The Centre of Excellence in Microbiomes spans five fascinating domains, each with specific objectives aimed at uncovering the secrets of microbiomes:
Human Microbiome: Exploring microbiome diversity, disease associations, and bioactive metabolites, paving the way for personalized prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics, and pioneering
Microbiota reinstitution therapy to address prevalent health challenges.
Animal Microbiome: Deciphering the ideal microbiome for food security, animal well-being, and climate resilience, pioneer bio-therapeutics, diagnostics, and antimicrobials, tackle community
antimicrobial resistance (AMR) concerns, and explore microbial shifts in wildlife conservation
Plant Microbiome: Research on Microbiome of Kerala’s native crops, cultivate a core microbiome for enhanced crop health, pioneer a ‘Minimum Effective Microbiome Set’ (MEMS) for plant and human well-being, and assess MEMS in real-world settings, paving the way for local and global commercial success
Aquatic Microbiome: Nurturing aquatic ecosystems, enhancing fish health, boost aquaculture production, ensure safe, nutrient-rich fish for consumption, research antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) mitigation, explore cryptic pathogen diversity, and conduct vital resistome surveillance
Environment Microbiome: Establishing the Environmental Microbiome Observatory in Kerala, catalyze research and entrepreneurship, derive inspiration from nature, and engineer enhanced ecosystems with circular waste management for sustainable, bio-innovation-driven ventures