WORLD MICROBIOME DAY 2022 HELD AT YENEPOYA RESEARCH CENTRE, YENEPOYA (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), DERALAKATTE, MANGALURU JOINTLY WITH ABLE, BENGALURU. ON 27.06. 2022

Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru organized a workshop “Microbiome Analysis: Tools & Practices” on the occasion of “World Microbiome Day 2022”. The program was jointly organized with the “Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE)”, Bengaluru. Dr.Balasubramanian, Managing Director, ABLE briefed next generation sequencing technology and its use in microbiome studies. Dr.MamathaBallal, Professor of Microbiology, Head-Enteric Diseases Division, KMC, MAHE was the chief guest of the programme. She addressed the gathering and gave a bird’s eye view on microbiome and its importance in human health and disease. Dr.Rekha P. D., Professor and Director of Yenepoya Research Centre gave an overview and importance of World Microbiome Day and about the workshop.

The workshop was attended by 35 participants from different educational institutes. Dr. Rajesh P Shastry, Dr.BhagwanRekhadwad and Dr.AsifHameed trained the participants through interactive sessions on different samples, tools and techniques in gut microbiome analysis, soil microbiome of a hybrid agro ecosystem and sequencing and data analysis that are used in microbiome research respectively. This event was followed by joint webinar organized by ABLE and Merck, Bengaluru.