AgBiome, in collaboration with world-class researchers, publishes policy paper concerning the importance of agriculture microbiome research

A policy paper published today in the journal Science highlights the importance of applying microbiome research to address critical issues in agriculture and other areas. AgBiome founder and Scientific advisory board member Jeff Dangl and AgBiome scientist James Henriksen joined 46 prominent researchers in the Unified Microbiome Initiative as authors.

Citation:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2015/10/27/science.aac8480.abstract

Alivisatos et al. 2015. “A Unified Initiative to Harness Earth’s Microbiomes.” Science, October, aac8480. doi:10.1126/science.aac8480.

Other press about the UMI paper:

http://www.nature.com/news/microbiology-create-a-global-microbiome-effort-1.18636

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/science/national-initiative-microbes-and-microbiomes.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/dear-white-house-can-we-have-a-unified-microbiome-initiative/412828/