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December 9, 2021

Upcoming M3 meeting on on the intersection between academia, government, and industry

When: Thursday-Friday, January 20-21, 2022
Where: The Universities at Shady Grove, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
Registration page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mid-atlantic-microbiome-meet-up-january-20-21-2022-registration-199007616137

The goal of the 2021 winter M3 meeting is to bring together participants from academia, government (local, state, and federal), and industry to build connections and brainstorm ideas for potential regional initiatives in the microbiome space.

The meeting will entail a mixture of invited speakers, contributed “lightning” presentations, and poster sessions. We are pleased to announce our keynote speakers: Dr. Yasmin Belkaid from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Dr. Taylor Cohen from AstraZeneca.

More information is available on our upcoming events page and through the registration link above.

January 30, 2019

Report on the 2019 M3 meeting on Predictions and the Microbiome

In January, we met on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University for a meeting focused on predictions in microbiome science. More details about the event are available here: https://blog.umd.edu/m3/upcoming-events/january-9-10-2019-m3-meeting-on-predictions-and-the-microbiome/ . The meeting brought together over 130 scientists who participated in a day packed with scientific presentations and active discussions about the current state and future of predictive approaches in microbiome studies.  A report summarizing the meeting is available here: M3_brochure_report_2019_final-1zwt9k3 .  We are also preparing a manuscript summarizing the key findings of the discussions that took place in the breakout sessions.

December 9, 2016

M3 inaugural meeting took place November 1-2, 2016

The inaugural M3 workshop and conference took place on November 1-2 in College Park, MD.

The workshop was sold out with over 60 people expressing interest.

The conference featured keynote presentations by Maria Giovanni (NIH/NIAID) and Julie Segré (NIH/NHGRI) and attracted over 80 participants from ~20 different institutions.

A report describing the event is available here: m3_workshop_november_2016