Resources
Duke University offers a comprehensive range of core facilities and shared resources to support microbiome research. One of the key objectives of the Duke Microbiome Center (DMC) is to ensure that these resources meet the needs of the Duke microbiome research community. Sections 1 and 2 below list key resources supported directly or indirectly by the DMC. For additional information, please contact these cores directly or contact us.
1. Duke Core Facility Resources for Microbiome Research
- Duke Microbiome Core Facility
- Duke Gnotobiotic Core
- Duke Substrate Services & Biobanking
- Duke Sequencing & Genomic Technologies Core Resource
- Duke Proteomics & Metabolomics Core Resource
- Duke Microbiome Center Bioinformatics/Biostatistics Working Group
2. Guidelines Regarding Human Subjects Protection and Microbiome Research
We are happy to share these Guidelines Regarding Human Subjects Protection and Microbiome Research for individuals considering collecting human samples, research with samples that have already been collected, or research with microbes cultured or isolated from human samples. These guidelines are meant to address questions of when a full IRB protocol is needed (and which may require patient consent), when research may be considered exempt (while an IRB submission may be needed, patient consent may not), or when IRB review is not needed. Of course, these are guidelines, and if there is ever a question, the IRB remains available to help. These guidelines were developed by Sharon Ellison and Jody Power from the IRB and John Rawls, Lawrence David, Raphael Valdivia, Neil Surana, Naz Siddiqui, and many others from the DMC community.
3. Additional Duke Links
- Duke University
- Duke School of Medicine
- Duke School of Arts & Sciences
- Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
- Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory
- Duke Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University
- Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University
- Duke Department of Biology
- Duke Department of Chemistry
- Duke Department of Statistical Science
- Duke Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
- Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB)
- Duke Center for Host-Microbial Interactions (CHoMI)
- Medicine + Engineering at Duke (MEDx)
- Duke Marine Lab
- Duke AI Health
- Gastronauts
- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute (DMPI)
- Pediatric Obesity Microbiome and Metabolism Study (POMMS)
- North Carolina Microbiome Consortium
- Duke Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advancement, and Leadership in the Sciences (IDEALS) Office, contributes to the diverse scientific climate within the Biomedical Graduate Programs in the School of Medicine
- Bouchet Society, Black STEM Graduate & Professional Students
- Duke F1rsts, First Generation PhD students
- Duke OUT, Campus Wide LGBT Graduate & Professional Student
- OUT in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (oSTEM)
- Society for the Advancement of Chicano & Native American Students (SACNAS)
- Women in Science & Engineering (WiSE)
4. Related Links
- Microbiome Centers Consortium
- Human Microbiome Project
- Earth Microbiome Project
- International Human Microbiome Consortium
- Human Oral Microbiome
