The role of bacteriophages in the infant gut microbiome assembly
Description of the granted funding
The human gut microbiome consists of trillions of microorganisms, including bacteriophages (phages) - viruses specific to bacteria. This project will quantify and characterize vertical mother-to-infant gut phage transmission. We will also investigate the role of phages in the gut microbiome development in infancy. We will analyze gut phages from stool samples of Finnish mother-infant dyads and develop new computational methods to investigate phage-bacteria interactions from DNA sequencing data.
Show moreStarting year
2022
End year
2027
Granted funding
Related funding decisions
372135
Research costs of Academy Research Fellows(2025)
199 742 €
353513
Research costs of Academy Research Fellows(2022)
300 000 €
Funder
Research Council of Finland
Funding instrument
Academy research fellows
Other information
Funding decision number
346950
Fields of science
Biomedicine
Research fields
Systeemibiologia, bioinformatiikka
Identified topics
microbiome, microbiology