title: Advancing the microbiome research community.
abstract: The human microbiome has become a recognized factor in promoting and maintaining health. We outline opportunities in interdisciplinary research, analytical rigor, standardization, and policy development for this relatively new and rapidly developing field. Advances in these aspects of the research community may in turn advance our understanding of human microbiome biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huttenhower
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; HHMI, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: C Titus
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA; Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.
authors.forename: J Gregory
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Caporaso
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Jose C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Clemente
authors.affiliation: BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gevers
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Franzosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
authors.forename: Scott T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Knights
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Ruth E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ley
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Anup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahurkar
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ravel
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Center for Health-Related Informatics and Bioimaging, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: owhite@som.umaryland.edu.
authors.forename: Owen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D064307:Microbiota; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D014481:United States