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. 

Mark your calendars! 

IMMSA Quarterly Webinars (12pm -1pm ET)

October 24th, 2024 

Bioinformatics WG Data Re-Use Virtual Seminar Series (12pm - 1pm ET)

August 8th   

Session 4: Challenges of ‘Omic data reuse @ GSC24 - Challenges of Reproducibility in Genomics

For more information on the Date Re-Use Seminar Series please go to the Bioinformatics WG page

January 25th, 2024 - recording and slides available for IMMSA members; notes coming soon!

Panel Discussion: “Ten Guiding Principles for Microbiome Research” [Ahmed Moustafa (UPenn, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), Katrine Whiteson (UCI), Andrea Azcarate-Peril (UNC-Chapel Hill), Jonathan Jacobs (UCLA), Julia Kelliher (LANL)]

Bioinformatics WG Seminar Series (sessions were not recorded unless otherwise noted)

April 18th, 2024 - A. Murat Eren (Meren), Professor. Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at Oldenburg

• Reproducibility, interoperability, reusability, and flexibility in the anvi'o software ecosystem

May 9th, 2024 - Sushma Naithani, Associate Professor Senior Research. Oregon State University

• Omics data reuse for synthesizing plant gene-networks and pathways for the Plant Reactome Knowledgebase

July 18th, 2024 - Marcus de Goffau, PhD. Recording will be available soon!

• Enhancing contamination & genuine biological pattern recognition by looking elsewhere