Researchers use Microba technology to study soldiers’ gut-brain axis

In a joint project funded by the Next Generation Technologies Fund, researchers from Newcastle University and Queensland University of Technology will study microbial and environmental interactions in humans that affect cognitive performance (referred to as ‘the ‘conbiome’) by analyzing the microbiome in the gut of soldiers using Microba technology.

Using samples taken before, during and after intense training, the study measures how the gut microbiome interacts with environmental stressors to which soldiers are exposed. The goal is to identify patterns in the microbiome that could be related to the cognitive performance achieved.

Led by researchers from Newcastle University, which includes globally recognized neuro-gastroenterologists, award-winning Professor Nick Talley and Professor Simon Kelly, and the Microbiome Bioinformatics expertise of Professor Jane Tyson, Head of the Microbiome Research Center at Queensland University of Technology, the team will review the findings to find points the beginning.

Through the effective use of Microba Analytics Platform Researchers will have access to high-resolution metagenomic data to study the composition and functioning of the microbiome and to gauge whether effects on the microbiome are associated with positive or negative effects on cognitive performance.

If microbiome patterns are identified, attention can be drawn to their relationships in order to identify indicative types that can be used as a basis for possible therapies to enhance the microbiome that leads to improved cognitive performance and increased resilience in the face of intense stress from the outside.

Lutz Krause, associate professor and chief scientific officer of Microba as well as an examinee on the project, stated that comprehensive metagenomic data combined with comprehensive measurements of participants’ environmental and other health factors will result in a unique data set that will provide new information about the intestinal tract that will provide a connection to the brain. A guide to microbial therapies.

“This research represents an exciting opportunity to explore the intricacies of communication between the microbiome and the brain using advanced machine learning and analytical techniques, and to identify the key species driving this communication,” said A/Professor Krause.

“By bringing together technical knowledge from various different disciplines, the project represents a major advance in understanding how important the microbiome is to human health and how it can be used to improve outcomes for a wide range of uses,” he added.

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