections through the application of advanced techniques in modelling, genetics, omics and more. Enhanced understanding could help build microbial communities that enhance the secretion of metabolites that help them thrive.
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Funding Scheme
ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant
Host institution
CB2 1TN Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Beneficiaries (1)
CB2 1TN Cambridge
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