It is time to authenticate the Microbiome Sciences with accredited educational programs and departments

Nichole Ginnan; Seth R Bordenstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002420

It is time to authenticate the Microbiome Sciences with accredited educational programs and departments

PLoS Biol. 2023 Dec 7;21(12):e3002420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002420. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Nichole Ginnan¹, Seth R Bordenstein^{1

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Affiliations

¹ The One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
² Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
³ Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Abstract

The Microbiome Sciences are at a crucial maturation stage. Scientists and educators should now view the Microbiome Sciences as a flourishing and autonomous discipline, creating degree programs and departments that are conducive to cohesive growth.

Copyright: © 2023 Ginnan, Bordenstein. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

MeSH terms

Curriculum*
Microbiota*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the One Health Microbiome Center (NG; SRB), the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (NG; SRB), and the Departments of Biology (SRB) and Entomology (SRB) at Penn State University. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.