The Stewardship of Microbiomes in Human and Environmental Systems special collection is open at Sustainable Microbiology! The collection is led by senior editor, and principal investigator of the Microbiome Stewardship group, Dr. Kieran O’Doherty, and will feature invited contributions. Starting with the foundational framework paper, the collection establishes clear guiding principles, premises, core responsibilities, and case studies for preserving microbial biodiversity across diverse habitats.

Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 26, No. 8, 2026)

Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 26, No. 6, 2026)

Michel Foucault is one of the most influential, and controversial, thinkers of the twentieth century. His work has had a transformative effect on the study of the humanities and social sciences. His e...

Gut microbiota across animals have been shown to influence host cognition and behavior. However, it remains unclear whether these cognitive effects...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

This Perspective calls for a transdisciplinary framework for the responsible advancement of Microbiome Engineering of the Built Environment (MEoBE). Acknowledging MEoBE's potential to improve publi...

Abstract. Microbiomes are essential for ecosystem, plant, animal, and human health. There is accumulating evidence that changes to microbiomes from anthrop

Maybe the world is like an armillary sphere. Metallic balls representing celestial objects are placed just-so along spherical rings, tracing an at-first...

PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

How can scientists in human microbiome ecology adopt epistemically fruitful, non-discriminatory, and locally relevant classification criteria of human diversity and race?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

YouTube video by JHU-UPF Public Policy Center

Le philosophe Frédéric Gros nous parle de l'"Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique", texte qui l'a bouleversé et dans lequel Michel Foucault trace une ligne de crête entre l'exaltation de la raison e...

Letters: Prof Mark Pallen, Dr Aimee Parker, Prof Nick Loman and Prof Alan Walker take issue with an article that discussed the existence of a brain microbiome and its impact on diseases

Erik Parens, PhD is a Senior Research Scholar at The Hastings Center and director of its Initiative in Bioethics and the Humanities.