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Upcoming Events

ESGP Lunch and Learn - see details in text below
November 3, 2025

ESGP Info Session for CoMS Faculty

Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: Zoom link available in event listing.
ECR Viromics Webinar series
November 12, 2025

Early Career Researcher Viromics Webinar Series - November

Event Start Time: 10:00 am
Event Location: Register for link.
CoMS Microbiome Platform Seed Grant Deadline November 14th
November 14, 2025

Microbiome platform NEW USER Seed Grant - Application due 11/14!

Event Start Time: 7:00 am
Event Location: Email applications to microbiome@osu.edu

Recent News

AU25 Ohio State Microbiome Science Faculty positions open  See below

Faculty positions in Microbiome Science at Ohio State - postings open!

By Heather Curtis

We welcome research on microbiomes in any ecosystem context (natural environments, plant/animal/human hosts, or engineered), organismal focus (microbial eukaryote, prokaryote, virus, or mix), and…

A framework for integrating genomics, microbial traits, and ecosystem biogeochemistry

Microbes are crucial for Earth's biogeochemical cycles, and this study by the EMERGE Biology Integration Institute demonstrates the significant impact of genome-inferred microbial traits on…

JGI FY25 Community Science Awardees

Matthew Sullivan Among 25 Honored in JGI’s FY25 Community Science Program Annual Call

Matthew Sullivan has been selected as one of the 25 awardees in the Joint Genome Institute’s FY25 Community Science Program Annual Call for Sullivan Lab's Ecogenomics and biogeochemical modeling…

From poo to promise: Fecal microbiota transplants support immunotherapy re-sensitization in solid tumors

Fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) have recently been introduced into cancer therapy as a way to make treatment-resistant melanoma patients responsive again to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs…

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CoMS Executive Advisory Committee (EAC)
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