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CAREER: Determining drivers and life-history consequences of gut microbiome seasonality — NSF Award to University of California-Ir

Animals and plants host communities of bacteria and other microorganisms—known as microbiomes—that are essential for health. A central goal of microbiome science is to discover what causes the microbiome to change, and the broader consequences of such change. A consistent pattern emerging from this research is that the

Award titleCAREER: Determining drivers and life-history consequences of gut microbiome seasonality
Award ID2443951
AwardeeUniversity of California-Irvine
CityIRVINE
StateCA
Amount obligated$878,377
Principal investigatorTobin Hammer
ProgramPopulation & Community Ecology
Start date07/01/2025
AbstractAnimals and plants host communities of bacteria and other microorganisms—known as microbiomes—that are essential for health. A central goal of microbiome science is to discover what causes the microbiome to change, and the broader consequences of such change. A consistent pattern emerging from this research is that the microbiome is seasonal: an animal in spring, for example, will have a very different microbial makeup from one in fall. But what causes the microbiome to change? And do seasonal m
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