There is an abundance of research demonstrating the interplay of the microbiome and diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, and liver disease however, there still a massive gap in our understanding of what a “normal” and “healthy” microbiome looks like. Through the Healthy Optimal Australian Microbiome Study, researchers at UNSW Microbiome Research Centre hope to shed some light on this by defining what the ultimate-healthy and normal microbiome looks like.

Researchers within the Sydney+ IBD Research Consortia and the Microbiome Research Centre, UNSW Sydney are inviting people with IBD, their family members and the general population to learn about the changes in the human microbiome.

Researchers from the University of Wollongong in collaboration with the MRC are recruiting adults with Ulcerative Colitis for an exciting study to find out whether probiotics and anthocyanins from blackcurrants can benefit disease management and change the gut microbiome.