International Microbiome and Multi'omics Standards Alliance
About IMMSA:
The International Microbiome and Multi-Omics Standards Alliance (IMMSA) is an open consortium of microbiome-focused researchers from industry, academia, and government. IMMSA was formed for the mutual benefit of the entire microbiome scientific community and will focus specifically on coordinating cross-cutting efforts that address microbiome measurement challenges. IMMSA members are representative experts for all major microbiological ecosystems (e.g. human/animal, built, and environmental ecosystems) and are representative experts from various scientific disciplines including microbiology, bioinformatics, genomics, metagenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, epidemiology, and statistics. This will naturally expand as the science evolves. While remaining non-hierarchical, IMMSA will consist of a steering committee that oversees the activities of the consortium and implements the major directives of the consortium.
Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars!
July 20th, 2023 - 12PM-1PM ET Join here!
Panel Discussion: “Viral Measurement Challenges ”
Participants:
Antonio Camargo (Project Scientist, Microbiome Data Science Group, DOE Joint Genome Institute)
Adrian Paskey (Research Scientist, Naval Medical Research Command, Biological Defense Research Directorate)
Simon Roux (Viral Genomics Group Lead, DOE Joint Genome Institute)
October 19th, 2023
past WebinarS and workshops
2023
Webinars
January 19th, 2023 - recording available for IMMSA members
Adam Rivers - USDA/ARS- Open Science to Radically Reduce Microbiome Cost
April 20th, 2023 - recording and notes available for IMMSA members
Panel Discussion: “Opportunities and challenges in the development and use of microbial reference materials” [Robert Schlaberg (Illumina), Hena Ramay (International Microbiome Centre), Ishi Keenum (NIST), Jonathan Jacobs (ATCC)]
2022
Workshop
August 23-25th, 2022
First IMMSA workshop. Recording available
Webinars
January 20th, 2022 12pm EST - recording available for IMMSA members
Katrine Whiteson - UC Irvine - Looking into the unknowns
Updates on IMMSA Working Groups - Working Group Leadership Teams
April 21st, 2022, 12pm EDT - recording available for IMMSA members
Dr. Maryam Goudarzi - SCIEX - Bridging the gap between analytical and microbial science in microbiome research
October 20th, 2022 12pm EDT - recording available for IMMSA members
2022 IMMSA Workshop Summary
Samuel Forry -NIST- Data Preview The Mosaic Interlab Study
2021
April 15th, 2021, 12pm EST - recording available for IMMSA members
Scott Jackson - NIST - IMMSA Re-Launch
Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh - DOE Joint Genome Institute
July 15th, 2021 12pm EST - recording available for IMMSA members
Scott Jackson - NIST- Recent Progress Towards Microbiome Standards Development at NIST
Jonathan Jacobs and Briana Benton - ATCC - Data Provenance & Authenticity for Microbial Reference Genomes
IMMSA Working Group Launch
October 21st, 2021 12pm EST- recording available for IMMSA members
Denise O'Sullivan - LGC- Microbiome Standards Development at LGC
Michael McLaren - NCSU - Accounting for Taxonomic Bias in Metagenomics Experiments
Updates on IMMSA Working Groups - Working Group Leadership Teams
This website is intended to be a resource for all things related to microbial, microbiome, and metagenomic standards
Banner image- NIST mixed microbial consortia imaged by SEM.
Photo Credit: Heidi Leonard, PhD