Researchers to Investigate the Gut-Brain Axis in Soldiers With Microba’s Technology
Leading Australian universities will explore the cognobiome of soldiers using Microba Life Sciences analysis platform to discover opportunities for improving cognitive and physiological performance.
- Leading Australian universities will explore the cognobiome of soldiers using Microba Life Sciences analysis platform to discover opportunities for improving cognitive and physiological performance.
- In a collaborative project funded by the Next Generation Technologies Fund, researchers from the University of Newcastle and Queensland University of Technology will investigate the human, microbial and environmental interactions that affect cognitive performance, coined the cognobiome, by analysing the gut microbiome of soldiers using Microbas technology.
- With samples taken before, during, and after intensive training, the study will measure how the gut microbiome is impacted by environmental stressors experienced by soldiers, with the aim to identify microbial signatures that can be linked to cognitive performance outcomes.
- By leveraging Microbas analysis platform , the researchers will have high-resolution metagenomic data to examine the composition and function of the microbiome, and accurately measure whether the impacts to the microbiome are linked with positive or negative effects on cognitive performance.