New Study Offers Hope in Reducing HIV Risk for Young Women in South Africa

BCMM scientists shed light on a promising HIV intervention, now published in the Lancet Microbe magazine.

BCMM Research Highlighted in the UCSF Magazine

BCMM Scientists Uncover the Importance of the Human Microbiome: Featured in UCSF Magazine’s Winter Edition, Discover How Different Body Microbiomes Impact Physical and Mental Health

How the Oral Microbiome is Connected to Overall Human Health

When dentists look inside your mouth, they’re not just looking for cavities. They’re looking for gum disease and oral cancers, as well as assessing the overall health of the millions of bacteria, fungi and viruses that live there – mostly, but not always, harmoniously.

How the Keto Diet Could One Day Treat Autoimmune Disorders

A new mouse study from UCSF shows the diet increases anti-inflammatory compounds.

UCSF receives $8M for centralization and modernization of the Quantitative Metabolite Analysis Center

The Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine at UCSF is excited to announce the receipt of an $8 million award from the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs to further develop the Quantitative Metabolite Analysis Center (QMAC) located at our Parnassus Heights campus. This initiative is...

Editing Genes in the Microbiome to Prevent Disease

TED Audacious Grant Combines CRISPR Gene Editing with a Genomic Understanding of the Human Microbiome to Address Asthma and Other Conditions

DOM Grand Rounds: Our Emerging Understanding of the Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease

In this UCSF Medicine Grand Rounds, we will explore the latest innovations surrounding the gut microbiome, including its key role in maintaining our general health and how it goes awry in inflammatory bowel diseases. Dr. Susan Lynch, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and...

BCMM receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant

As part of a team of trans-disciplinary researchers, BCMM Director Dr. Sue Lynch, together with partners in the UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi), have been awarded funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in research. The Burroughs Wellcome...

BCMM welcomes interns as part of the Mayor's Opportunities for All program

We are thrilled to be participating as an employer for Opportunites for All summer internship program. Our two interns spent a month with Drs. Connie Ha and Moriah Sandy, learning about the microbiome and pathways to careers in research. After conducting experiments and demonstrating impressive...

Microbiome Medicine: Scientists Harness the Body’s ‘Bugs’ to Treat Asthma, MS, and More

Plenty of probiotic yogurts, pickles, and kombuchas claim to boost our digestive health with armies of microbes, but some scientists have more ambitious therapeutic plans for the “bugs” that colonize us. They hope to leverage these microbes as living therapeutics for a range of health conditions,...