@article{e36a4843eb2947f9b84057de51e20007,
title = "Intestinal microbiota in health and disease – Seeding multidisciplinary research in Germany",
author = "Dirk Haller",
note = "Funding Information: Last but not least, we thank the DFG, particullary Dr. Georg Munz, for the support and help over the last years. This Priority Program laid the foundation for developing infrastructures and scientific collaborations in Germany, which finally evolved into three DFG funded Collaborative Research Centers located at the Technical University of Munich (CRC 1371), RWTH Aachen (CRC 1382) and the Universities in Erlangen/Berlin (CRC 1181). Finally, together with the German Society of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DGHM), the Priority Program 1656 established an annual scientific conference (Seeon Conference) and summer school ( www.dghm.org ). This international marketplace invites every year microbiologists, immunologists, gastroenterologists and nutrition scientists to present and discuss cutting-edge aspects in basic and clinical microbiome research. In summary, the Priority Program 1656 created momentum for microbiome research in Germany, moving beyond sequencing with a clear emphasis on a better understanding for the functional impact of complex microbial communities in the intestine on human health and disease. In this Special Issue of the International Journal of Microbiology and Hygiene, we highlight the multidisciplinary research of the Priority Program 1656 and thereby, illustrate the multifaceted microbiome field at the end of 2020, that I hope this will be of great interest to a wide range of readers.",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.ijmm.2021.151514",
language = "English",
volume = "311",
journal = "International Journal of Medical Microbiology",
issn = "1438-4221",
publisher = "Urban und Fischer Verlag GmbH und Co. KG",
number = "5",
}
