NIH funds renovation of QMAC
UCSF receives $8M for centralization and modernization of the Quantitative Metabolite Analysis Center.
https://microbiome.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-receives-8m-centralization-and-modernizati…
Nucleating UCSF Microbiome Community
We host events and programs to bring together microbiome researchers across all of UCSF.
https://microbiome.ucsf.edu/events
Leveraging the Human Microbiome to Improve Health
Our Center is home to UCSF’s community of faculty and staff dedicated to integrative human microbiome research.
Predict and Prevent Childhood Disease
A major focus is the origin and evolution of the early-life human microbiome and its relationship with health outcomes in childhood.
Accelerating Microbiome Medicines
We are dedicated to bringing microbiome-based treatments to patients in the shortest time possible.

The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine at UCSF

The BCMM provides a centralized home for the healthcare-based community of human microbiome researchers across the University of California, San Francisco, invested in exploring the human microbiome’s potential to predict, prevent and treat a wide range of diseases.

 

Major Areas of Support

  • Funding to conduct innovative, integrative studies to accelerate our capacity to predict and prevent childhood disease and to develop new microbiome-based strategies to treat existing conditions
  • Training program for the next generation of physicians and scientists specializing in the human microbiome
  • Annual symposium to promote education and collaboration in the field
  • Summer internship program for Bay Area youth
  • Support to maintain and expand the Center’s team of dedicated healthcare-centered faculty and staff
  • Advanced Collaborative (CoLab) facilities housing next-generation platforms and technical expertise to support genomic and molecular microbiome studies
  • Expansion of our gnotobiotic mouse facility to facilitate pre-clinical testing of novel therapies

 

Our commitment to research excellence

The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine is dedicated to research excellence, mentorship and providing resources to the broader scientific community. We are proud to present our brochure, which encapsulates all our discoveries since our inception in 2019. 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Donations Make a Difference

Your generosity keeps us nimble and innovative, able to take on promising opportunities and advance our mission. Please consider donating to support our efforts.

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Become a BCMM Member

Would like to get involved in our programs and join the community of UCSF trainees, clinicians, and scientists who recognize that the human microbiome plays a key role in preventing, predicting, and treating disease. Membership if free and open to anyone with a UCSF appointment.

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