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The Amsterdam Microbiome Expertise Center (AMEC) is a collaborative microbiome research initiative based in Amsterdam. By enhancing our integrative understanding of microbiomes, we strive to develop new strategies for preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases.
The new MicroHealth consortium of the UvA and Amsterdam UMC aims to link the impact of agriculture on the soil and plant microbiome to the consequences for humans.
Integrative systems analysis
We aim to analyse the combined microbiomes of an entire ecosystem, encompassing all the microbial communities associated with different organisms within that ecosystem. This concept extends beyond the microbiomes of individual organisms (like humans or plants) to include the interactions between various microbiomes within a specific environment culminating in an integrative systems analysis of all microbiomes.
Agriculture and medicine
Performing these analyses can provide insights into the health of ecosystems, the impacts of environmental changes, and potential applications in conservation, agriculture, and medicine. It represents a shift towards understanding microbial ecology in a more integrated and comprehensive manner, recognizing the importance of microbial interactions across multiple scales.
AMEC strives at nurturing this in the Amsterdam areaand beyond by linking with the Holomicrobiome Initiative nationally.
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